Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-02-22


on the ta.ie.
TIM motion of Mr.. Thatcher of %enoh
scot message was sent to the Goyerno
requesting the return of hill an &C, to ~
corporate the Salmon Fails Mapufaetarinl
Co.
Subsequently, on The re;arn of this bill
ON motion of the sane senator, the Senaf,
reconsisleresi the vote whereby said h;ll wa
passed TO be enacted.
Mr.. Thatcher; This bill when p-cssn.a,
was referred to the committee ON i, ,,.a
factures, aud they gave the parties heai
ing. The petitioners desired to have ,
clause put into their charter exemptin.
them from the tluty of furnishing TO III,
secretary of State a list of their stoesholi
ers every year. The committee eonsiierc,
that they hal no right 10 exempt foreisi
company from the duties which are require,
from our own companies, and refused I.
put in that provision. The hill was re
ported with that clause out. Some ohjec
tons have been made 10 the bill upon othe,
grounds, but they have been reeoncited I,
the wishes Of the petitioners, | am nov
informed that the petitioners say that the,
will not accept the charter as it stands a,
present. am not in favor of numbering
up the Statutes with useless legislation aud
charters which parties will not accep,, ar,l
therefore move that the bill be indetin-
itely postponed
The motion to indefinitely postpone was
carried
On motion of Mr. Hill of kennehee bill
an act TO incorporate the Bath Street Rail
way Co. was taken from the table, and the
Senate reconsiiered the vote whereby this
bill was passed to be engrossed.
Mr.. Hill then moved 10 amend BY strik-
ing out all after the title. and Inserting in
place thereof Senate amendment A.
On motion of Mr. Peaks of Piscstaquis
the bill and amendment were laid on the
table.
On motion of Mr.. Thatcher of rcnohsco,
bill an act for the prevention of cruelty to
animals was taken from the table and
passed to be engrosscd.
MIR. Grindle of Penobscot novel that
Senate document No. 81. bill an act to
abolish school districts ani 10 provide for
the more efficient supervision of public
schools, be taken from the table and re-as-
signed for Thursday next, and gave as his
reasons for the motion the fact that this
was a public measure of Il very important
nature, and he thought there were man,
Who had not looked into the matter as
as was desirable, and that a mat
ter of this public Importance should not be
hurried through.
Mr. Winslow of Somerset Ordinarily
there would be no objection to postponing a
matter from one day assigned TO another,
but | would like 10 say that while this is n
matter of great Importance and of public
nature, yet the Senate and public have Ger
tainly had ample time to look into il. II
has come up time after time for MANY
years; it is nothing new. If there were any
genuine reasons for postponement | should
have no objection to it, but | hope that it
NAV be considered now
MIR. Grindle: This being a matter of
such public nature, | think the public
haze a right to send in petitions, remon-
strahces, etc, about this bill, aud think i,
is our duty to hear from them If they desire
10 he heard
Mr.. Peaks of Piscataquis More than
half my mail this morning has been in re-
lation to this very matter. There is n vio-
lent opposition to it in the country towns,
and they want to be heard. think that
the people have some rights to be heard
here on n matter of this kind il is nothing
more than right and JUS, it is only common
courtesy that they should be heard. one
of the men who write me this morning is a
man who has voted for the Republican
party for 50 years, and he says that if this
bill goes through he will never vote for the
Republican party again. lie wants to be
heard. think that some of these people
ought to have chance to offer petitions
and be heard and that this bin should not
rushed through.
Mr.. Shaw of Arosstook J think the
position of the senator from Somerset Mr..
Winslow) is simply this, that If the post
ponement is simply for the purpose of delay
it ought not to be agreed to. ! think ii
there is any valid reason for the postpone
ment of the consideration of this question
he will be ready to agree to il For my
own part should like to have this matter
c6hsi lcred today unless there are valid rea-
sc.ls why it shoull not he.
d'pon n vote Mr.. Grindlc's motion 10 re-
assign the bill for consideration on Thurs
'l,-f next was carried.
',n motion of Mr.. Allan of Washington,
tho Senate adjourned.