The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-06
SUFFRAGE WINS
BY 10 TO 90
House Passed Bill Giving
Women Right to Vote
for President
SENATE WAS IN
EXCLUSIVE MOOD
Refused to Let Outsider Appear Be-
fore It and Then Killed His Bill
House Killed Bill Protecting Banks
Memorial Service for Col. Roosevelt.
Especial to The Reformer.l
MONTPELIER, Feb. &.

tODecldl 10 Inc
MONTPELIER, Feb. g.
Women viii vote for presidential elec
tors in the state of Vermont from this
time forth This was definitely settled
this morning. when the house passed in
concurrence. and without discussion, S g.
Mr. White of Woodstock called for the
yeas and nays and the resulting vote was
l20 to 80 im favor OF the passage of the
bin. There were a large number OF
women in the gallery when the yeas and
nays were being taken.
The senate refused this morning to
allow DR. b. II. Stone of the state labora
| tory of hygiene to appear before 1T as
| committee Of the whole and explain S IL,
relating TO the sale of opium, morphine
and other narcotic drugs. In considera
| tion on this bill. Senator Villas explained
that the bill had been introduced at the
request of DIR. Stone and asked that he
| be allowed to appear and speak IN its
favor The motion was lost by a yea
and nay vote of Is to IL. The bill was
rejected.
The senate also brought forth some
| thing new this morning in working out
the calling of the calendar before begin
ming the mornings work There is a rule
/ in the senate providing for this calling
of the list of bills the first thing III the
lBY VOTE ONO !
morning but il has not been used up To
this time. By the use Of it the measures
which will bring up debate are placed at
the bottom of the calendar and the others
!
legislation
| 4 great deal of discussion arose this
morning in the house over s Ii, relating
to derogatory statements affecting banks,
a bill recently passed by the senate. This
bill brought forth lengthy debate and was
finally killed by an overwhelming refusal
TO give it third reading. In order to
make sure that the defeat should not be
trevived, Mr.. Tracy of johnson moved for
IA reconsideration, which was refused with
a thunderous Ne"
All the excitement started when 5 II
came up for a third reading under favor
able majority report from the commit
tee ON banking and insurance. Mr.. Tracy
lat once attacked the bill with fervor, say
ing that he hoped the people of Vermont
Iwould for a time maintain the right OF
free speech. and not let banks and bank
Idirectors 'Amuzzle their mouths" Mr..
Tracy maintained that if this bill were
Ipassed, it would be impossible for law
yers to advise their clients properly or
for friends to advise each other in regard
to deposits in certain banks
Mr.. Carpenter of Riehford defended
the bill and said that it was not aimed
against free speech or against the people
in any way, but was rather for the bene-
fit of the people who had small savings
in the banks Of the state and who should
be protected against malicious rumors
(which might be circulated to do harm to
those banks The bill was also defended
by Mr. Mcfarland of HYDE Park, who
lpointed out the danger of run on bank
as the result of untrue statements wllcli
might be circulated.
Mr.. Belknap of Rockingham, Mr.. Cud-
worth of Londonderry, Mr.. Austin OF
Iighgate and Mr.. Connal of Newport
town spoke against the bin. Mr.. Web
lister of Swanton offered an amendcmeni
which placed the same penalties on di
trectors of banks and banking institutions
in general for malicious and derogatorN
statements which might affect each other
. that were placed on the individual. Thi.
J amendment was opposed in the same
MANNER rs the Dil.
The house continued its work OF car
Image by numbering s 10. changing tbs
; month in which to prepare names of per
sons to serve as grand and petit jurors.
} Mr.. Belknap of Rockingham introduced
Ia Joint resolution which was adopted oI
1 the part of the house, providing for :
! Ijoint assembly on Wednesday evening
EFeb IL, at 8 o'clock TO honor the man
! lory of the late Theodore Roosevelt an.
, to listen to memorial addresses by Gov
lernor Clement and the Rev. Frazel
: Metzger of Randolph.
The house passed II 81. authorizin!
1.-THE state librarian to deliver a set of "th'
vermont digest" to the town of New
iport. and l09, relating to the paymen
of the premiums for bonds furnished b,
loffiecrs of the state, county or town.
Third readings were ordered on S "a
H ]. IL 32, II l34, II l4l, and J. II. S. l3
Iproyiding for stenographcr for tn
! Ipresident of the senate and the speake
: lof the house and certain committees
Ialso on II los. an act to pay TO Newpor
ICenter graded school district the sun
THEREIN named.
Bills Isl to l59 were introduced i'll tn
thouse this morning II l59 is an act t
Z, Irepeal chapter 323 of the general laws
5 providing for the appointment of a pur
t chasing agent, to the general committee
Y The senate this morning reconsidere
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