The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-22
But Amends by Making the
Last Retiring Governor
a Member
FINAL ACTION PUT
OVER TO NEXT WEEK
Vermont Legislature Spent
a Very Busy Washing
tons Birthday

| ihNuouit 1AtRt'hi
the board of control, the connecting linl
upon which nearly all the other bills ad
| yoeated by Gov. Graham hinge, was re
ported in the Senate this morning favor
ably with recommendations of amend
ment changing the personnel of the boart
by making the last retiring governor {
member instead OF person to be ap
pointed by the governor. Upon motion
OF Senator Bigelow of Orange, the bill
tS 70) was made a special order for next
| Wednesday forenoon at ii O'Clock after
Senator Proctor tried without success tc
have it made special order for to-mor
row morning.
i The upper branch of the legislature
disposed of nearly 80 bills, working on
the biggest calendar which has confront.
ed that body so far in the session. Many
Of the measures were considered unim-
portant and were passed or advanced to
a third reading without discussion. Two
were recommitted for additional changes.
! One of the bills advanced to third
reading was II PA amending the pri-
mary law as relating TO petitions, i'm
posing a penalty of S25 for a person
making a false petition of nomination.
! The House suspended its rules and
| passed the joint resolution ordering a
| further investigation Of the Vermont
state school for feeble minded at Bran
don and observed the legal holiday,
Wsshington's birthday, by adopting the
following resolution, and ending with the
singing of America;
Resolved by the House of Representa-
tives, That, whereas this day marks the
anniversary OF the birth of him who was
First in war, first in peace, and first in
the hearts OF his countrymen' and whose
memory s, and ever should be, cherished
and revered by all who are or shall be
favored and blessed by the institutions
founded upon the principles to which his
strength and efforts contributed so
greatly;
Resolved, That this House do now
take recess for the space Of 80 minutes,
that the members retain their seats, and
that the member from Randolph be re-
quested TO publicly read the farewell ad
dress of him whom we with increasing
fervor honor as the father of his eoun-
try
The resolution calling for further in
vestigation of the Brandon school for
feeble minded is as follows:
Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives, That the House com
mitee on state institutions is here EN-
powered to further investigate the Ver
mont state school for feeble minded chill
dren, and for that purpose to hear evil |
dence, TO administer oaths, to compel at |
tendance of witnesses by subpoena or
otherwise, and the production of papers |
and books before it. and to employ a
stenographic reporter at the expense of
the state; and for the purpose of such in /
vcstigation, said committee is authorized |
to sit during the session of the respee- |
tive houses. That the auditor of ac-
counts is hereby authorized to draw his /
order in favor of the chairman of the
committee for such sum as is necessary
to reimburse the members of the com
mittee for moneys actually expended by
them in the investigation
Passage was refused II. 305, allowing
the killing of deer doing damage to land
lr crops upon order of the fish and game
Mr.. Aiken vigorously OPP
posing the bill and severely arraigning
he fish and game system as conducted
n the past.
The vote by which the woman suffrage
,ill was rejected by the House yesterday
afternoon was III to Ill.
The representatives voting in favor of
he suffrage bill was as follows:
Adams of Westford, Aiken, Albee, All
en- of Vernon. Andrews, Austin, Aver,
3ailey, BAH of Newark, Beers, Blanchard,
Bliss, Bond. Brewson, Brown OF Berlin, I
Brown of Orwell Brown of Peru, Bryant,
Buck, Bundy, Burroughs, Button, Bux
on, Carlton, Carpenter, Chamberlin, 9
'hapman, Chase, Cheney, Chessmore, !
lift, Coburn of East Montpelier, Coburn v
f Jay, Collins, Cook, Cox, Cunningham,
urts. Demick, Drake, Dunbar, Dunham $
{ Brattleboro. Dunn, Dunton. Esden, !
'ogg. Foley, Gill. Gray, Hall of Wood v
urv, Hardy. Hayden. Hemenway of D
iridport, Hicks, Higgins of Woodford, b
Hooper, Hopkins, Rowland, II
Iunt. Irish, Jennison, johnson of Crafts
ury. johnson of Huntington, johnson of II
Tardsboro, King. Lsdd, LaFleur, Law a
,n, McCrsy. Martin of Winhall, Merri- n
eld. Metzger. Miles, Miller, Miner, Moore ls
( Ludlow, Moore of Plymouth, Noble, d
CONAN, o'Neil, o'Sullivsn, osgood of Rock o
Igham, Parsons. Perkins OF Waterbury, Is
hillips, Pike of Stowe, Pike of Stratton, a
routy. PufFer, Richardson. Kicker, Root, b
oger, Russell. Shsnly, Smslley, Smith
Bloomington. Stesrns, Steele, Stihs,
weeney, Taggsrt, Tenney, Trouville,
ate Of Weston, West, Williams of M
awlet. Wilson of Pownal, Wright of
oventry, Wright of Wsltham. Total,
]. In
The representatives voting against the 81
ffrage bill were: of
Adams of West Haven, Aldrich, Allen IN
Woleott. Amidon. Archer. Atwood, m
lker. Baldwin, Ball of Maidstone, Bar en-
r, Barrett, Bates, Beard, Becker, Bel Fl
Jap, Bellows Of Cambridge, Bellows of DIV
ganton, Bentley, Blk, Briggs, Bucklin,
.mpbell of Belvidere, Campbell of SUIT he
n. Candon. Cannon, Casey, Cudworth, no
INNINGS. Dslrymple, Dana, Day, Dey- Ba
te. Dixie. Dillon, Dunham Of Athens.
yinell, Eaton, Fenton, Field, Finnegan, bis
nney. Flint, Fullam. Gates, Gridley. wa
lie. Hall Of Elmore, Hall Of Isle la re,
1tte, Hayes, Haynes, Hemingway Of Ss