The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-19

Montpelier, Jan. 1S.--The event OF
the day from spectators standpoint
was the election of justices Of the Su
| preme court, sergeant-atarms, etc.
which occurred at 23O this afternoon
By far the largest crowd Of the ses'
sion packed the galleries and every
available seat in Representative hall
and the elections resulted exactly as
predicted in The Herald this morn
ing The results were as follows:
Chief Justice--John II. Watson OF
Montpelier.
Associate Justices-Seneca Hasel
ton of Burlington, George NJ. Powers
of Morrisville. William II. Faylor OF
Hardwick, W. w. Miles of Barton.
Sergeant-at-Arms-D J. Dwin-
ell of Montepelier.
Adjustant and Inspector General
Lee r. Tillotson of st. Adams.
Judge Advocate General-Stephen
s. Cushing of st. Adams.
Trustees of the University of Vel.
mont--George M. Powers, Guy w,
Bailey, Clayton J. Wright
The contest for the election of ser
geant-at-arms proved to be very
one-sided affair, the ballot standing
as follows Mr.. Dwinell, 220: w. E,
Poole. go: Charles A. Smith. 13.
The delegation to attend the funer-
al of Admiral George Dewey at Wash
ington, d. c., consisting of Governor
Graham, Adj-Gen. Lee 5. Tillotson
senator Redfield Proctor of Rutland.
Representative Lynn b. Brooks of
Montpelier and Col. Ira L. Reeves.
president of Norwich University, left
Montpelier this evening.
An act to allow towns to vote
scholarships TO deserving students
was introduced in the Senate this
morning by Senator Taylor of Wind
sor.
The Senate rejected S. 7, which was
introduced by Senator Peck of Chit
tenden county and related TO the
solemnization OF marriages in this
state. The bill has been reported UNI
fayorably by the judiciary committee.
Its proposed alteration of the present
law was very slight.
The committee meetings furnished
even more interest than the proceed
ings OF the houses today. At public
meeting of the temperance committee
this afternoon, II. 2S, introduced by
Mr.. Fenton of Rutland city, which pro-
vides that half of the license fees now
paid by license town to the State,
shall be given TO the town, was dis
cussed. Superintendent c. ii. Smith
of the Vermont Anti Saloon League
OF Burlington and the Rev. William
Shaw of Montpelier opposed the bill
on the ground that it offered finan'
cial inducement for towns to vote for
license. Mr.. Fenton argued that the
towns should have half the license
fees to pay for the cost Of admins
tration. There will be later hearings
on this bill and on II. So, which pro
, vides for the election of three license
commissioners from each town at the
annual town meetings. instead of hav
| ing the side judges act In that capaci
| ty as at present
The act introduced by Mr.. Williams
OF Pawlet to abolish the present meth
! cd of primary elections called forth
some warm comment this morning al
hearing before the committee ON SUI
| frage and elections Mr. Williams SAID
| but didn't work out In practice. For
mer Lieutenant-G Frank +
Howe of Bennington. John Cushing
editor of the st. Adams Messenger
whose views on the question were di
rectly tho opposite of those Of hi
brother. S, : Cushing and the Rev
Fraser Merger Of Randolph spoke. i
Appeared &c be the sediment of th,
| committee the: the present Law
! should be given further trial. Their,
will be another public hearing of thu
committee at 7.30 O'Clock Tuesday ev,
ming. lnt gffie
The bills OF Mr.. Dunhan of Brattle
boro ma Mr. Phelps OF t.r HaveI
provtang for the carrying IF light
by all behicles on the public high
after dark, except those carrying In
fammable material We're the subjects
of public hearing this morning
There is apparently a strong senti
ment in favor of the passage of sucl
a bill although either of the presen
ones MAJ undergo some Sigh
changes before becoming a law.
Rememrrr tho Spcial dance u