The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-03-27

| appropriated this year and $50 900 next year
| Provision will be made as to the expendi
| ture Of the money, so that the amount TO b'
| used as salaries and for the expenses of thu
| representatives Of the state shall be defined
| The committee voted to report ought not Il
| pass on Major Dickey's pet measure, the re
| solve for the purchase Of Fort Kent. The
| tax rate has been fixed at 2f mills on the new
valuation.
A Hopeless Task.
The report Of the valuation commission
was under fire In the Senate this afternoon
The committee on valuation reported some
time ago resolve accepting the report of the
commission, but with this resolve was pro.
viso that the board Of state assessors should
take into consideration any inequalities In
the report and report to the next legislature.
mittee, moved that this prOyiso be strick en-
OF the committee, asked why
the chairman had changed his
position in the matter. Mr.. Haines under
stood that this proyiso gave the members
ceptiDg the bill at all.
Mr.. Thatcher-"I had to make that con-
cession or the assessors bill would not have
pOssed."
Mr.. Halnes-"I don't know of any such
Mr.. Thatcher-"Well, you needn't vote for
it."
Mr.. Haines-"I don't propose to-"
After some further discussion the amend
ment was adopted.
over motion by Mr.. Powers
to correct a clerical blunder. Mr.. Thatcher
objected on the ground that this would open
the matter of the report and the session
might be unduly prolonged. But the Senate
did not take this view and adopted the
amendment. Mr.. Thatcher tried to secure
the adoption Of several amendments aud
failed. These matters called attention TO
other errors In the report Senator Walton
was informed that plantation In Knox
county had been omitted and Its valuation
added to that of Camden; and to add to
Camden's burden Mr.. Mallet announced
that as the old town had been
divided, the great increase 10 valuation
would be thrown upon that portion retaining
the name.
Mr.. Thatcher quoted figures from the re-
port to show that Penobscot county towns
and cities had been unfairly treated, the val
uation being too high. One plantation had
been increased 1900 per cent. Sprlnield thad
lost $50 inhabitants and its valuation had in
creased 40 per cent.
Mr.. Walton spoke of the case Of Skowhe-
gan, which, notwithstanding the distrlbu-
tion OF the great CobCrn estate, the valuation
had been greatly increased.
The resolve was finally assigned for further
consideration tomorrow. All this talk re-
presents feeling that is wide spread that
there are many inequalities In the report,
but the members do not see how the subject
can be opened at this state of the session.
The bill establishing the board Of state as
SCISSORS passed to be enacted In the House
today.
Business In the House.
In the House this morning the so-called
conspiracy act' was taken from the table.
Mr.. Chadbourne moved to amend by sub
stituting the words threats of violence for
threats Of injury" which the bill reported.
Mr.. Savage and Mr.. Chadbourne had con-
siderable discussion as to the'meaning of the
words.
The House refused to accept the amend
ment, 81 to 26, and the bill was put upon its
passage.
In the House today when the temperance
bill, which came from the Senate, was taken
up there was long discussion for and
against the bill, and finally on motion of
Mr.. Porter of Bangor it was tabled with its
amendments for printing.
The committee of conference on the re-
moyal OF the state prison reported against
removal.
The House concurred with the Senate in
Indefinitely postponing the bill relating to
surveying logs.
The House voted to insist on the bill relat-
ing to the inspection of boilers, and appoint
ed as a committee of conference Messrs.
MarstoD, Porter and Littlefeld.
a Republican Caucus.
A Republican legislative caucus has been
called for tomorrow evening to nominate the
two candidates the Republicans are entitled
to on the State Board Of Assessors. Among
the gentlemen prominently mentioned for
the place are Hiram Knowlton Of Portland,
Il. Dudley Freeman of Yarmouth, John Hall
OF Berwick. Hall O. Burleigh Of Vassalboro,
Elliot Wood of Winthrop, Otis Hayford Of
Canton and Frank Gilman Of Bangor.
Mr.. Freeman came to Augusta this after
noon.
Points.
The bill providing for the collection and
registration OF vital statistics came up In the
Senate today under special assignment and
Mr.. Grindle of Hancock offered an amend
ment, by which physicians who make the re-
turns required under the bill shall receive 20
cents for each return, these fees to be paid
by the cities and towns receiving such re-
turns. The bill passed as amended.
The Senate concurred with the House to-
day in killing the bill to Incorporate the
Cumberland Investment Company.
Messrs. Glidden and McAllister were ex-
cused from further attendance.
The Senate today rejected the bill to pro-
vide for taking moneys appropriated for
academies from the school funds.
The conference committee on the bill TO
incorporate the Peoples Municipal Enforce
ment League have reported that the bill
should pass. 1t was passed In the Senate
and rejected In the House.