The Portland daily press., 1893-02-07
Big PETITIONS
FaVoring the Enactment Of the
Druggists Bill.
THE HEARING ON THE PROPOSE
TION TO REVISE THE
MILITIA LAW.

TION TO REVISE THE
MILITIA LAW.
The State of the Treasury and the Con-
templated Appropriations-The Cum
berland Delegation is Solid for the Pro-
| motion of Judge Peabody-Movement
| for State Pharmacist-Gossip About
the Savings Bank Bill.
Especial to the Press.1
| augusta, February 6.-Generals and
colonels, as well as brilliant warriors of
lesser rank, are numerous here today,
the commission to revise the militia law
having given hearing this afternoon.
Among the military gentlemen who adj
dressed the commission was Col. Ken
dali Of the First Regiment. Col. Kendall
said, among other things, that he found
| officers and men in his command much
/ opposed to the proposed organization of
| the militia in single 12-column regi-
ment and an independent battalion. He
| had receive d letters from men in his
regiment asking him to appear and pro-
test against such reorganization. Even
if the new regiment was located in his
section of the state, Col. Kendall
| thought the militia there would oppose
the change. He thought the feeling be-
| tween the two new regiments was very
harmonious. What he regarded as nee
essary was an increase in the maximum
| strength of company from Sd men, the
| hyy1 RI n
as the cities where many of his compan-
| les were located were concerned, Col.
Kendall thought there would be no diffi-
Guilty in recruiting large companies. He
could notspeak so positively OF the larg-
| er towns. Lieut.. Col. Hoyt of the Sec
| ond Regiment also spoke. He like Col.
| Kendall favored the retention of the two
regiment organization. He would in
crease the strength of the COM
panies to 65 men and provide
| for cavalry company of 80 men, an am
bulance and signal corps OF course all
these things could not be established at
once, but they would come in time and
/ if the law was to be re-drafted, they
should be provided for now. Concerning
the number of men in company Col.
Hoyt spoke of the small number left in
| some companies at the annual encamp-
ment for battalion drill after deducting
the number of men detailed for guard
| duty and special service. Col. Hoyt
spoke too of the difficulty he had en-
| countered in Lewiston and Auburn in
getting the consent of employers and of
| the overseers and bosses in the mills for
militia men to go to muster. Files OF
soldiers had been sent to the mills to
take out men. Col. Hoyt instanced one
case where a man has gone to the en-
campment knowing that he would prob
ably lose his place for so doing. The
man lost the place. There were other
cases where men were not discharged
| Immediately but found their services
dispensed with soon after getting back
from muster. Col. Hoyt said that this
state of things kept good men from en-
listing. He thought that perhaps it
might be remedied in part at least by
a law imposing fine upon employers
who discharged men because they at
tended the encampment.
Clergymen Petition for the Druggists
Bill,
Those who have said that nobody but
druggists ask ed for the druggists bill
should see the petitions pouring in and
read some of the names on them. At this
afternoons brief sessi Of the legisla-
ture about thirty of these petitions, ask
ing that druggists be allowed to sell
liquor for medical purposes, in such
manner as shall preserve the lprohlbitory
policy of the state, were presented. Among
these petitions was one from this city,
having among the signers the venerable
Ex-senator ]. W. Bradbury, Rev. Messrs.
Gwynne, Wyman, and Leland, j.
Manchester Haynes, Charles Nash and
S. S. Brooks.
Bangor people have also signed petit
tions literally, the list from that city be-
sides being long one, including the
names of the secretary of the Y. NJ. G.
A. and of a Good Templar lodge. 1t
looks now as if the committee would
report the druggists bill, or one on the
same lines, and that only two or three
members will oppose it.
Members of the Peoples Enforcement
League, who are in the city, are said to
be talking of bill to create the Office of
State Pharmacist, among the duties of
that official being the supplying of liquor
in sealed packages to druggists, the
package being numbered in order that
records may be kept, of the amount
supplied druggists and its sales.
The Portland Petition.
Tomorrow morning there will be pre-
sented similar petitions bearing the
names of 1900 Portland people. Lead
ing business and professional men are
among the signers. One paper is filled
with the names of physicians, another is
covered by the. writing of members of
the Cumberland Bar. Among the ply
sicians are the following: Dr.. Gordon,
DR.. Weeks, I. I. Dana,. Pendleton, Ger
rish, A. S. Thayer, H. P. Merrill, Me-
serve, Kimball, Dunn, Cummings, Swa-
zey, FL. Fl. Hunt, E. E. Holt, True, Ad-
ans, Spaulding, King, Ring, Smith,
Bray, @. FL. Hunt, w. L. Dana, Bowers.
A. V. Thompson, Moulton, Nickerson,
Palmer. Patterson, Pudor, Brock, Vose,
Files, Thombs, Pingree, Cammett,
Hutchinson, Jane L. Hersom, Fessenden,
G. A. Baker, Searles, Small, Way,
Twitchell. Whidden. O'Neil, B. B. Eos
ter, Marshall, Getchell, J. F. Thompson.
Portland lawyers who have signed the
| petitions are S. G. Strout, |. l.. Elder, A.
| r MOulton w r. Timer. Liberty b.