The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-20
Ants Making a Desperate
Effort to Block Measures
in Legislature
EXPECT MOORE BILL
TO PASS THE SENATE
Grants Ballot in Town Meeting to WON
en- Taxpayers - Debate Over Com
nlissioners Gives Opportunity to
Knock John Barleycorn.
Especial to The Reformer.I
MONTPELIER March

throughout the morning the senate.
with its discussion of woman suffraoa
and temperance, held 'thc interest of all
watchers of legislation and even MANY
members of the house were attracted to
the senate galleries
In the opening of the session Senator
Blgelow OF Orange county proposed to
amend the Moore BILL which grants the
ballot III town meetings to women tax
payers by striking out all after the en-
acting clause and substituting new mat.
ter which would give to men and women
the referendum on the question of women
voting IN town meetings and for presi-
dental electors. This was opposed Inv
Senator Taylor and the matter was most
poned for the afternoon session.
House bill l4G which provides that the
GOVERNOR instead of the assistant illdge
"f county court. shall appoint in each
county where there is wet town or
towns three license commissioners was
the special order in the senate and the
discussion of it drifted into "A sort of
temperance meeting, most of the sena
tors beng ready to attack John Barley
corn and declare that the liquor interests
besmlrch everything with which they
come in contact.
Senator Fairchild made a plea for the
retention OF the present system of an
pointing the commissioners and some
seven or eight senator's participated in
the discussion which lasted for an bour
and half. On yea and nav vote the
ard ~
concurrence with the house.
This afternoon the senate is in a de-
bate on the question of granting the bal
lot to women taxpayers in town affairs.
and the ants are taking their last des
perate stand TO prevent the suffrapists
obtaining an entering wedge. At the
conclusion OF the suffrage debate it is
very certain that the Moore bill will he
ordered to third reading and viii ulti-
matelv pass the senate Just as it came
from the house.
1he house this morning by a yea and
nay vote ordered to third reading the
Day dog bill. The house also accented
the renort Of the committee of confer
ence III which the senate rescinded its
proposal to amend house bill l23, by
making the salary of the fish and game
commissioners $500. By accenting this
renort the salary will be established at
$1,000
About 40 of the members of the
house were present at this week s open-
ing session yesterday afternoon and in
the senate at 1.30 in the evening ONLY
tWo-thirds Of the members were at their
desks.
The senate passed in concurrence the
Dunham bill, which provides uniform
traffic regulations which were drafted
III accordance with the ideas of the
secretary of state and rules promul-
gated by the American Automobile as
sociation.
The administration measure which re-
organizes the state board of health and
imposes on that board the duties of
the supervisors Of the insane passed
the senate in concurrence and will short
" receive the governor signature.
Senator Villas scored a point for the
opponents of the board of control bill
IN obtaining a postponement of the con
sideration of the house amendments to
the bill. Asking for more time. the
senator suggested that a special order
be made for Wednesday forenoon at
which time he believed more of the
members would be present to consider
and the administration senators urged
immediate consideration, but Senator
Villas made a second motion that the
special order be for today at the end
of the calendar and so at the close of
the regular business these amendments
were up for disposal by the senate.
REPRESENTATIVE Day of Ira is still
holding to the dog question and Sc
cured, through the municipal corpora
tions committee, the introduction Of
a bill providing that all proceeds from
the licensing of dogs and fines imposed
upon the owners of mischievous dogs
shall be paid into the state treasury;
all damage to domestic animals from
dogs to be paid from this fund and the
balance at the end of the year to be
returned to the towns in proportion to
the moneys paid into the treasury bv
the various towns. Mr.. Days first bill,
which was one of the number com
bined by the general committee in the
substitute bill killed few DAYS ago.
was similar but provided that the un-
expended funds 90 to the state schools
and highways funds.