Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-02-19

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Of ei7s 0o0 IN The dtcadS bstusea 1870 End
4 1880 Do these aeafss hss where 10 he
esiderce that her prosperity - vsafngs
She shous gain co0paratively ~ great -
that OF any tosn in sAis county. These
svo th,ify viilssss have stcsn toward each
other until they sfs nov huf any rods
apart. vith ~ natural boaaiAzy b.
tssee. AZ tie geatlstnan IRON CAps
Elizabeth has said, for the gnansip9 Of
. divorce some reason must be given,
The wife must show that the huahsnd 10 :
confirmed drunkard. that be il lihessine.
thas be has crasily and v.lfully nsslecssd
to provide for her years. Camden vas 100
/ years eli yesterday and ought 70 BE- erjsy-
Ing her anniversary, with her people gath
cred In some public plaee for praise and
thanksgiving for the wonderful mefcies
that have been shovcred npon the people
and the town. She came up here, having
lived with Rockpafs hundred years. side
BY side, welded together BY ties - strong
~ the ties that weld man and wife. che
comes up here and says, I'VE can't agree
over come few petty shinss and We want q
divorce" Camden wanted little money for
domestic improvements. She has village
charter for special purpose, AMI 10 not
that strong con6rmatosy evidences Of
ner growth. There are thrifty summef
resorts down around the northern part Of
this liue and uuderetArd that the ese Of
the tourists and Of the land Spectator has
been cast longiugiy ia that direction. ]
would like 70 ask the value Of that laad
that In the near future 10 going to be de-
voted to summer aad pleasure parties
Make comparison Of them with the
farms on the south side Of the line. For
the last 25 years Camden's manufacturing
| property has been exempted to the amount
Of between $500. 900 and $500 600 to help
strengthen and build Up her infant indus
tries and the people Of Rsckport have.
without complaint, supported them. New
they come mp and draw this arbitrary line
and shus out Rockport forever from re-
ceivins the benefits which these mAnufac.
lures are bringing into this town tedsy,
The petitioners admit tba. from the asses-
scr's books $50 .000 Of property are exempt
there, and thst Camden, II divided. would
have s9l 600 more Of taxable property than
would Rockport. They further admit that
from the United States coast survey, Rock
port would have 2 IA miles more Of high
Ways TO maintain. The bill provides that
the psupers shall fall upon the town where
they acquired residence, and about every
psuper, both in the insane asylum and on
the poor farm, would fall upon the town of
Rockpert. A. near ~ l am able to
ascertain. for they don't speak ex-
acily. there are only two Of there
paupers which Camden .yould have to
maintain. Mr.. Campbell, chairman Of the
board Of assessors, says that the valuation
rs taken from the board Of assessors, 10
Sl.s76 $50. That is all right, but right
below, gentlemen, is the insidious part Of
this circular. He says, sin my best judg-
ment'-no valuation taken, no method
adopted to find out what the full valuation
is-but he says. Yin my beat Judgment"
the valuation of the exempted mill prop
erty is only S3S 600. I an told in truth
that that property is worth from
500 900 to Sl25. 900. Add that
to the valuasion on the aide of
Camden. then add the increased value that
10 coming to the Camden eide ~ q summer
resort, and tell me what the valuation on
the Camden side would be. Would it not
be nearer 81 500. 600 on the Camden side
and 500. 900 on the Rockport side? With
in half a mile Of the poet Office on the
north land has recently sold for S2050 an
acre. DO you know of any land on the
Roekport side that would cell for $4,000 an
acre: This arbitrary line that they have
run cuts IA farms, mostly nonresident
properly on the Camden side and resident
property on the Rockport side. Only one
man out of these IA farmers, after oil the
pressure brought to bear on them, was pre-
vuiled upon to sign this petition. The
other ID honest men demonstrated. They
say, ct is unjust. You have no right to
cut our farms in two. We have built our
homes here, have opened up our land and
are thriving and prosperiDg here" Isn't
that an honest complaint? There
are three valuable quarfies on the
other side of this Camden line whose
valuation Rockport will lose and
Camden gain when this division is made.
Then there are three school districts
divided RICH. in two by this line, and you,
gentlemen, know whether or no. that 10
a right way to treat school district. This
arbitrary line that believe q
mailed hand has drawn across this section of
the town divides Rockport from her dead.
The people there feel it, 1t cuts them
from their dead, and hereafter those graves
are at the mercy and the license Of Camden
and If she Gays go. the Rockport people
must 20 and take her dead with her. Here
10 another fact. Rockport today 10 unit
against division and every resident aud
property owner there 10 q remonstrspt
against divi.ion and divorce. Thirty or 40
OF the residents Of Camden are against
divorce, and il you only give them the city
government that they ask for, you
will find 60 law abiding. intelligent,
industrious people on the Camden
side who favor that condition in prefer
ence to this one Of disunion and divorce.
Now, gentlemen, have exhausted your
patience. know. have spoken longer
than iute nded to. But gentlemen, Rock
port needed someone to speak.
Rockport has cause to present.
/ hAu hopS thAt even yUu h6re WEALTH.
Of me, you have heard and will Listen ps-
tiebtly. to her cause. These towns have
| for hundred years been inseparably
interviewed, welded together by the
strongest ties Of domestic peace
and prosperity, and let US say to
| these petitioners now, "You must present.
stronger grounds for division and divorce
or your prayer viii be everlasiingly denied
at the hands Of any Legislature.
Mr.. Chsdbourne Of Biddeford--I have
| listened with great deal Of interes. to the
/ remarks of the gentleman from Lewiston
| with reference TO the division Of this old
tom Of Camden which, were it not TO, this
| strife, would be today celebrating It's hun-
dtedth anniversary. / sm told that it is
/ rot celebrating it's hundredtb anniversary
becsuse they couldh's get the the voters of
Rcckport to allow them to appropriate q
'uff:ien. sum to pay the expenses Of it.
Z | afpisnse and lsughter.J Thst's the rea-
s1a. Now. gentlemen, . great deal has
been sid about divorce. A few years $50
I a 10. Of men more nice than wise. perhaps,
/ came TO the Legislature and had the law
4. OF divorce changed. Before that large
| di,credon wasi.lloved our honest judges
and they bad the right to say that mas
/ much as there wss an incompatability
| OF temperament between the tpo
who had joined themselves in matsimouy,
they vere not obliged to force them to live
| together. That law has been continually