Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-01-18

Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary
inquire into the expediency of submitting TO the
voters Of the State proposed amendment to the
constitution providing for biennial election of State
officers, now elected annually; also providing for
biennial sessions Of the legislature after the year
1873.
Mr.. TAYLOR in presenting the order said
offer this, Mr. Speaker, in behalf of the x.payers
81 Maine many of whom during these times of gem
eral depression in business are obliged to use the
most rigid economy to obtain the necessities of
lsie.-I iiRa there btt five States in the niea
in which annual elections are holden, and that in
seventeen of the States biennial sessions of the
legislatures are holden; and, while it is very
pleasant for Legislators to meet here annually yet,
If the servants of the people, protesting act for
the best interests Of the whole people, do the
business of the State as well by having biennial
elections and biennial sessions of the legislature
after the year 1873 thereby saving TO the State
large expense, hope as a matter of enconomy.
the committee will fit to report bill and that
| Il may pass.
| The order received passage,
| Mr. HAYNES from the Committee on the Ju-
dietary reported reference 10 the Committee on
lnterior Waters on order relating to throwing
ballast into the kennebec river.
| Mr.. STONE, fom the same committee reported
| ought not to pass on bill act to amend sec. 2,
chap. % OF the public laws of 1876, relating TO the
organization OF business corporators also reported
leave TO withdraw on petition of members of First
Parish of Wells to sell parish property.
| Mr.. CHASE, from the Committee purchase of
the Maine state Year b Iok, reported on order re-
solve for the purcha.e of seven hundred copies of
| the Maine State Year at cost not exceeding
$1,000. Printed under rule.
| Mr.. CHADBOURNE, from the Committee the
| Judiciary, on order, reported bill act amenda-
| tory of chap. ll9 of the revised statutes relating
| TO offences against habitatons dwellings, &c.
also amendatory to chap. l20 OF the revised stat
utes relating to larceny aud receiving stolen
| goods Printed under rule.
| Mr.. RAND, from the Committee OF Conference on
| disagreelng vote of the two branches order re
lating to committees visiting the various State in
stitutous they represent, reported that the com
| mittee unable to agree. The report was
accepted the committee discharged, and the order
| tabled.
| Mr.. Robe, from the Committee on Railroads,
re- ored legislation nexped!ent on bill az act to
| amend the charter of the Castine 4 Ellsworth
Railroad, referred by the last Legislature to this.
Mr.. PILsBURY from the Committee on Banks
and Banking, on report Of the Savings Bank Com
missioncis with bill to revise and consolidate
| the laws relating TO savings banks, reported the
| bill in amended form. Laid on the table and
| ordered to be prln ed
| On motion of Mr.. BERRY of Smyrna, the order
| to recind the order to pay the page of the
| former House for his attendance on this session
was taken Fl ON the table.
| MIR. BERRY remarked that he had looked up the
matter and had found precedents on the subject in
| 6i in similar case, the page rccev vel SIS, and
| in looking further he found that the d ifere Mt
| Legislatures had been accustomed to vote sums
| from 50 to ) 20 on similar occasions. The gen
tleman fIom Biddeford (Stone) had said that
| bordiuate officers died, Off rially with the ad-
| iournment of the House. He had looked this
matter up, and found that the clerk and assistant
| clerk and messenger hold over to the meeting of
the House. If pages end their official exist
| ence with the final adjournment, why not the
| clerks and messengers. lie moved TO amend the
| order by making the amount the sum actually
| paid out by Randall in coming here. but the
Speaker ruled it out of order because not ger
name.
MIR. Stone, of Bidleford, called attention of
members to the House journal Of '16, whore he
found that Joseph D.. Randall appointed page
"for the House for the present session" Not for
the year but for the present session" Consequent
ly, when that session adjourned sine die he died
with it. The holding over of the clerk is specially
provided for by the statute. 10 regard to preced
ents he had to say that if former Houses have By
their action established presidents of this kind it
| IS time to call habit, and he for one wanted to
stand M and be counted against 1t.
The motion to definitely postpone was taken
by yeas and nays, on motion OF Mr.. Jordan, of
brunswick, resulting in the negative, as follows
YEAs-Messrs. Berry of Smyrna, Hadlock Kin
ney Nadeau, Porter of Burlington, Simpson,
Stsndish of Eustis Winslow-8.
NAYS Messrs. Adams, Averill, Babbidge, Ballard
Berry of Wayne, Besse, Bird, Blunt, Bolster, Bow
ers. Bragdon, Briggs, Browne of Bowdonhsm,
Brown of Oldtown, Buck, Burrill, Chadbourne,
Chase of Standsh, Chick, Clark of Appleton, Clark
Of Damarscotta, Clark of Garland, Cleaves of
kennebunkpot, Cook of Lewiston, Cotin, Cal
kins, Copeland Cornforth, Cyr, Davis, Drsko
Fauar, Fellows, Fletcher, Garvin, Gibson. Gold
| thwst, Goodwin of Pennington, Goodwin of
Monroe, Grant of Stockton, Greedy, Greenwood,
Harlow, Haskell of Cape Elizabeth, Haskell Of
Waldoboro', Haskell of West Gardiner, Haynes,
Hersom, Hn HnckIey of Bluehill, Hnkty Of
Georgetown, Hobson, HAYES, Howes, Hume,
Hurd, Hutchinson. Hyler, Ireland, Jackson, jew
EFT, johnson, Jordan of Brunswick, Jordan Of
Mariavil lie, Kimbali, Knowles, Learned, Libby
Little, Littleteld, Locke, Lord OF Bangor, Lord
of Kennebunk, Madiocks, Meader, Morrill,,
Morrison, Newbert, Norton, Moves, Mutt, Os-
good. Psrkhurst Pendleton, Perkins. Phinney,
Pierce Pike, Pilsbury of Lewiston, Pillsbury of
L MON, Porter of Lyndon, Rand. Reyno Robe,
Robbins, Rogers, Rolf, Russell, Sanborn, Shap-
leigh, Shepherd, Smith OF Alma. Smith of Auburn,
Smith Of Cornville, Smith of Hampton, Sprague,
Stackpole, Standish of flagstaff, Stone, Storer,
Slower, Strickland, Strout, Taylor, Thomas
Towle Towne, Trussell Wadsworth of Manches-
ter, Wadsworth OF Gardiner, Watt, Wardwel,
Warren OF Denmark, Warren of Pownal, Went
worth, West, White, Willard, Wilson, Woods,
York-l29.
a motion to refer to the Committee on Ways
and Means was lost.
The order then received passage.
The time fixed for the joint convention to COM
plete the election of United States Senator hav-
ing arrived, the Senate came in and convention
was formed.
In CONVENTION.
So much of the results of both branches as re-
lated to the choice of a Senator in Congress was
then read.
The President then announced the result, and
declared that the Hon James G. Blaine had been
elected a Senator in Congress to i'll the vacancy
caused by the resignation of the Hon. Lot Nj.
Morrill, and for the term of six years commencing
March 4, 1877.
On motion of Mr.. SHEPHERD of Somerset, it
was
Ordered, That the Secretary of the Convention
James G. Blaine has been duly elected by the
Legislature as a Senator 10 Congress from this
State to fill the vacancy occasioned BY the resig-
nation of Hon. Lot M. Morrill,. and also for the
term of six years commencing on the 4th day of
March next.
Tho Sonata then ratiral