The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-13
TWO BILLS REMAIN
10 Be SIGNED BY
GOVERNOR
Second Class License Bill and
Trolley Extension
GOVERNOR USGED To VETO BOTH
Bill AboIishine Second Class License
Leaves No Way to Secure Liquor
For Medicinal Purposes.


Montpelier. April 1S.-The bill {.
abolish second class liquor license.
has not yet been signed by Governor
Graham.
The governor hesitates to sign the
bill because 1t does away with al
means of securing liquor legally in the
state of Vermont for medicinal pur
poses or any purpose whatever.
! Even some of the promoters OF The
bin and men who never voted license
in their lives are asking the governor
to veto the bill as they nd it touches
every legitimate purpose for which
| liquor can be used.
The trolley extension bill got
through the Senate in its closing
hours by vote of Is to 13 after
about the hottest small fight Of the
session. The bill was amended so
that it was general in its application
and did not merely apply to the Berk-
shire road here.
The street railway men made ali
the effort they could to defeat the bill
in the Senate and are now trying to
get Governor Graham to veto the bill
on the ground that 1t may be uncon-
stitutional and that it iniiicts a har i.
ship on roads which are not prodtaDls.
The bill gives the public service
commission power to investigate any
extension demanded and decide wheth
er or not the extension should be
made.
Montpelier, April 1.-THE 1917 Gen
eral Assembly passed into history at
noon today. In some respects 1t is
said to have been one of the most re-
markable legislative sessions in the
history Of the State, and its length, an
even 100 days is second only
to the 1912 session, which lasted 1l9
days When the presiding officers of
the two branches pounded their desks
and declared adjournment sine die.
there was a new speaker presiding in
the representatives chamber and for
mer Speaker Stanley C. Wilson of
Chessea had been elected to the sixth
judgship on the superior bench Repre-
sentative Charles S. Dana of New Ha-
ven was the newly-elected speaker,
defeating w. w. Reirden OF Barton.
Unable to agree on the compromise
judiciary bill, although the Senate re-
manned in session until about 1.30
o'clock this morning, both branches
after reconvening at nine o'clock
adopted a joint resolution providing
for the election by the joint assembly
of six judges to the superior court.
The assembly was held about an hour
later and despite the strenuous work
of the preceding night, there were few
vacant seats. Lieut.-Gov. Roger w.
Hulburd presided.
The formalities incident to the I'M
contested elections of the first five
members of the superior court were
soon completed, but thrill swept
through the House when the presiding
Ctilcer asked for nominations for the
sixth judgeship, vacancy caused by
the resignation of former Chief JUS
tice Munson from the supreme court
and the elevation of Judge Miles from
the superior to the supreme court.
The feeling was in itself tribute to
the popularity of Mr.. Wilson.
Stanley C. Wilson was born in
Orange September 10. 1879, and has
been resident of the town of Chelsea
since 1905. He was graduated from
Goddard Seminary in 1896 and from
Tufts College in 1901. In 1902 and
again in 1904 he was the official report
er of the Senate, and in 1915 was a
member of the House. He was States
attorney for Orange county from 1908
until 1912 and is the present chairman
of the republican State committee.
Immediately after the dissolution of
the joint assembly. Mr.. Wilson sub
mitted his resignation as speaker of
the House. Representatives w. w.
Reirden of Barton and Charles S.
Dana of New Haven were nominated,
the balloting resulting as follows: Mr..
Dana received 141 votes, Mr.. Reirden
65 and Mr.. Cudworth of Londonderry,
who was not candidate, received
two votes. Mr. Dana was conducted
before the bar of the House. where
the former speaker administered the
oath of Office. Besides presiding for
the remainder of the session, Speaker
Dana also had the opportunity to sign
several bills.
The new speaker served in the
House in 1900 and was president of
the republican State convention in
1908. He was also assistant judge of
the Addison county court from 1908
to 1912
The House unanimously and some
what Indignantly refused the belated
attempt of the Senate to pass some
court reform measures by placing GER
tain sections of the administration
judiciary bill as amendments TO a bill
introduced early in the session by
Senator Villas. The measure passed