The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-09
THE LEGISLATURE.
The State College Appropriation
+ COlIides With A Veto.
INTERESTING FACTS ON TAX.
ALTON OF WILD LANDS.

A Man in Aroostook Who is Disguised
With the Abundance of Game-The
Bangor, Resolve Went Through the
Senate without Speech Making-Port-
land Merchants demonstrate Against
Abolishing Days of Grace.
Especial TO the PRESS.
Augusta, February Ex-Governor Cleaves.
this morning, surprised the legislature with
a veto message, returning the bill giving
the superintendent OF the Maine Insane
hospital So a day and mileage of ten cents
a mile for his services in visiting the insane
at the State prison. The message. on motion
of Mr.. Prescott of York, was laid on the
ia BILE to be printed. He estimates that each
visit cost the state $24. and the visits may
be made at the discretion of the super1n-
tendent.EThe Governor cites the increase of
salary and the number of assistants of the
superin tendent by the past legislatures and
regards the present bill in effect as still
further increasing the salary. to which he
is opposed.
The veto message calls attention again to
the Governors's statement in regard to
private and special legislation which Will
result in the ia bling of large number of
measures until the legislature has acted
upon the bills reported by the special com
mission. These bills are five in number. On
one, that providing for the formation OF
trust and banking companies. the judiciary
committee has reported fought not to
otl,a efiI1 haf0ra fha M
mittee. They provide for commission with
power to regulate the taking of fish and
game in conformity with the general
statutes, and for the formation of water
compo MICS. electric light and power COM
panies. and telegraph and telephone COM
panies. They will undoubtedly be reported
later in the session but probably not until
the committee makes many changes in
them. ID
The message came as double surprise to
the Senate because several members who
had had objections to the bill had with
drawn them, it is said ON the understanding
that the measure had The approval of the
executive department. Senator Hume had
PROPOSED to table the measuI and Senator
Shaw did so, but afterwards put it on its
passage, SO when they found that the Gov
ernor had refused to sign it they were
doubly surprised.
BANGOR GETS THERE.
The Bangor resolve went through the
Senate without any speechmaking today.
and is now on its passage TO be enacted.
Commander -in-chief Day of the Bangor
forces, received many congratulations after
the vote was taken and the faces OF the
Bangor man are wreathed in smiles. The
vote resulted Is to Z. hut four pairs were
announced which show nineteen Senators
to have favored the measure and eleven TO
have opposed it. So the Bangor forces
gained two over the seventeen OF whom
they claimed to be sure several days ago.
This was the vote:
Yes-senators Day. Engel. Ferguson.
Hoyey. Marston, Mitchell, Penney. Savage,
seid ers. Shaw. simpson. Spofford, Walls.
Weeks, Wiggin-l5. u ,.,,
No-Senators Cook. Gordon, Hill. Morrill,.
Prescott. Reynolds. Wood-T
Senators Ames. Hume. Jackson and Nick
erson. who were paired would have voted
yes. Senators Higgins. Maxwell, stone and
Waterhouse would have voted no.
Senator Harlow did not vote.
WILL TAKE A DAY OFF.
The Senate today. voted to hold a
session at a. m. tomorrow and then ad-
journ until Tuesday forenoon. Senator
Wood extended the invitation of the Port
land Academy of Medicine to the members
of the Senate to attend its banquet at the
Maine Eye and Ear 1nfirmary Monday eve
ming, Mr.. Wood stated that special cars
would be attached TO Monday afternoon S
train and the members would be taken to
Of bo Ana nf
Medicine. The Grand Army men in the
legislature have been asked to attend a
Grand Army meeting in Lewiston on Mon
day evening.
The invitation of the Academy of Medi-
cine was mentioned in the House by MT.
Larrabee in explanation of his order for an
adjournment from Saturday until Tuesday.
and the House passed the order.
TAXATION OF WILD LANDS.
In all the hunting over the state for some
thing to tax. it is strange that up TO now
the building erected in townships taxed as
wild lands should have escaped.
The influx of the sporting fraternity into
the woods mas caused the creation of hotels
and camps costing thousands of dollars, but
far from towns and villages. Senator Mars
taxation of such property as other real
estate is taxed.
Mr.. Ma1ston also introduced this week a
bill to equalize taxation among wild lands
owners. Under the resent law. a whole
township is valued at lump sum and each
land owner pays in proportion to the num-
her of acres he owns regardless of the fact
that one mans timber may have been all
cut and burned off while another's may be
yielding a hand some return each year. Mr..
Marston's bill provides for the valuing of
the property of individual owners and the
payment of taxes accordingly.
Mr.. Marston today presented third bill
designed to remedy errors made ny the state
assessors in their valuations of wild lands.
1t provides that on the first day of May, In
every other year, owners of wild lands shall
file with the state assessors descriptions of
their lands and describing their interest
therein if less than the whole. Abstracts OF
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