The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-03-08

academy in his town. Bloomfield aca-
DENY was endowed by the late ,Abner
Coburn and affords free tuition to its pu-
pills, who are received from any city or
town.
Mr.. Morrill, of Madison, did not think
the people of Skowhegan would care to
meet the conditions Of the resolve even
if it was passed.
Mr.. Dutton of Windsor, did not be-
lieve in appropriating for so long term
as ten years.
Mr.. Powers of Norridgewock, said
that his town had paid tuition in Skow-
hogan.
Mr.. .Sprague of Monson, opposed the re-
solve. He said that the recent states
manlike message of the Governor was
not aimed at any one thing, but at just
such legislation as this.
Mr.. Sylvester of Lisbon thought that
in Justice to the poorer towns of the
state, this aid should not be granted to
Skowhegan.
of the resolve. He claimed that Skow-
to educate her own pupils. 1t was be-
cause the people of the towns to
which the gentleman from Lisbon re-
ferred used the advantages of the school
and it was for their good that the legis-
lation was asked. The money paid by
tho people Of Norridgewock for tuition
was paid for schooling in the other
schools of Skowhegan and was not for
this academy.
An amendment limiting the re-
solve to two years was passed and imme-
'diately Mr.. Marston moved, in behalf of
the people of Skowhsgan, that the mat
ter be indefinitely postponed and it was
so voted.
The Desire to Get Home.
The desire to get home is becoming
very evident, notwithstanding the OBJ
lection raised by Mr. Higgins of Linn
erick that the Judiciary committee was
likely to be still busy at that time, the
House today voted to hold two sessions
daily on and after next Tuesday.
Then Mr.. Mitchell of Kittery called up
the order offered yesterday that the daily
session should begin at $50 instead of
10. Mr.. Mitchell said he understood that
the officers of the House could not yet
arrive at 8 o. clock, and he accordingly
withdrew his amendment to the order
to provide for meeting at that time.
Mr.. Littlefield of Poland hoped the or
u6I WOulO uUb pass DIS Will Ulic AOuI VI
meeting at 10 he had time to read over
the printed bills each day.
Mr.. Mitchell replied that it had been
developed in writing before one of the
committees that the gentleman from Po
land had recently found time to spend
several days in circulating petitions
against the division of that town.
The order was passed.
Subsequently, Mr.. Littlefeld rose to a
question of inquiry. He said that he did
not understand that the proceedings be-
fore committee gave any member of
that committee right to make per-
sonal assault upon him.
The desire to get home before the
spring flowers bloom was shown in an.
other way in the House, a large number
of measures lying upon the table unas-
signed being taken I'D and acted upon.
Bills relating to the powers of towns, the
| Bridgton Center Village Corporation, the
meeting of owners of wild lands with the
state assessors, and life and casualty in
surance, were passed to be engrossed.
| The long bill to amend the Australian
ballot law reported from the committee
on legal affairs was assigned for Wednes-
day of next week on motion of Mr.. Emer-
son. Tomorrow, an assignment will be
made of the majority and minority re-
ports of the judiciary committee on the
question of granting the right of munich
pal suffrage to women. The bill for the
protection of deer in Cumberland and
other counties, was amended by insert
ing Knox county in its provisions and
passed to be engrossed. The resolve an
propriating $4,000 in aid of bridge be-
tween Winn and Chester was once ndefi-
nitely postponed and then that vote was
Of n fho for occio fnp
next Friday. Next Friday was also as
signed, on motion of Mr.. Weeks of Fair
field, for the consideration of the report
of the committee on state printing and
binding.
Postponed by the Senate.
At the last session of the legislature,
the county of Aroostook was empow
cred to lend it's credit to aid in the con-
struction of the new Aroostook railroad
from Caribou to Van Buren,. At this ses-
sion the friends of the road put in a bill
to divert this aid so that it might apply
to the construction of the road from Mat
tawaumkeag to Ashland. This new
scheme apparently does not commend
itself, tleast to some of the Aroostook
people. Today Senator Shaw moved
Ulldb uu0 IIdUCcT US iAQcIlAlbCiy pOotPCAOA
and it was so voted. Senator Shaw also
made raid on another bill, that making
election days legal holidays and this was
also Indefinitely postponed.
The Cost of Going to Court.
There was lively tilt in the House to.
day and the bill to increase the mileage
of officers, jurors and witnesses in Wash
ington county from six to eight cents. Mr..
Parker ofDanforth opposed the bill as did
Mr.. Sprague, who said that bill to pre-
vent the spread of Asiatic cholera had al.
ready been passed. He predicted that the
claim for increased fees would spread
faster than cholera Mr.. Brown of Water
vile opposed the bill because it would
destroy the uniformity Of fees, now es-
tablished by the statutes.
Mr.. Harris of East Maohias, defended