The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-09
LEGISLATIVE
DEADLOCK HOLDS
Gov. Hartness Appoint
ments Not Yet Confirmed
by the Senate
TENSE FEELING
OVER DISPUTE
House. in Economical Frame of Mind,
Refuses to Advance Bill Raising Sal
aries of Assistant Judges - Aut9mo-
bile License Bill Is Favored
Especial to The Reformer.O


Especial to The Reformerl
MONTPELIER. Feb. 9.
There was no development this morning
in the apparent deadlock between Gov
ernor HartnesS and the legislature over
the appointment of successors to State
Highway Commissioner Stoddard Bates
and State Fish and Game Commissioner
Linus Leavens The senate cleared its
regular calendar without taking action
on the names of Clarence NJ Brooks of
Keene. \. H. and Capt. H. T. Sheldon of
Fair Haven. who have been named by the
governor to succeed Bates and Leavens,
respectively.
Whether the present disposition of the
lawmakers to fight the governor to a fin
ish on these appointments will develop
into a real struggle or vanish on sober
second thought remains to be seen. but
there is no doubt that lively scene will
be staged tomorrow afternoon at the pub
lie hearing on the bill providing for the
election of the state highway commissions
er.
Commissioner LeavenSs friends. few of
whom had any idea that he was not to
receive reappointment. have been extreme
IL active during the past ~ hours and ii
is within the realm of possibility that an
attempt will be made to make his office
elective also.
The house this morning refused to ac-
cept the majority committee report on
senate bill No. I requiring separate ballots
in party primaries. which was that the
bill ought not to pass i'm concurrence. and
refused TO reject the bill by vote of l1l
To -. The ma i0rIty report was signed
by MesSrS. Jackson of burlington. Grove
of sheldon. Wade Of Dorset. Booth of
Y
Churchill of Elmore. SClmpSOn of RoN-
bury. Hodgdoli of CRANKY, Joslyn Of South
Hero. Bowers of Kirby. Lord Of Morgan
and Bryant of Troy. The minority re-
port fayoring the bill was signed by
NcsSrS. Ballou Of Chester. ltosS of Rut-
land town. and Merriicld of Newfane.
ON senate bill No. II to increase sal
aries of assistant judges which was re
ported favOrably. third reading was re-
fused by the house this morning on close
vote. The bill. providing for increasing
the compensation from So to 81 a day.
was ably defended after Mr.. Bradley of
Swanton had moved that il be refused a
third reading. Mr.. Bradley said this ap-
peared to be an entering wedge To raise
salaries of officers throughout the state.
Mr.. Button of Middlebury interrOgated
Mr.. Bradley as to whether he thought it
fair to increase jurors fees and then re
fuse to pass bill giving an assistant
judge as much pay as u iuryman. Mr..
Bradley thought because the house had
made mistake once it need not make an
other,
Mr.. Cushman OF Rochester thought this
was not the only bill the assembly would
be called upon to pass raising salaries,
but. he said. IF an officer is not getting
fair pay let Us give it to him. Let us not
indulge in that pesSimiStic economy of
cutting down a mans salary when we are
willing to expcnd n small fortune on the
bovines of this state Mr.. Dyer of Sails
bury thought it the duty of the state to
pay the assistant judges a reasonable
compensation and that 81 a day was only
reasonable for the responsibility of the
office. Assistant judges are the selectmer
Of the county.
/ House bill 134 introduced by Mr.
Grove Of Sheldon) relates To the isSuanc,
of licenses to operators of motor vehicle,
and provides that applicants for drivers
! licenses shall give a demonstration befor,
an authorized representative appointed By
/ the secretary of state. An attempt t.
amend the bill 50 that dealers in automo
biies shall be excluded as examiners fol
IperSons desiring drivers licenses wa,
made by Mr.. Smith of Landgrove The
amendment was opposed by Messrs
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