The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-03-18
INTANGZBLES INCOME
TAX KILLED BY HOUSE
AFTER LONG DEBATE

an earnest appeal for the law in be-
half of the women and Mr.. Bailey OF
Colchester said that the primary was
a sort of tuberculin test, and that the
trouble was that number OF WE'LL
known politicians had proved TO be re-
actors.
"The primary" he continued. "has
not produced the kind of candidates
certain gentlemen wanted, but II we
let the law remain for two years, with
the women voting, it wiB be brave
man that will undertake its repeal
Mr.. Luce of Pomfret said the pr-
mary favored certain element in eN
cry town which was against progress.
"When this undesirable element,
said the speaker, puts up an undesira- :
bic candidate, he can be defeated by the
others combining, but at the primary
such candidates can win out where
there are several candidates running.
Mr.. Luce said the women could take
part in caucuses the same as they could
in primaries and that it would do them
good to get into closer touch with po-
htical affairs.
Mr.. Wishart of Barre City referred
to the attitude of certain interests
higher up in the state government on
this proposed repeal. He paid hlgh
tribute to woman and said that her
sphere was not limited.
why is this haste to take away
from our new voters the right to par
ticipate in the party primaries We rat
ifed the 10th amendment by almost an
vote. Give woman a square
deal Don't try to legislate her out of
her rights"
Mr.. Darling of Chelsea said the bill
restored the caucustconventlon system,
but offered home rule of local option as
to whether each town would select del
egates by caucus or local primary. He
denied that the bill would disfranchise
women, saying that they would turn
out Just as freely to a caucus as TO a
primary He preferred to vote for men
whom he knew and trusted to select
party candidates and said it would be
beneficial for the women to meet the
men face to face in party councils.
ut is better to meet the candidates
in a convention said the speaker
"than to see their pictures posted upon
every barn and stonewall in the state.
The small towns are vitality interested
in this bill, and it is an outrage and
fraud to force the primary on us when
we don't want it. The system that gave
us Abraham Lincoln is good enough for
me-"
Mr.. Chase of Bennington said the
passage of the bill would be a betrayal
of every voters trust. at is .heir man
date" he said "They wrote the law on
the statute books"
Mr.. Dorsey of Rutland called atten-
ton to many defects OF tine law. vist-
Bile even to layman, and said 1t
meant the return of the slate and be-
ginning of political campaigns in
March.
NJ. Blood of West Windsor said
the primary favored a man with little
push, while the caucus fayoesd the man
with the big pull.
Mr.. Barber of Brattleboro asked
when il had become unsafe to trust the
voters themselves. He asI..l the mem
bers whether they wanted their wives
to take part in scenes like those en-
acted during the Prouty and Mead
particularly at the time of
the state conventions. He caused
laugh BY saying that the gentleman
from Rochester had been trying since
1896 to represent his town but never
was able to make it until the primary
went into effect.
Mr. Noble OF West Rutland said
there was 'nigger in the woodpile,' '
when all the big towns were advocating
the primary. He urged the little towns
TO take care Of themselves.
Mr. Keyes of Reading electrified a
somewhat weary audience by compar
ing Fairbanks, Dillingham; and Proctor
with Graham and Clement.
"In the days Of the caucus and con
he said. I'VE didn't have TO
open the doors of a prison or send a
man to Montpelier who had to have a
guide to show him the different rooms
in the State House Politics live and
survive under the primary. and it is
Of record that 100 ladies participated
in a caucus in the city of Burlington
and walked away undefiled. The so
called mandate from the people is no
more sacred than that under which we
come here ourselves"
He alleged that the manufacturing
towns and towns where the majority Of
the voters don't have Vermont blood in
their veins controlled the sprimaries
and said the majority does not always
rule.
Mr.. Peet Of st. George called atten-
tion TO the eloquent protest Of wom-
an at a hearing on the primary and
urged the members to give them fair
trial at voting under the primary.
Stearns Bill Debate.
The debate on the Stearns bill was