Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-02-26
LEGISLATURE.


ing and Power Companv of Portland coming
mr., ON i,s massage TO be eryro,sed was laid
! an the table on motion of Mr. DIxeIEY.
| The -e.oiye IN favor Eueeue Nichaud
came frnm the Hor.e passed IL having been
I indefinitely nostr,one,i in the Senate.
Mr.. Eli. moved tina, the Senate adhere
In IL. former vote.
Mr.. B.skys trusted that Committee Of
| Conference would be appointed, as there is
meri, iu the resolve.
| Mr. E,,rrs .a;d he sbouli insist on his mo-
P, ,ion N adhere
| n, ppYwry moved ,Sat the Senate insist
| and a,,uo;o, a Committee cf Conference
! Mr. Dr.ctEr va, in favor of Committee
Of Conference when there might be misul-
! .Ierstan.iiuc on certain phases of questions !;
but certainly there could be no misunder-
.tandine concerning this. He had just come
from Committee Of Conference Oh a resolve
! belonging TO the same class. and no new light
had Lcen obtained: the House committee re-
manned one way, and the Senate another. just
a, before. Nov here comes up another, the
alleged claim being3l years old; one Of those
cases that has 10 become old before the claim
is presented, because it has no sort Of show
| II the claim wa. a valid one, il would not be
allow I'd to remain so long without being put
| in lie didn't believe in the Senate going
back on its vote, and wasting time in Com
mittee Of Conference.
| Mr.. BERRY said that whatever the result
might be of committee, he thought that
courtesy to the House demanded a commit
tee
| Mr. BAKER said there should he no COM
plant because the claim had not been put in
before. The money had not been paid by the
general government until 1862 and the land
vas paid for when the man settled upon it in
1913. Michaud belonged to people who
spoke different language from u.s. and he
thought it was no wonder that the claim had
not been presented before it was. There
were two brothers; tn. other had received
the amount Of hi. claim: this man had not
and this was the last settler to be quoted
| Mr. ELLIS would be the last one to deprive
| any man Of hi. rights This man had paid
! for hi, lot in road labor and had remained in
quiet possession Of the same II the State
had made a good bargain, and received money
from the general government, it was not its
duty to nav over the same to this man.
Nr. R,RxyR said unless the man is auieted
in his LOT. the fourth article in the Treaty of
Washington is farce. ANY man can be
1uietcd in his possessions if he has the money
in hi, pocket to nav for the same.
| Mr.. P.rrrS was anxious 10 quiet these set
tiers. but thought the best and surest way to
do il. was 10 shut the doors of legislation
| against those claims
| Mr.. STRICKLAND suggested that the surest
| wav IN GET rid of these claimants was to exc
cut. them. II this man has n lust claim he
ha. a right to come here. He did not think,
because the claim is old. that the State should
take advantage of the statute Of limitation.
The State has been maid for this land twice.
opc. nv N;cbaud and once nv the general
ynvey,ment. and he saw no reason WHY
Uichau1 sbould no, he reimbursed.
| The Sep,tc refused I, annoipt a committee
of conference. and voted to Indefinitely post
none the resolve.
Resolve for the purchase Of 200 copies OF
Uopkins' DIGEST came from the House in
definitely nostnoned
Mr. laws said there were matters con-
nectcd with this about which he intended to
introduce n resolve and nm his motion the
resolve WAS tabled
The repor. of the Committee on Towns, on
pention Of Caleb Fuller of Woodstock. and
30 others. tina; Fuller aud his real estate be
set OF, from Woolstock. ardannexed 10 Paris.
granting nr,vcr of petitioners came from the
House ,nde6ritelv FASHIONED
On motion of Mr. BsrwrR. the report was
laid upon the tabIc.
Mr.. P,rrry from the Committee ON In
dian Affairs. r,ported a resolve making np-
nronr;a,i,ps for tho p.pohsco, ,r;hc of In
Ji,ns. aI.o n resolve in favor Of the p,ssama-
onoldv tribe of Indians. Accented AMI laid