The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-02-24
WOMEN AND MEN
PRISONERS OUGHT
To Be SEPARATED
Special Joint Committee Reports
to Legislature Today
MEN ONLY TOWN MEETING
Bill to Give Women Voting Privi-
leges Killed in House by
Large Majority

Montpelier, Feb. 24.-The special
JOINT committee, which recently visit.
ed the penal institutions of the state
reported this morning that the wo-
men prisoners should be transferred
to the House Of Correction in Rutland
The report says: "The state prison
is not a proper place for the women
and never will be, as they should be
removed to location at considerable
distance from the men"
Judge J. E. Weeks, director Of state
institutions, said today that it would
take about $1,000 to reft the House Of
Correction to receive the women and
would necessttate employing a man
and wife and at least one woman as
ass stant New heating ARRANGEMENTS
must be installed and the furnishing
returned from Windsor or new equip
ment procured.
( Five proposed amendments to the
constitution appeared In the House
. and were he'd up by Mr.. Keyes of
Reading, who urged that more delib-
Grafton be used in amending the con.
st futon on his motion they were
made a specia order for Thursday at
IL a. IN.
The House passed S "a, providing
that water companies come under pub
ic service commissioner, II 24O. re.
gu ring collectors OF taxes to make re-
turns on quitting office, II 241, per.
hitting re nstatement of lapsed cor
lporations II 2SS. relating to livestock
commissioner, II 305 enabling North
Bennington to accept gift Of water
system.
4 The Senate cautiously recommitted
debatable bills II 65, workmens com
lpensation. II 1S1, appfe grad ng law
and II 236, to erect a tablet TO the
architect OF the State house, and pas
sed the equal guardian law II 55 by a
vote OF II to 13. II also passed H 81,
Bird law, II 2l7 providing that muni-
pal court may issue warrants, Fl 237
regard ng salaries of state officers
and II S2S prohibiting ice fishing in
Barber Pond
Montpel er. Feb 23.-It was an un-
lucky day for the bin allowing women
to vote IN the March meeting next
Tuesday IS ~, which was up for
third reading in the House this morn
ing under favorable report, but
which went down to its death at the
hands of the lower body of the Legis.
lature this afternoon by a vote Of 122
to 50. after t had been once passed,
and then reconsidered
Miss Edna l. Beard the lady from
Orange, and the first of her sex to oc,
cupy a seat in the Vermont Legisla-
ture. figured largely in the uncertain
career of the bill. When 1t came VI
this morning. she moved that the
rules be suspended so that it might
be read the second and third times and
placed upon is passage, in order to
have it Immediately messaged to the
governor and become law in time
TO become effective There was some
opposit on to this, but Miss Beard
was supported by q rising vote of 1Sl
TO IA, and it looked as though the
women would vote.
but lulS AFTERNOON, MISS bedIut III
order to clinch the passage of the bill
moved for reconsideration, saying
that she hoped the vote would be un
! favorable to reconsideration Where
upon MIR. Wishart of Barre got into
action IN opposition to the bill. He
sad that he had not been present
when the bill was passed in the morn
ing. He declared that the measure
was class leg station. and would make
lot of troubleln fixing up check lists
at this late date for a few women whC
would probably take advantage of it
! He thought It not good policy to legis
late for a few IN this manner, and hi
favored reconsideration and rejection
Of the bill
That many of the members had come
to this same opinion over the dinner
hour was shown by the vote of 127 t
= % in favor Of reconsideration and o
122 to 80 refusing the bill a thirt
reading.
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