The Portland daily press., 1885-02-25

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tne sum or twenty dollars and costs to be recovered
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ant and other one half to the town in which said
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SECT. 81 1t shall be the duty of the clerk of
courts, within thirty days after the adjournment
of any superior or supreme udicical court, to pub
hsh, IN some newspaper of the county, the dis
violations of tha laws regulating the use and sale
Of intoxicating liquors.
THE TEN HOUR Law.
To-day has been regular field day in the
House. The floors and the galleries were
packed with spectators OF both sexes attracted
thither by the feast of oratory which was dis
played on the ten hour law which came up by
special assignment. The debate commenced
shortly after the morning hour had termin-
ated the routine business and lasted the
greater portion of the afternoon. Mr.. Nc
Gillicuddy, the young Democratic Irish re-
preventative from Lewiston, opened the con.
test by his advocacy of the majority bill. 1t
was his maiden effort, and for one hour and
ten minutes he held the House spell-bound by
his impassioned eloquencs, afgumentative
ability and we'll rounded periods. He showed
himself to be natural orator, and his victory
AS AA~y VOL AOOi pAOuu Ols w u0u uo OAOno0
he was the recipient of long continued ap-
plause, and none congratulated him with
more warmth than Mr.. Hale OF Portland who
pronounced his effort admirable. Mr. Nc
Gilicuddy maintained that ten hours would
be better for our manufacturers and operatives
than eleven hours and he quoted statistics by
Carroll d. Wright OF Massachusetts in support
of his position. He contended that operatis es
could produce more in ten than in eleven
hours because you could get more work out of
them. He cited James G.. Blaine as an ad-
yocate of ten hour law.
Mr.. Hale replied in an eloquent, incisive
and logical speech in defence of the minority
bill, and in his attacks against the majority
bill. 1t was evident that he was duly sensible
that he was leading a forlorn hope; but not
withstanding this he stood up nobly to the
work and argued his cause with vigor and
clearness. He did not believe in a law-mak-
ing determinations in labor. He favored un-
restricted laws in this matter. He spoke Of
the labor system of Massachusetts, as compared
with that of Maine. 1t was Massachusetts,
capital that had made Maine, and with such a
law as the gentleman from Lewiston proposed
it would drive it out OF the State. He did not
believe that ten hours a day would work as
well in Maine as in Massachusetts.
Mr.. Heath of Augusta anatomized both
bills, and in lucid and vigorous manner sup
ported the majority bill. He considered Mr..
Hale's argument specious plea, and argued
that the two bills were as radically different as
the distance between the North and South
Poles.
The House rejected the minority bill By
vote of 102 to %, and stood by the majority
bill on its passage to be- engrossed by vote of
104 to %, thirty-iye members being absent or
not voting.
Every Democrat voted for it but six, and
five of them were absent, and one voted against
it. The Republicans we're nearly unanimous
for the BILL
The bill will go to the Senate tomorrow,
MIsCELL ANEoUs.
Final reports from committees on Indian
affairs, towns, counties, county estimates,
manufactures and fish and game were accepted,
The resolve for the protection OF sea and
shore fisheries and shell fish (sppropriating
81. 800 for the years 1856 respectively which
passed the Senate was read once and assigned
for Friday next.
resolve was presented In tbs House pro-
viding that the city of Auburn be paid out Of
the school funds of the current year $4,000,
it being balance equitably due as it's proper
tion of the school funds for the year 1884.
Gen. Mattocks was elected Speaker pro tenn,
and will serve in that capacity until the $685.
sion closes.
Gov. Robbie has signed 1O7 acts and 20 re-
solves.
Gov. Robbie signed Tuesday the bill giving
$4,000 to the G. A. r., for the National En-
campment.
CTo the Associated Press.)
The committee on finance gave the petit
tioners for an appropriation for the New Or
leans exposition leave to withdraw. To re-
commend an appropriation of $500 annually
for State statistics.
The committee on legal affairs voted legisla-
ton inexpedient Cd the order equalizing poll
BILL
The committee railroads reconsidered
their former action whereby it was voted to
fix the salary of the railroad commissioners at
$1,000, and voted legislation ixexpedient
LATER
The new temperance bill has been amended
SO that special constabes shall give $500 bonds
tor the faithful discharge of their duties 1t
also gives the Governor and Council power to
remove constabes for sufficient reasons.
The committee on judiciary voted leave to
on an order providing that neither
party shall marry within two years from final
decree of the court. Leave to Withdraw on
the petition to change the capital punishment
law. To report bill providing for an appro.
priation for stipend for the different agricul-
tural societies of the State.