Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-23

journal of yesterday read and approved.
Papers from the House passed in con-
currence.
Read and Assigned.
An act to make valid the calling of the
annual town meeting in the town of
Windham for the year of 1895. Laid on
the table to be printed.
An act to regulate the practice of medi-
cine and surgery.
On motion of Mr.. Hume of Washington
this bill was laid on the table pending
its second reading, and Tuesday next
assigned for its consideration.
An act to relieve the inhabitants of the
town of Cape Elizabeth from inequalities
of burdens imposed by chap. 216 of the
Public Laws of 1898.
An act to incorporate the Wilton Water
Company.
this bill was read second time and passed
to be engrossed under suspension of the
rules
An act to incorporate the Wilson Lake
Water Company.
On motion of Mr.. Stone of Franklin
this bill was read second time and passed
to be engrossed under suspension of the
rules
An act to incorporate the Somerset
Traction Company.
On motion of Mr.. Hovey of Somerset
this bill was read second time and passed
to be engrossed under suspension of the
rules.
Resolve in favor of the directors of the
Maine A gricultural Experiment Station.
An act to provide for clerk hire by the
register of probate of Hancock county
Laid on the table to be printed.
Majority and minority reports of the
committee on judiciary on order of the
Legislature to inquire into the matter of
whether the European and North Ameri
can Railway Company has complied with
the conditions upon which certain lands
were granted to it, etc, the majority report
being that legislation thereon is inexpedi-
ent the minority report being in bill
relating to the same matter and that it
ought to pass, came from the House with
the majority report adopted.
Mr.. Higgins of York moved that the
Senate concur with the House in the
adoption of the majority report
Mr. Hume of Washington said that he
matter He said that it was we'll known
to every citizen of the State of Maine that
that European and North American Rail
road business was one of the most unmiti
gated steals that ever.-wa perpetrated. !
Mr.. Higgins said that the committee
went into this matter from beginning to
end, and that every act and resolve, every
public paper that could be produced which
related at all to this MATTER was produced
before the committee, and that they con-
sidered them ALL He acknowledged that
the senator from Washington had this
justification for his remarks that by GER
tain parties this thing had been called a
steal. He said that there was no proof of
any steal before the committee, and that
they could not report i'll any other way
on the evidence before them. He said
that this matter had been thoroughly con-
sdered by the committee, and had been
fully debated in the House, and he failed
to see the need of debating it here at this
late period of the session, but that if a de-
bate would do any good he was perfectly |
willing to have u debate, and to discuss |
the matter at any length. He said that
his own idea of this matter was that ii
had been brought up in order to form |
political capital for some one, and he be
lieved that there was no real foundation |
for the charge that it was steal.
Mr. Hume said that Washington county |
was today suffering on account of this
steal. He said: Why has not Washing
ton county had a railroad? Why was not
the railroad bill through Washington
county and Hancock county as it ought |
TO have been? Why were they left out;
Simply and solely because the people who
carried through that European and North
American Railroad steal wanted that
railroad to go through these timber lands,
in order that they might get possession OF
those lands, and they did go through
there, and they got those lands. and they
lid steal them! l know all about the de-
bates, and the lobbying at that time and
The efforts of the gentlemen who came
here and pushed this matter through.
know all the facts about the affair at that
,ime That has gone by. do not know
;he condition of things today, and l rise
20 ask for information about this major
ity report If there is anything wrong
here, let us know about It, l say l am
'amiliar with the matter of this European
md North American Railroad. If that
.Oau nau nOU Deeu Dulib OVER tudt bou- |
orsaken country, where even crow that
lies over has to carry his own rati0ns, we
should today have had a legitimate con
lection with the British provinces, we
hould have had the advantages of a direct
inc of railroad connecting us with the
provinces, and today we are shut off from
hese advantages simply and solely be-
.ause a particular class of men desired
% get hold of the lands of the State, and
lid get hold of them.
Mr.. Savage of Androscoggin: As one
# the committee who signed the majority
eport desire to explain our position on
his matter. do not know what took
,lace 90 years ago. The facts before the
committee showed that the State of Maine
granted to the European and North
American Railroad all its rights to a large
number of Townships good deal of land,
m certain conditions. One of these CON
litions, and the one which was urged be-
ore the committee as the reason why this
should now be had, was that
whenever the Governor and Council