Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-02-18

ize the Belfast & Moosehead Railroad Com
pany to extend their piers into tide waters
and to amend their charter; an act to incor-
porate the Ellsworth Boom Company; an act
| to incorporate the Eureka Slate Company
an act to incorporate the Vassalboro' Wooler
Mills; an act in relation to the time of hold.
ing sessions of County Commissioners Of
Penobscot County; an act to amend an act tc
incorporate the Rockland s Thomaston Gas
Light Company; an act TO amend the private
laws of 1870 comforting certain powers on the
city of Portland.
| On motion OF Mr.. VosE,
Adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr.. SMITH of Lincoln, moved to take tgo,u
| the table bill an act relating TO repeSl q;
| school laws, the question heisg upon sahssj-
| tuting the minority for the msieri,y report .;
| the committee.
| Mr. Smith thinks the sensin5ea, of TIRE pee
pie very strong in fSvor 81 repsalias the !Sw
| relating 10 the employment 81 teachers. lie
| his county. both parties st their conventSons.
| took strong groand in fsver CT repeal The
petitioners for repeal Are many t4Eass more
than OF those for its retention.
Mr.. FRENCH Of Franklin. opposed the u2i-
nority report he gave Sn account a the
action Of the committee in preseauag she bill
| amending the law. he said the lsw was made
in good faith, and j; has had only about six
months Of trial. Where il has been thorough
| ly tried j, has given satisfaction.
| Mr.. FosTER said the Law of last year is
satisfactory except in one point, the employ
ment of teachers. Therefore il seems the
| bill reported by the committee is sufficient, as
| it gives right TO put an article in the war
rant for every town meeting. SO any town
that wishes can vote to authorize agents to
employ the teachers. His town want the
law as it is, because they understand the COM
| mittee is better qualified to select teachers.
Mr.. Minor referred to the action before the
| Educational Committee last year, which re-
| suited in reporting the bill. The testimony
| then was almost unanimously in favor of this
system of employing teachers The schools
in his town have been better the past year
than ever before. The most fault he has
heard has come from those persons who have
no scholars to send to school.
Mr.. CLEAvEs said the committee should
either say the committee should have the
power to employ teachers or else that the
| agents should. Is satisfied that the law is
very unpopular, and is now more than ever in
| favor of a restoration of the old system. The
people felt that they were competent to en-
ploy such teachers as they want, and that
their rights are infringed upon. Thinks the
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| qualified for the Office as the committee, who
are too often elected to the position as re-
Enumeration for party labors. Believes that
three quarters of the towns in the State are
| in favor of return to the old system, why
| then shall they be at the mercy of the other
quarter? This law was granted last winter
as a personal favor to the Superintendent of
Schools, and was the only one of his sugges-
tons adopted. Has no doubt but the House
will accept the minority report. and if the
Senate refuses to agree we shall hear from
the people next fall. He has never known
the towns to elect agents, which is proof that
the people prefer the agent system.
Mr.. FRENCH of Franklin, replied, and the
question was further debated by Messrs.
Minot, Foster, Holland, and Perley in favor
of the majority report.
On motion of Mr.. SMITH of Know, the vote
was taken by yeas and nays, with this follow
ing result:
YEAs--Messrs. Cleaves, Fuller, Lane,
Nickels, Smith of Knox, Smith of Lincoln,
Torrey.-7.
NAYs-Messrs. Carvill, Foster, French,
of Franklin, French of Somerset, Gray,
Kinks, Holland, Mayo, Minot, Morris, Per-
ley, Rolfe, Webber.-i3.
So the minority report was refused a pas
sage, and the question required on the pas
sage of the bill, the report of the committee
to be engrossed.
The bill was passed to be engrossed.
| On motion of Mr.. NORRIS,
| ORDERED, That the special committee of
the Senate, to whom was referred the exami-
nation and printing of the report and accom-
panying documents on ''Paper Credits" Com
mission, be directed to place the report and
accompanying documents in the care of the
Secretary of State, and that the committee be
discharged from further duty in this matter
Mr.. KINKS under stands the report is now
being put into type, and he moves to table it,
Mr.. NORRIS thinks the report was made to
the legislature, and the Senate by placing the
matter in a committees hands, is Withholding
the report from the other branch.
| On motion of Mr.. Kinks the Secretary of
the Senate explained in regard to the report
and the preparation and whereabouts of the
documents.
Mr.. VosE doubted the right of the Senate
to print the documents, at the time the mat
ter was first brought up. But if anything
was to be printed, he was in favor of printing
the entire documents connected with the mat
ter. No order has ever come into the Senate
from the House, asking us if the report was
printed, but instead an order requiring us &c
send down the report They have not,reatec
the Senate with due respect. They SHOULD
have appointed committee of conference
instead of taking the action they have. Doubts
if the Senate had right to cause to BE-
printed 1000 copies for the use of the legis
lature. If there is any fault on our part, it il
in being too generous. The House has seizeC
upon pretended wrong of ours, to shielC
themselves from obloquy..
Suppose the report had gone into the Hous,
and had been tabled there, it might never
have been printed, and we could not have go
it into our hands. Let us not be moved by
any idle threats, but respect ourselves and We