News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-03-14
VERMONT LEGISLATURE

NERMONl LESlSLA IKE
Friday morning Senator Villas intro
t duced in the Senate bill giving womer
the right to vote for president. The bill
varies somewhat from a similar bill re
jected by the House several weeks ago.
The disapproval which has been voiced
in some quarters with the general scheme
of highway building in Vermont and with
the management of the state road work
found expression Friday in resolution
introduced by Senator Mcclellan. 1t
provides that the Governor shall appoint
a committee of three citizens familiar
with the construction ana repair OF high
ways whose duty it shall be to examine
into the conditions and conduct of the
| state highway commissioners depart
ment, particularly with reference to the
method employed in the use of appropri-
ationS made by the state and who shall
investigate the condition and needs of
the highways of the state. The commit
tee shall make a.report including recon-
mendations 10 the 1919 legislature. The
compensation of the members of the
committee is to be fixed by the Governor.
The bill increasing the salary Of the
auditor of accounts from $1,000 to $4,000
year, which was killed Thursday, was |
reconsidered che next day and ordered |
to a third reading. 1t developed that |
many membeIs did not know that the |
sum of So, 900 was $500 less than Governor |
Graham received during the last years of
his incumbency in the state auditors
Office.
The House refused to concur in the
senate proposal of amendment fixing the
salary of the fish and game commissioner
at $4,000.
The entering wedge for the success of
woman suffrage at the present legislative
session was driven Friday afternoon,
when by yea and nay vote of 1O4 to 100,
the House passed the bill introduced by
Mr. Stearns of Burlington, giving tax
paying women the right to vote in town
meetings, The passage of this bill will,
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the measure introduced by Mr.. Stearns
of Burlington, giving all women the right
to vote on the payment of poll tax.
AUTO TRUCK AND HIGHWAYS
The question of the automobile truck
aud the highways which State Road Con-
missioner Stoddard B. Bates says is one
Of the great problems of the near future
was discussed Tuesday evening before the
House highways and bridges committee
Dy officers of the United States Crysotile
of New York, which is seeking
% develop a recently purchased asbestos
nine at Lowell. The company wants to
operate heavy caterpillar truck between
Lowell and Hyde Park railroad station
and as the route lies through more than
one town has asked that law be passed
allowing an appeal to the State highway
commissioner. from a refusal of the Sc
lectmen of town to grant them permit
to operate the truck on the town roads. ,
mat truck did no damage to the roads
and that tho company was willing to he,p
Day the cost of strengthening certain
bridges.
Mr.. Bates thought the bill should pro- I
tide for an appeal to some other official l
n officials than the State road commits.
Toner or it would take all his time. Ger a
ain changes will be made in the pro-
DOsed bill and another bearing will be I
leld. ,
HOW LAMoILLE COUNTY VOTED v
Those who voted in favor of giving
women taxpayers the right to vote were Il
ike of Stowe, Smalley of Morrisville I
nd Stiles of johnson. s.
Those who believed women should be g
lxed without representation or vote I
'ere Allen of Wolcott, Beard of Water o
lille, Bellows of Cambridge, Campbell of b
'elvidere, Finuegan of hyde Park, Kinds J
{ Eden. a
Absent, Hall of Gilmore.