The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-04-09
SENATE GETS BACK
AT THE GOVERNOR
ON APPOINTMENTS
Puts Through a Bill for the
Legislature to Elect
State Officials
is AT LOGGERHEADS
House Refuses to Adopt Resolution
on Final Adjournment Passed
by the Senate

Smoldering embers of disagreement
between Governor P. w. Clement and
the Senate of the General Assembly
broke into flame in the Senate cham
Der Monday evening, and developed
into a confagration which carried
everything before it. Senator Payne
introduced a new bill, Sec. 1913, which
provides that all Offices required by
law to be filled by appointment by the
governor biennially in the month of
January with the advice and consent
of the Senate, that were not filled and
confirmed by the Senate during the
present session of the Legislature
prior TO March 1, 1919, shall be filled
by election by the General Assembly
in joint assembly at such time as the
General Assembly may by joint res
| olution prescribe. Under suspension
of the rules, this bill was put through
the various stages Of legislation and
| passed.
This was not done, however, with
out considerable opposition on the
part of Senators Carr and LaFleur.
After the bill had been read the Sec
ond time, Senator Carr moved that it
be ordered to lie. The motion was
ruled out of order. Senator Carr took
exceptions from the ruling of the
chair. The president asked the SEN
ate not to consider his feelings in
voting on the ruling. Senator Steele
| urged the Senate to sustain the rul-
ing. Senator Hill supported Senator
Steele IN this. After some discussion
in which Senator Carr accused those
who favored the bill of trying to
railroad" it through the Senate,
which was vigorously denied by Sem
ators Steele and Ballou, Senator Carr
withdrew his former motion and NOV
ed that the Senate adjourn. This
motion was lost by vote of IS to 8.
The bill then went to a third read
ing by yea and nay vote of 20 to 6,
and was passed by the same VOTE Be-
fore the real debate took place, some
of the senators asked that a recess
be given in order that the bill might
be studied. A recess was taken which
lasted about half an hour. 1t is un-
derstood that, during this time, the
senators who favored the confrma-
ton of the appointments made by
Governor Clement conferred with
him regarding the matter.
If this bill becomes a law, it will
mean that for this session at least
the appointments of the six State
officers recently sent to the Senate by
the governor, will be taken out of
his hands and placed in the hands
of the General Assembly.
Senator Stuart of Caledonia intro
duced resolution to rescind the
agreement, upon final adjournment
at noon on Wednesday and directing
final adjournment be later agreed up
on. This resolution was strenuouslv
opposed by Senator Lafleur, a mem
ber of the committee on final adjourn
ment, who said that he knew nothing
about it and thought that the legisla-
ture ought to adjourn on Wednesday. !
1t had been learned shortly before
this that the governor had signed the i
resolution providing for final adjourn
ment on Wednesday.
In spite of the protests of Senators !
LaFleur and Carr, the Senate sus-
pended the rules and adopted the res
olution. Senator LaFleur then asked
to be excused from further service !
on the committee for final adjourn
ment. The Senate refused to excuse
him by vote of Ia to 12.
From practically the opening of the
evening session, the Senate was pre-
pairing the way for this program,
which had evidently been mapped out
with great thoroughness. The first
thing to come before the Senate was
the motion of Senator Rowland that
the vote whereby the Senate had
passed a resolution prohibiting the
further introduction of bills be re-
considered This was done, and
the Senate refused to adopt the reso-
luton, the motion being favored by
Senator Carr.
In addition to the disagreement
between Governor Clement and the
Senate over appointments of state
commissioner of taxes and state COM
missioner of industries, deadlock
developed between the Senate and
the House at Montpelier Tuesday
when the House refused to adopt
the resolution, passed by the Senate
resembling the agreement for final adj
journment of the legislature on We'd
nesday at noon.
When the budget bill came up in