The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-02
ABOUT LODSTERS.
" The Cardinal Of the Sea a Sub.
ieet Of Lively Contention.

| FEIlIlONS FOR AND AGAINST IHE
DRUGGISTS BILL COMING
IN FAST.
The zGorham Public Library-Battle of
Spruce Creek-Home for Aged Women
in Cape EIizabeth-Medical Registra-
tion-The Spite Fence.
AUGUSTA February There promises
to be lively hearing tomorrow when the
case of the lobster comes before the COM
mittee on seashore fisheries. The lobster
always gets into the halls of legislation
| when the Solons are here. This time it
is really fight between the market men,
or those who catch Holsters for market
purposes, and the Gamers, who embalm
the lobster in tin and send him to the ut
termost parts of the earth, The Gamers
under the present law have the right of
taking for two months and ten days in
the summer season Holsters only nine
inches in length. With the exception of
these two months, the taking of any lob
ster under ten and one-half inches in
length is forbidden Now the Gamers
! say that Holsters over ten and one-half
inches long cost too much for canning
purposes. So the factories are run only
| the two months and ten days when they
are allowed to take the shorter Holsters.
But, even when running this short time,
rmen who want the law changed to pro-
hibit the taking, of these short Holsters
| say the factories are exterminating the
fish. Consequently there are petitions
here asking that it shall be made unlaw-
full to catch any lobster of less than 105
inches in length
But the Gamers do not propose to see
the doors of the factories nailed UP by
law without making a fight to keep
them open. They make counter charg-
es against the market men, saying that
they take many short Holsters in viola
/ ton of law both for home use and ship
ment Another charge is that spawn
Holsters are taken in violation of the
law, the spawn being removed and so
destroyed. One suggestion in regard to
this point is that the state establish a
lobster hatchery, to be operated as are
1 other fish hatcheries, the state buying
the spawn Holsters This, it is claimed,
would do away with the temptation to
remove the spawn in order to sell the
fish for food. A similar plan is in oper-
ton in Newfoundland where 100000
young Holsters were liberated this year.
| A movement which naturally the Gamers
| favor and other lobster catchers bitterly
oppose, proposes close time on all lob
| sterS.
Mr.. Sprague of Monson, today intro
| duced bill to aid in the propagation of
| fish, by authorizing towns and cities to
raise annually a sum not exceeding $500
to be expended BY the municipal officers
or commissioners elected for the purpose
for the propagation and protection of fish
wholly OF partially in such cities or
| towns. ~
The remonstrants put in some evidence
| against the repeal of the SEEMING law to-
/ day, but tie petitioners were not ready
to be heard
Beale VS.. Hinkley.
The contested election case of Beale
VS.. Hinkley appeared again today, when
the majority and minority reports of the
| elections committee were presented in
the House. The majority report, signed
/ by the Republican members of the COM
! mittee, declares in favor of the sitting
! members. The minority report signed
/ by Messrs Churchill and Belleau, the
/ Democratic members, reviews the evil
dence submitted at the hearing and re-
capitulates briefly some of the arguments
made by Mr. Heath on that occasion in
behalf of the contestant. The minority
then recommend that the seat be de-
clared vacant and new election Or
| dered
The reports were tabled for printing
and next Tuesday, assigned for their con-
| sideration.
The Battle of Spruce Cree
| Alone stood brave Horatius.
But constant still in mind,
Some monumental tolls before
And Kittery Point behind.
Representative Horace Mitchell came
to the defence of the Spruce Creek bridge
this morning in the House. This is the
bridge which may be laid out by the
county commissioners under the bill
passed to be enacted in both branches to-
day. By this means the people of Kit
terry Point and neighboring sections hope
to do away with tolls and railroad fares
which they now regard as excessive. In
the House the bill was tabled by Mr..
Sargent of Brewer, who had a remon-
STRANGE to its passage, but Mr.. Mitchell
moved a reconsideration of the vote
tabling the bill and made spirited little
speech in defence of the measure, which
then passed.
The Druggists Bill.
/ "Reminiscences against. the passage of
the druggists bill are coming in. N. F.
IL n
they believe the 'so-called druggists
bill to be pernicious in character, no
remedy for the defects of the agency
system, but an intolerable aggravation
thereof, fraught with evil to the temper
ance cause and pro-liquor measure in
disguise" Petitions in favor of law
| tO hermit, DRUGGISTS IN sell 1iOuor are also