The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-14
Legislature HOnOrS Memory
of Founder of Board
of Health
MARRIAGE MEASURE
is PASSED AGAIN
Vote on Reconsideration Was LAG to 64
Certain Legislators Evidently Bent
on Securing Prohibition in Some
Form.
Especial to The Reformer.
MONTPELIER, Feb. II.

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MONTPELIER, Feb. II.
Immediately following the devotional
exercises this morning Mr.. Prouty OF New
port offered resolution of regret on the
death of Dr. Henry d. Holton, which was
promptly accepted by the house. The text
of the resolution is as follows:
That we learn with deep regret of the
death OF Dr. Henry Dwight Holton of
Brattleboro, native Vermonter, who
won national reputation in the medical
world, an able executive and always a
wholesome influence in politics We re-
call his devotion to the cause Of public
health; his foresight in founding our state
board of health and his uneeasing labor as
a member of that board; his record as stu
dent Of medicine which won for him a
place in the medical societies of this and
many foreign countries; his work in be-
half of civic betterment which made him
valued member of the general assembly,
and all those sturdy qualities which char
acterized Henry Dwight Holton as think
er worker and lover of mankind Re-
solved that a certified copy OF these reso-
lutions be forwarded to the secretary OF
the state board of health and members OF
DR.. Holtons family"
The sessions of both house and senate
this morning were very ordinary, nothing
along the line of excitement or unusual
interest taking place. The Dunton movie
bill which prohibits the showing of OBJ.
scene or vulgar films passed the house.
his had already passed the senate The
Rowland bill which allows Imprisonment
tor delinquent taxpayers was reported ad-
versely from the senate judiciary commit
: tee and was killed
In the house the military bill which is a
codihcation of the state military law to
comply with the provision of the national
8 defense act was passed. The house also
passed the Root bill which allows towns
to exempt from taxation houses built after
I June l. 1917 not exceeding $1,000 in cost
which are to be occupied as homes
5 The Durham marriage bill came up yes
Y terday for reconsideration and was passed
n by the house l46 to "a after Mr.. Aiken of
4 Putney had spoken against it and Frazer
It Metzger of Randolph had spoken in favor
G Of it. Those from Windham county who
IS voted against the bill were Dunham of
G Athens, Howe of Brookline, Legate of
GuilGord, Robinson of Jamaica, Aiken of
Y Putney, johnson of Somerset and Chap
g man of Windham. Those absent or not
If voting We're Dalrymple of Marlboro, Pike
q OF Stratton and johnson of Wardsboro.
g Hunt Bill Doomed
The much discussed Hunt bill which
: would prohibit the selling of liquor
= within five miles of an institution of
A h1nfla ~ o. l1l Lr~
=, ~ priation is doomed to an ignoble death.
Its fate can be outlined today with
~ little chance of any change Of pro-
gram.
- The house committee on temperance
= boasts two members who are not at all
:, =, friendly to temperance legislation and
- they have contributed generously to
~ ~ the crushing of the Hunt bill. In the
~ executive sessions of the committee
- they have opposed the measure in its
=. entirety, continuously and consistent
~ ly. Owing to this the committee is
unable to make unanimous report
r. and when that fact was eneount cred
II the majority of the committee busted
or themselves in shaping substitute
as bin.
The substitute bill which they wert
considering, strange to relate, wa.
quite like the Morse bill presented il
the senate yesterday morning. TIL,
game of the diligent lawmakers is nov
Ter to let the Hunt bill hang in the balanc,
until action has been taken on tht
Morse bill. If the Morse bill passe
tn well and good, the temperance commit
ne- tee will then proceed to stow away tn
'b- Hunt bill with tears of satisfaction
to However, if the Morse bill fails of pas
sage, then the report on the Hunt bill
will assume the shape of the substitut
bill referred to above. The colleg
people of Burlington and AntiSal
forces who have fought for dry bel
nm around the colleges are expected t
on boost the Morse bin forgetting, for tn
time being, that there is Hunt bill
rna They will be led to do this by tn
90 honor of making Vermont dry stat
notwithstanding the decisive vote fo
-, local option last March.
the Senate with Administration.
The motion to reconsider the vote O
rch the bill creating the Office of directc
use of state institutions was the sign;
yesterday afternoon for free and fu
ned discussion of administration measure
ere in the senate chamber. Ordinarily ths
the quiet chamber is oppressive because
am its diqnifed inertia Not So yesterda
ash