The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-08

right to his seat.
The Resting Place of Mr. Blaine.
In the House this morning, Mr.. Harris
of East Machias said he had been asked
to introduced memorial prepared by
one who had long been personal
friend of Mr.. Blaine. Mr.. Harris took
pleasure in presenting the memorial
which was at once favorably acted upon
in both branches. The memorial fol-
lows:
ssIt is a sweet and decorous instinct of
our common humanity that our dead
should find their final sepulture where in
life they were best known, and most
honored and beloved.
stThroughout all our history as ma
ton, the names and fame of the men
who have made that history glorious,
have been most conspicuously and lntl-
mately identified with the states that
gave them to their country. And when
death has closed their living service the
instance is rare wherein those states did
not receive back the hallowed dust to its
sleep among the people whose love and
loyalty they first won and then held I'M
swervingly to the illustrious end.
'sMt. Vernon, Monticello, Quincy and
Marshfield, Ashland, the Hermitage and
Springfield are now among the hottest
shrines held sacre by American patriot
ism. Maine has hers in the graves OF
her Fessenden and Hamlin.
SIS it not emin, ntly fitting that James
G. Blaine, the last, but not the least of
that great triumvirate, be sepulchered
within his own soil. and that to the CAPT
tai city which first gave him to the state
and then to the larger service OF the re-
public, be committed the solemn trust
and privilege OF loving keeping and
guardianship.
Therefore be it resolved that the leg
islature of Maine, speaking in the name
of its people, remembering with proud
admiration the public and private
life of its great statesman and affection
ately reverencing his memory does most
earnestly desire that the state he repre-
sented and honored through q third of a
century of distinguished service, should
now, that service be ended, be also hon
ored or the chosen repository of his NOR
tai remains.
tResolved-That the governor of the
state be requested to communicate this
expression of our desire to the family OF
Mr.. Blaine, and present to them such
further considerations towards its reali-
cation, as in his judgment may be neces-
sary and becoming"
Mr.. Lane of Augusta in seconding the
adoption of the memorial said that he
had reason to believe that it would be
pleasing to the family of Mr.. Blaine and
that 1t might result in the accomplish
ment of the purpose for which it was
framed.
The Voice of the People.
The voice of the people is making it
self heard. 'Where did you get 'em?'
asked one member of the House this.
morning. He referred to the petitions
in favor of tho druggists bill which
came in so fast this morning that the
clerk had hard work to keep his stamp
moving fast enough to keep up with
them. Mention was made this morning
of the twelve hundred petitions in Port
land. Their petitions came along with
the rest, in all there being a number of
thousand names including those of many
men eminent in business and profess
sional life. There were. some remon-
strances also presented, but the number
was so small in reference to- the whole
number of petitioners that they attracted
little attention.
Another matter on which the people
of one city made themselves heard to-
day was the question of the annexation
of Oakdale to Portland. Citizens Of
Deerng protested as follows:
B. L. Parkman and 20 others; Leonard
Perry and 81 others; G. F. Sawyer and 30
others; J. H. Hutchins and 10 others;
E. H. Elwell, DR., and II others; M, P.
Marsh and "a others; D. Winslow
Hawkes. and 10 others; A. A. McKone
and two others; John j. Frye ard 30
others; Chauncey R. Berry and five 9TH
ers.
Fifty-one citizens of Presque Isle petit
ton for legislation requiring hawkers
and peddlers to record their licenses
with town and city clerks. A bill to
amend the hawkers nd peddlers act,
presented by Mr.. Brown of Waterville,
inserts among the articles enumerated in
it, pictures of persons or places in this
state either with or without frames.'
Stephen J. Young and 0 hers of Bruins
wick are among the signers Of many pc
titions which appeared today in favor of
a law to compel insurance companies to
pay actual loss or damage sustained by
fire not exceeding the amount of insur-
ance.
Generous Pool Sellers.
The ways of legislation are sometimes
funny. A bill came in today for a benef-
cent purpose. 1t shows the great inter-
est which it's friends take in the fine
horses and cattle which have made
Maine famous. 1t begins by providing a
means of securing money to improve
this live stock. Having thus generously
treated the matter of improving the
breed f cattle and horses it goes on to
show some generosity to the people who
are to supply the funds from the receipts
of their trotting parks. 1t allows these
people to go into the pool selling bust
ness. The bill is, therefore, generous
all around. 1t is entitled Gan act relat-
ing to associations formed for the pur-
pose of improving the breed of horses.
Under it such associations would pay in
December s per cent CT the purse re-
ceipts of race meetings. Associations
viii b do not obey the law are made la
BILE to q fine of not less than $500 nor
more than $1,000; and the governor may,
if satisfied that the neglect was inten-
tional, direct the attorney general to
take steps to revoke the charters OF such
associations. Then comes a feature of
the bill somewhat novel in this
state, and section four provides that the
number of days upon which races may