The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-03-26
PORTLAND MAINE, THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH &C.

MAINE, THURSDAY NOR
lava that the present system was good one
| Ia that tha nroposed change would not ha
aduontageons. adu He thought that Catholic
cIar9v might visit the Institution under the
piSIr Mr Callahan of Lewiston favored the bill.
Mr Catalan referred to the fact that Cath.
| oiic nriests visit the state prison and there
| ia difficulty there. He asked why II the sac
raments OF the Catholic church might under
the rules be adminlsterso good V for dtying boy,
| they were not equally goou Aor otherS who
ooStieI MI Porter of Bangor said there appesred
IN ha a chronic trouble at the Reform School
and both sides seemed to pe p9gnacious and
sSss,npIfis ssssa pTison said Nj Porter whsres III
San sabsided Mr. Porter explained that he
was about to add that he served as men,
ber of the board of trustees. He added that
the warden of the prlsoh, was tSsra M man OF tact
experienced at the Reform School. Mr.
| Porter favored the passage OF the pending
bill as providing possible solution of the
| difficulty.
| the pending question being motion by Mr..
| Cbadbourne to substitute the minority re-
| port in favor of the bill for the majority re-
| port of the committee. The motion was
| lost, so to 55, Then Mr.. Glldden moved that
the majority report De accepted MT. Chad-
! bourne moved to lay the matter on the table,
and Mr.. Shaw of Bath settled The matter for
| the time being by moving to adjourn. iThis
motion took precedence and was carried.
At the afternoon session the majority re-
| port against the bill was adopted without de-
4 hot Dc III
| At the afternoon session motion to ac
| cept the majority report fought not to pass"
was carried without debate. This kills the
bill for this session.
The District School Still With Us.
On motion of Mr.. Thatcher Of Penobscot
the reports on the bill to abolish school dis
tricts was taken from the table, and that
gentleman moved that the Senate concur
with the House in accepting the minority re-
port, which is that the bill ought not to pass.
Mr.. Poor of Cumberland. who signed the
majority report, thought that perhaps the
people of Maine were not educated up to the
matter and while he believed that the conl-
mittee was right, still he would second the
motion to adopt the minority report.
This was adopted, and school districts
will not be abolished this year.
Tho Salary Bill.
4u6 Ulll ptUfluluk du luCIcdoc VI odidly
of the members of the legislature came up
by assignment. Mr.. Stewart of York moved
that the adverse report Of the committee be
rejected.
Mr.. Grindle said he was ready to put him
self on record for a $500 salary, but he did
not think there was any show of getting it
through the House so he thought it had bet
ter be dropped.
Mr.. Haines said he thought the House
would pass the bill, as all knew that the
present salary was ridiculously small.
Mr.. Rogers of Washington said he could
not vote for an increase.
Mr.. Poor said that the salary of $3.50 for
three months was an absurdity. No one
could come down here and live as ec0nomi-
cslly as possible and 60 hon home with as L much
on honor. 1t isn't bread and butter and We
can't subsist on IL.
TIE question was then taken on the rejec-
tion of the committees report, and 1t was
rejected by vote of 10 to s, the Senators
voting as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Adams, Giles, Gilmore, Grindle,
Haines, Hunt, Libby of Androscoggn, Mallet,
Mayo, Moore, Nash, Nutting, Peltengi Poor,
NAYs-Messrs Chaplin, Harper MehaD, Pow
ers, Rogers, Wadlin, Walton, Wilbur.
Absent-Messrs. Ryder, Smith, Swanton.
Mr.. Stewart moved that the Senate resolve
itself into committee Of the whole aud con-
Mr.. Powers that recess be taken to 2.30
The Senate reconsidered its action and
coucurred with the House in accepting the
above report.
The Peoples enforcement League.
The bill to incorporate the Peoples Pro-
hibitory Enforcement League which indefi-
ni3ely postponed in the House came back to
the Senate yesterday and that body insisted
| ifc opIo Sd sa&
OF conference Messrs: Stewart, Spear and
Libby of AndrOscoggin. The House joined
Messrs. Stearns, White and Osgood.
This morning the conference committee
reported that they were unable to agree,
which was accepted by the Senate.
On motion of Mr.. Stewart the Senate fur
ther insisted and asked for another commit
tee of conference. The president named
second committee on the part Of the Senate.
The iron Hall Successful.
| On motion of Mr.. Pettengill of Oxford the
bill relating to the Iron Hall was taken from
the table. Mr.. Pettingill moved that it be
Indemnity postponed.
Mr.. Grindle Of Hancock characterized the
order as one to gull gullible people. He
Mr.. Stewart of York said he could see
nothing similar to lotteries. He believed
that this organization was doing a legitimate
business at the time the law restricting them
was passed and are doing so now.
He thought that this company should have
like opportunity to do business with the old
| assessment companies.
Mr.. Rogers offered an amendment to strike
out the word without" in the 18th line,
which relieved them of getting license
| from the insurance commissioner.
Mr.. Stewart offered an amendment to
strike oat the words ''and which were trans
acting business in the state on February 2S.
1889" so that companies who have came in
later may have an equal chance.
Mr.. Grindle continued his argument that
the constitution of the company was made
supreme to the laws of the state, inasmuch
as they are only required to conform with
the fraternal beneficiary laws not inconsist-
ant with their constitution. He thought that
1t would be curious legislation to pass such
bill.
Mr.. Libby of Androscoggin, said that he
could not consistently support such bill.
| MI Stewart said that If the Senator from
Androscoggin had followed the matter he
would know that the order was running in
Massachusetts with the full sanction of the
legislature ana doing good business.
Mr. Spear OF Kennebec was strongly in
iavor OF the Dill as a matter of right and JUS
tice, and made an able argument in the in
terest of the matter.
Mr. Walton OF Somerset. member OF the
judiciary committee, who signed the majority
report gave his reasons for favoring the bill,
| anu dlSo hio amusing experiences Will IcBu-
lar and assessment companies.
Mr.. Stewards amendment was lost by a
vote Of 16 to s.
Mr.. Rogers amendment was also lost
Mr.. PettengilPs motion to indefinitely
postpone the bill was lost by vote of II to 8.
The bill then took its second reading and
was passed to be engrossed.
A General Denial.
Hon. Josiah II. Drummond of Portland
has been associated with Hon. II. M. Heath
of this city as counsel for Judge Hamilton
Of the Biddeford Municipal Court. The de-
fence can not say, of course. until the case
for the other side has been presented, now
much time they will use in laying their EVIL
dence before the Senators and Representa-
tlyes. but 1t Is stated that tney VIII intro- 7.
duce evidence Intended to alsproVe all INC
charges that may be brought forward. :.
It Is understood that wnen tne case Is
called Friday the defence may ASK lot con,
tinuance until next Tuesday son the ground
that as the papers were not served on JUS
tice Hamilton until the 23rd ne mas not had
sufficient time to prepare his defense.
| No More state House Building.
The committee on public buildings will
report against remodeling the south wing of
the old part Of the State House. This is the
portion of the building now used by the