The Portland daily press., 1893-03-17

| house. Had there been more economy In
| tho appropriations in the past there
would not be the need for these increas-
ed taxes. He felt it his duty to oppose
this proposed legislation. One could get
| into the savings bank deposit OF
| only ST. 90 in a year to bear interest. Prac-
| tically the same condition exists In the
Portland Savings bank If the surplus is
swept away the banks will be unable to
pay such dividends as now. There are
| two reports here. One is an honest tax
measure that means what it says, that is
the minority report and for that measure
will vote. The majority report is
complex, it was framed for the interests
| of those who seek more money for poor
securities. Is the powerful lobby that has
| thronged this House, some of whom
III see about us now, paid by
the people or by corporations? The banks
of Maine will take the investments in
Maine when they are as good and pay as
| we'll as those in other states. Mr.Sprague
of Monson favored the majority report.
| He thought the idea that State Of Maine
securities were worthless a libel on the
| state. Messrs. White of Rockland,
| Scott of Patten, and Marston of Skowhe-
gan favored the majority report. The
| motion to substitute the minority report
| for the majority was defeated on yea
and nay vote-S1 noes to 81 yeas--and
| the bill took it's second reading.
Those who voted yes on the motion to
substitute the minority for the majority
report or against the discriminating
| clause were:
. YnAsn ME- kbsots Of s Hollis ADAMS dams
or, Buck. Clark, Coffin, Brew, Durgin, Emer-
son, Fairbanks, Fuller. Garceion. Getchelb
oansSp Libby s Of Mapy o. If
ers, Ross, Russell, Welt.
Those who voted for the discriminate
| ing clause were:
.NAYs-Messrs. Abbott of Bucksport Abbot,
Of Sumner, Aver, Barlow. BlaisdelI Bonser,
R4oay Gsurch oooE bfR pua
| ley. Dutton, Eaton Farrand, Ferguson, Fowles,
French, Gates: Cover, Haskell, Higgins, Hink-
Lex 1son
Light, Littlefeld, Of Poland, Littlefeid Of
Prospect, Maddocks, Marston MaLhews, NC
Psay Phea p MSrb OF
| Powers Of Norridgewock. Reed. Roberts, Sar-
| gent. Sawyer OF Portland. Scott, Seward,
Smith Of portlaed Smith Of Prssqas isie
efI, yarrell, Warren, Weber, Webster, White.
| Pa1rS-M6SSrS. BIG, Hanlln, LdH6 anu
Murch, who would have voted yes. with Messrs.
Madet VINO would a Mss voted Il
Defeat of the Druggists Bill.
| The druggists feel blue tonight.
Last night they had on their
lists twelve senators whom they
thought would vote for the druggists
bill but today only ak of the twelve
went on record, while the other side
mustered sixteen and indefinitely post
poned the bill. The Spartan band Of
| Six were Messrs. Hill, Mallett, Mayo,
Peaks, Seiders and Thatcher. The oppo-
nents of the bill were Messrs. Clark,
Coffin, Cook, Deering, Harper, Herrick,
Hersom, Holman, Jackson, Libby, Nick
erson, Shaw, Spofford, Warehouse,
Wiggin, and Winslow. Mr.. Allan was
paired with Mr.. Grindle. Mr.. Allan
would have voted yes. Mr.. Mallet said
he regarded this liquor question as
grave one and one that he didn't know
how to decide. He voted for the bill,
however. Senator Allan also spoke in
it's favor. Other speeches would have
been made but the hour of six having
arrived the vote was taken, resulting as
| above.
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| speech in favor of the bill. He regarded
| this measure from the standpoint of q
citizen as one OF the most important mat
| tiers that has been before the legislature.
Similar measures had been before past
legislatures and the objections to them
all had been that they were not stringent
enough to prevent dishonest druggists
from selling liquor wrongfully. Mr..
Peaks spoke Of HIS efforts In behalf Ia
| prohibitory laws in ofder to show that
he believed in prohibition but ii was
now the fact Chat IN Piscataquis and
| other counties Of this state under consti-
| tutional prohibition liquor cannot be le-
gally bought for medicinal purposes. In
| every one of the other is states having
constitutional prohibition druggists were
allowed to sell liquor fer msdt-
cine Maine stood siore in thzt regard.
Men who want liquor 70 get drunk on
can get 1t but they buy II ID places from
! ing from after dark. They can get liquor
| for improper purposes, respectable peo-
| pie cannot get it for proper purposes.
Senator Shaw spoke in opposition to
the bill. He claimed that it was founded
on doctrine that wrong, namely, that
| Intoxicating liquors were necessary as
medicine. It was true that many physi-
| clans still believed liquors medicine,
and SO many people but used this doc
trine for using liquor as beverage. Mr..
shaw argued at length in support Of his
position and ventured the assertion that
In the past Is years 90 per cent Of the
people of Maine had not consciously
taken alcoholic liquor. He believed that
this talk about the necessity Of selling
liquor for medicine was all bugaboo;
but Mr.. Shaw thought that the
great majority Of drunkards got
their love Of liquor from first using it
as beverage.
While Mr.. Peaks believed the remon-
strants generally honest in their
opposition, he knew Of one case
where the remonstrant had bought
liquor for medicine only few weeks
ago, and had thus helped an apothecary
render himself liable to fine and impris-
onment. Mr.. Psakes argued that the
prohibitory law could be better benefit
ted if decent people could get liquor for
medicine in q decent WAY. He said that
the increase of the Maine law, the tax