The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-09
DUNHAM BILL
RECONS|DERED
Is Made Special Order for
Tuesday Afternoon at
Aiken's Request
PUTNEY MEMBER
WILL SPEAK AGAIN
But There is Little Doubt that Result
of Yesterdays Vote Will Be Affect
ed Senate Passes Two of Admin
istration' Measures.
Especial to The Reformer.l
MONTPELIER VI II

MONTPELIER, VT, Feb, 0.
| Mr.. Aiken Of Putney, who has led the
opposition to the Dunham marriage bill,
which passed the house yesterday, this
morning rose on a question OF personal
privilege and asked that someone who
voted in the majority call for reconsid-
Grafton Of the vote, saying that the vote
yesterday came quicker than he anticipat
ed and therefore he did not say all he de
sired Out Of Difference to the gentleman
from Putney and in consideration OF the
fact that his intirmity Of hearing makes it
difficult for him to follow the proceedings
the member from Wethersfeld moved
reconsideration OF the Dunham bill and
Mr.. Merrifed OF Grafton moved that it
be made special order for next Tuesday
afternoon.
This opens up argument again and there
will be several speeches both for and
against, but there is no reason to believe
that the vote taken Yesterday viii be
changed,
In the senate when the administration
bill creating the Office OF director Of state
institutions came under consideration
Senator Demeritt stated that the Gov
ernor's program could not be stopped any
more than an express train running at top
speed, bat he thought it inadvisable to
= adopt program recognizing completely
our governmental system, when the spon-
sor Of that program would be at the head
Of tie state government but two years,
III Governor Graham were TO have long
term of years TO get his system INTO opera
tlon the gentleman favored the changes
The senate passed the bin BY unanimous
i. vote The administration bill creating the
!. office Of insurance commissioner also
!, passed the senate. The Cldworth bill
n which provides a special election to I'll
) vacancy in office Of L. ). senator, has re
ceived Governor Grahams signature, thus
l repeating law which gives the Governor
! the privilege Of appointing the senator il
% case of vacancies.
, a great many members are leaving
j Montpelier and it is evident that there
II will be very few on the floor Of the nous,
! for the session tomorrow forenoon.
i The house held very brief session
I yesterday afternoon, no action being
tees were not extremely busy either
it Just seemed to be an off day As tn
DAYS pass the members are coming t
see that this session cannot close il
March as was hoped by many. Wit
SIS this week being the sixth and onl.
about onefourth of the work of tn
session cared for there is good groun
y for the numerous predictions tha
eight weeks more will be necessary t
Is complete the work.
e The senate committee on agricultur
~ gave a public hearing yesterday on tn
= Amidon agricultural bill, which passe
ic the house last week Ebert Brigham
- commissioner of agriculture, was pre-.
-; -, cnt to answer questions concerning til
- relation of his department to the col
cA solidation which the Amidon bill prt
poses. Senator Wheeler takes decide
objection to the forestry departmer
being combined with the departmeI
of agriculture All indications col
I'm sidered the Amidon bin will pass til
senate as easily as it passed the hous
Last evening DR.. +. l.. Osgood Roe
Ite ingham 5 representative, appeared b
ire fore the senate Judiciary committt
Ter and strenuouslv opposed Senator Villas
in measure which would consolidate Il
de probate districts in the six southel
les counties. Villas maintains that by cor
,or bining the two districts in each
these counties and having one juds
efficiency and economy results. D
Osgood. Judge w. A. Graham of BE
lows Falls and all the others addres
ing the committee upheld the prese1
of system as convenient to the people al
cheaper because of accessibility. Win
ham county people seem determined
ult preserve the two districts. Next Tue
de- day evening there will be another hea
lul ing on this bill.
100 The Hunt . ''five-mile bill = is t
nd center of interest yet and its opponen
nix are in the majority. Each side is su
to ported by able men but the suggests
,rk is afioat that the friends of the mes
al ure win accept reduction of the lin
es from five miles to onehalf mile is
dicative of weakening on their pa
The opposition have threatened
, ipresent a bill barring state aid frc
L.. any institution of higher learning
Gated in license town. This wou
make it necessary for the citizens
ter towns where such institutions are
the eated voting dry in order to retain t
any institution.
900 Among the recent bills introduced
+. the house Gridlev of Windsor asks
of 70