The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-25
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has been considered quite important, will
have to be cast aside until next session,
the time having passed when bills not
now in the hands of the legislative
craftsmen can be introduced in the
House.
The Senate to-day passed the follow
ing bills: II. 247, relating to maintenance
of state roads by the patrol system; Il.
26S, relating to erection of memorial to
Commodore Thomas McDonough; H. 270,
relating TO notice to taxpayers; H. 279,
relating to bond by taxpayers appealing
from a decision of the board of civil au
thority; IL. $50, relating to the record of
conveyance Of an interest in mines and
quarries.
Sunday movies" Killed.
Sunday afternoon movies" were
House last evening. After heated dis
cussion over H, 3l2, permitting town,
village and city officials TO issue permits
to operate fruit stores, ice cream parlors
and moving pictures on Sunday the
amendments offered by Mr.. Buxton of
Middletown Springs, striking out the
parts of the measure referring to moving
picture shows, were adopted, and the bill
was then ordered to a third reading by
rising vote of Ill to 81.
Debate on the measure was sharp and
interesting. When the measure came up,
Rev. Mr.. Hills, the gentleman from Chit
tenden, moved that it be ordered to lie
This motion was rejected by a vote of
y to l2l. Mr.. Hills then vigorously op-
posed the measure.
Mr.. Cudworth Of Londonderry read
two kilograms from Rutland, the first
from Rev. Joseph Reynolds, rector of
Trinity church and the second from the
Rutland Clerical club, opposing the bill
az "ungodly and detrimental to the well
fare of Vermont
Mr.. Wilson of Rutland City favored
the measure, saying that he did not
think it any worse for person to go in
and buy ice cream cones on Sunday
than it was for him, or anybody else, to
have quart or more of ice cream sent
up to his home for Sunday dinner. It
was the same principal. Mr.. Tracy of
Johnson said the purpose of the bill was
to legalize things which were already
existing, and which had been forced by
the popular will, and that since people
could not be kept from doing them it
was thought better to make them legal
and not trying to keep on the statute
books laws which could not be enforced.
Mr. Writers of st. Johnsbury said this
bill expressed the popular demand for
certain things, and the people should be
allowed to have what they wanted, and
to get IL in legal way, This bill gives
the officers Of each town or city the
right to grant and revoke permits of
this nature as they see fit.
Mr. Buxton of Middletown Springs
then introduced his amendment, exclud-
ing moving pictures from the bill. Mr..
Writers wanted to know the purpose Of
this amendment, whereupon Mr.. Buxton
replied that it would give the children
and Others an opportunity to get their
ice cream cones, fruit, etc, without open
ing up the picture shows on Sunday,
when people had the opportunity to 90
to them every afternoon and evening in
the week.
Mr. Taylor of Hardwick said that the
mere fact that this bill had been unan-
imously reported from the committee on
judiciary would lead him to oppose the
measure Mr. Wheeler of Hartford and
Mr. Orton of Walden were also opposed.
Mr. Mcfarland of Hyde Park favored
the amendment,
Upon being interrogated by Mr. Miner
of Sherburne whether or not Sunday
baseball was not common in and about
| Rutland, MIR. Wilson of Rutland City
| said that it was, and that he considered
| it a pleasant. healthy way for the young
people to spend Sunday afternoon. Mr.,
Wilson said, also, that Sunday golf was
quite common in his section of the state.
A little later Mr.. Hills asked Mr., VII
son if it were not the same boys who
played ball on Sunday that stole junk in
that vicinity,
Il do not know about that, said Mr..
Wilson, but, anyhow, they are not steal
ing junk while they are playing ball"
Mr. Connal Of Newport Town throught
the legislature was not sent to Mont
pelier to repeal any Of the ten command
ments, and that if any were to be re-
pealed, it would be best to introduce one
bill to repeal them all,
Mr. Carpenter of Richford took Mr..
Connal to task for presuming to say
what was holy and what was not, and
declared that he saw no difference in
running good pictures in moving pic
ture house on Sunday night and running
the same kind of pictures in church,
as has been done.
Mr.. Dyer of Salisbury thought the
legislature ought to keep up with the
times in its legislation and cited the
old automobile laws which the state used
to have, which had to be changed to meet
new conditions. He thought the bill was
step in the right direction, but that it
should include the sale of gasoline and
some other things on Sunday.
Mr.. Goss of Danville and Mr., Aiken Of
Putnev opposed the measure. Mr.. Aiken
said that he did not pretend to be espe-
cialIv religious. but he had little re-
spect left for the Sabbath.
| 'If it is all right to open up fruit
stores, ice cream parlors, moving picture
shows, etc, on Sunday, why not let down
! the rest of the bars and keep the grocery
stores, hardware stores, blacksmith
shops dance halls and everything else
open on sunday argued the gentleman
from Putney.
Mr.. Hull of Berkshire thought that
extreme views of the case were being
argued. and favored the amendment ex-
Guiding movies" and also favored the
bill. The vote was taken as above.
Four new bills were introduced in the
Senate last evening; S. 9S, to pay John
A. Corbin $s5 for burial of Civil war vet
Grams; S. 80, authorizing employers to
associate to handle workmen's comptn-
sation insurance; S. 100, charter of viii
lage of Lyndon; S. l0l, relating to ex-