The Portland daily press., 1895-03-07

''N'AA"'nNhI I'd TO w.
MI. Noble said the friends of the school
rather than have the S60OO wanted the
measure sent TO the next legislature.
MI. Lane insisted an adjournment before
the resolve could be engI ossed.
Inc Gorham normal school will be the
next one to receive attention probably.
Messrs. Bowers, leaslee of W1Scasset and
boothby will sign minority report in favor
OF me $4,000 appropriation Tor the new
building
SORRENTO VS.. SULLIVAN.
The Sorrento-Sullivan divorce case was
called up in the Senate count today and
Senator Wood advocated the separation on
the grounds already presented at the hear
Ing and in The House. Mr.. Wood said that
the fact that Mr.. Frank Jones, who was in
terested in the land company at Sorrento,
was brewer of beer had nothing to do
with this case any more than il would have
been proper for The opponents of the
creation of the new town of Winter Harhor
10 have argued that the town SHOULD not he
Incorporated because of the land company
which had developed it was stock
gambler in Wall street.
Senator Penney. chairman of the commit
wv SAi toNdos tcCk the otbSA sioo anu Odlleu
attention to the fact that only seven mem
bers heard all the evidence. and of these six
signed the majority report sgainst division.
Mr.. Penney submitted that The evidence
showed no ground for this proposed
division. s
Senator Simpson of Hancock, who Is a
resident of the town of Sullivan, also op-
posed the division, in an argument which
macs clear presentation of the views of
the opponents of thu division- He thought
this was scheme TO tax the native popula-
tion 10 death in the interest of corporate
wealth. and referred TO the big lobby which
has been maintained in favor of division.
Mr.. Merrill of Cumberland, and MI. Engel
of Penobscot, favored division in brief
speeches, and the Senate then voted to
take up the bill, 16 to 10. All tho Cumber-
land Senators voted for the division.
THE REGlSTRA TON OF VOTERS.
The amendment so the law providing for
the registration of voters was introduced in
the House today by Mr.. Hamlin. ii adds to
chapter 3o4 of the Public Laws of 1898 the
following section: ''Nothing in this act
shall be construed to require any voter
whesesname is already upon any ward list
I'll IL wv o1bcTWdfuS uON6s lIOiu
to any other ward in said city, t o appear
personally before said board during revision
of the lists in order to transfer his name
from one ward to another"
THE ENON-sECTARIAN AMENDMENT.
q The reports from the Judiciary committee
on the non-sectarian amendment were pre-
sented in the Senate this morning. Messrs.
Spofford, Savage, Hamlin. Haines, Noble,
Parsons and Keegan sign the majority re-
port against the passage of the resolve.
Messrs. Higgins. Larrabee and Enowlton
sign the report in its favor. Pending the
acceptance of either report, they were
tabled for printing on motion of Mr..
Spoford, and next Tuesday assigned for
their consideration.
IMPORT ANT MEAS SURES IN COMMITTEE
A bill relating to the appointment of
women on the Portland school board will be
reported in a new draft. 1t will provide
that the mayor may sappoint three women
to serve one year, the appointments to- be
con drmed by the aldermen. Another i'm
portant bill that the Judiciary committee
viii report is that establishing a highway
commission AS rehrawn the bill provides
for one commissioner at a salary of SI500.
The commissioner need not be civil engi-
neer- He wild be allowed $3.50 annually for
expenses OF office aud an additional sum
fol actual travelling expenses. The bill IN
cooperating the live stock insurance COM
pany will be reported. The judiciary com
mittee does not approve cf the plan for
serving minority representation In boards
of directors by anulative voting.
The fish and game committee will report
resolve making an appropriation of S'5C
for the purchase Of photographs of Maine
scenery to be taken by W. Ii. Gay.
The committee on legal affairs will report
bill authorizing the issue of preferred
stock by the Madison Woolen company.
Byron d. Verrill, E. "a Noyes and
Alpheus G. Rogers were before the banks
and banking committee and advocated a
bill TO prohibit savings banks making in
vestments in street railroad bonds where
fifty per cent of the capital stock has nor
been PAID In; also Dill permitting savings
banks TO require ninety days notice OF with
drawals Oh over S50. Both bills Will be re-
ported.
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