The Portland daily press., 1893-03-09
BOOMERS ARE BACK.
This Will Be Druggists Day in the
Senate.
CONFLICTING REPORTS CONCERN
ING THE FATE OF THE BILL.

The Senate VIII Also wrestle Again
With School District system-Bangor
Inclined to Smash Things-savings
Bank Bil1s-Other Business.
Especial to the Press.1
AUGUSTA, March s.-Tomorrow will
be lively day in the Senate. Then the
famous druggist bill comes up, and as it
seems to be in the Senate that the great
battle over the measure is to be fought,
interest in the result there rs very keen.
Senators Peakes and Allan will speak for
the bill, and 1t is expected that Senator
Shaw Of Aroostook will voice the opposi-
ton. Others are likely to speak on
both sides. The bill it is said will pass
or be rejected by not more than two
votes.
Then the bill to abolish school dis
tricts is also assigned. The bill passed
the Senate last week 16 to II and passed
the House 76 to 33. 1t, now comes back
to the Senate with slight amendment
and the question will be upon Its final
branch, it has been understood, would
renew the battle tomorrow, but the
friends of the bill say they are sure of 10
votes and have no reason to doubt that
they will get four or five more. If fur
ther opposition is made 1t will be on
the ground that 1t Is not wise to make
the town system universal in application
while many towns object to it.
Rarror Gattinp TroIv
The Bangor forces are straining every
point to get that insane hospital, and
show disposition to smash things if
they can't. Today, in the House. the re-
solve in favor of the Reform school was
tabled on motion of Mr.. Adams of Ban
gor- Meanwhile the conference COM
mittee have agreed only in the conclu-
sion that they cannot agree. If the COM
mittee report in the morning, as they are
expected to do, an attempt will be ma 9
to get the House to recede d concur
witt the Senate. The Senate refused to
adopt either the report for the COM
mencement of the institution at Bangor,
or for the erection of new buildings at
Augusta. So if the House concurs those
plans are dead. Then the present
facilities at Augusta would probably be
improved to meet the demands of the
next two years.
There is strong feeling that this wi
be the outcome, although it may not |
reached until a second committee
conference has grappled with the ma
ter.
~ The Boomers Are Back.
The boomers are all with us again.
Many of them took several days off last
week, but the announcement that the
taxation committee was ready to act on
the savings bank bill has brought them
back. Among those who were promi-
nent in the booming operations when the
bill first appeared, and who are again on
the field, are Messrs. Shepherd of Rock
port, Bisbee of Buckfield and Timber
lake of Phillips. Besidesithe bill print
ed In this mornings PRESS, and which
is favored by four Of the committee, an
other bill will be reported. This second
bill will not contain any provision max
ing discrimination in favor of Maine
investments. 1t remains to be seen
which of the two will get the majority
report The savings bank men, as a
matter of principle, will oppose any
measure containing discrimination
clause. Such a provision, they insist, is
premium on bad banking. Hon. Fl. M.
Heath opposed the bills for the taxation
of loan and building associations before
the committee today.
The Case of the Summer Visitor.
The two reports on the bill to impose
license fee upon sportsmen from out of
the state who come here to fish, were
discussed in the Senate today.
Senator Hill said the state would not
appropriate near an adequate sum for
protecting the fish and game within its
borders. Very many of our streams
need restocking and it must be done to
keep good fishing in our state, especially
as pertains to trout and land-iocked sal
mon. He didn't believe that those people
from out of the state would object to
paying a license here of So when they
realize that the money is to be used for
restocking the waters.
Senator Thatcher opposed the bill.
According to the proposed bill, as it
reads, any family coming into the state
for the summer, if one of the children
should catch white perch, if enc of
the servants should shoot partridge, if
the man of the family wishes to catch a
trout, he must pay SO, or fine of $50.
Senator Allan said at first he didn't
know but what there was some merit in
the bill, but the more he looked at it, the
more foolish it appeared. When our
friends and relatives come to see us in
the summer we have got to get out a S3
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