The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-15
BLIND ~ ,>''PLA|N
EXPIRED THIS
MORNING
Devotional Leader Of State Senate
Since 1872
HAD A SHOCK At BANQUET
Suddenly Became Unconscious While
Speaking at Reunion Of
1904 Senators.

montpelier FeE. lo.-hcF' MOL SOi-
lus w. Farman of Westfleld the blind
chaplain Of the senate since 1902,
died at O'Clock this morning. When
the senate convened this morning
Lieut.. Gov. R. w. Hulburd paid a
touching tribute to the memory of the
chaplain and the senate adjourned.
The house adopted resolutions.
Rev. Mr.. Farman was stricken
while speaking at banquet at the
Pavilion held by members of the SEN
ate OF 1904. He suddenly stopped in
the midst of his remarks and would
have fallen to the floor but for the
assistance of Senator Kicker and ex'
Senator H. D. Simpson.
He was a native Of Westfield and
was educated at Johnson and the
University Of Vermont. He was a
Congregational clergyman.
Montpelier, Feb. 14.-What might
be considered a test of the attitude
of the House on the repeated at
tempts to cripple the local option law
was shown this afternoon on motion
to amend House bill 159, fixing license
fees.
The bill had been amended on mo-
tion Of Mr.. Moore of Ludlow to raise
the second-class license fee from
$1,000 to $4,000 and on motion of Mr..
Fenton came up as special order
this afternoon.
Representative George Deyette of
Benson moved to amend by making
the fee not less than $1,000, nor more
than. $4,000, thus putting it back on a
sliding scale. Mr.. Fenton moved to
amend the amendment to the amend
ment by making the minimum $1,000.
but was ruled out of order
Mr.. Root Of Bennington made a con-
servative argument for the preserva-
tion Of the town unit and said if the
present tendency continued the towns
would be stripped to their boundaries.
He declared the second class licensee
had right to fair treatment in towns
that voted license.
Mr.. Pollard of Cavendish brought
the argument down to facts by snap
py speech In which he declared that
II the Legislature adopted the $4,000
limit 1t meant that it would say to a
license town vote as you--please
hut you can't have a second-class II.
cense." =.
Mr.. Phelps of Fair Haven pictured
conditions on the west side OF Rut-
land county and declared that Fair
Haven was compelled to vote license
to protect itself against four $3.50
saloons In the state of New York, Just
over the line. He said that even the
clergy and business men favored a
second-class license, which was now
run in a perfectly satisfactory man.
ner, but that the $1,000 license fee
would be prohibitive.
Mr.. Stearns of Burlington declared
that the voters, by vote of $4,000 to
the principle of local option and had
practically said keep your hands off
the local option law"
Mr. Moore of Ludlow did not push
his original amendment very strong
ly, but declared that it had been pro
posed and passed in the interest OF
the small towns. The House ther
adopted the Deyette amendment by a
vote of 122 to So, which was regarded
as a test Of the local option senti
ment.
President H. l.. Ward of the Bur
lington Trust company and Other
prominent bankers. appeared this
afternoon before the committee OF
banking and insurance to oppose the
passage OF II. 115, which gives for
eign corporations the same rights as
domestic corporations to act as execu
tors and trustees. Judge Robert Z
Healy of Bennington appeared to sup