The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-18

BUSIEST SESSION
Several Bills Passed by the
House This Morn
ing
GOVERNOR EXPLAINS
PLANS TO FARMERS
Address Last Evening Believed to Have
Cemented Foundation for Plan of
Capitalization -. Dewey Funeral Par
ty to Leave for Washington Tonight.
Especial to The Reformer. J
MONTPELIER vi Ian !

MN IL L., u an. 10.
The Vermont legislature today has
seen its busiest time thus far in the
session. In the house this morning sew
erai bills were passed and others or
dered to a third reading. Mr.. Dun
ham s bill appropriating $4,000 for
the new supreme court building was
passed by the house.
This afternoon there will be Joint
assembly at go for the purpose OF
electing four associate justices, chief
justice Of the supreme court and other
officials. It is taken for granted that
Judge Watson will be elected chief
justice. The adjutant general will be
Lee 5. Tillotson, as there is no oppo-
sltlon. The advocate general will be
Stephen Cushing of St. Albans. In tbc
contest for sergeant alarms il seems
very probable that Dwight Dwinell
will receive the election on the first bal
lot
This evening Governor Graham, Ad-
Jutant General Tillotson, Senator Red
field Proctor. Representative l.. B..
Brooks and Col. Ira L. Reeves will
leave for Washington to attend the
funeral Of Admiral George Dewey.
Last evening when Gov. Graham
came into the hall of representatives to
address the legislative farmer s club
he was enthusiastically received bv an
n e
and visitors. The governor was invited
TO elaborate upon his program for the
agricultural department Of the state
and IN doing this he appeared to all
who were present as q master of the
situation he faces i'll the reorganiza-
tion of the state government.
Gov. Graham summed his whole pro-
gram up IN one word cent raliza-
ton, bringing together, wherever feas-
lble, similar departments under one
head. Where two, three or more men
compose board the responsibility is
divided and it is difficult to tell who
or what is back of the acts of the
board. Without wishing to infer that
he possessed the only idea or ideas
on state administration, the governor
thought that comparing his idea for
the Capitalization of the state govern
ment with the man who has none and
1t was "a whale Of plan.
The governor cited that last year the
commissioner of agriculture, the cattle
commissioner and the state forester
all three combined spent but oS7 davs
outside their respective Headquarters.
and with their duties imposed on the
commissioner of agriculture many trips
could be saved and the commissioner
with proper support IN the field would
handle the work more efficiently than
possible otherwise
Nothing has done more to cement
the foundation of Graham s program
than the address last night before the
farmers. His direct, sincere manner
helped all to see that there is no play
ing to the galleries That Vermont shall
do more for agriculture today than yes
terday and more tomorrow than TODAY
is the governors idea and the leoisla.
ture is with him.
Among the important bills intro
duced in the house today are the fol
lowing:
House Ga, relates to the keeping of
gambling implements, fixing penalty at
not less than one year in prison or
5000. fine or both.
House 15, introduced by Brooks of
Montpelier, appropriates $500 annual
lv for promoting and developing the
poultry interests of the state.
House 81, fixes open season for wild
deer from Nov. Is to Nov. 81, Sunday
excepted, between 5 a. m and ) y. m.
Instead of from Nov Is to Dec. ).
House 20 would make a candidate
for representative after the primary
obtain his certificate of nomination by
filing petitions signed by twenty per
cent of the entire vote east at preced
ing election. The law now calls for
one per cent. This makes it harder for
a candidate to come in after the pri-
mary election.
House 81 sets up standard for ice.
creams, demanding at least II per cent
milk fat.
House IS provides for erecting a
tablet to cost $500 in memory of Am
mi B. Young the architect of the state
house.