The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-02
Tried to Keep the House
Working, But Was Beat
en- on a Close Vote
ANOTHER R'GRAHAM
MEASURE MONDAY
Mr.. Williams of Proctor Will Introduce
Bill Creating the Office OF State
ten Movie Picture Bill

Engineer = Senate Passes the Dut-
ten Movie Picture Bill.
Especial to The Reformer)
MONTPELIER, Feb .
In the house this morning a. L Cud- |
worth the legislator from Londonderry, |
read a vigorous protest against the house
iadjourning from this noon until Monday, |
saying that there was ample work and that |
it was impr,.per for the legislators to go
home leaving this accumulated work. On
a vote Of 96 to 50 the house adjourned
until $50 Monday afternoon. The senate
will hold a Saturday forenoon session.
Senator Dimond of Manchester intro
duccd bill creating the highway commits
sion, composed of three members appoint
cd by the Governor who are to serve with
out compensation The commission will be
allowed secretary who must be a civil
engineer and practical road builder This
bill covers some 30 printed pages and
seems to follow the suggestions Of j. G.
Wilbur Of Manchester before the road
meeting al ftotel ' el1H0nI IN burlington
several days ago
Senator Fairchid is father OF bill pro-
v:d,ng FOR 81 COO fine or imprisonment for
misrepresentation or false statement in
advertising goods or other property for
sale. Senator Eddy of Brattleboro has
,, introduced bill strengthening the crimi-
nal law to fornication
The senate has passed the muci-d S
H.
that a person who exhibits to the public
moving pictures which are obscene or i'm
moral on presents an obscene of immoral
: show. vaudeville or entertainment shall be
: imprisoned not more than three months or
fined not more than 5000 OF both The
companion bin which Senator Dunton in
! troduced relating to the admission ot chill.
dren under l3 has been killed
I, Mr. Williams Of Proctor on Monday
Will introduce the fifth administration bill,
which creates the office OF state engineer
. This engineer viii be under the highway
= department and will perform engineering
4 work in connection with that in the state
II department
$ Governor Graham has appointed Arthur
r W. Hewitt of Plainheld a delegate from
RS Vermont to the conference of the national
G. society for the promotion of industrial edu
cation to he held at Indianapolis Feb 21
"a DR. A. f. Parln Of Island Pond has
been appointed member OF the state
board Of medical registration for six years
The Hunt bill. which prohibits the sell
l ing OF liquor within five miles of an educa
tional institution receiving aid from th'
state, was the subject Of a lively heating
al before the temperance committee las
evening.
Representative Stearns OF Burlington
asked what right the legislature had TO sa.
:. that the vote Of 5000 people Of Vernon
d should be overthrown hy the legislature.
lc Speaking for his constituents, MI
lie Stearns declared that the city Of Burline
,d ton was entitled to regulate its own affair
and he asked for a further hearing SO tha
his constituents might be heard.
OF Arthur \. Chamberlain, young news
IS. paper man from Burlington said he prize
of the right of suffrage and asked what righ
- the legislature had to take away his righ
;, to vote on the subject OF license
=" Harry Daniels of East Montpelier, form
d er senator and representative, called after
M ton to the evident fact that the city
IS Burlington is located at the University {
Vermont. not the University of Vernon
:. at Burlington.
81. The hearing was conducted principal
or By Dr. Guy Potter Benton, president
Ia the University of Vermont. who lntr
80 duced Prof. George II Perkins, Dir II. {
Tinkham, Prof. j. l.. Hills and Pro
rs George c. Groat, all Of whom contirme
ia the statement of their president, that Il
pl' presence OF saloons in Burlington was
De great detriment to the university, at Il
'ln same time they claimed that such legisl
- ton was not necessary TO make the st
NIX dents of the university sober.
co at would not raise the standard Of tt
On student body" said DR.. Benton, "becau
not over five or ten students in year f;
en- a victim to the lure of the saloons" J
called attention to the legislation i'll II
lso nois. Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsi
lv- which established dry" belts around
her stitutions of higher learning and declar
ms. that the intelligence of the city of Br
er- l.ngton was overwhelmingly against t
18th saloons. notwithstanding the fact,
hat brought out by Mr.. Stcarns later, that I
city had voted license every year but 0
ieh since the adoption of the local option la
'as Two students of the university testiii
'or in an artless manner regarding the vote
ich the student body ON the Hunt bill a
the called attention to the fact that at a p
'om vious meeting no satisfactory result W
reached, but that after weeks work
inc, the committee an overwhelming major
be- was secured against the saloon.
one Representative Moore of Ludlow a
lers Senator Kicker of Caledonia county offer
nee to support the bill, if amended to exclr
ada, innkeepers and Representative Candon
ter Pittsford called attention to the two to
vote against the Perry bill and asked