Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-02-21
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mcnt of trustees for the normal schools.
/ Mr.. LISNELL, from the Committee on Claims,
on ORDER reported bill act to repeal the law Civ
+ ing a bounty on bears. Read three times under a
suspension of the rules, and lad on the table on
motion of Mr.. PORTER.
On motion of Mr.. PHILLIPS, it was
Ordered That the Clerk Of the House be direct.
ed to make up the pay and mileage of the late
John b. Robinson of Holden, and that the same be
paid to the widow OF said Robinson.
PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
An act to amend chap. 81 of the public laws OF
/ 1872 relating to foreclosures of mortgages on real
estate; an act to Incorporate the Maine General
! Homeopathic Hospital; an act additional to chap
4 of the revised statutes relating to elections; an
act TO amend chap. 2l9 sec. 3 of the public laws
relating to the militia; an act to amend sections
ii and Is of chap 30 of the revised statutes relat
| ing to solemnzatiou Of marriage, an act to amend
chap. 81 of the revised statutes in relation to the
rights OF married women; an act to amend sec, IA
chap i2 of the revised statutes relating to the re-
form school; an act for the protection oIland lock
( Cd salmon, trout and bass.
FINALLY PASSED.
| Resolve in favor OF the State reform school; re-
solve LAYING u tax on the several counties III the
State; resolve in favor of Chapman Plantation; re
solve III favor of the Joint standing committee on
| the State Prison. resolve in favor of Joseph
Granger; resolve providing for the payment of
bounties on wild animals.
| Resolve in favor of the State Prison on its final
passage. was laid on the table motion of Mr..
| TALBOT.
Resolve in favor OF the town of Sherman on its
| final passage, was laid on tie table on motion OF
| Mr.. STRATToN.
! Resolve in favor of James Phair was taken from
the table and passed to be engrossed.
Bill an act to set of part of Montvlle and an
mex the same to the town of Liberty came up by
special assignment, the question being on the mo-
ton to indie fniely postpone.
| Mcssrs. Conner, Dyer, Clcaves, Chase of stan
dish, Chase OF Blid.toD, Richardson ard Little
field advocated the bill, and Me>sr>. Martin OF
Camden. Davis OF Jefferson, and Anderson or
| posed.
The yeas aud nays were taken on the question
Of indefinite postponement, on motion OF Mr.
NEALLEY, resulting in the negative by a vote OF 90
| to Il as follows:
YEAS Mcssrs. Allen of W adoboro', Alexansle,
! Anderson, Baker, Bass, Bean, Brown OF Odtown,
I}urpec Clifford, Cooper Davis of Jefferson, lDay-
is OF Portland, Dearborn, Dennison, Drisko, East
man, Fletcher, Floyd, Fogler Frank, Carey, Glib
son, Goldthwah, Goodrich Goodwin, Gould,
Haley, Haskell, AFFORD, lIntchins, Heating,
kcegan, kimbail, Locke Lynch, Mantor Martin
of Camden, Morrill, Nadcau, Norton, pendcton
Philips, Pinkham, Potter, Reed of fremont
Robertson, Salley, Sherman, HtpGc ri Biddeforh
stone OF llampden, Story, >t1HttHn, snrkianl,
Trckey, TrusseIl, Thaycr. Wade, Waite q osol O.
| Wyman, Young of Tien,on--60.
NAYs-Messrs. Aldrich, Ballard. Bai-den
blanchard OF Falmouth, blanchard OF Yarmouth
/ Brown OF 1rownvlle, Durham, Carlton, Chase OF
Standsh, Chase of Bridgton, Clcaves, Colbv, Con-
nor, Cook, Cumston, Cnrrler, Dunninc, bntton,
Dwinal, Dyer, Falrar Of Bucktield, fafrar OF Iur-
ner, Fellows, Fowler, Gay, Greedy, Hamilton
| Hopkins, IIopkinson, Hume. lIus-ty, Jordan
Leavitt, Libby, Linnel, Litteiieli, Lord of Leba-
non, Mardeu, Martin of Sebago, Maxwell, Meader,
| Neaey, Nelson, Rowland, parcher Percy, Pai-
ter Powers, Reed of Boothbay, Kchald>or Robbie.
