Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-02-18

M matter how much evidence be
nav hsse. that any jury in the land vonid
accent. Still, in order TO get the pension nc
musf have evidence which he can only spirit
u.IIv obeain. and that kind they do NOT accept
in the United States pension depesmen-
where il concerns justice and fagm 20 sne
nensiouer. We had also before the cofat'
tee sworn certificate from the doctor who
attended him after he vas stricken v'n
PARALYSIS, stating that there vas no qsest,on
but his paralysis was caused py suns',o.e'
the brain being often the seat OF pefAtsn
The sunstroke Was had while he was regular
" in the service of the United States, and In
Co. G. 18th Reg't Ne. Vol. OF his present
.,a,us he testified he Was subsistent entirety
on charity, and no one who saw him vouid
have the least doubt his statements we're cor
rect. for in every point they we're corrooorasr
ed bv sworn testimony where his clam 10
State Pension could have been doubted. ana
vour committee were unanimous IN reporting
the resolve now before you. l would sta.e
that the pension department have seV aPPh-
cations yearly: between 6 and 100 are grant
ed by adjudication of the Pension Agent, who
ixes the amount for each applicant. In tins
case il can not come before the Pension Agent
in the regular line Of such cases. for his MT
ter's) wife is in Massachusetts while he stops
az he saws in evidence wherever they VIII
keep him. but most of thefime at his father
house in this State. And Mr.. President and
Senators. / have never seen in my army OF
civil life a claim more just than the one now
before rs. Although it may be claimed that
il opens door TO the Pension department.
il is a door Mr.. President l trust will al
ways open to any soldier who has served faith
fully the full term of his enlistment in
Maine Regiment and on the quota of Maine
The resolve was then passed to he en-
crossed.
An act providing for the trial Of causes in
volving the rights of parties to hold public Of
fees, come up on its passage to be cngrossed.
On motion Of Mr.. BRADFORD, the bill was
laid on the table, to enable him to make few
amendments correcting grammatical errors.
The following message was received from
the Governor:
STATE OF MAINE.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
AUGUSTA, Feb. II, 1850.
To the President Of the Senate and Speaker
of the House Of Representatives.:
In the message which had the honor to
submit TO the Legislature on the 9TH inst,
brief reference was made 10 the great expense
brought upon the State by the recent political
complications. At that timcAhere were no
mean, of making any estimate Of such expense.
Since then the bills Of the police force and
force under the Sheriff Of the county of Ken
ncbec. engaged at the capitol, have been pre-
scented to the Governor and Council, and the
bills of the military have been forwarded to
the Office of the Adjutant General, amount
ing in the aggregate to something less than
twenty thousand dollars. The greater part
of this expense. both of the military and the
police. accrued before the present administra-
ton came into power. The employment Of the
force at the capitol was first authorized either
by my predecessor directly, or by Gen.
Chamberlain, who had special power delega-
ted to him by Gov. Garcelon to protect the
property and institutions of the State. Since
the 18th day of January, the employment OF
all force has been authorized by the present
executive.
The men employed did good service for
the State in time of need. and justice to them
demands that prompt action on the part OF
the legislature he taken to make the neces-
sary appropriations for the payment Of this ex.
pense. DANIEL +. DAVIS.
The Message was read, and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
The bill concerning minors and guardians.
being on its passage to be engrossed was
explained by Mr.. BRADFORD. The object
was to make our laws on the subject conform
more nearly to the laws Of other States. The
bill had been very carefully drawn.
The bill was then passed to be engrossed.
Mr.. BARRIER called up bill an act to amend
section 10 of chap. 10, of the revised statutes,
as amended by chap. "a Of of the public laws
of 1873. relating to the law of roads.
The first amendment for consideration was
that of Mr.. DINGLEY, striking out all after
81, 80. a.. vasl,
''these" in the 2lst line.
Mr.. DINGLEY advocated his amendment,
and it was adopted.
Mr.. BARRIER offered an amendment. strik-
ing out the word '.amended" in the fourth
line, and inserting the word repealed and
then striking out the remaining part of the
bill. The bill would then read:
''Section 10 of chapter 10 of the revised
statutes, rs amended by chapter "a of the
public laws of 1873, is hereby repealed"
Mr.. BARKER said that wile-rmmed wheels
are disastrous to roads
Mr.. HARRIS said that the amendment would
repeal the entire law. and he objected to it.
This has not been asked for. neither has it
been considered BY any committee. To re-
peal the entire law now would be very hasty
action. 1t originally contemplated the repeal
as far one section of the State was con-
cerned.
Mr.. BARKER claimed that his amendment
would only repeal section 10 of the statutes
on the subject.
MIR. PArTEN said that the law vas dead
letter now, and may as well be repealed All
up ami down the Penobscot nothing but mar
row trimmed wheels arc used.
Mr.. STRICKLAND said that a portion of the
roads affected lie in his county. As far as
the military road to Houlton is concerned the
law Is a dead letter. narrow-rimmed wheels
being almost exclusively used His obseyya-
ton was that they are preferable to the wide
trimmed wheels.
Mr.. BRADFORD considered the law a good
one; There were in his county many cross
roads leading to county roads from steam
boat landings. and the heavy teams cut up the
roads. The wilc-rims make less expense To
the town. He hadn't seen any reason whv
this law should be repealed He trusted that
Washington county would not he included in
the repeal, and offered an amendment to that
effect.
On motion of Mr.. BAKER. the bill with
amendments was recommitted to the commit
tee.
Bill an act additional to an act to incorpor
ate the Pcnobscot Mutual FIRE Insurance
Company. which was passed to be engrossed.
was subsequently. on motion of Mr.. ArwEII
lald upon the table.
Resolve in favor of John NJ. Thurlougb
was taken from the table.