Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-03-30

character sEid your eminent public services.
GOV. Cieayes Mr. President, senators,
and gentlemen of the House of Represen-
tatiyes. to Ssy that am profoundly I'M
pressed with this manifestation of your
confidence and your esteem is but feebls,
very feehly To express the deep emotions OF
my heart During the Legislative session
about TO close have received from all the
kindest courtesy and gentiemanly treat
rnent. Yours has been a most iaborious
and artiuous session. More matters have
been before YOU during the time you have
been in session than ever came before a
Legislative body that assembled within this
ball. You have labored with untiring in
iustry. while there have been differences
of opinion YOU have all been governed
by a high sense of honor, by diligence and
industry and believe YOU have all la
bored here for the best interests and for tie
advancement and prosperity of our grand
State.
And, nv friends, the associations We
have formed here, the friendships we have
formed will 90 with US through our whole
lives, and | wish for you all a safe return
to your homes and TO your loved ones, and
my sincere wish is. 10 each and all of YOU
that your lines shall be east in pleasant
places.
Resolve on the pay roll of the House
came from the House passed 10 be en-
crossed, and the Senate passed the same TO
I he engrossed.
/ Resolve relating to constitutional amend
ment prohibiting appropriation of money
! for sectarisn institutions came from the
/ House the House Insisting and calling for u
committee of conference.
| On motion of MIR. llill of kennebec the
/ Senate roncurred in the appointment of a
committee, and the Chair appointed MesSrs.
! Hill, Libby and Winsl0w on the part of the
Senate.
The following bills were passed to he en-
acted out OF order.
AN ACT
10 authorize the Maine Sh"re iiuc Railroad
20. 10 el"c,ricty 40 well as steam for ,h'
motive power.
ra prpliibi the taking Of fish in any manner
through the ice in Long, tuw and Greeley
pond.
T1 amend sees - and 81, ehap. 70 Revised
Statutes, relating TO Insolvency,
10 amend sec. l. chap -, OF the Puhhr Laws Of
lspi, relating 10 the salaries OF assistant SUI
perinlendcut>, steward and matron OF the IN
SAM hospital.
To incorporate, the oxford Light and Power
Co.
10 amend chap ei Of the Special Law. OF isdl,
EaiWas co.
Relating 10 the naturalization OF foreigners.
Relating TO the settlement Of unc"lsC;rd
taxes against the Grand Trunk Railway OF
Canada.
Authorizing the city Of Bangor To construct n
bridge over kcnduskcag stream near tn" Eu
rupcan x North American Railroad bridge
10 ncNicnd The charter of the brunswick ti"c-
iric Railroad Company.
RESOLVE
Relative tn the appointment Of commission t"
take under consideration the subject of pri
Nate and special legislation.
Relating 70 the representation of Mnipr at the
w"rId', Columbian Exposition at Chicago on
the day specially set apart for tn" State Of
Maine
In favor Of the Maine state Library.
The President OF the Senate WAS then
presented with his portrait, and in pre- sent
ing the same Mr.. Libby of Androscoggin
said
The members of the Senate of 1888 have
imposed upon me the pleasing duty of pre-
senting a small token of their esteem to the
presiiing officer who has acted during the
present session. have been requested to
present to you, Mr. President, the portrait
which yon see before you. Undoubtedly
YOU will recognize it, as We all recognize II,
and when yon look at it YOU will he able to
see in imagination, assembled in double
row, the members of the Maine Sen
ate of 1893. We hope that you
will live over again with us in
memory, as we shall live over again
in memory, the pleasant scenes that
have transpired during the present session
of the Legislature. We met here many of
us. as strangers | am sure that we can
say tina; we part as friends | can saw that
| shall carry away with me nothing but the
most pleasing memories. TO 90 with me
through all my life, and | trust that This
will he the experience of every member of
the Senate of 1898 The duties that we
have discharged during this session, while
they may not have have been done with the
greatest wisdom, yet feel at this time that
they have been done with an attempt, at
least, on the part of all to act for the
greatest good OF the greatest number in tins
grand old State of ours. And am sure
that | voice the sentiments of
all when say that the
presiding officer of this Senate has left
no duty undone, no trust undischargcd,
that he has been able to do.
This gift, Mr.. President, we do not pre-
sent to you on account of any value. but it
is given as an expression of the heart. A.
you look upon it it will not appear to be
crowned with any claplet of bay or laurel,
but we trust that you may be able to see 1t
in Imagination wreathed about with the love
and trust of the Senate of 1893.
President Spear; Could | find words to
give expression to my sentiments it wouli
he pleasure were | to speak them, but
words cannot express the relations which
exist between me and my fellow senators.
| came here at the beginning
/ of this session and was given
this place by your unanimous voice. ! came
with the determination to the best of my
ability to fulfil the trust imposed upon me-
aud / can say now that | have endcavorcd
4 to 10 it. But so pleasant have been the du-
/ ties that although know | have made many
( errors and been guilty of many faults. so
I kind and so f0rhearing have been my fellow
senators that those very faults and errors
have seemed more like projections. can
truly say that have received from every
/ scnator upon this floor as great courtesy as
any man can ever be entitled to, as great
consideration and as much forbearance as
anv nan can possibly deserve.
While | thank my fellow senators
for their kindness and for
heaVance during the session, !
should not be true to myself or to the Sen
ate of Maine dill not say word in re-
garl to the able assistance of our secretary
aud assistant secretary, our messenger, and
our boys. Perhaps the highest word of
praise can say of our secretary is that, in
nv experience here As vour presiding Of
ticer, an'l perhaps have hal better oppor
tunl,ics to know than auv of you, such has
been his ;iielty his zeal, his earnestness
anA his ability that not one single mistake
has passed over NV desk 1t is marvel
that the business of this Senate should be
done with such accuracy.