Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-24
Reports OF Committees.

Reports Of Committees.
Mr.. Fairbanks from the committee on
pensions reported leave to withdraw on
petition of Joel F. Dam, praying that n
pension be granted for services i'll the
Aroostook war.
Mr.. Cole from the committee on ways
and bridges, on an act to amend section
81. chapter 6 of the Revised Statutes re-
lating to ways in unincorporated places,
raported that same be referred to commit
tee on the Judiciary.
Mr.. Packard from the committee on in
land fisheries and game reported ought TO
pass on bill an act to amend section II o,
chapter 40 of the Revised Statutes, as
amended by chapter 15, Public Laws OF
1891, relating to fish and fisheries.
Printed under rule.
Mr.. Spear from the committee on
financial affairs, on petition of Woman's
Christian Temperance Union of Maine,
department for securing homes for home
less children, praying that the sum of
$1,000 be and hereby is appropriated for
the use of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union of Maine, department for
securing homes for homeless children, of
which $500 shall be paid during the year
1895 and $500 during the year 1896; re-
ported resolve in favor of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union of Maine,
department for securing homes for home
less children, and that it ought to pass.
Printed under rule.
Mr.. Niles from the committee on pen
sions ON petition of j. G. Kicker and Others
of Lee, praying that military pension lie
granted to Mrs. Dorothy Stevens of Lee,
reported resolve in favor of Mrs. Dorothy
Stevens of Lee, and that it ought to pass.
Printed under rule.
Mr.. Drummer from tho committee on
inland fisheries and game reported ought
to pass on an act to amend an act entitled
IAN act to incorporate the Maine Sports
man Fish and Game Association, chap
ter 532, Private and Special Laws OF
1898. Read and assigned.
Read and Assigned.
House document No. Is, An act to sup
ply the people of the town of Dexter with
pure water.
House document No. 16, An act in aid
Of the State college.
House document No. IA, Resolve in
favor Of the Temporary Home for Women
and Children in Deering. Assigned for
Wednesday of next week.
Passed TO be Engrossed.
Resolve in favor of the Maine General
hospital.
Passed to be Enacted.
An act to change the name of the
Moosehead Lake Telegraph Co.
An act to amend section 122, chapter
266, Public Laws of 1898, relating to the
militia.
Paper from the Senate.
Resolve declaring the pine cone to be
the floral emblem of Maine in the national
garland of flowers.
Mr.. Noble of Lewiston said that he
desired to place the House in information
as to this procedure.
At the Woman's Congress held in
Chicago during the Worlds Fair, a ma
tiohal garland was proposed, to consist of
flowers to be selected by the individual
states, to form national garland, which
should embody at once state individualism
and national patriotism. Societies were
formed in the different states to carry
forward this project, and in our own
State the Maine Floral Emblem Society
was organized, last March, and since that
time has been employed in informing the
people of the State of it's aims and pro
iccts, to the end that an intelligent ballot
might be had by the people of the State
upon the flower to be placed in that gar
land. That ballot has just closed with
the result that the pine cone, with vote
Of IL, All out of a total vote of 19,0SS, has
been selected by the people of this State
as the flower to be cntwincd in our ma
tional garland.
Congress has intimatcd, through its
representatives, that appropriate legisla-
ton, looking to the adoption of "a national
garland, will be passed as soon as the
several state Legislatures have legalized
the choice of the people. That is the
question, today. The people have ex-
pressed their choice; we are called upon
to legalize that choice The Senate has
passed this resolve without reference to
any committee, and it does not seem
desirable that it should be referred to any
comittee. therefore ask the indulgence
of the House that this resolve have its
several readings at the present time and
be passed to be engrossed.
The motion was agreed to and the rules
were suspended and the resolve received
its two several readings and was passed
to be engrossed without reference to any
committee.
Orders Of the Day.
On motion of Mr.. keegan of Van Buren,,
bill an act relating to the Rockland Water
Co. was taken from the table and put up
on its passage to be engrossed. ..a
On Il11ti1n, Of Mr. -l.ill,nrt Of