The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-08
Over Appointment of c. W.
Brooks of Keene, N. H., as
Highway Commissioner
TO TAKE PLACE OF
STODDARD BATES
Senator Sherburne Of
Orange County Refuses
to Join in Conference

Gov. Hartness and the Senate held a
conference to-day at the State House IN
Montpelier, at which the name OF G.
w. Brooks of keene. n. H., was pro-
posed as the new appointee to take
the place of Stoddard Bates as state
highway commissioner. The conference
was held in the executive chamber and
was the result of message sent to the
Senate this morning by Gov. Hartness,
in which, it is understood, there were
several new appointments, including
that of Capt. Harold P. Sheldon of
Fair Haven. one of Vermont's pr0mi.
nent World war veterans, as state fish
and game commissioner to succeed
Linus Leayens, who has occupied that
office for the last four years.
Senator Sherburne was the only
mamber Of the upper body of the leg
islature who refused the governors call
to the executive chamber. The senator
from Orange county sat quietly in his
seat and refused to bulge when, first,
Lieut. Gov Foote and, later, the secre-
tary of civil and military affairs, Jul
ius Wilcox, came o'him and requested
him to visit the executive chamber.
Il am here in my seat" said Senator
Sherburne; 'if Gov. Hartness wants to
talk TO me he can come here
The message from the governor ar
rived in the Senate the first thing this
morning, but it was not taken up in
executive session until the regular bus
mess of ~ morning had been disposed
Of Then the Senate held very short
executive session and followed this by
trouping the length OF the hall to the
executive chamber. When the senators
were inside, the doors were closed and
the senators we're closeted with the
governor for about an hour
The conference in the executive
chamber followed the introduction in
the House this morning of II. 222,
which would take the office out of the
class and make ii elec
tive by the general assembly.
A routine session in the House dis
posed of the bills on the calendar in
short order, The only break in the
routine came when Mr.. Bradley of
Swanton tried to save the measure re-
pealing the bounty on black bears,
which was under an adverse report. Mr..
Bradley moved that the bill be ordered
to lie, but the House refused the mo-
tion and then rejected the bill by a
large vote.
The House passed S. II, providing
that banks may invest in the chartered
banks of Canada; H. Oh, relating to the
open season for trout. relating TO tax
ing or possessing of partridge and
II. l20, relating TO the com
missioner of industries; II. 1863 las
amended relating to the appointment
of notaries public; II. lss, relating to
the tuition of nonresident pupils; II.
lS9, relating to expenses of candidates
for nomination for state offices.
One of the bills which appeared in
the Senate this morning was S. 81, re
pealing the direct primary and pro
yiding for the old convention style of
candidates, but provides for
primaries to be held on the fourth !
Tuesday in August to elect delegates I
to the convention to nominate repre-
sentatives to Congress, state and coun-
ty officers, etc.
S, So BY Senator Williams Of Rut-
and county, would increase the salaries I
If probate judges The Washington
county Judge would be increased from
81 400 TO s., 100