Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-04-01
LEGISLATURE ENDS
WORK OF SESSION
Final Adjournment Reached Yes
terday Forenoon at 11.3o
Gov Hartness Extends Personal Good
Wishes TO Members of Both Houses
and Is Cheered by Senate.
Special to The Phoenix

N'pcCldl u lie l'nOenlX.)
MONTPELIER. March 81.
The l921 general assembly of the state
of Vermont took final adjournment at
l.3O O'Clock this morning and by 10
more than half of the members had de-
parted on special train north over the
Central Vermont
The adjournment was attended by the
usual good fellowship of such occasions.
u score or more members of the house
beng called upon for informal speeches.
while hte walls of the senate chamber
revcrberated to the notes of Old Lang
Syne and other familiar songs.
just before the closing minute Gov.
ernor llartness appeared in the house
ana from the Speakers rOstrum declared
that he had had the time of his life
during the session and said the members
would 90 forth with the best wishes of
good luck from the executive. The gov
ernor', words were greeted with hearty
applause and he ran down from the
speakers plat as nimbly as
schoolboy amid the cheers of the mem
bers and spectators. In the senate the
governors words of godspecd were
greeted with three cheers by the MEM
bcrs and he was busy shaking hands in
the corridor for several minutes.
MIR. Stearns of johnson was given an
ovation BY the house wncn he denied
lnsinuations that he had been actuatcd
by selfish purposes in his advocacy OF
he restoration of the johnson and Cas-
tleton normal schools, and declared, in
response TO the intimate ion that he had
been striving to create an issue on which
he could run for the goVcrnorshiD in
1923, that he wouldn't run if he were
to get every vote in the state, and that
II he did become candidate it could he
taken as a sure sign hat he was suffer
ing from softening of the brain.
In the final minutes resolution was
introduced by Mr. Noble of West Rut.
land recommending to the state board
| Of education that it establish two-yeur
teacher training classes at johnson and
] Castleton and that the system of school
| supervision be improved. 1t was not
made in the form of a Joint resolution
because of the known attitude of the
senate contrary to such a proposition.
| Before the adoption of the resolution
| Mr. Stearns had declared that if super
vision were not improved and the board
did not function more capably, there
will be storm at the next session
which will make this one look mild"
At the close of his speech of self-just
iticaton Mir. Stearns was in tears and
the house showed its sympathy for him
n his losing fight by prolonged applause.
| The house refused to approve q pro-
uosal of amendment made by the sen
ate limiting the governors pardonins
powers to such re2Ila ions as might be
proscribed nv the legislature.
/ When adjournment was taken late
yesterday afternoon, only very few
measures remained to be disposed of.
| Chief among the events of yesterday was
| the report of the committee of confer
| ence on HOS, the teacher training meas
| ure, which was presented in the form OF
| a new bill to be substituted, striking out
| all the enacting clause of the bill under
consideration. This new bill. which il
practically the fourth to be presented
, under this same number, provides that
| from three to five two-ycar teacher train
| ing courses shall be established by the
state board of education, and also such
one-ycar courses as the board may deem
| necessary. The bill carries an appropri-
alton of 100000 for tpachert training.
md provides that the state shall furnish
| tuition for prospective teachers who wish
| TO take courses in the colleges of the
safe. provided they agree to teach in the
| state for cerain length of time. The
| conference committee making this report
was made up of Senators Bryant Kings
| ley, and Cowles, and Representatives
Stearns of Johnson. Darling of Chelsea
| and Bailey of Colchester The confer
| fnce report was adopted by the senate
immediately
4 stiff fight in the house yesterday re
suited in the adoption of the senate pro-
| poSal of amendment to H-1S9, prohibit
| ing candidates for state Offices to spend
during the campaign more than one
years salary of the Office to which they
| are aspiring. This bill is an outcome of
| the recent campaign in which the cor
rupt practices act caused so much dis
| cusSon. 1t now goes tn Governor Hart
| ness with the expectation in many QUAR-
| tiers that he will veto it,
At TIM close of Yesterday afternoons
| session. the senate held its presentation
| ceremony Senator Kingsley compi
| mented Lieutenant Governor Foote upon
| his work as presiding officer and pre-
Sented him with a large loving cup. For
| the secretary. Millward G. Taft, with \
the assistant secretary. Paul A. Chase,
| $40 in gold Senator Bryant presented
| To the chaplain, the Rev. Joseph Ham
ilton, a gift of gold; and the official re-
| porter, W. J. Bigelow. the doorkeepers
and the two pages also received gifts of
| gold All expressed their thanks.
The senate in executive session at
Wednesday noon confirmed the appoint
mcnt by Governor James Hardness of
| Captain Harold p. Sheldon OF Fair
Haven as fish and game commissioner to
| succeed Linus LcavenS of Cambridge
| This is the second time during the SEES.
| sion that the name of Captain Sheldon
| has been sent TO the senate, which re
| fused on the former occasion to confirm.
| The new state highway board held =
conference last Friday and appointed
T. w. Dix of burlington state highway
| commissioner.
The highway board consists of Gov
ernor liartness. Senator w. y. BRYANT
of LUDLOW md Mr.. Bates. lIr. Bates
speaks of the new commissioner as an
expert engineer