The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-26
In the Course of Slaughter
ing Measure Providing
for ExtraditiOn
HOUSE LISTENS TO
APPROPRIATION BILL
Champlain Barge Terminal Bills Come
Up in Senate This Afternoon With
Favorable Reports-Much Business
Transacted This Morning.
Especial to The Reformer.)


There was crackle of persifage in the
senate this morning when, after morn |
ing devoted to industrious grinding at the |
legislative mill. Addison and Rutland
counties matched wits, with the "wiles |
OF Essex county Ginning in.
The occasion was II. 1856, another of |
those uniform laws which the senate |
loves to swat. 1t provides for extradi- |
tion of persons of msound mind, and
Senator Amey recalled the Harry Thaw
case, when, after smashing the windows
of the bastilp at Coaticook, Quebec, and
beating up the guard. Thaw escaped to
the impenetrable jungles of Norton Mills.
The present law" said the sage of
Brighton, gave employment to the law
yers in New Hampshire before we got
Thaw out of Vermont / favor this bin
because it viii prevent the lawyers MAX
ing money out of such a case | am con-
scientious about this"
To which Senator Kingsley replied that
if he ever had any doubt of Thaw's insan-
ity his selection of Essex county as sane
tuary forever put that idea at rest "As
to my faYoring this absurd and ridiculous
bill, continued the humorist from Rut-
land, Il think | made noise enough when
this bill was pending 50 that the senator
from Addison might know where stood
ON it,
Senator LaFleur, "the Chesterfield from
Middlebury,1 remarked that noise is not
IL 1T .ls
bill" he continued, because it is free
from the green and yellow stripes of the
rest of its tribe" Upon this the bill was
promptly killed, IL to l3.
The senate also killed ii. pa. amend
ing the charter of Barre and S. IS. re-
ferring to records of soldiers and sailors
in the war. II. l03, relating to the en-
ployment of custodian for the Vermont
Historical society, was halted by Sena-
tor Jackson, whe stated that his commit
tee on libraries, to which the bin was
credited, had never seen it before il ap-
peared in the senate. The bill was ac-
cordingly committed for consideration.
The senate passed the following: S.
9s. TO pay John A. Corbin the sum therein
named; :. 100. relating to charter of
Lyndon: s. lol. extending exemption Of
bdIlt Hpltt IJOHl ldAdllOIls II. -,pb. DID-
/; viding for a history of VermoAts part in
the war; II. 259. amending the fish and
game laws; II. 206, relating to state pa
tients at the Brattleboro Rerteat; H. PSI
tas amendedl. relating to soldiers monu-
ments and memorial buildings; and S. 90,
authorizing mutual associations to carry
, workmen's compensation insurance.
Senator Villas offered an amendment to
/ Z I.n 4ff.,, rs,F
the history of Vermont from $4,000 to
$4,000. whch was rejected % to s, and
permission refused to offer further
amendments.
Two new bills appeared in the senate
s. l05. from committee on taxation
} eliminating per cent discount on taxes
paid to town or city treasuers; s. LOG
from committee on banking and insur.
ance. permitting banks to invest in
bankers excess taxes, not to exceed 2t
! per cent of deposits.
6 The house worked steadily through its
:. calendar this morning, finally passing IL
2g4, which preseribes the speed of motor
!, ears, after the Buxton amendment hat
been adopted. The amendment leave.
the law as it is at present and adds the
e following: IF a person operates an aut'
contrary to regulations made by propei
! town officials in accordance with thi
/ section, proof of such operation shall b
y conclusive evidence of operation in
" careless and negligent manner
: The house passed the following; S. ~
y appropriating $4,000 for repairs o
e Windsor state prison; II. 223, establish
/ ing Office of state fire marshal; and II
y 3I4, providing for marking net content
of food in containers or packages.
The long process of reading the appro
priation bill second time took place il
the house Mr. Alexander of st. Alban
r City, chairman of the appropriation com
imittee. offered two amendments increas
ing the appropriation for the health de
i. partment from S32 900 to $4,000 to con
- form with the provisions of the new dis
-. trict health officer bill and adding neN
4 section which appropriates Sl,OOO,000 10
:, state pay for drafted men. He also stat
i ed that other amendments might have I
be made to take care of bills now pendin
in the legislature. Mr.. Estee of Montpe
Ter proposed an amendment, and the bi
with pending amendments. was ordere
to lie and placed at the end OF the caller
Us dar for tomorrow.
The two barge terminal measures al
a.. on the senate calendar for today with
.. favorable report in each case. They wei
IA passed over this morning in order to con