The Portland daily press., 1881-02-09
WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEB. 9.
BY TELEGRAPH.
Continuation of the Insane Hos
pital Investigation.
APPoRTIoNMENT OF SENATORS AND
REPRESENTATIVES.
AUGUSTA.

APPORTIONMENT OF SENATOR'S AND
REPRESENTATIVES.
Especial to the Press.l
AUGUSTA, Feb. s.
The House to-day extended the time for the
reception of petitions to the 18th inst. A
large number of remonstrances were presented
against making any change in the lobster law,
coming from poor fishermen.
A bill was presented to revive the charter Of
of the Bangor G. Calais Railroad to Dec. l, 1885
and extending the time for completing the
road to Dec 81, 1889.
The bill for the levying of taxes on corporate
franchises, presented by Mr.. Hatch, of Ban
gor, provides for tax to be determined by the
committee to which it was referred. This tax
will be in proportion to the capital stock and
on sliding scale.
A bill was presented relating to the iurisdic-
ton of Justices Of the Peace and Quorum,
which authorizes them to act in each and every
county in the State.
The charter for the Saco Water Company in
corporates Obadiah Durgin. Amos T. Marston,
T. Herbert Milliken and others, with capital
stock not to exceed $4,000. The object of the
company is to supply Saco with water for do
mestic and municipal purposes.
The bill for the detection and punishment of
crime, pending its passage to be engrossed in
the House, was tabled at the instance of Mr..
Hatch, of Bangor.
The bill for the prevention of railroad acci-
dents was debated in the Senate by Messrs.
Emery, Walker. Pattangall and Lamson, and
then indefinitely postponed.
The Committee on Library will report in
favor of enlarging one of the apartments in the
dome of the State House at an expense not to
exceed $780,
The Railroad Committee will not determine
upon their report on the Lake Megantic Rail-
road project until Thursday evening.
The Committee on Legal Affairs will report
favorably on the bill relating to meridian lines
in counties. Also on bill for the better protec-
ton of life in buildings for public purposes
and to amend the law establishing the Munich
pal Court in Auburn by allowing cases of fore
ible entry and detainer TO be heard weekly.
Adverse reports will be made on enacting
law to compel insurance companies to pay full
value in case of loss, and allowing private lib.
raries to be exempt from taxation. The COM
mittee will give hearing on Tuesday next to
those interested in having the salary of the
Municipal Judge in this city increased.
The Judiciary Committee will report bill
to make women eligible to hold school offices,
and also charter for the Eastern Telegraph
Co. The committee are still considering DR..
Greene's dissection bill; also proposition to
increase the salary of the Judge of the Super
ior Court for Kennebec county from $17O0 to
$1,000. They will report a charter for the Ok
ford g. Androscoggin Telegraph Co.
The Committee on Military Affairs will give
hearing tomorrow evening to those interest
ed in the removal of the battle flags from the
State House, when it is expected that Gen
John Marshall Brown, of Portland, and others
will appear before the committee.
The Railroad Committee will report char
ter for the Kennebec & Franklin Railroad Co.,
which will be the name of the proposed narrow
gauge road from Pennington to Augusta Hal
lowell and Gardiner. Also charter for the
narrow gauge road between Skowhegan and
Athens. They will give hearings next Tues.
day to parties interested in the extension of the
Buckfeld Railroad, bill in relation to tho
power and duties of railroad commissioners,
and bill relating to the transportation of pas
sengers and freight over railroads.
The Fishery Committee gave an extended
hearing this afternoon and evening to those in
terested in catching smelts in the waters of the
Kennebec. The petitioners asked for legislation
SO as to prohibit the catching of these fish by
seines, but extend it tor hook and line, which
proposition the remonstrants opposed. A large
number were present at the hearing.
The Insane Hospital Committee gave pub
iio noarins III '''~- -panresentatives' Hall this
afternoon in the presence of large assembly,
DR.. E. G. Neal, of Portland, Mr.. Lawson, of
the Asylum, and Mrs. G. K. Whidden, of
Calais, members of the visiting committee of
the hospital, testified as to the management of
the institution. DR.. Neal was on the stand one
hour and half, and acknowledged that he
came to the hospital at salary of $500 less
than he was previously receiving, claiming
that he had reason to believe that he should
soon supersede DR.. Harlow as Superintendent
of the institution. Failing in this, and also
being discharged by the trus tees, he presented
them bill of damages amounting to $1,000,
which also included the amount deducted from.
his salary by legislative act Of 1879. He
acknowledged that whenever an attendant
was reported to DR.. Harlow for any overt act
towards patient he was at once discharged
Regarding the Boston Herald communication,
he denied its authorship, or any knowledge of
the writer, even when part of the manuscript
was presented to him, containing sentiments
in strict accordance with his own. Consider.
able difficulty was experienced in getting from
the witness direct answers putting him under
oath and restricting his testimony to individ-
ual knowledge severely crippled the amount
of information he desired to impart He re-
fused to make any specific charges whatever
Mr.. Lawson testified to seeing only two pa
tients roughly treated for the five years he
had worked at the hospital. One of these was
State Prison convict, the other persisted
when outside the building in throwing stones
through windows and offered forcible resis-
tance to those who took him inside.
Mrs. Whidden testified to having spent 11S
days in the institution during the past year,
and that there could be but very little i'm
provement in its management
Another hearing will take place.
The committee on apportionment of Sena-
tors and Representatives held a meeting to-
night and have agreed to report the follow
ing:
Senators. Rep.
Androscoggin in....."..-. ..,.........2 IL
Aroostook. :. .................... -
cumberland. d........ ..................4 20
Franklin. ...........,........... /
1ancock..-.....-.
kennebec. c........ ....................2 13
Lincoln. ....... g
OAioIu.. ...................... ....Z b