Daily Kennebec journal., 1870-01-15
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
Senate.

PRAYER by Rev. Mr.. KING OF Augusta.
Papers from the House disposed of in con
curren,e. -
On motion of Mr.. CUSHING, petitions OF ..
Il. Bradbury ct ais, of Lubec, Levi leighton
ct ais. of Columbia, James Gilpatrick ct ats,
Of Whitney, Jeremiah Foster ct ais, of East
Machias, and w. Ii. Pope ct ais, of East
Machias, in regard to changing the time and
place of holding the Supreme Judicial Court
of Washington Co., were severally laid upon
the table.
Bill an act to increase the capital stock o!
the Portland Glass Company, read twice un-
der suspension of rules, and passed to De
engrossed.
The President announced the Valuation
Committee on the part of the Senate as i"i-
lows: Neatly of York, Carvili of Cumberland,
Holland of Androscoggin, Gray OF kenneoec,
Carleton of Knox, Buftum of Pencbscot'
Talbot of Washington.
Mr., BUrFuM asked to be excused from act
ing upon the committee and Mr.. RULER OF
Peuobscot was appointed to I'LL the vacancy
Mr.. CusH1Ne offered a resolve relating to
the claims of Maine against the United States,
for interest on advances made by Massachu-
sets in the war of lSl2-l5, which upon his
motion was laid upon the table and the usual
number of copies ordered TO be printed.
On motion of Mr.. BurruM,
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three on the part of the Senate and seven on
the part of the House be raised, to be desig-
mated the Committee on State College of Ag-
riculiure and Mechanic Arts. On motion OF
Mr.. CUSHING, reconsidercd and laid upon the
table.
On motion of Mr.. KINGsBURY,
Ordered, That the Senate proceed to vote
for United States Senator on Thursday, Janu-
ary 18th, at eleven o'clock A. NJ.
On motion of Mr.. BuFFUM,
Ordered, That rule lst of Joint Rules
and Orders. be amended by inserting after the
words: s1on Agriculture" the words 'son
State College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts"
On melton of Mr.. GIBBS,
Ordered That the Committee on Manufac-
lures be directed to inquire what legislation,
if any, is necessary to prevent the obstruction
of the water power of the State, i'll manner
prejGdiciaI TO the interests of manufacturers
Passed 10 be eaaeted-Bll an act entitled an
act in addition to an act to incorporate the
Eureka Milling Company.
Mr.. REED of Cumberland, said:
Mr.. PRESIDENT Il desire to call the atten-
tion of the Senate to a short memorial and
resolution relative to the death of William
Pitt Fessenden. He died in the service of the
State in which he had passed the larger part
of an il,ustrious life. Since his death the
ablest men of all parties friend and foe alike,
have We'd with each other in their tributes to
his memory. To these tributes l shall not
presume to add any words of mine, nor is 1t
needful. Here he was known and we have
long recognized those qualities which made
him what he was and helped to make his
country what it is, and yet 1t seems to me
requisite not for his honor and credit, but for
our own, that we should here give some token,
L.,,,- ,naI haf
we were not unmindful of the virtues of the
statesman whom can never again call to
the post of difficulty and danger.
! therefore at the request of members OF
the Senate and House present the following
The People Of the State If Maine by their
Senators and Representatives. IN Legislature
assembled Joining in the national lamenta-
ton over the death of WILLIAM PiTT FEssES-
DEN with a sorrow peculiarly their own, deem
it fitting that there should be on the records
at the capitol some memorial showing their
appreciation of the career of a great man who
has honored them by his deeds more than
they can honor him by their words.
His history needs not to be here recorded.
Here were the scenes of his earlier triumphs,
and from this place he was three times sent to
fill the highest office in the gift of the State.
1t was here that he first showed those great
qualities which made him in that larger arena
as easily without SUPERIOR he was among
us without peer.
He was many times representative in the
Legislature and in Congress. He was Sccre-
tary of the Treasury, and three times Senator
of the United States. He first stated the
principles on which his country, rent asunder,
was afterwards solidly united.
If the high positions which he filled and the
deeds he did, do not preserve him much
sx,,a oh
sooner or later awaits the mightiest, it will be
because he always preferred to fame, the con-
sciousncss within himself of doing with all his
might what his hand found to do for the safety
and stability of his country.
As a citizen he was without reproach. AS
a lawyer he was alwas true to his client but
never untrue to justice. As statesman he
was friend of liberty when her friends were
few. He was tried on many critical occasions
and was equal to all, and at last crowned a
long life of service by steadfastly enduring
for what he thought right the reproaches of
friends and the praise OF foes The example
OF his stainless character and of the steady
courage with which he met obloquy for the
sake of convictions, in its effect upon the
lives of those who come after him will carry
his influence and power to centuries which
his name may never reach.
In recognition of his worth it is
Resolred, That as a testimonial of the rev.
erence in which we hold his memory the fore
going be spread upon the journals of the
Senate and House, and copy be sent by the
Secretary of the Senate to his family.
As further mark of respect for the memo
ny of the deceased,
On motion of Mr.. LINDSEY, the Senate ad-
journed till Saturday at o'clock.
PETITIONS, BILLS, &C., PRESENTED AND RE-
FERRED.
BY Mr.. CoLLISs-Petition of the Assessors of
Glenwood Plantation for power to control the
public lots in said plantation. Referred to
Committee on State Lands and State Roads.
BY Mr.. BUcK-Petition of Samuel Adams
and 81 others, tax payers of Castine, for
abatement, and change Of law on State valua-
ton. Referred to Committee on Claims.