Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-02-25
Editorial Correspondence.
AUGUSTA, Feb. -. 1875.
To the american

the Constitution. submitted by the .Cpun-
ell Of fen" as the Commission has been
iacetiously called, have been h.,e ring
through the lIoa>e and Senate dalns the
past week. They were reported ia the
Senate, aud thN branch took the fir st
acton. An afternoon was set apart for
them. aud when TIA. tim. came n Wa conf
ical TO see the manner ia when the senate
begun the work. II became evident that
seventeen Constitutional questions pr-cipi-
taicd at once "n the Senate were 'cp many
i'r it. cirIr comprehension. S-nttpt>
secuted To be IA a MAJ" n to the scope.
aud object of the first one in relation To
relig Gus societies. They lul no ccc.c-
>iasiicNl member TO explain. rhr p.fv
safe course when ID doubt ga, "a vote
no - when the 70 leah began AiWond
opened with a negative vote, aud the first
, proposition was rejected. The ice seemed
then 10 be broken aud the next three were
/ rejected IN quick succession.
+ Dat of the whole seventeen only seven
have been adopted. aud WORK that ha, oc.
copied ten able mind, for three we,a,
exclusively. has been passed upon in a IT.
tie less than week by the Legislature.
/ The seven propositions that have been
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The House followed the Seuate's action
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NihIh- lot new 'onS loan with which % .
take up outstanding bonds. This ue,, loan
i. 30 arranged that s1D0. 900 fail, due each F.
year, thus doing away viii all necessity .
OF sinking fund The new bond are 20 .
ne issued only a. required to meet liAbii- 4
ties on old ones. This act was ia accpr- 4
dance with The recommendation of the /
Governor, and | think it a decided im- /
provemcnt on the intricate system of
sinking fund
The Asflcult al College i evidently /
not in favor in the llous'. The Senate
voted S2IJ00 for the college a. recon-
meud,d by the Committee but the Ipu-e
cut it down TO $1,000. while proposition
to cut it down to 5000 WAS nearly sue
ccs-ful. There j. no prospect Of the H,l-e
going any higher. There i a growing
feeling that the college Will have To- b,
abandoned and the income OF the fund
turned over to some OF the established
Colleges. for them 10 expenI in Agr.cu.-
tural and Mechanical Instruction. Will
,hi> exception about all the donation
bills have gone through. \ SenA,31
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AMI Gnrlon b,ve b,..n hu,s rl4 u.>t /
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mon,
DARN, m. a5.euc. # the President IF /.
rho Seus,. La, week Senator C,orfbe,l of I
Wa.tf,s,on nre.ida5 ,r,. PRESIDENCY Of
the ,.xt senate will fan 10 ono of tbe.,.
senator Cortb4Il of WASHINGTON. senator
Uvd. of Sagndahor or senator Sya.ey /
ofoxford Ills no, i very desirable place /
and cannot understand why it is so much !
sought for. l. gives mau rank at the |
sacrifice of power.
The Legislative Reception'' at the Au-
rnsfa House last Tuesday. WAS a very
elerant affair. There was a crowd of
course hut il WAS a brilliant crowd. The )