The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-01-18
LAWMAKERS IpLAYING FOOT BALL
Kicking the Arizona Lecture Order
over the Legislative Field.
Rushers and coal-keepers who Took
the Honors.
The opponents' Team the victors
After Some Lively Fighting. n
Especial to the Press.l

AUGUSTA, Jan. 17.-Representative J.. a.
Manley had set his heart on defeating the
proposition to allow Arizona to be adver.
tised in the State House, and the House re.
allied what that meant when the orators ap.
peared in battle array this morning. All
Mr.. Manley's friends were there, and they
mustered variety of talent and an abund-
ance of information about Arizona that en-
tertained the House and would have been
highly interesting to Col. Logan and Mr..
Lunt.
Levi Turner, Jr., the young representative
from Somerville. called the question up by
moving the reconsideration of Mr.. Foggs or
der passed yesterday. He very gracefully
placed the ball that was to be kicked all
about the House and finally high and clear
over Mr.. Fogg's head.
Mr.. Looney Of Portland got the first
chance and he gave good old State of Maine
kick that sent the ball spinning over under
the goal of the opposition. The legislature
should look after the interests of Maine
the Capitol should not be used as a place
for advertising private land schemes.
This brought out Mr.. Fogg, who had been
lying low guarding the goal. He got fair
chance at the ball and improved the oppor-
tunity. He thought the House could not
afford to deny the act of courtesy. ''Here at
the last legislature" he said, 1--WE chartered
thirteen loan and trust companies whose OBJ
ject was to send Maine money to the West
for investment. We gave the sanction of
law to them. But now, when we are asked
simply for the courtesy of the hall, we refuse
1t. Why, If moon-eyed leper should come
to this House to lecture on the Chinese Wall
or the Hoang Ho, we should allow it. Yet
here comes citizen of Maine and asks the
courtesy and we deny it.
Clean into the middle of the field went the
ball after this kick. The field and the
grand stand, occupied the Senators who had
opposition had a line of rushers waiting, the
experienced Barker, of Bangor, the vener-
able but impatient Talbot, of East Machias,
the youthful but calm and determined Madi-
gan of Houlton, and the cautious Plummer
of Brunswick. They went in in one, two and
three order. N2GEk
Mr.. Barker thought the lecture scheme to
advertise the Maricopa Land Company. He
didn't favor it.
Mr.. Talbot thought the House was wasting
its time In such discussion; still he thought
the hall should not be granted. The citizens
one of their down town halls. They didn't
make so much out of the legislature that the
opportunity to make little hall rent would
be despised. (Derisive laughter.l
Mr.. Madigan, who had bad place under
the gallery but a good voice and graceful
manner, argued the case on its merits. 1t
was his maiden speech, and 1t was for the
home State and not Arizona.
Mr.. Plummer related his experience in
Arizona, which was highly entertaining In
all stories about Arizona the statements Of
the lecturers should be divided by two and
then literally discounted He had been in
Phoenix. 1t was in salt valley where land
was not worth over two cents an acre. All
the animals that roamed the region were bob
tailed rabbits and rattlesnakes. While he
was there he boarded with an undertaken
who sold three coffins day., showing that
people died in Arizona as well as elsewhere.
The population was 90 per cent Mexicans,
Indians and half breeds. You would meet
on the street man with heavy overcoat
and fur cap, while beside him would be
another man in overalls and a cotton shirt.
This illustrated the variableness of the eli
mate. [Applause.
This rush carried the ball right up to Mr..
Fogg's goal, and the exultant victors were
about to triumph when Mr.. Pattengall of
Pembroke, who is never discouraged, rushed
In. He thought the Housewives acting fool
shly. But be only postponed the victory.
The next moment the yeas and nays were
ordered on the motion to reconsider the or
der, and the ball went over the goal, so to
81. These were the yeas and nays on this
question::
Yeas-Achorn, Barker, Bennett, Berry, Bird.
Bither, Brooks, Burnham, Carson, Chapman.
Clark of Bangor Clark of Saco, Closson, Cloutier
Crosby. Curtis of Paris, Danforth Dingley, Eells,
Emerson, Engel, Field, French, Frees, Clifford,
Gordon, Green. GrlndeIl of HaIlowell, Harper,
Hawkins, Heald, Hill of Augusta, HiDckley, In
Lamb, Looney, McCabe, Madigan, Mallett, Man
ey, Maxim, Michaud, Mitchell, Morse. Nash,
Newton, 0'Brien, Osgood, Palmer, Parker, PraBs,
Pendlelon, Plummer. Poor, Pottle, Race. Record,
ler, Talbot, Taylor, Thomas, Thomas Tilton, Turner, Ter
Tyler, yckery, Wakefield, Weed, Wheeler, Win
Ter, Wing Wiswell Woodsum.
Nayys1Adams So Of Limerick, Alden, Allen Of Mer-
lain, Cole. Cook, Cote, Dane, Dickey, Doe, Edge
comb. Ferguson, Fogg, Foster Fox, Frank, Good
win, Hamilton, Harrington, Hichborn, Hill of
Mars Hill, Holbrook, Joy, Kaler, Keegan, Knee
land, Linnell, Littlefeld, Lombard, Mcintyre,
Marden, Merrill, Moore, Morrill,, Mouiton Of Par
sonsfeld, Moulton of Wales, ,Murch, ,Nealey, New
comb, Novel;, Pattangall, Perkins, Pufington,
Sheahan, Smith, spofford. Thnrlow, Warren OF
Castine, Warren of Deer Isle, Wentworth, Whit
ten Of Lee, Whitten Of Portland.