The Portland daily press., 1881-02-24
Swan Expelled by a Unani-
nous Vote.
ITEMS IN THE SECOND AP-
PREPARATION BILL.
Report Against Repeal of the
Sheriff Act.
THE GOVERNORS NOMINATIONS LAID
ON THE TABLE
Especial Despatch to the Press.l

AUGUSTA, Feb. %.
When the report of the special committee
expelling Thomas B. Swan from the House
was presented yesterday Mr.. Talbot, the Flu
sion member from East Machias, counselled
the House not to take hasty action, but act in
manner so that its record would stand APP
proved by those who come after us. He seemed
very anxious that safe precedent, as he said,
should be established for the publication of
the House. He asked for delay in order that
he might consult authorities and precedents.
The House, in its magnaminity, granted the
time and assigned the matter for to-day, but
before it did Mr.. King, Republican, of Can
ton, could not forego the opportunity to re-
mind the gentleman from East Machias that
this investigation of Swan, when started, was
thrust upon the House in hot haste, and that
he (Mr. Talbot was SO anxious to purge the
House at that time that he could not willingly
wait for the expiration of the morning hour
1t now seemed to him (Mr. King unkind in
the House TO a member who had so distin-
guished standing as, perhaps, to be ranked
by the gentleman from East Machias among
important statesmen of the State, who has
House, and not allow his friend from East Ma
chias the privilege OF short time in which to
deliberate on this matter, especially if he had
come to the conclusion that he was hasty and
mistaken when he said he was ready and pre-
pared, if the charges proved to be true, to ex-
pei the accused from the House.
To-day the resolve expelling Swan received
unanimous passage, 100 members voting in
favor. Messrs. Keegan, of Van Buren,, and
Lang, of Palmyra, both Fusionists, at their re-
quest were excused from voting, the latter re-
marking to the House, when he asked to be
excused, that he did not know of any reason
why he should vote to hang a dead man!
After the resolve passed the Clerk was directed
to notify at once the town of Minot that the
seat of its representative was vacant with
view that the vacancy may be filed.
The resolve appropriating $4,000 for the In
dustrial School for Girls at Hallowell for 1881,
and $4,000 for the year 1882, was read and as
signed for Wednesday next.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Benner, from the
Committee on State Binding and Printing,
presented an order regarding what might be
termed a reconsideration of the action of the
committee in signing contracts with Sprague
& Son for the printing, and Smith & Reed for
the binding. This order was based on the
statement that the committee had not had
such necessary details before them for proper
understanding of the several proposals offered
for said work for 1882. This order was an
entire surprise to the chairman and other
members of The Committee on Printing and
Binding.
The bill reported relating to incorporation of
the Maine Pedagogical Society mentions the
names of A. w. Burr, II. L. Chapman, e. w.
Hall, A. e. Chase, R. Woodbury., C. c.
Rounds, M. G. Fernald and L. G.. Jordan as
the corporators. The object of this society is
to promote the interests of education. and is to
be allowed to hold property to an amount not
exceeding $4,000.
The bill relating to railroad crossings was re-
ported in new draft yesterday morning 1t
provides that if the county commissioners de-
eide that fagman is better for crossing
than gate they may order one to be stationed
there upon application instead of gates
The bill relating to bounty on dog fish, on
which legislation was reported to be nexped-
ent, provided for bounty of one cent for
every dog fish taken and brought to parties APP
pointed by the assessors. The tail of every
fish was to be cut off and certificate given to
the party bringing it, which certificate or
copy should be transmitted to the State Treas
urer in December, and the Legislature should
appropriate the proper amount of money to
pay said bounty. On reading this bill Mr.
Rowell, of Hallowell, asked il this was mock
session or not, and Mr.. Talbot, of East Ma
chias, wished to assign it for April LIST.
The Committee on Railroads have reported
the bill for narrow gauge road from Farm
ington to the Kennebec in a new draft The
name of the road now is to be the Kennebec
Central Railroad. The corporators mentioned
are Joseph R. Bodwell, James W. North, II.
X. Morrill,, E. G. Allen, P. G.. Bradstreet,
Joseph Fl. Manley, Hiram Fuller, Orville D.
Baker, John T. Richards, j. S. Berry and
VIM. Harvey, and the terminus is limited be-
tween the north line of Green street in the
city of Augusta and the south line of the city
of Gardiner. The time for the completion of
the road is also limited to the end of the year
1885.
The committee on insurance gave hear.
ing this afternoon on the order requir-
ing insurance companies in case of loss
to pay the full amount of policies. Prem
tiss Loring and Fl. B. Cleaves of Portland
appeared in opposition to the order, and Sena-
tor Clark in favor. The committee reported
Unanimously legislation inexpedient. They
will report in favor Of a bill taxing foreign in
surance companies the same rates as home
companies.
The second appropriation bill is in process of
preparation. Among the larger items are