Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-01-07

mittee to wait upon the Governor elect and
inform him of his election.
On motion of Mr.. LANG the order IN rela-
ton to the time for joint convention was
taken from the table and passed, and message
sent to the House.
4 message was received from the House in
forming the Senate that that body concurred
in the proposition.
On motion Of MIR. LANE, adjourned.
House.
THURSDAY, Jan. 6.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. KING of Augusta.
Papers from the Senate disposed of in con-
currence,
Mr.. FARwELL of Augusta presented by
leave, kbill entitled an act to increase the
capital stock of the Bates Manufacturing
Company; also bill an act additional to an
act to incorporate the Lewiston Bleachery
Company
Read three times, rules being suspended,
and passed to be engrosscd.
Mr. TwIrcHEL of Portland by leave, pre-
scented bill an act comforting additional pow
ers on the city of Portland. Read twice and
assigned.
On motion of Mr.. VosE of Winterport,
O,dsred, That joint special committee of
seven on the part OF the House with such rs
the. Senate may join be appointed, to which
shall be represented the revision of the stat
utes.
Mr. Bliss of Washington announced the
attendance of Mr.. Campbell of Deer Isle and
that gentleman was charged with the duty of
conducting him to the Governor and Council
for the purpose of taking and subscribing the
oaths necessary to enable him to enter upon
the discharged of his official duties. - ...e.
Subsequently Mr.. Campbell appeared in the
House and took his seat.
On motion of Mr.. TwITCHELL of Portland,
Ordered, That the Clerk of the House cause
to be prepared for the use of the members
catalogue containing the names, alphabetically
arranged, with residence, post office address
and boarding place, and number of seat Of
each member with diagram of the House,
and the usual number of copies be printed
and distributed to members at the earliest
practicable day.
Mr. WILDER of Fort Fairfield offered the
following order:
| Ordered, That the Secretary of State be
required to furnish to each member of this
House $40 worth of United States postage
stamps at the expense of the State.
The order was indefinitely postponed on
motion of Mr.. BRADFORD Of PASSPORT.
Mr.. LANE of Hollis, presented the remon-
STRANGE of II. X. Bradbury against the right Of
John w. Lane to a seat in this House.
Mr.. LANE remarked that Mr.. Bradbury was
| particular friend of his and wanted his seat.
The remonstrance was referred to the Com
mittee on Elections.
| A message was received from the Senate
through its Secretary, 5. w. Lane, Esq,
proposing joint convention of the two
branches this day at half past one o'clock, for
the purpose of electing Secretary of State,
Attorney General, Adjutant General, Land
Agent and seven Executive Councillors.
On motion of Mr.. BAKER of Augusta,
| A message was conveyed to the Senate by
the Clerk Simplifying the concurrence Of the
House in the proposed convention.
On notion of Mr.. BRADFORD of Eastport,
the order directing the Clerk of the House to
furnish the members with the Daily Kenne-
bee journal, with the amendment incorpor-
atcd with it yesterday, authorizing him to
supply the Daily Argus, was taken from the
table and read.
| The same gentleman remarked that as it
looked to hila, there was future to this or
der, and he thought we should have dread
of it. 1t had been customary to have two
daily political papers, the Journal and the
Augusta Age,-there is at present no Age.
The minority of the House asked for dem
ocratic paper, and he was perfectly willing it
should be voted them, or any republican
member who desired it; but he did object to
the State paying for a daily newspaper from
a foreign city or town. The city of Bangor
may say with equal, prepriety, that I'VE arc
DESTROYS that our daily paper may be used rs
legislative paper or any other city or
town. He wished to be liberal toward the
minority ofthe House, but he objected to
their insisting that republican members shall
receive against their wish democratic paper
and the State pay the bills
| Mr.. BAKER of Augusta, said as he under
stood it, official reports by official reporters
are spread daily before the members in the
Journal, that every member may see for him
self in a more convenient way than to go to
the Clerk, whether the proceedings OF the
day before have been correctly recorded or
not, and it is for this aid to legislators tina,
the Journal is tolerated to DE paid for by the
State. If the democrats choose at any time to
publish paper containing the official reports
of the Legislature the same as the Journal,
then he should be in favor of any member
taking the paper he preferred. The propo-
sition before us is to furnish a newspaper,
not Legislative paper, containing the official
reports of the Legislature. He asked any
gentleman to point out to him what right we
have as members of this Legislature to put
our hands into the Treasury and pay for
newspapers for the members of the House.
He also wanted to know if he was obliged to
have paper he did not want .---sss
He called the attention of the House to a
similar fact which came out in the discussion
yesterday-that the Daily Argus shall be
furnished here for seventy-fve cents fol
each member during the session. He had
been credibly informed that the blank paper
could not be furnished at this price. What
did this mean? Did it not mean that when
the door was open far enough to put one foot
in that two feet would be put in? He could
imagine what the gentleman from Fort
Kent (Mr. Dickey) would say to the repnb-
lican members of this House. He would be
singing in his sweetest tones,
will you walk into my parlor
Said the spider to the n.y.
1t is the prettiest little parlor
That ever you did spy"
His stand was that this Legislature had nc
right to vote themselves political papers al
the expense of the State, and if these papers
wished for donation from the State, lei
them come out boldly and ask for it. fs-
1t had been said that it was matter OF
courtesy to the minority. He commended that
it was not question of courtesy, but purely