The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-20

Portland without interfering with our
own work. How could the bills be en-
crossed II theJ were sent to Portland to
DC ehgfossed, sent back for correction,
returned to Portland and perhaps put
through this process all over again. How
long would the legislature be kept in
session.? From what Nh. Halnes knew
ahuut other business dohe by the Lake
side Press, be lid not believe the hills
would be enprossed before July. The
Lakeside Press started i'll Auburn where
lt hsd some sort of financial difficulty.
NOW 1t came here by the way of Port
land and asked to do this work. Mr..
names did not believe III awarding this
contract to Deering, who had fought us
III PORTLAND. He believed this contract
had been put III here for the purpose of
making trouble. MIR. Haines was glad
to know that all Portland does not want
tnls contract awarded to this corpora
ton. He read many newspaper opin-
Ions III favor Of awarding the contracts
TO. the Augusta biddefs.
Mr.. Flummer of Dexter, said the gen
tleman from Portland is "A young man
gifted with considerable powers of sar-
cassm and irony, and like many young
men similarly gifted, he is fond of us
ing them. He has used them III opposi-
ton to nieritorious men and measures,
and Mr.. Plummer would urge him in
erection in the future. MIR. Piunimer then
argued that it was not practicable to do
the work outside of Augusta and that
the lneonyenienceS OF doing 1T elsewhere
would probably cause the state more
expense than the saving on the face of
the bids.
Mr.. Dickey of Fort Kent, told OF his
long experience OH the committee on
printing and how the committee had
this year reached it's decision III favor of
Burleigh & Flynt, and Smith & Reid.
! be State printing cannot be done Ill
Portland unless the State House is
moved up there. Major Dickey did not
believe the Lakeside Press would do the
printing cheaper to the state than tine
present contractors. Why, said he, they
wanted to print my picture in book
they were getting up and I took them
one. They showed me over the place
and then said they guessed they'd have
to have SIS. asked for the picture and
got out, and thought / was lucky at
that.
Mr.. Fairbanks of Bangor, said that
A braham Lincoln told Il story once about
swapping horses while crossing stream
Major Dickey-Gr rant told that story.
Mr.. Fairbanks-Well, there's stream
to be crossed here, because the LAX eside
Press has no plant in Augusta. ConSe-
quently Mr.. Fairbanks favored awarding
the work to the Augusta bidders.
/ n Mr.. Pattep of Bath, hit the nail on the
| head when he said that he did not pro-
| pose to GO into the details of this mat
ter, on which SO much remarkable lack
Of knowledge had been displayed, but
he did protest agaiIss the course of the
committee in advertising for bids il the
work is not to be awarded to any but
Augusta concerns. Mr.. Patten was in
elined to think that this contract should
be awarded to Gov. Burleigh, but if he
put in bid for this work two years
hence he did not want to be accused of
making a raid on the state treasury.
Mr.. Lane OF Augusta, also favored
awarding the contracts in Augusta. He
did not understand that the Lakeside
Press put IN bid. They simply offered
to do the work for fifteen per cent less
than present bidders. Mr.. Lame criticized
the work of the Lakeside and said that
he did not understand that it's manager
is a practical printer, but a baker who
han been successful in his own vocation.
The vote was then taken and the con
tracts were approved Is to II.
IN THE SENATE.
the question OF state printing
''efore the Senate this after
R:ggips promptly moved that
sf red tie Thursday, and it was
&gE
PRESCOTT introduced an order
y ssed, that the committee on
/. htnlg and binding pe instructed to
enquire into the expedfency of enacting a
law to regulate the manner and prices
for doing state printing. MI, Prescott
idea is to have the state printer an officer
OF the state chosen by the legislature to
doSthe work at "a price fixed by law.
This system is in use in other states.
The Senate is likely to be busy tomor-
row. On it's calendar are the municipal
suffrage bill, the resolve relating to the
sectarian amendment, the Gorham Nor
NAL school resolve, the Madison division
case, the highway commission billand the
enabling act III reference to the 1or K
county seat. 4bs
The municipal suffrage bill and the
sectarian resolve will not go, and the
Madison case and highway commission
er have been killed in the House
| Friends of Gorham Normal school are
confident of victory, and its opponent
are discouraged. A York county man
said tonight that he would bet two to
/ one fhatsthe enabling act would not
iipass the Senate, but he is opposed to it.
Its friends take Il more hopeful view
GAMBLERS FINES.
A bill was introduced by Representa-.
tive Holbrook today to provide that
| half the fines for gambling shall go Ito
the county instead of the towns and cit
| les as now. The other half goes to the
informant. The bill is understood to
have particular reference to the Portland
Municipal court and will be vigorously
opposed by city officers
| The judiciary committee will give Ia
hearing on it Thursday evening.
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY.
1t is particularly appropriate that a
son OF the late Hannibal Hamlln should
be the man to inaugurate in Maine the
movement which has been endorsed in
other states to make the birthday of A b.
aham Lincoln national holiday. This
morning in n few eloquent words, Mr..
Hamlin moved, that the House atlobt
the following resolutions:
Whereas, A grateful and united ma
| tion recognizes that Abraham Lincoln
was the savior OF his country, as Wash
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