The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-02-13
introduced the municipal suffrage bill, which
Is as follows:

Is as follows:
An act to confer the right of suffrage on women
In municipal affairs.
Section Every female citizen of this state of
the age OF u years and upwards, who can read
the C institution of this State and write her own
name, excepting paupers, persons under guards
ship and Indians not taxed. having her residence
established In this State for the term of three
months next preceding the exercise of the right
hereby conferred, may vote in the election of all
town or city officers and In all the affairs thereof
in the town, city or plantation where her
residence Is so established, subject to
the same provisions and restrictions, as to regis
tration otnerWlse as AFFECTS the rights OF male
Section 2-This act will take effect when ap-
proved.
This bill goes to the judiciary committee at
the request of the municipal suffragists, and
will be considered by the committee at the
time they decide on their report.
The Salaries.
In the House today Representative Barker
called up the bills affecting salaries. There
were IA bills in all, most of them to raise
salaries. The officers affected were county
attorney of Kennebec, probate officers of
Somerset, county commissioners of Somer-
set, probate officers of York. Bangor munic-
ipal court recorder, county commissioners of
Knox, county commissioners of Androscog-
gin, librarian of the State, probate officers
aud county attorney of franklin, clerk of
courts of Piscataquis, stenOgrapher superior
court OF Cumberland. gate keeper of State
prison, clerk OF adJutant generals office and
county commissioners of Waldo. Mr.. Barker
said he was willing the salaries should be
raised to the point where they were before
the cut down of 1879. but he did not want
them to go above.
Representative Chadbourne of Biddeferd,
opposed Mr.. Barker so far as the
salary of judge of probate for York
was concerned. For all the other of
ticers explanations were given. Mr.
Clason. speaking for the County Attorney Of
Kennebec; Mr.. Goodwin for Probate officers
of Somerset, the young Skowhegan Represen-
tative coming creditably out of tilt with
the veteran Talbot, who opposed Mr.. Bark
er for the Bangor Municipal Court Recorder I;
Mr. OJ3rien for the county commissioners Of
Knox, and MIR. Clifford for those of AndrOs-
coggin; Messrs. Wheeler and Wilbur for the
franklin county officers; Mr.. Peakes, for the
Clerk of Courts of Piscataquis; Ex-Governor
Roble, for the Superior Court stenographer
OF Cumberland, who did not ask for higher
compensation, but only for fixed salary I;
Mr.. Kaler for the State Prison gate keeper !;
and Mr.. Morse for the County Commission
ers of Waldo, Mr.. Taylor of Unity opposing.
All the bills were carried. The Knox dele
cation at meeting after the debate decided
ries of their Judge and Register Of Probate.
The States Geological Specimens.
There are in the basement of the State
House ton or more of geological specimens
collected by the State in the course of the
two geological surveys made years ago.
These specimens are piled into open boxes,
and whoever gees by and wants specimen
takes it. Years ago they were labelled, but
the labels are now gone from two-thirds of
them. This morning Representative Forrest
Goodwin introduced an order directing the
f0mmittpn QduQQfi0n Tn innurQ {nt0 q
expedieney of devising some means of pre-
serving these specimens. Prof. Bayley, of
Colby University, has been looking these
specimens over, and thinks that il the State
will allow Colby will appropriate sum to
have them properly labelled and arranged in
cabinets so that they may always be readily
accessible. They would still be the property
of the State but would be cared for in a
place where there is the most abundant
means for caring for them. Prof. Bayley is
especially anxious that the specimens of
building stones shall be arranged and
labelled with the names of the localities in
which they may be found, for the benefit of
the building and manufacturing interests of
Maine.
The Androscoggin River Drivers.
The bill to allow Messrs. Fl. j. Chisholm,
G. A. Brown and E. s. Plummer to form a
corporation to improve the Androscoggin
river for river driving and charge a toll,
came up for hearing before the interior
waters committee this afternoon. 1t was
one of the largest and most important hear
ings of the session. There were present
river drv rs and lumbermen from the whole
length oil the Adr0scoggin FROM the sea to
the New Hampshire line. There were also
interested lumbermen from the Kennebec
and Penobscot. Some of those present were
e. S. Coe of Bangor, Bearce & Wilson of
Lewiston, W. w. Brown, Geo. Hammond, of
5. ID. Warren & Co., and Ill. j. Chisholm,
Portland, c. A. Gilbert of Canton. Ira d.
Sturges, Elias Milliken and j. Manchester
Haynes of Augusta. w. II. Newell, Esq,
of Lewiston. appeared for Mr.. Chisholm and
his associates; Seth Carter, ESQ.,, of Auburn,
for r. c. Plngree OF Lewiston; John c. Cot
ton. ESQ, and W. D, Pennell of
w. NJ. Bradley, Esq, of Portland, for the
Forest Paper Company, Of Yarmouth; A. S.
Spear, ESQ.,, of Gardiner, for Ansel Dudley
of Brunswick; q. II. Gilbert. Esq, for the
Canton Boom Company. All these interests
Pingree and Dudley of Bryants Pond op-
pose the granting of the charter The oth-
ers as rule are in favor of 1t. The evil
dence was all given and the hearing has been
adjourned to Thursday. afternoon for the
final arguments. The principal interests to-
day were H. j. Chisholm, j. Manchester
Haynes and Elias Milliken.
cumberIand County.
Before the Cumberland county delegation
this evening Seth L.. Larrabee,- Esq..- ap-
peared for the County Commissioners and
said they did not care to press the bill for
raising their salaries. They were granted
leave to withdraw. No salaries are
to be raised in Cumberland county this year.
1t was voted to report adversely on the
proposition to raise the pay of the officer in
attendance on the Superior Court at Port
land.
The Woman's Reformatory.
On the question of establishing Womans
Reformatory the judiciary committee voted
today. Those in favor of it were Messrs
Heath, Wiswell, Barker, Stearns and Man
ley. Against 1t were Messrs Walton, Libby,
Talbot, Peakes and Fogg.
Woman Suffrage.
The judiciary committee are reported to
be rather against recommending municipal
suffrage bill for the women. The House
members. seven in all, are reported to be all
against it, OF the Senate members, two
are said to be for the measure while the
third has not yet announced his position.
The Dental Registration Bill.
The debate on the dental registration bill
began in the House this forenoon. Judge
Stearns of Canton, took the lead in opposing
1t on the ground that it was contrary TO tn
rights of the people, that the penalties were