The Portland daily press., 1891-03-30


the counsel did not care to make known.
Mr.. Thatcher moved to adjourn to 7.3
Monday evening, in order that the legisla
ture might do some routine work In the af
teTnoon. The motion was lost.
1t was then moved to take a recess until .
p. M. Monday, and this motion was carried
Too Heavy at the Top.
There are in the army of the State Of
Maine about 800 privates. Under the pres
ent system Of organization, there are sc
many stats and staff officers that when al
these dignitaries are around the privates are
almost lost to sight in the crowd. OF course
the governor, as commander-in-chief, ha
staff, and then there Is staff for the briga
dier general, who has the immediate com
mand Of the 800 militia men. The militia il
divided into two regiments, and this adds
two to the number Of the staff organizations
making four In all. Now. many friends OF
the militia. both in the legislature and out
2 believe the service would be more effective
II reorganiZed so as to do away with the bri-
gade organization, which would effect a saw
ing of about $1,000 year, and would not
make any material difference In the amount
OF instruction received by the troops. To
the disinterested outsider, brigade of two
regiments which combined do not contain the
Iull complement OF one. regiment on war
footing does appear to be rather top heavy
The legislature seemed to take
this view of the matter today, both branches
giving the following order presented in the
House by Mr.. Eastman Of Fryeburg a pass
age:
Order of the Senate concurring, that it is the
sense Of this legislature that the Volunteer
Militia does not require the brigade organizat on,
and 1t Is hereby recommended that that the Gov
ernor by order to that effect abolish the same.
Should the Governor issue such an order.
as 1t Is expected he will do, when the two
regiments of the militia come together the
senior colonel will take command. The
present commander Of the brigade Is Briga-
der General Henry l.. Mitchell Of Bangor.
Col. Victor Brett of the second regiment Is
the senior colonel.
While the brigade formation seems rather
one for the Maine militia, there
was time since the war when the state SOL
iiery composed division and major gen.
eral held the command. This was estab-
Iished In 1873, when the 16 counties of the
state were declared to be the First Division,
N. V. M. In general orders. AS many of
The counties did not contain a solitary SOL
the paper division" Gen. Joshua l..
Chamberlain was the first and only
of this First Division,
the attempt made In the
,0untout days to order him out Of office.
Under this division organization was the old
.
was colonel. Daniel White, Lieutenant colonel
and M. III. Folsom, major. This was a ten
regiment and existed until 1880
when it was disbanded and two new ones
formed. Those were the days when the state
1ld not take very good care of the militia and
were uniformed and their expen-
ses met largely through the efforts OF the
members and their friends. In 1888, Gov.
Robie abolished the division and the brigade
was established, Gen. John
Brown OF Portland, being the first
and serving until 1887, when he
resigned and Gen. Mitchell was appointed by
Gov. Bodwell.
The Case of the Seal.
President Libby told the Senate today why
people who live along the more thickly pop
nlated portion Of the Casco Bay do not want
a law passed which will authorize people to
blaze away at seals with rifles and other long
range weapons. The bill to place a bounty
on seals came from the House as amended
and passed by that branch. Mr.. Libby
called Senator Ryder to the chair and then
stated the reasons why, In his judgment, the
Dill should not be passed. He said that the
seals were timid animals and in order to kill
hem n aedl the use Of long range weapons would
he bay were dotted with summer
homes, boarding houses and hotels, the dan
ger to humau life from the use of firearms in
The destruction of seals would be very great
Ii one little child playing by the shore
should be killed by some person shooting at
seals, Mr. Libby believed that the members
)f this legislature would always regard this
bill, which made such an accident possible,
rs piece Of unwise legislation. Another
reason why Mr.. Libby objected to the bill
was that, as the persons who shoot seals, In
many cases would do so merely for the sake
of killing, the carcasses would be left to
drift about with the tide and, being thrown
up on the shores, would become source of
offence to people in the vicinity. If the bill
could be amended to prevent the use Of long
range weapons in the waters of Casco Bay
and to require persons killing seals in those
waters to remove the carcasses, Mr.. Libby
would not object to it'd passage. Such a pro.
vision was in the bill as it was presented in
the House, but was stricken out there.
Mr.. Thatcher Of Pen0bsc0t could not
learn OF any necessity for the passage of the
Dill, and moved its indefinite postponement.
The Senate so voted.
The Westbrook Railroad Charter.
The Senate today. on motion of Mr.. Ryder,
voted to adhere to its former action in re-
ferring the bill to incorporate the Portland
and Westbrook Street Railway Company to
the next legislature. The house, which
passed the bill before 1t was originally sent
to the Senate, had adhered and asked for a
Of conference. When today's ac-
ti0n of the Senate was announced In the
House, that body on motion of Mr.. Noble of
Lewiston, voted not to recede. This ends
the matter. No private legislation of the
session has been the subject OF such earnest
efforts In its brhalf as has this bill, and at
one time when the friends of the measure
were out In force even the Australian ballot
bill seemed to sink into insignificance In
with this one. The measure
passed House by large vote, but In the SEN
ate the case was different. There the ques-
tion OF whether the new line was necessi-
ty, the rights OF the Portland Railroad Com
pany In the territory covered by the charter
asked for and the terms Of the charter itself
were fully discussed by Senators Moore Of
Cumberland and Libby of Androscoggin.
The result was that the Senate refused TO
grant the charter at this time, but did offer
to give the next legislature chance to act
on the matter.
Fine and Imprisonment.
Senator Stewards liquor bill, or what has
been left of it, has passed the Senate and Is
now on the House table awaiting its second
reading. The bill, while it does not provide
for a $500 fine and one years imprisonment
as recommended by General Dow, still in its
amended form recognizes the principle adv0
Gated by the general. That is that the pun
ishment in cases of conviction for keeping Q
drinking house and on search and seizure
process shall be both fine and imprisonment
1t Is only the penalty in these cases which
has been changed by the amendments. Tha
is now made 800 fine and 60 days in Jail ad
ditional, with another 60 days If the fine /:
not peid. To make conviction doubly sure
the discretionary power OF the court Is re
moved by section which provides:
Cases arising under chapters seventeen anC
twenty seven of the Revised Statutes, or under
this act shall not be continued for trial II the wit
nesSeS can be found, or for sentence; they shall
be promptly tried and on conviction shall b.
promptly sentences: Inc courts snalf not reane n
prisonment fixed by this act or any other act re
latng to intoxicating liquors. The full penaltie;
shall be enforced in each and every case.
Section of the bill, that relating to the
search and seizure process, which includes
the authority for officers to search persons
named in the warrants, provides In part;
The name Of the person so keeping said liquors
as aforesaid If known 10 the complainant, sna,
be stated in such complaint, and the omceI sndl
be commanded by said warrant; u ne h 1nus sS,,
has concealed them about his person so sedrcl
the said person, and If such liquors are Iouad W
on his premises or person 70 a5rf nnnrs @ intendee
for unlawful sale Any person VINO may " 81 sus y
pected OF selling FROM or keeping ior iuegal saie
In his pockets Intoxicating nqnoarss qa s ~, may ' "
nrocess as is provided for, and II nqnors are
found the search of places upon his person MAJ
be held to answer as thongh suen nquaors a s, Were
fonnd upon the person IN the premises described
in this section IL fluids are poured out or otner
wise destroyed by the tenant, assistant OF olner
nerson. when premises are ABOUT 70 De searcne'
m .nifestIy for the purpose OF preventing thei
sailnra nv oficers authorized to make such searcl
and seizure. said fluids may be held to have beei