Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-03-23
ROAD BILL NOW LAW
Stearns Educational Bill Much
Amended, Goes Back to
the House

Lie SIdI0 UOdTQ measure,
providing for a state board of three
was passed by the Senate Tuesday
forenoon, went to Governor Hartness
and was signed few minutes before
noon. The bill passed in IT'S original
form, after Senator Sherburne of Or
ange had made an effort to amend it
drastically last night.
The bill provides that the governor
shall be one member of the highway
board and that he shall appoint the
other two, with the advice and con-
sent Of the Senate; the board is to
choose the highway commissioner. 1t
is expected that Governor Hartness
will name the other two members of
the board very soon.
Without debate, the Vermont Sem
ate Tuesday morning passed H. 98,
the teacher-trainin bill originally in
troduced in the House by Mr.. Stearns
of Johnson, but so amended in the
Senate that the normal schools at
Johnson and Castleton are not continu-
ed, but with provisions for teacher
training classes at both places as the
state board of education may see fit
to establish them. The vote on the
measure was q TO one and the much
amended bill goes back to the house.
Vermont is not to give up the prim-
ary law at this session for the House
Thursday afternoon refused to pass
S. 81, the bill which would in effect
abolish the primary system. The vote
against the measure was 128 to 81
i'm favor of it. A motion for reconsid-
Grafton was shouted down
Mr.. Flint of Mortified hailed the
coming of the Australian ballot and
the direct primary as distinct ad-
vances in government and declared
that to repeal the primary would be
a step backward.
Mr.. Cushman of Rochester orator.
cally declared that this is a govern
ment of parties. Although following
Cushman reached just the opposite
be abolished.
"Nowhere does history record that
democracy-the principle striven for in
the primary law-has ever been sue
cesful except to limited degree" t"
he said.
Mr.. Morrison of Dummerston de-
clared that the causus or convention
is apt to be swayed by oratory rather
than by reason. Furthermore, the
women want the primary and they
should have it.
Mr.. Bailey of Colchester said that
Mr.. Cushman's principles were all
right, but his conclusions were all
wrong.
II know that group of half doz-
en- men get out behind the grocery
store and fix UP the slate for these
caucuses," declared Mr.. Bailey. "They
are trying to tell that this bill is
different, but it is the same little
Willie dressed up in a new suit of
clothes"
Mr.. Luce of Pomfret favored the
bill and said the primary favored a
certain element in every town which
was always against progress.
Without debate and with but
few opposing votes, the Stearn's bill
(H. 98) was passed by the House
Friday afternoon.
The two dollar poll tax bill Oh.
22) was in the Senate Friday with a
majority report signed by Senators
Blodgett, Dunham and Taylor in favor
of amending the bill to make it one
dollar on the grand list while Senators
Villas and Dana reported favorably
for the two dollar tax. The bill was
made a special order for today.
After much debate. the House of
Representatives Friday afternoon or
dered to third reading H. 338, pro-
viding for the erection, equipment and
maintenance of a dairy building at the
University of Vermont, with amend
ments carrying an appropriation of
100000 for the erection and equip
ment of the building, and $25, 900 a
year fer maintenance. Mr.. Button of
was defeated in his at
tempt to limit the building appro-
priation of $4,000, with the provi-
sion that the University raise $780,
600 for it, and to cut out altogether
the provision for maintenance. After
lengthy debate, in which Mr.. Button
was almost the only one to favor his
amendments, he withdrew the first
one, and the House adopted the COM
mittee amendment of 100000 by a
yea and nay vote of 121 to 60. Third
reading was orderer by vote of sc
to 60, many having left the hall.
Governor Hartness has vetoed an
other of the "women's equality" bills
on the ground that it is too soon after
to undertake the equalizing process
The bill sent in Monday evening with
out the governors approval is S-22,
which increase the homestead right
from $500 to $1,000. The governors
reasons for vetoing the bill are as
follows:
81 believe it is unwise to try to put
through any satisfactory legislation
aimed to equalize property rights and
obligations of men and women. Since
the right of suffrage has been granted
to women there has not been sufficient
time to find a satisfactory basis. Out
of fairness to women we should defer
such legislation to the 1925 sessions"
A resolution, calling for an invest
igation of the matter of bovine tuber
culosis eradiction by commission
of a physician, farmer
and a business man, was introduced |
in the senate Wednesday by Senator
Coburn of Chittenden county and
adopted without debate. The board
will report to the next legislature. |
A sharp debate on final adjourn
ment was staged in the Senate We'd |
nesday morning. Senator Dunham of |
the committee to expedite legislation,
reported that there seemed to be no |
possibility of adjournment before the
middle of week after next. Senator
Kingsley disagreed with him, saying
that it was perfectly possible to ad-
journ next week if the legislature
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