The Portland daily press., 1893-03-16
SAVINGS BANK BATTLE.


! when it shall be otherwise agreed in
| writing and signed by the assured. -
| Mr.. Peakes said that he had offered this
| amendment to prevent the recurrence OF
| those cases where men who had paid fol-
| insurance for years found that their con-
| tracts were not for what they had sup
| posed.
Senator Thatcher would have the bill
read: 'sAll contracts of fire insurance
written upon property in this state shall
| cover the actual loss or damage not ex-
ceeding the amount insured and
offered an amendment to that effect.
With the amendments the bill went
over until tomorrow.
A Question of PrinceIy Fay.
The pay of the law makers is row
$3.50. If the men who come here two
years hence get $500 instead they will
have Senator Swanton to thank for it,
Some time ago, Mr.. Swanton put in a bill
to increase the salary Of members of the
| legislature and last week the Senate
went into committee of the whole to
consider it. Now, the Maine Senate does
not 60 into committee of the whole of
ten enough to feel really at home there
and they felt SO strange that they
promptly got out again without doing
any business. Today the Senate tried
again, and this time they got along bet
ter although points of order were num-
erous. Senator Grindle presided and
and Assistant Secretary Smith acted as
secretary of the committee. Mr.. Swan
ton spoke of the necessity Of the increase
proposed in the emolument of the legis-
iators. He said that when the money
was spent, towards the end of the session,
the business of members suddenly be-
came very urgent and things were hurried
and business rushed through in the effort
to get away.
Senator Wiggin favored the bill with
an amendment that the question should
be submitted to the people at the next
state election.
Mr.. Holman called it salary grab
and said that it would be political suicide
to the party which passed the bill.
Mr.. Swanton did not think that enough
capital could be made out of question
of this kind to hurt any political party
unless it was very weak. He thought
the members should do what they be-
Iieved to be right Of course, the in
crease would not affect members of this
legislature.
Mr.. Thatcher took exceptions to Mr..
Holman's remark about a salary grab.
Mr.. Thatcher favored the bill without
Mr.. Virgins amendment but did not OBJ
ject to that.
Mr.. Mallet said that he had not in
tended to come back but if he was to get
$500, he should want to be on hand for
his share to help even things up. Laugh
ter.
Mr.. Thatcher-In that case am OPP
posed to the bill. Laughter.
The committee then voted 20 report to
the Senate that the bill ought to pass,
this vote being 10 to II. The committee
then rose and the bill and amendment
went over to Friday.
Again Postponed.
The druggist bill went over in the
Senate this morning without debate.
This was in accordance with an agree
ment between the friends and opponents
of the measure. The bill took it's first
reading and will come up in the morn
ing.
The listing bill also went over owing
to the indisposition of Senator Herrick,
chairman of the taxation committee.
Mainly in English.
The bill requiring that all instruction
in schools receiving state aid shall be in
English has been amended by the educa-
tional committee to read mainly in
English This was the bill which
aroused spirited opposition in the House
some time ago.
the Fisheries Bill Passes.
Representative Maddocks and his fol-
lowers had majority in the House to-
day, and that body overturned it's action
of last week by which it refused to pass
the bill to regulate the coast fisheries,
and passed the measure in concurrence.
This action was taken at the first after
noon session of the year, The debate which
preceded the vote was largely repeti-
ton of the Arguments offered on the
question last week. : The House voted in
favor of the bill 63 to so, and the meas
ure now seems destined to become law.
Of course question of this Importance
could not be settled until it had been
considered in connection with the
Bangor hospital scheme. DR.. Ferguson,
referring to the action of the Senate in
passing the bill which he maintained
was injurious to the interest of the poor
fishermen, said that nothing different
could be expected of Senate which re-
fused to provide suitable quarters for the
states unfortunates. Another Bit of in
terest to those who have listened to leg
islative oratory all winter was the re-
mark by Mr.. White of Rocklaud, that
he had heard of poor fishermen. poor
farmers, poor mechanics, poor land
owners, poor widows and poor orphans
until he was sick of the word. He fav-
ored the bill because he believed it in
the interest of the well-to-do fishermen
is we'll as of the fishermen who are poor.
OF the Portland delegation Messrs. EN-
erson, Smith and Sawyer voted for the
bill; Messrs, Bird and Shaw against it.
The Winn Bridge.
The House this afternoon put Mr..
Shaw's amendment into the resolve APP
propriating $4,000 for the bridge'over
the Penobscot at VIM. The amend
ment prevents the payment of the APP
preparation until the town and its people
have done their part and the $3.50, 900 in
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