Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-01-17
VERMONT SENATE
FOR RATIFICATION
lest Vote on Question Shows It
Lined Up at "a to4
Desperate Attempt Made to Put This
State Among the First SO to Ratify
Prohibition Amendment.

MONTPELIER, Vt, Jan. IT,
Working under suspension of the rules
| md dlsregarding point of order raised
BY Senator Kingsley of Rutland county
| The senate this morning made desperate
| ,fiort TO put Vermont PARKWAY under
| the wire in the race for place among the
| first SO states to ratify the federal pro
hbitory amendment
The procedure in the senate was un-
| usual for the reason that the GOVERNOR
| message transmitting the result of the
| action of congress was sent to the house
his morning and was referred to the
| committee on federal relations. A rcso-
.ution also was introduced in the house
providing for. joint committee Of tho
| house and senate committees on federal
| relations to consider and report upon the
| resolution.
| The point of order raised was that
there was nothing before the senate OF
the senate committee on federal relations
but the president of the senate, Lieut.
| Gov. Mason s.. Stone, ruled that the point
was not well taken and resolution to
| ratify was adopted after three separate
yea and nay votes in which the senate
| stood solidly "a to for immediate action
and ratification
/
morning is as follows:
| After long recess during which the
committee on federal relations held
meeting the senate re convened at ll.47.
Senator Villas of Chittenden county
moved that the rules be suspended and
the senate at once proceeded to act upon
the reports OF the committee. This reso-
luton was seconded by Senator Ballou
| If Windsor county and favored by Sena-
tor Bates of Washington county. 1t was
opposed by Senator Kingsley of Rutland
county but was adopted by standing
vote of % to 5, Senator Maurice explain
ing that his vote against suspending thu
rules was not directed at the main CUES
ton but was in favor of the proper and
orderly procedure
The report Of the committee was favor
able and the resolution was read the sec.
ond time. On the question of third
rtadaig Senator Kingsley raised point
I Of order, reading the communication
from the governor transmitting the az
ton of congress to the house and calling
attention TO tho proposed Joint commit
tee which should consider the resolution.
After consultation With the secretar, a.,i
with the senator the president ruled the
point of order not well taken, whereupon
NtHd tOT NlIlSSleN NlUNeu tlIdJ lllC TctDlu-
ton be ordered to lie.
Senator Carr asked if it WAS necessary
to have message from the governor re
garding this resolution, and Senator
NIoulton of Chittenden county replied
that he believed the resolution was con
structively before all state legislatures
as soon as it passed congress. On this
question the yeas and nays were demand
ed by Senator Villas and the vote was IA
follows: To lay on the table-Hall.
Kingley, Root. Tenney against laying on
the tabe-Adams. Ballou. Bates, Belk-
nap, Billings, Carr. Daniels. Hamblet,
Hill, Rowland, Jackson, LaFleur, Alau-
rice, Morgan, Moulton. Noonan, Schoff.
Steele, Stuart, Tracy Villas; absent and
not voting. two. On tn question of the
third reading Senator Kingsley called
for the yeas and nays and vote was ex
actly as it was upon the proposal to lay
on the table. The same result followed
the calling of the yeas and navs on thr
final passage of the bill and the senate
adjourned about 1915, the entire progress
of the debate and vote having taken
about 80 minutes.
Shortly after the opening of the morn
ing session OF the house the speaker laid
before the members communication
from Governor Clement regarding the
Sheppard amendment. and including Il
, letter from Secretary Of State Robert
, Lansing containing a copy of the joint
resolution adopted at the 65th congress
of the United States. This was referred
to the committee on federal relations,
(, Immediately following the reading of
the governor communication mint
resolution was introduced by Mr.. Bel
Il KNAPP of Rockingham relating to the
proposed Sheppard amendment and pro
y posing that it he referred to n joint
, committee consisting of the standing
committee on federal relations of both
the senate and the house to consider
q and report to their respective houses
such action thereon as they should
judge proper The resolution was so
referred,
bill was looked for providing for thu
submission to the qualified votes OF the
state at the annual meeting in 1919 the
question: Are YOU in favor of ratifirs
, ton by the legislature of the proposed
amendment to the constitution of the
! United States prohibiting tho manufac-
p ture. sale or transportation Of iutoNicat'
ing liquors for beverage purposes" No
such bill appeared nor was any other bill
introduced in the house this morning.
The report of the committee on rules
was presented and ordered to lie and be
T, printed. A communication from the sex
rotary of state announced the appoint
i ment of Miss Virea 4. Spear of Newport
as engrossng clerk.
The house adjourned ut l0.40 on mo-
: ton of Mr. Miner of Sherburne.
Following the regular devotional exer
t cises in the senate this morning the re
port of the committee on Joint rules was
+ received On motion of Senator Maurice
the reading was dispensed with and the
rules adopted.
: Senate bills 9. {. s and 9 were intro.
duced as follows; Sc, introduced by Sen
ator Villas OF Chittenden, an act relating
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