The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-03-31

senator to vote against il. while Sen
ators Russell and Villas were absen;
"Dry" Bill Advanced
After debate Of about an hour and 4
half this afternoon, IN which Senator
Sherburne explained and defended hii
substitute bill 10 take the place Of IL
ll4l, the prohibition enforcement
measure passed by the House, anc
Senator Villas was the chief speaker in
behalf Of the original measure, with
various amendments, the Senate voted
l6 TO II in favor Of the Sherburn,
substitute measure in amendment to
HAL, and the bill was ordered TO a
third reading by vote Of 26 TO 2
after more debate
The senator's voting in favor Of the
Sherburne measure were: Bryant, Co
burn, Clark, Dana, Durham, Farnham
Foster, Kingsley, McKillip, Montgor-
cry, Newton, Nichols, osgood, Sher-
burne. White and Williams.
Those voting against the Sherburne
amendment were: Senators Andrews,
Blodgett, Bottum, Cady, Carpenter,
Chaffee Cobb, Cowles, Estee, Taylor,
Villas and Whitcomb.
Absent and not voting, Senators
Russell and Slayton.
Immediately after disposing OF the
prohibition enforcement measure, the
Senate took up H-22, the poll tax
bill, which was reported with a ma
jority, consisting Of Senator's Taylor,
Blodgett and Dunham in favor of
amending to make the poll tax one
dollar on a dollar Of the grand list,
and the minority, consisting Of Sena-
tors Dana and Villas, favoring the two
dollar tax, as the bill passed the
House. Another lively debate took
place, which resulted in the adoption
Of the one dollar amendment by vote
Of II to IL, the senators voting as
follows:
For the amendment, Senators And
rews, Blodgett, Bottum, Bryant, Cady,
Carpenter, Chaffee, Coburn, Clark,
Cowles, Durham, Estee, Sherburne,
Slayton, Taylor, White and Williams.
Against the amendment, Senators
Cobb Dana, Farnham, Foster, Kings
ley, MeKillip, Montgomery, Newton,
Nichols, Osgood, Villas and Whitcomb.
Senator Russell was not present
The bill went to third reading by
rising vote Of IS to IL. II will now
20 back to the House for concurrence
in the amendment. The prohibition
enforcement bill must also be return
ed to the House and thrashed out
there.
Debate on Hal
The prohibition enforcement meas
ure CHAD was first on the calendar
for this morning, but was laid over
until afternoon, after the Senate had
rejected the committee amendments to
the bill, in order that Senator Sher-
burne might offer his substitute,
which contains many Of these propos-
ed amendments and several new fea-
lures, including the definition Of intox-
icating liquor as that containing more
than one-hak Of one per cent Of alco-
hol, instead Of one per cent, as the
Vermont law now reads. This change
would put the Vermont law in harm
ony with the Volstead act on this
point. Liquor placed in bona fde
private dwellings, prior to January 10,
1920, when the 18th amendment went
into effect. is excluded from the
search and seizure" clause in the
Sherburne amendment.
Debate on Poll Tax Bill
The debate on the poll tax measure
(H-22) lasted half an hour.
Senator McKillip said that lady
who had just been elected school com
missioner in his city had told him that
she wanted TO pay two dollar tax,
that her friends desired this, and that
when they had paid it, they intended
to have something to say about how
the money was spent.
Senator Coburn said that he repre-
sented the other class of ladies who
favored the poll tax Of one dollar on
the dollar Of the grand list and he
thought that, in his town at least, they
we're in the majority. He thought
that the two dollar tax would work an
injustice in many cases.
Senator Slayton favored the two
dollar tax. as did Senator Villas, who
said that he realized that this was an
increased burden upon many, but that .
he extremely high tax rate in many
4 the towns Of the State shows that
he extra money is needed Il is said .
hat the poll tax rayers run the town
meetings. Then why rot keep the poll
.ayes up.