The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-31
House Passes Three Meas
ures Embodying Recon-.
mendatiOns of Governor
AGRICULTURAL BILL
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
Fear Of Amendments by Lawyer Mem
bers Leads Laymen to Take Prompt
Action = Industrial Accident Board
Abolished.
Abolished.
Especial to The Reformer.l


The CLEANS of victory for the Graham
legislative program, which appeared on the
horizon yesterday, have today developed
into the triumphant glow of noon. In the
house this morning when the Amidon bill
consolidating under the commissioner of
agriculture the department of forestry and
livestock sanitation as well as other minor
departments was considered, having been
made a special order yesterday, Mr.. Phelps
Of Fairhaven stated that owing to the
icy by the proposals o. this bin he wanted
a full discussion o. the subject, so that
he and others might vote intellgently.
He therefore asked leave to propose an
amendment by striking out section one
This move would give an opportunity for
debate.
TIE house voted 100 to 60 to allow this
onportunity for debate. Mr.. Candon of
Pittsrord, chairman OF the house commit
tee on agriculture, stated that his commit
tee had considered the bill from every
standpoint, had called in the best available
in nFormation and he believed that the bill
should be passed as recommended by the
committee. Park Pollard OF Cavendish
stated that he wanted to go on record as
opposed to the numbering up OF this bill by
amendments from the attorneys on the
floor Of the house He sad that the way
had heen opened for amendment after
amendment so that this bin could be
chewed up until it would he impossible to
distinguish whether it was Mr. Amidon's
bill or Mr.. Wise Yankees hill of Salem,
Mass. and he wanted the hin which had
been written by the best authority to pass
the house.
4 And with rush and roar the hill was
unanimously passed, which is Graham's
\ first victory.
/ Immediately IT ll2 creating the Office OF
insurance commissioner and amending and
rnraalnr the present statutes so that the
present insurance commissioners are abol-
ished and an expert has charge OF the
work was taken I'M and nassed. Mr.
Moore of ludlow one or the most consplc-
nous mon on the floor OF the house. took
occasion to give the press = gentle thrust.
eavinr tho press had failed to investigate
tho administration nroprarn fully: that
thov had told their readers that the nro-
c,-ar nronosed meant economy and eff
cheney while hn hnlinves he was modest IN
saving that this insurance nronosal would
;-cro..o +La cost ~ th-t denartr1rnt bv
- loa.- :, nnn H did not believe that
-his va. Intentional on the nart % the
nress. hut merely failure to dig deep
enough into the matter.
REPRESENTATIVE n7,nh.m o. H-sttleho-o
~ ~ y,-a Of the
a4o+a now are having into tNe t-eae,,-v
eotf mn which is the fourth larrert i'cn
:, .ro l;e+ oe state rcce;0ts md he he-
to,-cd = would bo onlv fair and RIGHT that
+bie aarer+-ren+ ehorI9 10 o1-oiniete~nf h-
m insurance cvnort Rowland of Pa--re.
oho;r,,,,-, or +hc co-,,-r1;t+ne which consid
oroa 40 hill arlv defended =
, T,o nnvt rill taknn NJ called for the
aho1;shmcn+ of tho present industrial acc'-
don't board ard the substitution or a COM
missioner of industry which should admin
5 istar the workmen's COMPENSATION law. as
s,r,,n tho duties Of factory insnector and
Y soc that the lave relating to emnlovnent
: Of women and minors were carried out
s THE raseed az prorortlv "a the two nre-
codinr measures Tho rreeont industrial
r cor,r,ittoa ia cor,roeed of Robert w 81
j. rnonds of 81. .Tohnshurv Sanford A. Dan.
iols O. Rrattleboro and Fred H Pease Of
Burlington.
Ore of thn enr--ises Or the eassion came
a 4his morning whom Parrctt of Cabot
oroned M the rnuch-discussed Question rs
70 tho two state schools of agriculture by
l. introducing in the house Joint resolution
n asking that the Randolph school of ARR
t culture and tho Theodore Y Vail schoo
s at Lvndonville be maintained and placet
:. on the basis Of efficiency hv means of q
i. proper and adequate appronriation. Thi'
o resolution on motion OF Mr.. Metzger o
Randolph. is made enecial order for to
% morrow forenoon. This morning each
), member Of the house found on his desk
;. letter from Hon Theodore n Vail relat
. ing to the agricultural school, which stated
= that if the state did not wish to suppor
:, the school at Lvndonville which he hat
y bestowed unon the state it could revert t
Lyndon institute as provided in his deet
Of gift. It is expected that this resolution
20 will open up lengthy and warm discus
IS sion on this matter.
comprehensive bill making uniform
Vermont laws relating to issuances o
le licenses for automobile operators an,
r chauffeurs which was written largely from
y the experience Of Secretary Of State Bale.
t. in administering the present law passes
the house this morning. It provides tha