Daily Kennebec journal., 1879-01-30

committee sitting here day after day and
night after night with closed doors, Sc
cret sessions, and bringing report in here
with great pnanimity, and with almost equal
unanimty voting against it, every man of
them almost, voting against his own report;
voting that the salary of the Governor should
be 1000, and coming in here and almost
every one of them voting for $500. He sub
mtted whether this report was TO be taken
without due deliberation. II seemed 70 him
that time should be taken in its considera-
ton and that their conclusions should not
be accepted without scrutiny.
Gentlemen of the dominant party in the
House have gone round the State and prom
ised their constituents that when they came
home they would come covered with glory;
they would scalp everybody. and they have
got to get the scalps to carry home. Not be-
ing able to shoot wild game, they propose to
buy tame game; and they take a few poor
fellows round the State House here who
are going to work honestly to fulfill the duties
of their Office. They are Immediately avail
able. They see those poor fellows, and they
reduce their salaries to retrench.
Let us calculate little how much this
whole bill will save. 1t provides for re-
trencbment of eight or nine thousand, call
it ten. Suppose we calculate how much that
amounts to- One-fourth of a mill on the
State tax amounts to $4,000. Suppose we
call it nine thousand between nine and ten.
That would be about l-G Of 1 of one mill.
That is to say, every man would find his ac-
count in this way; that the State tax would
lie reduced about l-24 off mill. Consequent
ly every man who pays tax of S240 would
be affected just one cent. His tax would be
reduced Just one cent.
Now this was all well to have good begin
ming; but he submitted whether this was the
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this legislature, after all the war dances that
have been held prior to this, are going to
dance about and carry home these few inof-
fensivc mems scalps, it seemed to him 1t Was
going to be very poor advertisement for the
party that sent them here.
All this howl about taxation arises not
from the State tax. The State tax last year
was fixed at four mills This taxation arises
from municipal taxation, not State taxation.
| You have loaned your credit to the railroads !;
| YOU have built railroad in every direction
that you could think of; and you have loaned
| your credit to every little saw mill that would
invest ten or twelve thousand dollars in a
town. There is where your money has gone
to, and those are the bills you have got to
pay.
All the point he wished to make in this mat
! ter was that when members considered the
salary BILL it should be dispassionately, and
with calmness, and that they should not rush
in to try to see which will put the lowest sal
AIRY on a man, and whether it shall be repub-
lican, democrat or greenbacker that shall
happen to hit him the last clip. Let us see
if we cannot give man what he is worth.
He hoped this spirit of trying to cheat men
out of their salaries that they are entitled to,
by putting the dates back or forward, would
not prevail, but that the matter would be
looked upon in a sensible light and that the
men would be paid what their services are
worth. If our constituents do not sustain us
in that then let them send others here who
shall be specially instructed.
READ AND ASSIGNED.
An act to exempt the Lewiston and Auburn
Railroad Co. from taxation; an act to amend
chap. IA of the public laws of 1872. in relation
to the service of precepts upon deputy sher-
ifs; an act to authorize the erection of dams
and booms in the Androscoggin river at Can
ton; resolve to facilitate settlement Of the
public lands and to close the land Office; an
act to authorize any ex-Treasurer of State to
amend his record; an act to amend chap. 20,
sec. 6 of the revised statutes relating to line
fences.
PASSED TO BE ESGRossED.
An act to repeal chap. 2O9 of the private
and special laws of 1876 an act relating to
the Union Water Power Co.. an act relating
to scire facias an act to legalize the proceed
ings by which W Wade plantation was organized !;
an act to make valid the doings of Merrill
plantation in Aroostook county; an act to
to make valid the doings of the town of Mill
bridge in relation to building school house
in Pearl district in said town; an act to make
valid the doings of the town Of Mortified In
Washington county; resolve In favor of the
town Of Glenburn,
PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
An act to prevent the taking of fish in Sib-
leys pond in Canaan and Pittsfeld.
FINALLY PASSED.
Resolve amendatory of chap. ~ of the re-
solves of 1878, entitled q resolve granting
two lots of land to VIM. Brown OF Esglc
Lake plantation under certain conditions.
On motion of Mr.. DANA Of Portland, the
House,
Adjourned
PErIrIoSs, BILLS, &c, PRESENTED AND Re-
FRRRED.
BY Mr.. LIBBY OF waterboro'-Bill an act to legal
ize the action Of the town Of WaterboFo In regard
Legal Affairs.
BY Mr.. WEEKS of Augusta-Petition Of Mary
Stilkey of Augusta, for a pension; referred to the
BY Mr.. RICHARDS Of acknowledgements of
7. g. Bradston and 20 Others Of Gardiner, against
the petition for relief from maintaining locks In Ken
nebec dam at Augusta; referred to the Committee
Interior Waters
By Mr.. GoULDING Of West wstervie--Biil an act
In relation to itemzed bills Of costs before trial JUS
tices; also bill act to amend chap. l33 Of the re-
rsed statutes, in relation to trial justices referred
| TO the Committee on Legal Affairs.
by Mr. HILLS of Union-Remonstrance Of Moses
X. Mathews and 81 others Of Warren, against set.
| ting OF Hope from the North Knox Agricultural
Society to the Knox Agricultural Society; Of y. A.
Gushee and AZ others, against same; of Cyrus Nor
ton and ia others of Union, against same referred
to the Committee on Agriculture.
BY Mr.; CRAGIN Of Norridgewock-Remonstrsn
| of J. j. Parn and 80 others Of Anson against relief
| from maintaining lock In the kennebec dam at
Augusta; referred to the Committee on Interior
Waters.
By Mr.. ANDREWS Of Cornish-,Bil an act to amend
chap so of the public laws Of ls, relating to fees
in criminal also bill oct to amend sec. 3.
chap ll6o of the revised statutes relating pay OF
trial justices; referred to the Committee on Legal
| Affairs.
| By Mr.. OAKEs Of Naturalization of Newail Polls
| asking that certain dividends may be paid him; re-
| ferred TO the Committee on Indian AHaiEs
BY Mr.. LORD Of Standish-RemonstIance Of so
citizens Of Steep Falls, against the druggists bill
| laid on table.
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