The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-02-16

for the Johnny get-your-gun vote" Mr..
Walton proceeded to danounce the potato
bug and English sparrow amendments, and
finally plead for the passage of the bill as it
came from the House.
The chair said he should in this case re-
quire that the amendments be seconded, and
asked if Senator Heath's amendment was
seconded.
81 second it," said Senator Libby.
Senator Heath here said the Senator from
Somerset questioned the sincerity of his
amendment But the Senator had said the
reason for killing the crow was because the
crow killed other birds. Did not the Senator
from Somerset know that for one bird killed
by the crow ten we're killed by the English
sparrow, bird that fought each and every
bird that it met. ION his own ground" said
Senator Heath, 81 demand that the Senator
from Somerset support my amendment"
Senator Walton objected that the amend
ment would bankrupt the treasury.
The vote on the sparrow amendment was
taken, and resulted in its defeat as follows:
YEAS Burgess, Heath, Libby, Nickels. Poor
NAYs-Austin, Burrill, Clark, Collins, Dagget,
Freeman Frost, Hinckley, Harding, Haines, Hill,
Holbrook, HunI, Kendall. Lord, Merrill, Nash
Rand, Sargent. sleeper, simpson, Walker, wal
ton, Wright-24.
The chair then asked: SIS the motion. Of
the Senator from Penobscot 1.-THE potato bug
amendment seconded"
Senator Libby-"Second the motion"
| Laughter.
But this amendment also was defeated.
| The question then came upon the passage
| of the bill to be engrossed.
| Senator Poor said he thought the farmers
suffered worse from the English sparrow
| than from the crow. He was against the
crow bill. If it passed it would amount to
| nothing. You couldn't kill a crow anyway
| in the open time when there would be a
bounty. Il am now So years old said the
| Senator, "and from ten years up l have never
-l.I -
| Senator Poor thought that If crows were to
be killed they should be killed all the year
| round.
Senator Burgess of Knox, here presented
an apendment to effect this change SO that a
bounty would be paid all the year around.
Senator Dagget here arose to explain. He
said the close time had been put on because
the crows were all sojourning at the sea
| coast in that time and could be slaughtered
in sucn numbers as to make the business
tor ito kin the crow if he keeps out Of the
way. Great laughter / mean out of the
| crops" Mr.. Daggett said the chairman of
J the committee on education Mr.. Poor said
in one breath that the law would deplete the
| treasury, and in the next breath, that you
couldn't shoot crow anyway. Laughter
Senator Collins, Of Fort Fairfeld-'I be-
lieve our object is to kill the crow. And we
| ought to hit him when we can. am in favor
| of the amendment"
|
amendment in good faith. / think the crow
kills the native birds, and that he should be
pursued all the year around"
Senator Poor here arose to return the CON-
j pliment of the gentleman from Piscataquis
| He said the Senator said in one breath that
all he crows ought to be killed because they
destroyed the small birds, and In the next
breath he wanted a close time so that they
could not slaughter the crows on the sea
coast in winter.
But Senator Burgess's close time amend
ment was killed 20 to 10.
Senator Libby said he wished to offer ar
amendment. He understood that the Senate
was not willing to put bounty on the En-
glish sparrow. But he would offer an amend
ment to legalize the killing of those birds
They were pernicious pests, and to encour.
age their destruction he would offer thi
amendment:
Any person may lawfully kill any English spar
row found at large, and on depositing the bodie,
city or town clerk shall be entitled to certiRcaf
suitable for framing, stating the fact.
Senator Haines, who is a lawyer, next 90
up, telling some things that showed why b,
| was farmer:
First-Because he was chairman of tn
committee on agriculture.
Second-Because he had been convince,
by tine arguments before his committee tina
the crow should be killed.
Third-Because he had, himself, plante,
SIX acres or corn, upon which an army q
crows at once alighted and pulled itup.
Fourth.-Because he planted also severa
acres of oats which that same army Of crow
also destroyed.
Fifth.-Because he became discourage
and sold his farm because ne could not get
living.
Sixth.-Because the "city fellows" wer
combining against this crow bill.
Then Mr.. Haines, having showed that b
was farmer. argued .eloquently for tb
r. 80 ha Ck.t-
that bounty, and they should have it. w
J were giving money for the militia, for thi
and for that, but when 1t comes to giving te
cents head on crows the city fellows begi