The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-02-05
WOMEN WILL VOTE
FOR PRESIDENT in
FUTURE ELECTIONS
Vote Stands 12S to 81 in
House FavOring
Motion
HOUSES MUST HUSTLE
Committee Appointed to Speed Up
Dragging Business of
Session

Inc House Oh Representatives CnlS
morning by vote of 12S to 80 voted
to a third reading Senate bill giving
women right to vote for presidential
electors, as the bill had previously
been passed by the Senate.
A bill was introduced in the House
this morning doing away with the Of
flee of State Highway Commissioner
but creating Highway commission,
to be composed of the governor,
state engineer, and third member
to be appointed by the Governor, for
term of three years. The bill also
changes materially the handling of
the state highways.
Montpelier, VT, Feb. Sin an ef-
fort to "speed up" the committees
of the House and Senate of the Ver-
mont Legislature, especially those of
the lower branch, a steering COM
| mittee,' composed of two Senators
and three Representatives will be
appointed today or tomorrow. A
resolution providing for the appoint
ment of such committee was adopt
ed by the House yesterday after
/, noon and the Senate took concurrent
action today. The Senate committees
have been working as rapidly on
measures as is consistent with judicial
! legislation but the House committees
have been prone to lag behind, it is
contended, hence the usual appoint
ment of a steering committee, whose
! duty it will be to confer from time
to time with the chairmen of the
committees to ascertain what pro-
gress certain legislation is making,
and if it isn't making progress, why.
/ Neither branch was in session for
more than q few minutes yesterday
afternoon and the members put in
most of the time in conducting pub
lie hearings. The House and Senate
committees on public health held a
hearing on House bill Is, licensing
chiropractic doctors, which was large
| ly attended and attracted a large
number of spectators. The bill was
opposed by the state board of health
and legal talent figured in the hear
ing for both sides. Another public
hearing which attracted considerable
attention and brought forth more or
less oratory was the Senate bill
granting women the right to vote for
presidential electors. The bill, it
will be recalled, was passed by the
Senate week ago by almost two to
one vote. Senator Carr of Caledonia
county, who was one of the opponents
on the floor of the Senate, is carrying
on the fight against the bill, and
spoke in opposition yesterday after
| noon.
Several women spoke for the bill,
including DIR. Grace Sherwood of st.
Albans and Mrs. Fred Blanchard of
Montpelier. The bill will probably
come before the House the last of
the present week and may have ma
| jority and minority report. 1t is
more than probable that the bill will
receive favorable consideration in the
lower branch.
Ex-senator Kicker of st. Johns
bury, one of the Caledonia county
representatives in the Senate of 1917,
is spending the week at the State
House, renewing acquaintances and
making new friends. Mr.. Brown of
| Orwell, representative from that
town two years ago and the Rev. Fra
zer Metzger of Randolph, represents
tive in the 1917 General Assembly,
were visitors at the capitol yesterday.