The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-03-30
ADJOURNED.
Session Of the Sixty.SiXth Legislature
Closes.
SINGING OF THE DOXOLOGY IS
in ORDER.
Biddeford and Portland Police bills Be-
come Laws-Other Business-The Mock
Session and Its Innocent nIerriment-
Closing Scenes

come IAaWS-ODnef Duslu6so-LAC uAoOh
Session and Its Innocent Merriment-
Closing Scenes.
Especial to the Press.)
AUGUSTA, March 29.-The last day of
a legislative session is interesting. The
members are beginning to feel much as
they did when they were boys and school
was done for the term. In the midst of
action on grave measures. the boyish
spirit manifests itself in the throwing of
a pamphlet across the room. The member
who is speaking lodges the missile and
goes on with his speech. Then he sits
down and waits, perhaps, for shot at
the other fellow. The lobbyists, with a
few exceptions, have gone home. The
exceptions look as if the entire burden of
legislative responsibility rested upon
their shoulders. 1t may be that their pet
measures are in the engrossing office or
being printed in that particular kind of
type known as engrossing type. In that
case, the remnants of the third house
spend their time in going up and down
stairs between the sunny basement room
and the legislative halls for, you see, if
those pet bills didn't get properly en-
crossed in time, the great and general
court might dissolve without finally pass
ing them. Hence the anxiety of the
LOBBY.
Between the two branches there are
frequent little tilts carried on by confer
ence committees, and motions to recehe
and concur, to insist and ask for confer
ence and to adhere, are as thick as snow
flakes in blizzard. The day is day of
deaths, the deaths of measures more or
lessldeserving which have been tenderly
nursed and kept alive only to perish in
the hustle and hustle of the last hours.
Other bills are more fortunate and are
favorably acted upon but the announce
ment of their passage is hardly needed.
There are frequent pauses in the business
and then members of the House and Sen
ate pay each other visits and swap photo
graphs.
Speaking of the photographs remiuds
one of the presentations and votes of
thanks. The Senate this morning gave
gold headed cane to it's efficient messen-
ger, Mr.. Charles H. Lovcjoy and one of
the best speeches of the session was that
made in the House by the venerable DR..
Randall, the chaplain. After the routine
business, Speaker Savage announced a
recess for five minutes and asked the
members to remain in their seats. Then
in a. few fitting words, the Speaker on
behalf of the House, presented DR.. Ran
dali handsome gold watch and chain.
DR.. Randall was visibly affected. In ex-
pressing his thanks, DR.. Randall spoke
of his long service as chaplain of the
House and his long residence in the
state. He came to Maine 65 years ago
when the state was only eight years old.
He had seen it's marvellous progress
since then and believed that it's advance
ment would continue until the motto
ssDirigo'' fully expressed its position. In
closing DR.. Randall invoked the divine
blessing upon the House.
While waiting for something to do this
morning the House listened to anjenter-
tanning temperance lecture by Mr.. Cow
or of Winthrop Mr.. Cover took as his
text the bill which he introduced yester-
day to apply to the conduct of liquor
agencies, the regulations contained in
the Cover druggist bill. Mr.. Cover
said that some measures this winter had
received serious attention and some had
not. He had heard men earnestly argue
whether nine inch or ten and one-half
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heard gentlemen discuss with pathos,
the kind of fish net which should be
used. That was all right, but when the
legislature took up such matters as the
woman suffrage question, the Bangor
hospital matter and the liquor question,
Mr. Cover thought there was an absence
of seriousness. Mr.. Cover said that he
had voted for the Bangor hospital and
should vote for it until beautiful edi-
fee was erected in Eastern Maine. AS
to the liquor question, Mr.. Cover quoted
considerable scripture to show its i'm
portance and then, as an illustration of
the needs of the present day, he told the
House about the Portland Liquor agency
Mr.. Cover was informed by a
gentleman whose word was entitled to
respect, that for every business hour of
the day 100 persons went in and out of
the Portland agency. Mr.. Cover moved
that the vote referring his bill to the next
legislature be reconsidered, and said that
while he knew the members would not
do so he thought it would be good
thing for them to stay here several days
longer and consider this important mat
ter. He then explained his bill and, in
concluding his remarks, said that he
should be here two years hence to work
in behalf of the w. C. T.-U., the Good
Templars and the friends of temperance.
if not in the Senate or House, then in
the great Third House, of which so
much had been said. Finally, he with
drew his motion to reconsider, whereat
the House laughed and applauded.
Everybody Happy.
This morning Mr.. Hamlin of Ellis
worth attempted to have passed by the
House under suspension of the rules, a
resolve allowing the county of Hancock to
tax itself $4,000 more than already per-
mitted. The resolve was introduced as
the result of clerical error, and it was
of course supposed that it would pass
Without opposition. But Mr.. Pare of
Biddeford, objected and turned it out.
Mr.. Hamlin and DR.. Rogers told of the
necessity of the passage of the resolve
and hoped that the objection would be
waived.
Mr.. Lane thought the House could
suspend the rules by two-thirds vote
and let in the resolve.
Mr.. Belleau of Lewiston, came into the
discussion at this point but he came in
on the wrong track. He explained that