The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-16
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| feel like repudiating it. which caused
Senator Cady TO say that such an argu-
| ment would have no effect on him but he
did believe that the primary puts CON
troll into the hands of the people and that
the women should not be forced into a
caucus arrangement.
Senator Kingsley was firmly of the
| opinion that inaSnuch as the primary
had been adopted at a popular referen-
dun the senate had no moral right TO Ie-
peal it without an equivalent mandate
rom the people. Senator Cllaffee de
clarcd himself in favor of the primary.
saying that under the old arrangement
Franklin county politics was dominated
by a machine and that he never could
have gotten nominated except under the
primaries. Senator Villas spoke against
the bill and called for the yeas and NAYS
the question being: Shall the bill be
rejected?. The result was is to L.
against rejection. a victory for those
who would abolish the primaries The
senators voted as follows:
In favor of rejection (for primarys
retcntion) - Senator'S Slayton. TAYLOR.
Villas Coburn, Cady. Chaffee. Carpenter.
Dunham,. Andrews Kingsley and Estee
Against rejection (f0r prmary's re-
peal3 Senators Sherburne, Cowles, Blod-
gett. Russell. Whitcomb.- AIcKillip.
White. Newton, Osgood, Bottum, Mich
ols.' Foster, Williams, Montgomery, Cobb
and Dana.
Not voting - Senators Bryant and.
Falnham.
There are no new developments in the
highway situation except that follow
ing the public hearing yesterday pub
lic sentiment set in toward Governor
Hardness in some degree and it is now
predicted that his position Will become
stronger daily. 1t is claimed that both
Ex-Governor Gates and Col. Curtis =
Emery of Newport, who at the hearing
yesterday attacked the governor because
of his alleged desire to bring about bond
issue and to upset the highway depart
ment generally. had not heard the gov
ernOr'S message in which he made it
plain that band issues can be voted by
the legislature alone and that he was
not seeking TO make the radical depart
ures of which he had been accused.
About the corridors it is said that eX
Governor GatpS'S remarks, instead of
hurting Governor Hartness, were an &C
tual benefit because of the reaction they
produced Another public hearing on
the bin to take the appointing power
away from the governor is to be held
next Wednesday afternoon.
The house this morning passed the
Parmelee bill increasing the maximum
amount to be- paid under the workmen's
compensation act from $3.50 TO SO.
n week The time-hOnOred applegrad-
ing bill. which has commanded the at
tention of successive legislatures for
many years was again killed this morn
ing on an aye and nay vote Of 123 to
100. after a lengthy debate.
There were many votes against H227,
relating to disclosures by persons con-
victed of becoming intoxicated. 1t was
a vive vOcr vote and the speaker put it
twice before he declared that the bill
had been ordered to a third reading.
The bill which would raise the salary
of the attorney general from 5000 to
$1,000 Il year was favorably reported in
the house this morning. as amended to
make it read $500. but the bill was
laid on the table for the time being,
The bovine tuberculosis appropriation
bill was ordered to a third reading in
the house this morning with the sum
named being 100000 instead of the
S2JOO0O which the department of agri-
culture is requesting. Mr. Russell of
Shrewsbury moved to strike out the
$2OC 900 and insert S1JO.000. This eff
fort to amend the bill further failed.