The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-07
Legislative Conference Com
mittee Seems Up Against
a Long Job
MUST HUSTLE TO
FINISH WEDNESDAY
18th Week of State Lawmakers Will
Open With This Evenings Session
No Chance That Barge Terminal Will
Be Passed Over Governors 5 Veto.
Especial to The Reformer.)
MONTPELIER, April

MIN IIf4Ilfft, April 1,
The Vermont legislature will start to-
night its squirt on the home stretch of the
race for adjournment Wednesday at noon.
Today is the Goth day of the session. the
opening of the 18th week, and if the legis-
I'latuer of 1910 is to adjourn inside of %
days it viii have to make every minute
count from the time the gavel falls for
this evenings session until the last bill
has been disposed Of
summary of business in both houses
up to Saturday noon shows that there are
about l6 bills in the house yet to be dis
posed of while the senate has between 25
and 30, including resolutions which have
not yet received final action. The house
has six bills and one resolution still in
committees and six bills and two resolu-
/ tions on the calendar for this evening.
| The senate has nine bills and resolutions
still III committees. There are six bills
and several resolutions on the senate cal
endar for this evening
/ There are three bills in a committee of
conference, among them H. 327, the
budget bin, which is likely to cause some
difficulty before it is agreed upon. The
| senate committee of conference is made
up Of Senators Stewart, Villas and Amey.
1.-THE senator's who fought the hardest. es-
peeially Villas and Amey, to get the re-
ductions IN certain appropriations, as
amended by the senate and turned down
by the house.
The house committee of conference
consists of Representatives Buttles, Alex
ander and Austin of Reading. Mr. But
ties is the chief representative of the
military department in the house The
senate cut out $50, 900 for armories from
the budget bill. Mr.. Austin is the cham
plon OF the educational department and
the senate clipped the educational appro-
priation from S264,000 to S200,000 Mr.
Alexander is the chairman of the house
committee on appropriations.
With this array of lawyers to fight out
the budget bill, it is doubtful if the com
mittee OF conference win be able to re-
port by 8 O'Clock this evening. as request
ed by resolution introduced in the house
! Friday.
All three of the bills vetoed by the gov
!. ernor arc on the calendar for considera
ton this evening. There is no possibility
: that any of them is likely to be passed
over the governors veto. The house
viii take up the two barge terminal
measures and win probably relegate them
to the junk heap for other legislatures tc
Y haul out and worry over. S. % providing
that the public service commission may
initiate proceedings for the alteration o1
/ railroad grade crossings which will come
: up in the senate this evening, will hardly
q be passed over the governors veto at this
e stage of the legislature considering tn,
e objection raised by the governor.
/. On the senate calendar for this evening
g is H. 1870, relating to registration of trae
&c ton engines, bill over which there ha
been much debate in the senate an,
which comes up this time as a special or
der. The senate will also consider S. 12e
relating to procedure in cases before TIL
G. commissioner of industry, up for secon
treading; and house proposal of amend
ments to 5. 100, charter of Lyndon, and
d l07, relating to prostitution.
l. The committee of conference report rec
$ ommending that the senate recede fror
d its proposal of amendment to II. 279. re
t. lating TO bond by taxpayers appealin
s. from decision of board of civil authority
will be acted upon.
In the house there is a favorable re
port on the resolution providing for tn
same per diem salary and mileage fo
st chaplains of both houses that the men
bers receive and favorable report wit
amendments to S. 1913, relating to til
~. conveyance of the record title to real es
at tate where the record holder is deceased
Ia is estate unsettled and without beneficis
M Interests in the property.
n. On the house calendar also is S. IL
increasing the governors salary frol
$4,000 to $4,000 called up by Mr.. Wittei
OF st Johnsbury the question bein
whether the house will reconsider its vot
-, whereby it refused the bill third reat
pp ing. The same question applies to II. Is
to provide for a change in the taxation
al express companies; called up by Mr.. Hol
"a kins of Burlington.