The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-08
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Persons Not Residents of
the State
RETREAT PROBE
SEEMS A CERTAINTY
Senator Eddy Asks That it be Held
in Brattleboro to Convenience Doctors
and Nurses- Dr.. Potter Says Retreat
Paid 81 ,O00 to Settle Former Suit.
Especial to The Reformer.l
MONTPELIER, Feb. s.

MONTPELIER, Feb. s.
Brattleboro and Bellows Falls will no
longer be the subject Of lengthy publicity
by Boston papers as Gretna Greens II the
Durham bill goes through the senate and
is approved by the Governor with the
speed with which il passed the house this
morning. The bin has been amended 50 .
/ that five days notice Of intention to mar /
Iy must be given by couples who are not .
residents Of this state; couples within the /
state may lie married as heretofore
/ When the bill came up this morning |
Representative f. w Aiken OF Putney |
rushed forth to oppose it, saying that i i
could be referred to the people on ref
erendum at the March meeting he was
sure that it would be killed three to one.
He said that he hoped he might see heav-
en- and that all members present might do
So but he believed in every man having
an angel OF his own, a little heaven on
earth. Joseph Stearns OF Burlington de-
. tended the report Of the judiciary commit
? tee on the Dunham bill and said he
thought it wrong for NeTmonters to strew
r roses in the pathway OF eloplng couples.
+. John d. Candon dealt at length with the
e divorce evil and thought that tins bill or
+ any bill which would reduce that evl
Y should have the unanimous approval o.
k Vermont 5 law makers.
t. q L. Dunham, Brattlchoro's representa-
q tive. in a well-worded speech, defended
f his bill and said that he was sorry that
n some of the citizens of his town had seen
" fit to oppose it, but he felt sure that the
e leaders throughout the state wanted Yer
It monts marriage law uniform with that
! of the other New England states
3 Dr. f. L. Potter, who has been IN
II Montpelier to attend the 1903 reunion OF
the legislature. was interviewed BY news
= papermcn this morning and lie also ap-
= peared before the house committee on
>, state institutions and stated in direct
!, simple manner his attitude on the investi
: CATION OF the Brattleboro Retreat. DIR
Potter i the father of Mrs Gullord, who
has prompted the resolution calling for al
investigation, which was introduced las,
week by Mr. Wilson of Powna DIR. Pot
ter believes that his daughter received {
\, broken jaw while an inmate OF the Re
treat and other cuts and bruises. He re
ferred to the fact that the Institution palC
rs 81 coo when he brought suit
Senator Eddy was before the COMMITTEES
and said that Dr.. I.awton had stated tha
while an investigation might be inlurlou
he believed II might be more injurious {,
aS pass the matter over after such extende'
te publicity. Senator Eddy also asked tina
N the hearing be held in Brattleboro 80 tha
ne the doctors and nurses would not be calle
a so FAR away from their duties. As tn
ed matter now stands there Will be an inve.
y tigation Of the Rrattleboro Retreat
on In the senate this morning the Villas bi
N calling for the inspection of ali food cstal
MS lishments was passed The house commit
ns' tee on state institutions left Montpeie
le this morning for Brandon to visit the stat
ny school for feeble minded so that they ma
be familiar with conditions there and alb
to deal inteligently with the approprit
tons which have been asked
The local option forces and the rel
Y resentatives from the city of Burlin,
ton who disbelieve in the Hunt five-m
limit bill had their innings before II
an house committee on temperance yeste
day afternoon, two particularly stror
speeches being made by former Sen
tor Harry B. Shaw and Judge G.
Darling of Burlington.
: There were sharp tilts between Jud;
der Darling and Clifford H. Smith of Il
oon AntiSaloon league, also between Jol
H. Mimms of Burlington and NJ
ON Smith, the advantage remaining wi
Ter the local option forces.
of Representative Steans of Burlin
of ton opened the discussion by callil
sue attention to the fact tha, no such re
ulation as the Hunt bill proposed f
the University of Vermont was in
feet at Yale, Brown, Boston COLES
Chicago, Rochester and Union colleq
CO.. Mr. Shaw, who is a lecturer on t
staff of the University of Vernon
called attention to the fact that
,r;+ such legislation had obtained in a
!, New England state.
a. "No such legislation has been ena
~ " ~ ed, so far as Miami university of viii
o.N' President Benton was former he;
i-N is concerned. There are no saloC
within a half or threeouar:ers of
mile of the college buildings in B
lington.
Senator Shaw called attention to
Jan. decisive vote of Burlington and {
chester on the Perry act and war;
the legislators that they could
ship crowd prohibition down the thro
Jan. of the people of Burlington agai
, ac- their will.
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