The Portland daily press., 1895-01-24
LEGISLATIVE DOINGS.


as may be req uired by the governor and
council. Said clerk or storehouse keeper
and any other necessary clerk employed by
the governor and council shall receive such
compensation as the governor and council
may fix and be removable at their pleasure.
"All Intoxicating liquors, purchased az
aforesaid, after the arrival at suclf store
house in this state, shall be. tested by a
competent assayer, and certified by him to
be pure and unadulterated, before they
shah be shipped to any town agency. The
governor and council are hereby authorized
TO employ competent assayer and empower
him to enter. at any time and without
notice, any town agency in his state to test
the purity of the wnols or any part of any
Intoxicating liquors kept therein"
I. Section two requires municipal officers to
buy all The liquor needed for town agencies
of the official storekeeper.
Section three makes it the duty of the
committee of the executive council to keep
a record of their doings and report to the
governor. NJ
Section four forbids towns TO sell liquor
, at any material increase over the cost. after
including the expense of maintaining the
town agency. Towns violating this pro-
500 nor more than $500.
Section five gives justice of tie Supreme
court right TO remove town liquor agent
and enjoin the town from maintaining an
agency if after hearing on the written
complaint CT legal voters of the town. such
agent is found to have violated the law.
Section six provides for the purchase of
liquors In the stock of the liquor agent at
the time this act Is passed.
1t will be noticed that this bill of Mr..
Shaw's is similar in many respects to that
presented in the House by Mr.. Williams of
Augusta. but unlike that, includes & re-
quirement for the assaying of liquors. !.
THE VARIOUS ssSHoRE LINES
All Washington county or many of its
leading men, were here today to tell The
railroad committee about the Washington
county railway, the shore line ard the en-
aiding acts 20 allow the county to vote aid
to either of the projects. Bills are before
the committee to extend both charters.
Among those here are ex-senator Nash.
Hon. Archibald MacNichol, Gen. S. D..
Leavitt, Col Green and others. Hon George
P. Wescott of Portland was also in the city.
He is=inferested in the Penobseot and ST.
Crox bill. permitting Calais to cancel its
claims against that road on the condition
that 1t shall be extended. to Tpmah on the
Maine CentTsI as Already prtnfed. Mr..
Wescett ~ Understood to be- working in
harmony with the Washington county rail-
way people, who will support his plan
should their own meet with reverse. Col.
Green is sort of FREQ lance. and the
friends of the other char ter say he issfead-
ing forlorn hope. But the Colonel seems
as buoyant andsenergetic as he has IN past
years when he has been here to tell the law
makers about the shore line.
The hearing before the railroad committee
developed into series of pretty vigorous
speeches and at late hour tonight the
Washington county people are still at it..
Hon. Archibald McNichols opened the bill
in brief speech in advocacy of the Wash
ington county road and its enabling act
allowing the county to take 100000 in pre-
ferred stock. Then Mr.. Lawrence of Lubec
took the floor to oppose the raising of money
by the county on the ground that his town
and those adJoning" did not benefit as did
others. He referred to taxation without
representation and said this scheme was in
famous. Its promoters had tried every way
to get railroad. bat going down into their
pockets and laying down their money. They
wanted Mr.. Iawrence's people to give them
the few dollars they had saved by living
on herring and potatoes. These gentlemen
lowered like flies around a molasses jar.
They would build if money was given to
them. Mr.. Lawrence wanted them to have
the road. but thought they should pay for
it. If the tax was levied, che wassauthorized
al he ua,,lf3 ssafa We
VIII put brave old Col. Sufnn eg atgUT head
apd fight 1T to the last drop = 81 Blood" said
Mr.. Lawrence. 80, 80 ..o,s
Mr.. MatNtehol replied. He said il the
gen tfe4narfss arg uinent was carried out we
never should hapeanyt thing Iots2oof men
paid. their,taxes only beca use the law made
them. Inzthe language Of Cow, Waite. they
were going to have blood to the brides out
in Colorado, but that kind of talk was not
popular in the East The gentleman had
threatened bloodshed with Col. Sumner at
the head Of the army. Nj. MacNichol did
not think representative should use that
kind of language Aroost ook people did not
derive b, nsft equally from their road, but
it was of great benefit to the whole county
and the whole state for all that.
Gen. Murray of Pembroke then opened the
case for the petitioners for the extension of
Col GREEN'S charter, calling attention to
the fact that althousaEd ofdhe representa-
tive men of the county had signed them.
The shore line was ready to build with its
road located and surveyed The other com
pany had only organized.
After some sparring it was decided that
the directors TO the shore line charter
should pat in their evidence so that Col.
Green could make reply. Gen S. D. Leavitt,
Senator Ames. J. E. Clark Of Calais ex-
Senator Nash and others told of their belief
that Col. Green could not build his road and
that no road could be built if two charters
were granted. Mr.. Clark said he had seen
letters from financiers. saying that they
would not go into the enterprise with Col.
Green. President Wilson of the Maine
Central had made such statement and Mr.
Clark understood that Hon. Fred E.
Richards was of the same mind. Mr.. Glea-
son Campbell said that he should like to see
Col Green Duild the road, but he did not
think he should live to ride on it.
Judge Downs, Mr.. Nash and others ex-
pressed their confidence in Col. Green. per-
sonally, and their willingness that he
should huild the road if he could, but they
did cot believe he could.