The Portland daily press., 1885-01-12
FROM AUGUSTA.
The Legislature and who will be
the Takers.
THE INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY,
AND CHANGES TO BE ASKED
FOR I'm HTS CHARTER.
Temperance and Personal Matters.
Special to the Press.)

Special to the Press)
AUGUSTA, Jan. 10.
The laboring oar in legislation in the House
this session, will largely fall on the old mem
bers on account of so large proportion being
| new and inexperienced members The old
members however, are SO few in number that
the fresh men will have to come to the rescue.
While the lower branch has so unusual a pro-
portion OF new members, the Senate is more
fortunate, all but eight of the thirty-one, hav-
| ing been in the legislature before. There are
| nearly as many members of the upper branch
who have had Legislative experience as there
are in the lower House which is composed of
161 members.
lt is too early to single out those who are
likely to come to the front as debators or who
are to be the leaders of each party, in case
anything OF political character should hap
pen to come up, for tho reason that no one
knows, especially 30 far as The House is con-
cerned, who the takers are among the new
members There may be a score of enbryotic
statesmen who will feel constrained to rsvel in
Ciceronian glory when there is an opening.
Members rarely If ever, forego an opportunity
to air there eloquence, If they possess speak
ing talent. The House has, among its old
MEMBERS good debators, and who will prob
ably take conspicuous part. Those among
them who are likely to be heard on the floor
are Gen. Mattocks and Clarence Hale of Port
land, Herbert M. Heath of Augusta, Albert
III. Spear of HalloWeli, Frederic A. Powers of
Houlton, Charles E. Listlefeld of Rockland,
aud Sylvester j. Walton of Skowhegan,
among the Republicans, and Maj. Dickey of
Fort Kent, Joseph e. Moore of Thomaston,
George T. Sewall of Oldtown, Charles Walker
and D. j. McGillicuddy of Lewiston, among
the Democrats.
The Senate will probably be more Of talk
ing body than it has been for several years,
and it is not unlikely that more rhetoric will
be expended in that sober aud distinguished
chamber in proportion to its number of mem
bers than in the House. Those likely to take
prominent part in debate ara Senators Bearce
of Oxford, Kimball of Sagadahec. Lebroke of
Piscataquis, Marble of Lincoln, Young of
Cumberland, Simonton of Knox, Stubbs of
franklin, Tapley of York, Weeks of Kenne-
bee and Lumbertsof Aroostook.
With the announcement OF the committees
on Tuesday, when the lawmakers raassemble,
the business of the session will commence
pouring into the hopper. Perhaps one of the
most important matters which will be present.
ed for the consideration of the legislature, will
be petition from the International Railway
asking for an amendment of their charter so
that they can bridge Moosehead Lake. This
project will occasion contention because it
meets With hot opposition from lumbermen
on the ground that bridge stretched acros the
LAKE will obstruct its free navigation. Some
times during the year booms of logs contain
ing acres of lumber, are towed across the lake,
and bridge in the way would be an impasss-
Bile barrier. This charter Of the International
already gives it the right to traverse the foot
of the lake near Greenville, in crossing the
State to connect with the Bangor and Piscata-
quis, but this is regarded as too roundabout
way by the company. By bridging the lake
considerable distance is saved. The projectors
OF the scheme want to erect the bridge across
the lake using Deer and Sugar islands, and the
location being in the loveliest scenic portion of
the Moosshead waters objection is raised
against the project on that score, because, as it
is claimed, it would injure the lake as sum-
mer resort.
1sooi VI IoI'ol VI WopsUsr, Will servo AS
Gov. Robes private secretary this winter.
He has already entered upon his duties.
4 call will bs shortly issued for a temper
ance convention to take place in this city, the
latter part of this month. A proposition will
then be suggested to consolidate all open tenn
perance societies in the State into one organi-
zatlon. The Oldest temperance organization in
the State is the Maine State Temperance Soci-
ETY. which has existed over forty years.
Judge Charles W. Goddard of Portland, was
in town on Saturday.