Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-03-02
LE0lSLATURE.
SENATE.
Confined from first paee.)

ffOos. Other States make similar appropria
lions With nothing like the results produced
- or State. The money brought here and
11stKibsted throughout the whole State may
- Ieckoned by hundreds of Thousands OF
1G1laTB- II has built up villages in our for
- and enabled the laboring men of the lake
MEioas TO feed, clothe and educate their
2 1zen- This money has increased the tax
~ vulue of real estate in all those sections
&1r1e nsh and game abound, and am certain
~ & can be demonstrated that the State tax
&Giged on the increased value of property
Go6e 70 by reason of these appropriations in
rlection of game and propagation of
q y more than these appropriations
h1S0 ever been. trust, sir. that the amend
- Of the Senator from Waldo will not be
adopeed. If the object for which this appro
priation is asked is worthy object, and if
the work proposed to be done is worth doing
1t ali il 10 worth doing we'll. We have in
telligent, capable and conscientious men for
commissioners, men devoted TO their work.
The sum reported in the resolve, $500. is
not so much as they asked for but while the
committee could not quite meet their views.
we could not, considering the Importance of
the great interests involved in this appropria-
tion. ask tor less sum. Five thousand dol
lars is entirely inadequate to the necessities
of the case ;and when it is recollected that the
game interests of the Stale are to be protect
ed as well as the fish, trust the resolve
will receive the support of the Senate with
out amendment.
Mr.. Rust of Waldo inquired why the peo-
pie of Maine were to be taxed to maintain a
hunting ground for people of other States
Mr.. kimball of Sagadahoc: ''Maine is
rather a poor State at best. If we can so
1auislafo that hv avpanhiDU Gl W
ceive 500 in return, it is a good investment.
The money is distributed among people who
live in sparsely settled districts. There
are towns in the State whose chief
dependence is upon the money paid out by
summer tourists.
Mr.. Rust of Waldo said that he wanted
this, as all other questions. to be subjected to
the careful consideration of the Senate. This
resolve proposes to tax the many for the
benefit of the few. He did not believe in
assessing tax upon the hardw Orking people
of Maine to allow few spOrtsmen from
other States to roam through our woods.
with their rods and guns. He characterized
the resolve as a visionary project to take
money out of the treasury of the State.
Mr.. Lebroke of Piscataquis said that he
regarded the matter as one Of great impor-
tance, affecting the great semi-forest region
Central and European and North American
railroads northward to the Canadian frontier
Mainewill do well to foster this interest; it is
an important one. 1t has taken bold and
barren rock like Mt. Kineo-as desolate as
the island of ST. Helena-and raised its val
uation to S75 900; and soon hotel will rise
there, on the site of the one which was burn
ed last fall, worth S200,00O. The tide of
summer travel is flowing towards Maine, in
stead of towards the White Mountains and
Saratoga. Hundreds of thousands of dollars
are left in the State every year bv the tourists
and excursionists. Maine is large enough
for a kingdom; one half of her magnificent
domain is covered with the virgin forests.
Men who are imprisoned in the sitting at
mosphere of the cities, where the heat is al
most blistering, sigh for the pure and cool air
of her wooded soitudes; her purling rills
make sweet music to the ears Of those who
for the greater part of the year are shut up
in crowded cities. 1t is for the interest of
the whole State that we encourage people to
come to Maine in the summer, by preserving
and protecting all that draws them here Mr..
Lebroke said that he should be recreant to
his duty to his constituents if he did not use
his influence in favor of the resolve as re-
ported from the committee.
Mr. Rust of Waldo said that he was always
pleased to hear the Senator from Piscataquis
Mr.. Lebrokel. who threw a poetical charm
over every subject. But for himself he could
only protest in plain, matter of fact way
against any bill presented which favors the
few at the expense of the many. He inquired
if the States of New Hampshire and New
York make appropriations to induce summer
tourists to visn them?
Mr.. Kimball of Sagadahoc: Il think New
Hampshire spent large sums Of money to
build roads to enable people to get to her
mountains
Mr.. Rust of Waldo said that he wanted
tourists to come to Maine. They were well
come to our streams to fish in and
our forests to hunt in. He did not
feel, however, like apprOpriating large
sums of money to induce them to come
here He should support the amendment of
his colleague, appropriating $4,000 for the
years 1sS3-s4, instead of $4,000; he regard
ed the former sum as amply sufficient for all
purposes.
Mr. Lebroke of Piscataquis said that he
objected to any personal references in the
Senate. If he had had any success in debate.
it WAS not because he had spoken in this style
Or that style, but because he had favored such
measures as commended themselves to
the good Judgment of his brother Sen
atOrs. 1t is impossible to benefit anv
considerable section without benefitting
the whole State. The railroad and steamship
lines. hotels, producers, are all benefited and
enriched by the great tide of summer travel ;
and the money is distributed all over the
State. If he had been correctly informed.
New Hampshire has expended more to mike
her mountains accessible than Maine has
done to make her seashore and forest resorts
attractive.
Mr,,Kimball of Sagadahoc called attention
to the fact that the States of New Hampshire.
Massachusetts and Connecticut unite with
Maine in supporting the Matching station at
Bucksport. New Hampshire has expended
three times as much for the protection of the
fish in her interior waters as Maine has ever
done. The money expended in this direction
is sure to come back into the treasury in the
shape OF increase of taxes on real estate
the value of which has been largely enhanced
because Of its desirabilitv as q summer resort
On motion of Mr.. Taber of Waldo, the
vote on the adoption of his amendment was
taken by yeas and nays, resulting in its re-
lection as follows:
YEA-Messrs. CONN. Gashee, Lord, Maxwell
Nutting, Parkhurst, Rust and Taber.-s
NAY.-Messrs. Brxgdon Clark, Connor, Goodall
Hask, II. n ume, Kimba. Lebroke, Marble, McAliis
ter, Mclaughlin. Penne!l. smith, Stearns. Stubb.
Wentworth Weymouth, Wilson and Young 10.
The resolve was then passed to be engross-
ed.
House document No. 80. bill an act to ex
cuse corporations which have ceased to trans