The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1872-02-29
Letter from Augusta.


Anybody who has READ W ldOW 5ctOtt s
gem Of poetry ''K. X. Kant kllGilate,"
can appreciate the position of u newspa-
per correspondent who has presumed, as
Redman did last week, to give q few
guesses as to the probable result Of GER
tain questions in the Legislature Doubt
tul things We're never any more uncer-
tain than they have been this winter-n0r
has it ever been more forciblv demonstrate
ed that there is as much difference III
some folks As there i il anybody" The
constant changing of base and the game
of Jumping Jack from one side to the
other, as exhibited by some members, has
knocked everything in the shape of specu-
lation and prediction clear out Of sight.
An act. or bill, that appears to-day at the
start to have q clear majority in it, favor,
and on which you would 90 your bottom
dollar tomorrow goes up the spout and
vice versa counting noses don't amount
to shucks. These sudden conversions
lead to 50 many reconSideratiOns, indei-
mite postponements or amendments that
no one feels sure of anything until it has
been passed to be enacted and receives its
clincher by the signature of the Governor.
On some questions it is painfully evident
that if money did not furnish the only bro
pelling power that made the mare ~. it
had good deal to do towards accelerat-
ing her steps. II all stories are true, this
session has offered extra opportunities for
the grea-ing Of itching palms and the
salve administered to afflicted legislators
has been more potent than any ever manu-
featured by Miss Sawyer, the kind faced
specialized old lady of Rockland
A would-be rhymer got up some dog
gerel the other day applicable TO the case.
The first verse Of which runs IS follows
The Soons of the Pine Tree state
From kttery to Quoddy-
Assemble here 10 Lcgi>late
For almost every body.
Who offer the right klud of hHit,
Green-back1 cigars and tollv.
The remaining verses arr 50 much like
the first that i hardly worth while to print
them 1t may not be ami,- to remark
that the truth Of the above is much better
than the poetry
Several railroad matters have been
finally disposed ot during the past week
! The charter for the Plscataluis road was
decidedly tough for Bangor 1t WAS en-
| gineerel through both branches with con
Sumate skill, l4ehroke taking charge OF it
| in the House and Mcclellan in .he Senate
Mae made splendid argument. which
| took the starch completely out OF Foster.
who led the opposition. and was without
doubt the cause of the success ot the bin
in his branch The combination that
carried the Piscataquis rD4d sealed the
fate of the Portland. Bath and Shore road
which cot its quietus for the present by a
reference to the next Legi-iature-rath
A cowardlv way of dispo,ing of a matter
involving 50 many interests The FIGHT
on this question was the sharpest that ha1
been made ID the House this winter. Pike
led the opposition. and ala his level best.
Supported As he Wa hv neatly All the old
experienced debaters, it j. not strange
! that he carried his point The best speech.
however, during the discussion, consider
inc the chance he had Wa made in favor
OF the charter hy NJ. Reed ot Waldoboro.
The ability with which he handled the
subject would have done credit To lib old
stager and elected frequent applause,
even from the opponents III the biz Mr.
Reed is Il young man, and is in the legs
lature for the first time; but he has made
his mark, and will he heard from here
after.
IN the House. Monday. The biIl to cs-
tahliSh the Industrial School for naughty
girls Gre ted quite a discussion. In which
MeSsrS, Lebroke, Carleton and Wilson
took 4 hand each OF whom, probably a.
an expert, gave his testimony against the
necessity Of establishing such a refomnl-
tory institution All three had filed tor
a terra NJ years the office Ut Comfy NJ
torney, and had never, 4, they said trrwn
indictments against WavWard ana sinful
females
The frequent allusiou made in the pa
perS to the "Gentlcman from Whiteteld'
is nationally accounted fnr from the fact