The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-01-18
Cape Elizabeth and Its Proposed
City Charter.
MOVE MADE TO DO AWAY WITH
THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS.
A Representative Who Saw John Holme
Elected-To Freeze Out Itinerant Sac
rifice sales-The Controversy OverCum-
berland Clams--AnotIler Portland
Safety Deposit Company-Finance Com
mittee Want to Know About Expen-
ditures
Especial to the Press.l

AUGUSTA, January 1.-THE legisla-
ture today voted for United States Sena-
tor. The proceedings began promptly at
noon, and were conducted in each cham
Der in the time-honored and dignifed
manner established by the law of the
state. In the House, Speaker Savage
announced the purpose Of the converting
of the lower branch at that hour. Then
the clerk, Mr. Cotton, called the roll and
each member present arose in his turn
and ammo unced, if he was a Republican,
that he voted for Eugene Hale; or. if he
was Democrat, that he voted for Ar
thur Sewall The vote resulted:
Eugene Hale ----....-......"'...... W
Arthur Sewall. .............-.,. Al
And the Speaker announced that Mr..
Hale had received a majority of the
votes cast in the House.
In the Senate, the procedure was the
same, the vote there resulting:
Eugene Hale ........................28
Arthur SeWall
AT 12'noon, tomorrow, the Senate and
House will meet in joint convention to
canvass the vote, and Mr.. Hale will be
declared elected, he having 123 votes to
AZ for Mr.. Sewall.
OF course many members of the legis-
lature who have served several terms
have voted for United States Senator be-
fore. The Hon. Llewellyn Powers has
twice before taken part in such elections
while the venerable Major Dickey has
voted for senator so often he has lost
the count. The Hon. John Holmes was
the man elected on the occasion when
Mr.. Dickey first voted for senator, and
Mr. Dickey remembers the brief and
pointed speech Mr.. Holmes made on
that occasion. 1t was in the good old
days when travelling by coach was still
the fashion in Maine, and on the day fol-
lowing his election Mr.. Holmes set out
for Washington, travelling by coach and
four. AS he passed the State House, the
lawmakers went to the roadside to bid
him goodbye. Standing on the step of
the coach, the senator, as Major Dickey
remembers it, spoke as follows: Gen
tlemen. / am well taken care of; see that
you take equally good care of your
selves.'' Brief and to the point.
Cape Elizabeth Affairs.
The bill for city charter for Cape
Elizabeth, it is understood, will be pre-
sented during this session, but a gentle
man posted in the affairs of that town
said today that he believed it would be
referred to the next legislature. His
understanding of the matter was that
the movement for the division of the
town, which originated among the farm
ing population, might be dropped pro-
vided those portions of the town in
.a1, ,,H Tod 1,r n n r,<,t
agitate the question of city charter.
To Protect Union Labels.
One of the bills advocated by the labor
unions of the state appeared today,
when Mr.. Morrill, Of Portland, presented
bill to protect persons, associations
and unions of working men and others
in their labels, trade marks, devices, and
| forms OF advertising. 1t provides that it
| shall be unlawful to counterfeit or imi-
| tate any label, trade mark, device or
form of advertising which has been
adopted to indicate that the goods to
| which such label is attached, were man.
ufactured or produced, packed or'put on
sale by the persons or associations adopt
| ing the devic provided that the device
| had not been previously lawfully used by
| some other persons or associations.
Whoever. knowingly counterfeits such
device or knowingly sells OF keeps for
| sale goods marked with counterfeit
i stamp shall, for the first offence, be
| punished by fine no exceeding 500, OF
| by imprisonment not exceeding one year
and for the second and every subsequent
oHence py me me Oh hoC less onan PLY nol =.
iass less than r one nor more than three Years,
Persons or associations adopting such
marks or devices shall file copies of the
same with the Secretary OF State, who
| shall give the persons so filing them
| certificates for the record OF the same.
For such service the secretary shall re-
ceive fee of so.
Suit may be brought against persons
or associations illegally using labels Oh
devices and damages recovered by the
persons to whom such trade marks OF
devices properly belong. Persons using
labels OF devices in manner not author
lied by their owners shall be punished