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Mr.. PIKE introduced the following:
ORDERED, The Senate concurring, tina
tins Legislature adjourn without day on til,
10Th Of February At 10 O'Clock A. nj.
Mr. LxBRoKE said that If this order was to
pass. the great purpose for which his constit-
uents sent him here would be lost. He had
labored to get an early hearing before the
railroad committee, on the petitions for the
extension of the Dexter road, but with the
amount of business before them, he could
get no hearing before the 9Th of February, and
so 1t was arranged. Now was lie to be told,
because somebody wanted short session,
that this Legislature is to be choked off on
the 10th of FebruaryP Is this plot to de-
feat measurable would not say his measure
-He could not believe the gentleman from
Calais intended that, but he would say that
with the amount of business before the Rail-
road committee it would be impossible
to get hearing before the 10th of February.
Mr.. PIKE explained that he had introduced
the order in all seriousness, and that he had
not in mind the gentleman's (Mr. Lebroke)
scheme in relation to a railway in Piscata-
quis. He would join the gentleman in an eff
fort to recall his bill from the committee and
have it considered by the House. and if he
Mr.. Lebroke) wished, he (Mr. Pike would
advocate its passage. His views about rail
roads were to vote for every charter presented
here. So he had no motive whatever to choke
off the charter that is asked for. His motive
was short session. This Legislature is now
at the end of the third week, and little or
nothing done. We are all DESTROYS of dis
charging the very last duty imposed upon us
here, and then go home. He had conversed
with gentlemen upon the matter, and they
had fol hot 1ty
whatever in passing intelligenty upon all
matters, and adjourning upon the 10th of
February. He thought it was time to indi-
| cate that this is to be short session. If it
was desirable that the order should be laid
by for fuller House to pass upon, he had
nothing to say.
Mr.. CARLETON said members are sent here
to legislate for the greatest good of the
greatest number. Parties having matters
before the Railroad Committee have had their
cases assigned, and they have gone home with
the expectation Of having a hearing. The
9th of February is the latest assignment, and
there are other matters to come up. We are
sent here to hear the claims of our constitu-
ents, and as far as his constituents were con-
cerned he proposed they should be heard
, fairly. He thought the introduction of the
J order at this time premature.
ii Mr.. kEEGAN thought the order was intend
, ed as joke-merely intended to hurry up
matters. There was no person more anxious
to get through than he, but we have got to
> stay here until the work is performed, and he
hoped the order would be indefinitely post
poned.
| Mr.. PERKINS of Pennington, hoped the
order would prevail. We have time to attend
I to all the business properly and go home by
the 10th of February. The gentleman from
Foxcroft need not fear for the fate of his bill
/ for the Legislature intends to give it TO him,
| and the people from Bangor will get their
charter. and we will let them fight it out at
home. He thought this matter could be
passed upon now, and if members wished to
participate in the matter they should not go
home Saturdays.
Il Mr.. HUMPHREY hoped the order would no,
pass. The Railroad committee has large
, amount of business, and it seemed to hin
: they should have time to pass upon it.
' good deal of business was to come before
a the House which he had not examined, and hi
8 could not tell how to vote till he had examined
!. it. He was sorry to hear matters pre-judged
before they had been fully discussed before
, the House.
II Mr.. WILSON of Thomaston said the intro
duction of this order was no new thing. IL
e remembered in 1865 there was any amount o.
| legislation to be done growing out of the war
ct an order was introduced that the Legisla
r ture adjourn finally on the Goth of February
The business was vast compared with thu
: business of this session, but it indicates tina
a we are here and are gong to require ever,
n member of the Legislature to remain and no
0 go home misunderstanding Saturdays ant
= Mondays working days. With the new cod,
9 of laws there will be but very little to do ex
), cept on railroad questions, and he was il
far rnf r,As A.. L. Al.
f here for business. He thought the orde
fitting, and hoped no motion to postpon.
, would prevail; but if members do not fee
K like fixing the precise day now, LET them move
to table it for the present.
= Mr.. KNIGHT said that there is but one con
r sideration that is sufficient to keep us here
: scarcely week longer, and that is the fac
4 that there are several matters before the Rail
! road committee. They are there because it
has been the custom to send such grists
through that particular mill. Ordinarily
there has been something to occupy the at
tention of the Legislature while they were
going through that mill. That condition does
not exist now, and if it were not the tendency
to debate every possible thing whether We
have much to say or not, there would not be
9 an excuse for staying here-outsde of tina,
9 single consideration-one week longer. He
, thought the tendency of the House was in
favor of general railroad law, the bill 70,
which would probably be reported by Mon
day, and there is any amount Of business tina
can be taken from the Railroad committee
and passed upon by the House, and it can
pass upon two questions to one by the com
mittee. Since the order introduced could do
n1harm he hoped it would be laid upon the
table and not be ignored.
Mr.. CARLETON said the Legislature had
been here sixteen days and nothing had been
done. This order proposes to adjourn in six
teen days more. This large amount OF
business could not be run through in that
time properly. He did not believe in any
such legislation and moved that the order be
indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. PERRY of Oxford was glad the order
had been introduced. If We want a short
session there can be nothing more effect
i've to bring it about than an indication on the
part of the Legislature in regard to what time
1t is proposed to adjourn. lie thought the
order was needed to hurry up the people who
are negligent in making their wants known.
+ Another reason wing he was glad the order
had been introduced, was that during his ex-
perience in matters of the State, he had new
er known so little business to appear at this