Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-02-26
Letter From the Capital.
AUGUSTA. Feb. .. 1874


its tndsSaite postponement into rush of
business. and thus accomplish Its defeat.
On Tuesday. the opponents of Mrs.
Packard's bill. for the .Protection Of In.
sane Persons" tried their hands at hi.
game. and came within an ace" Of sue
ceeding. before their object was discovered.
Thus faf, this has been the Bill of the SEES
sion. kvery member Is posted. and has
defined his position. Aud 1t is well known,
that decided majority favor a reform,
and are determined on law, which can.
and shall correct irregularities and abuses.
IN the management OF the incarcerated In
sane. This, being well understood. but
one way remains for those old managers.
VINO wish to be 'let alone; and. to be let
alone, they must by strategy. or chicanery,
thwart the will Of the majority, and carry
their aspirings over the submits OF all"
II their gigantic efforts don't result in
gigantic failure, and all OF their tremend-
Gus fury end in most marked defeat, your
correspondent very much undertakes the
ability OF the majority.
TEMPERANCE.
Is there another word i'm the ENGLISH
language, the practical meaning Of which
Is SO distorted. To one man, temperance
Is a touch not, and taste not" word 10
another, 1t does not forbid a conscience use
of the enthusiastic fluid; among the mass
IS, 1t is open TO as many meanings. as was
the tnIted States constitution In "com
promise" times. But, | do not propose
homily on rum-drinknng, only 20 tell your
many readers what OF, and how stands,
the temperance question.
\ few weeks since, a yenturesome wight
petitioned for an abolition OF the law,
which requires Innkecpers 10 give bond.
aud TO sell to their guests, only liquor
enough to get respectfully tight" This
aroused the temperance men, and for a
few days, an avalanche OF circumstances
have been precipitated upon the Speakers
table, like wave on wave with food ing
force"
What new liquor legislation may be de-
msnded, has not been fully foreshadoved
very many temperance men feel, that the
present statutes are sufficiently cramm.d
with crusade enactnents To suppress the
whiskey traffic, IL public opinion and DO
liticans, will combine to enforce them.
THE LOBSTER.
On Wednesday, the Lobster question
which had been quietly slnmberiuy for 4
time very Unexpectedly put the House
"on lis muscle" and for an hour, we had
inli orchestra Of shell-dsh players The
| question in issue. was the length Of &c oSe
time the time named in the bill, being
/ from August hrst, 10 November first
! The amendment proposed, VA, to short
en- the close time one month. Daring
the debate, Guptill of Gould,boro. and
/ Clark OF fremont, made their maiden
\ speeches, and with credit To themselves.
! Very few are aware OF the magnitude OF
the lobster industry Ia the State. There
are eighteen lobster canning establish.
ments. which can, each season, between
four, and live thousands tons. 1t has be-
come large interest, as the stir which il
MADE In the House clearly demon strates.
t,h culture, which, but few wears
since, proposition for legislative pro,ec-
ton would have served as butt to rally
round and ridicule, has required com
mittee labor, second only. to that reauired
ofthe Judiciary committee
TALKATivE MEMBERS
! The session thus far. has been remarka-
Bile Tor lis want OF much speaking" Ex.
perienced lobbyists say, so little OF discus
sion never was before known. With an
exception or two, there have been no set
speeches, and not one written speech.
Either the praters and loquacious are not
here, or no question to incite long. winded
| arguments, has been presented. Both
branches are without recognized chief
tain. nor does any member assume to
champion legislation, nor have we any Of
that class OF politicians who seek person.
al agrandizement by ways that are dark.
This talking for display Jack Pud-
ding gable" especially when that talk is
sound wth0u, sense. or words without
WISDOM Is a more intolerant nonsense
than circus clowns stale Jokes From
all such bombastic explosions Good Lord
deliver u.s."
UP IN THE SENATE.
by no law, permisslve or mandatory, can
any mortal be in two places at once"
and to hear what is talked in the one House,
and see Of what they are thinking in the
other. requires an '.india-rubber' buman-
ity, not vouchsafed to US lower than the
angels
To this branch Of the Legislature are we
largely indebted for the many crazy
sehemed funerals, at which the mourners
are the biters, bit.
TOWN OF "HARTsHORN.
Where is the petition for the much talk
ed of town Of "Hartshorn?' Was it the
misfortune of its friends to select a name
too roiatile to retain? Says the American
''the projectors of the scheme have been
granted leave to go home" Is the Amer
lean punuing? for AFTER sundry earnest and
pungent inquiries, your correspondent has
come 70 the belief, that the petition must
have switched ofo some cross road. to
reach the Capitol, ria. ''dead letter office"
Petitions. for special legislation, when
there are remonstrants, to succeed. must
have leader possessed of three needed
qualifications plenty Of "cheek, )" never take
no. for An answer and-a little more
cheek
THE ADJOURNMENT. /
This will be sine die. during the first
week in March. The State Prison imvss-
tigalon will protrsct the session some
days. The chief dsbatable questions, those J