The Portland daily press., 1895-02-02
IN Thu LEGISLATURE.
Bangor May Lose Her Coveted
Insane Hospital.
A LEXOW PROVISION IN REGARD
TO BRIDE TAKEN.

The Washington County Railroads etlli
Far From Settled-Important Health
Bill acknowledgements Hotels are
Making Hay While the Legislative Sun
shines-Gossip From the State Capital.
Especial TO the PRESS
Augusta, February l..-These are the days
when Augusta hotel keepers wear an ever
changing air of prosperity and great good
nature. The third house has begun lis
sessions and when the night trains leave
the Representative of the people who have
come up to help the other representatives
do their work, the hotel clerk smiles bland
ly as he gays, 81 can give you cot In the
parlor. sir. They're very nice cots. 30 the
parlor is turned into n dormftory ana LOOKS
like hospital ward. with six or seven co.'s
and a folding bed ranged around the walls
The large rooms ordinarily used by CONNER
| cial travellers are likewise turned into par
racks and as midnight approaches, members
| of the third house may be seen sitting on
| the beds, for the chairs have been removed
! 10 make room for the cots, getting ac-
ouainted before tuning i'll for the night. IL
is then that the thought will come to some
/ that perhaps the law makers of 1852 were
not so entirely wise after all when, to use
fayoriue expression of the third house man.
| 1.-THE legislature in its wisdom" declded 70
! keep the state House where it4would 90 the
Augusta hotels the most good
This session began quietly. Like tie
famed month of March, it came in ike
lamb. It hasn't gone out yet and II LOOKS
| now as'if it wouldn't until the month OF
1 March, but the lion has already began 20
roar.a The first delegation of third house
members comprised large portion of the
residents of Washington county who came
up to explain to the railroad committee Inc
i little difficulty they have Eeen experiencing
/ in building a railroad. That hearing was
the first excitement of the session. The In
defatjgable Col Green, alert and energetic,
is still here looking atter the shore line IN
| terest and SO is Judge Downs of Calais,
who represents the Washington county rail-
way
The battle over Canaan pond has been
fought and settled so farIas the committee
is concerned, but that too was a lively near
ing, Then we had the three cornered town
Hgbt-Lewiston, Green and Webster-and
that brought to the capital large number
OF the dwellers by the Androscoggin. from
Gouldsboro came another crowd 10 favor
and oppose Winter Harbor's hopes Of lndc-
pendent municipal existence and the nights
they we're, the cots came into the parlors.
10 get to Augusta from Northern Aroos-
took is quite a task but when the Aroos-
took people want anything, they evidently
believe in going after il, SO the night before
the hearing on the question of establishing
a normal school al Houlton the Pullman
train from Bangor had nearly carload OF
the hustling business men from the Paradise
of Potatoes. Those of them who coulndt
get cots kept on to Gardiner in search OF
hotel acc ommodat on.
But after all the greatest demonstration
made in the third house, was that of the
women yesterday, and their great gathering
uudoubte eddy made an impression on the
minds of the law makers. AS members OF
the third branch OF the legislature. the
. ladies have shown their power. Today.
! there were many reminders of yesterday S
crush Ladies who had remained in the city
over night gave the State House he pleas
IRE of their presence, and members were
heard talking woman suffrage. But one
elderly man, evidently dlsbeliever. was
heard to remark. IF that crush was the be-
ginning of woman suffrage. Heaven defend
us from the rest of it,"
Among other ways in which the ladies
presented their cause to the law makers was
the circulation of pamphlets containing ex-
tracts from remarks of Hon. j. s. Clarkson,
Hon. Il. B. Reed and Hon. Percival Bonney
in favor of woman suffrage. This evidently
led Lady Somerset into an error when she
said that she noticed among prominent men
of Maine who favored the women's cause,
..the Hon. Clarkson, the Hon. Reed and the
Hon. Bonney."
Lady Somel set left Augusta on the Pull
man Immediately after the meeting at the
Orera house. Mrs. Stevens had engaged for
her the state room in the sleeping car. and
saw the distinguished visitor comfortably
ensconced there before the train started. In
the other cars. SO large was the number OF
tired but happy women. homeward bound,
that when the train left the station may
were standing in the aisles of the cars. A
special train was, run to Watervllle after
the meeting.
The work of the week is practically over.
The Senate this morning adjourned until
Monday, but the House will hold a sshort
session tomorrow, and that brings up. IN
connection with the question of Saturday
session, the report that member who can
not get home Sundays proposes to introduce
an order that members who absent them
selves Saturdays shall have suitable
amount deducted from their generous
salaries.
THE BANGOR HOSPITAL.
After being referred to the finance COM
mittee and the insane hospital committee
that resolve appropriating Sl0O,00o Tor the
enlargement of the Augusta asylum mas
been referred to the joint special committee
on Eastern Maine hospital. Senator Day
chairman of the committee, says he has
never had any objection to the reference.
The reports of the committee on the Sl5o,'
900 Bangor project were assigned to next
Wednesday in the House today, the vote &C
,o,,4ir,, I,a mo jori+y renort being recon