Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-02-26
INVESTIGATION VOTED DOWN
State Expenses Up to Board of Con
troll. Legislature Busy.

The house spent a part of two
days last week on the question of
seating the member from st. George,
Earl Aver. but finally seated him by
a vote of 143 to SO, turning down the
adverse report of the committee
Another matter which was discus
sed for a full day, was a bill relating
to the practice of chiropractic in Yer
mont. This is a school of physicians
of which there are II practicing in
Vermont, and the bill seeks to make
qualifications for them. The bill as
reported by the committee on public
health was amended and finally ad-
vanced.
4 sensation was sprung when Gov.
Clement vetoed the bill comforting
presidential suffrage on women; his
message taking the ground that
constitutional amendment is the
proper method of comforting such
suffrage.
4 Joint resolution which was
adopted. calls for q Saturday session
this week and the reassembling of the
legislature again on Wednesday,
March ), giving the legislators town
meeting day at home.
On a yea and nay vote, following 9
laIf hours discussion, the Vermont
third reading to the senate joint resO-
luton for an investigation of state
expenses, the vote being 1913 to rs. At
the opening of debate on this rezOlu-
on. Er. Brown Of Bloomington of
farad an amendment to the amend
1ents already in existence, providing
that the work of investigation be COM
pleted two weeks from the date of the
appointment Of the committee. Mr..
Brown defended this amendment with
an impassioned plea, his maiden
speech of the session, but the amend
ment was voted down by a large
majority.
Mr.. Slayton of Morristown read the
law which gives the board of control
authority to investigate any state
department, and said that he consid-
cred this law enough, and that, if
necessary, he thought it best to ask
the board of control to make such an
investigation and report.
In the discussion of an apple-grad-
ing bill Mr.. Connal of Newport and
Mr.. O'Rouke of Derby were heard, the
former favoring and the latter op-
posing the measure. The bill was
passed.
Senator Lewis of North Troy has
been appointed a member of a con-
ference committee with reference to
the board of control bill, the house
and senate having come to a dead
lock on who shall be members of the
board.
H lot, the "oleo" bill came up un-
der an adverse report. Mr.. Eastman
Of Groton interrogated the committee
on agriculture as to why it did not
want dealers in oleomargarine to have
the privileges asked for in the bill.
Mr.. Connal of Newport town replied
that the committee did not see fit to
take away from the state the revenue
now obtained from these dealers in
the form of licenses, and it was
thought best not to give these privi-
leges to the "oleo" dealers when the
manufacturers of this product were
so often breaking the laws. Mr.. Wit
ters of st. Johnsbury called attention
to the fact that none of the states bor-
dering on Vermont require tax for
dealers to sell "oleo."
The reappointment of Stoddard
Bates of Derby as state road commits
sioner has been confirmed by the SEN
ate. His appointment by Gov. Glenn
ent was held up by the senate to see
what was to be done with the patrol
committees road bill.