Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-04-10
SPEAKER DANA RETURNS

/ traitors and passed In concurrence.
At 12:10 the Senate liz still in session.
SPEAKER DANA RETURNS
Speaker Charles S. Dana was back in
the chair to-day. after being out since
| Friday. He is much improved in health
Just before the opening OF the morning
session of the House it was reported that
the committee of conference on the
budget bill III. 32O had come to salts.
factory agreement. This report was sub
Stimulated when Mr.. Alexander Of ST
| Adams, chairman of the House commit
tee on appropriations and Il member OF
the committee on conference. moved the
| first thing this morning that the House
request the Senate to return the bill 10
/ the custody of the House.
! At the close of the morning session in
The Senate ii was voted 10 dismiss the
committee of conference from further
! consideration of the bill and. under sus-
/ pension OF the rules. the Senate voted to
reconsider it's vote whereby it acceded
to the request of the House for COM
mittee of conference and the bill was
! then returned to the custody Of the
! House.
! AT the opening of the afternoon ses-
| sion the House. on motion of Mr.. Alex
! ander, voted to return rhe budget bill to
! the custody Of the Senate, without action
! thereon. Later in the afternoon, the
measure again came under the consdera-
| ton of the Senate. As the Senate had
, earlier in the day reconsidered its vote
whereby it acceded to the request of the
House for committee of conference. the
bill was then at that stage Of legislation
where committee of conference was
|
concur in the Senate proposals of amend
ment.
On motion of Senator Stuart. the Senate
voted to consider the bill. then accedcd
TO the request OF the House for Gem
mittee of conference. The chair appointed
as members of this committee Senators
stuart. Villas and Amey. the same Senate
committee as before
After several other items Of business
had been disposed of, Senator Carr moved
that the rules be suspended and the
Senate again take up the budget bill for
consideration. The vote for suspension
of the rules was yeas. Il; nays. 10, but
three-fourths vote being necessary, the
rules were not suspended
EXPRESS BILL DEFEATED
There was a sharp debate in the House
this morning over II. 1913. changing the
basis for taxing express companies from
straight tax per mile operated to an APP
praisal basis. The bill was refused pas
sage for the second time this session.
After stiff fight in which Mr..
Tracy of johnson, Mr.. Alexander of
st. Adams city. Mr.. White of Woodstock
Mr.. Writer'S of st. Johnsbury and others
opposed the measure, while Mr.. Durham
of Brattleboro. Mr. DwinelI Of Newport
city. Mr.. Clark of Brookfield. Mr. Dunklee
of Vernon and Mr.. Mcfarland Of Hyde
Park favored it.
During the course of the debate some
sharp questioning took place between Mr..
Tracy and Mr.. Durham. the latter quot
| ing some figures furnished by Tax Com
missioner Charles Plumey regarding the
tax situation with reference to express
companies. Mr.. Tracy disagreed with the
| deductions arrived at by the tax commits
sioner.
Then you don't believe he knows what
| he is talking about?" said Mr.. Durham
referring to Tax Commissioner Plumley.
| mo. / don't in this case" replied Mr..
Tracy.
During the latter part of the morning
| the House gave the Senate wallop in
| refusing to concur in the adoption of the
| joint resolution resembling the vote OF the
two houses whereby 1t was voted to adj
journ at noon tomorrow. and leaving
| this question to be settled at a later
date. The yea and nay vote of the House
on this question resulted 1876 to in op.
position to the resolution, whereby the
House placed itself on record undeniably
as opposed to extending the session after
| tomorrow.
| The resolution for resembling the vote
was vigorously opposed by Mr.. Webster
of Swanton. Mr.. Cudworth of London
derry and Mr.. Carpenter of Richford, the
latter, calling for the yeas and nays
| During the course of his remarks. Mr.
Cudworth stated that there was u rule
which forbade him from criticizng the
action of the Senate. and that, were there
not such a rule. he would be unable to
express in the five minutes allowed him
| what he thought of the upper body OF
| the Legislature.
SPEAKER GETS GOLD WATCH
During a recess at the afternoon ses-
sion Of the House, Mr.. Estee Of Mont
pelier, for the members of the House.
presented to Speaker Dana a solid gold
watch. and to the clerk and two assist
| ant clerks fountain pens, with appro
| pirate ceremonies.
Conference committees were appointed
in the House for II. 100, relating to the
classification of forest lands for tax
purposes and y. lis, relating TO the sale
| of Intoxicating liquors. II. 49, including
| street railways in the law relating to
| railroad rates, was passed under suspen-
sion of the rules.
TO DECORATE STATE BUILDINGS
Following the recess of the House, the
Joint resolution providing for decorating
the State buildings on the occasion of the
return of Vermont soldiers, was adopted
| Following the recess. the House CON
Cured in the Senate proposals Of amend
ment to the Joint resolution providing for
decorating the State buildings when the
Vermont soldiers return.
The report of the committee OF confer
ence on II. $50 relating TO the record OF
Iconveyances of an interest Ia mines and
quarries, was accepted and the committee
discharged The report recommends tina,
the Senate recedc from its proposals OF
amendment,
CHARTER BILL ADVANCED
Under suspension of the rules. the Houst
passed in concurrence: S. 127. relating
to the charter of the city of Burlington
rejected S. 49, relating to assistance 70,
the attorney general. and refused third
reading to S. l2s. relating to the appoint
ment and removal of certain state officers
ON motion of Mr.. Webster of Swanion
rule II was suspended in order to permi
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