Robinson of Mt. Vernon, Rolf, Rowe, Sargent,
Sawyer, Seward, Shepherd, Skiliin, Smith, Stovcr,
oweetser, Tenney, Tllden, Wagg, Warren, We>-
mouth, Wiggin, Woodsum, Yates, Young OF
| Iiiram-ll.
So the House refused to Indefinitely postpone.
| The bill was then passed 10 be engrossed.
The report of the Committee on Temperance,
reporting ought not to pass on the bill to amend the
nuisance act, was taken from the table, the Gues-
ton being on the acceptance of the report.
Mr.. TALBOT explained the bill. lie said that
the nuisance act makes common nuisarccs places
where intoxicating liquors are illegally sold for
tipping purposes. The bill provides that the act
shall not apply TO the sale of wines manufactured
from the produce of a man own growth OF from
cider manufactured from his apples; that the
sales of those liquids shall not be deemed Illegal.
His object was 10 make the nuisance act consist
ent with the Maine liquor law on our statute book;
He moved to amend the report by striking out the
word mot"
Mr.. LITTLEFIELD said that as he understood the
bill it was to take the teeth out Of the present law
and be was opposed to it.
MIR. WHITE of Bucksport said
MIR. SPEAKER have no desire to precpiate
upon the House discussion upon the subject OF
temperance. The question before the House being
upon the amendment offered by the gentleman
from East Machias to strike out the word not,
which ii adopted brings the bill before the House
for consideration. | have only to say that pre-
fer TO have vote upon the adoption of the amend
mcnt. Ii it prevails, which trust it will not.
am prepared to discuss the bill upon its merits
| DrrnarcI itv CT,
ing upon me as legislator and do not fish to
shrk any duty devolyins upon me as such, whether
| of labor or voting. | am prepared TO go upon the
record as are all the friends Of temperance in this
House. The act which this bill proposes to amend
brings tipping shops where intoxicating liquors
sold within the provisions Of the nuisance act
This is night and just, and the effects of the ACT
are salutary. Ii the prohibitory law is incon-
sistent in any Of its provisions, or inconsistent
with this act it does not affect its validity mol
its value. Under its provisions the judges Of our
courts decide that tipping shops where Intoxicating
liquors are sold are nuisances. This is good law
and good logic. 1t comments itself to the good
sense of every man, and receives the hearty COM
mendatons of all the friends of temperance.
| Mr.. Speaker, when the resolve in favor of the
Maine General Hospital was under consideration
yesterday, the gentleman from Calais stated that
new discoveries had been made by which the
greatest effects were produced by the smallest
things.
| presume he is homeopathic; for the same
| reasons l am a homeopathic on the temperance
question. This act which it is proposed amend is
| Homeopathic in its operation. 1t is small but il
effects large results Sooner than cripple this act
l would strike the whole prohibitory law from the
statutes. Compared with this it may be called the
allopathic law.
The principle of this act is that it provides that
| liquors which intoxlcate are intoxicating. To de-
clare by legislative enactment otherwise would be
Inconsistent and ridiculous as to declare by les
islatve enactment that man when he is drunk is
not drunk.
| This matter is now just right. Liquors which
intoxcate intoxicating liquors, whether made
| from native apples, native grapes, native corn or
native rye; whether made on the farm in small
quantities or in another place in large quantities
Under the present provisions of the law, tipping
shops are adjudged nuisances. Let us not attempt
by legislation to declare otherwise.
| Mr. SHEPHERD thought the law well enough
as it is. Wines and elders are exempted under
the so called liquor law; but when they become
a nuisance then the places where they sold
should be held responsible
| Mr. HAMILTON of Dexter, said the present
| law docs not interfere with mans manufacturing
WIDE or cider from his own fruit, and it is only
when used and sold for tipping purposes that it il
nterfered with. If there is anything that is
nuisance, or anything that caused trouble in his
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