The Portland daily press., 1895-03-01

Augusta, February 2s.-Representative
Patten of Bath stood CALAMITY to his guns
today and while he did not convert his
hearers to his views on the liquor question,
he amused ham at times and interested
them throughout his speech, which was
long one. Applause greeted his statements
that he believed the way to enforce prohibit
tion was TO extend the suffrage to women.
Mr.. keegan of Van Buren, said it was
perfectly useless to attempt 10 stem the
tide of Hypocrisy and cant behind tie
prohibitory amendment. If they should
succeed rum wouldn't be made any freer or
less SO. There could be no use talking about
it to this legislature. Whatever they might
think about it themselves they feared their
constituents. What can you do in the face
of unsound public opinion? What can the
Supreme court dor What can the gentle
man from Bath do?
When was called upon by the gentleman
from Bath to favor a measure that is as
dead as Julius Caesar himself. | declined
Nj. Parkhurst of Bangor said the gentle
man from Bath las vigorously, ably and
forcibly presented this matter. ] cannot
hope to add anthing. but / want 10 put my
self on record in this matter. i believe in
temperance. and believe in resubmission.
| hope 1t may be my good fortune to be in
the legislature to help frame some.
Mr.. Patten called for the yeas and nays,
and remarked, sAll up what are you afraid
of. If we are not afraid you ought not to
be-
The vote stood ia opposed TO resun-
mission, and ID in favor. The thirteen are
Measrs. Dickey. Earrow, Geyer. Keegan,
kingman. Lawrence of Lubec, Littlefeld,
parkhurst, Patten. Tolman of Carroll,
Twitchell. Wheeler, Lame. Is HaAl5a as
Mr. Heegan in the course OF his remarks
said this proposition 10 get the prohibitory
amendment out of the Constitution was as
useless as the attempts of crazy men
to get a nonseciarian or rather anti
Christian amendment in the Constitution.
THE CAPE DIVISION.
The hope entertained by some that Cape
Eli zabeth might be made into two towns
this week was finally killed in the Senate
today when Mr.. Warehouse of Cumberland.
by request, m owed that the bill be laid on
the table, that the amendments offered to
ii yesterday by Mr. Cole be printed. and
that next Tuesday be assigned for its
further consideration. In the meantime,
the Cape Elizabeth town meeting has been
called for next Monday. Mr.. Cole. however.
states that that meeting will probably be
adjourned for two weeks to allow the final
passage of the division bill.
THE DAYS NEW BUSINESS.
Mr.. Gilbert of Greene, presented a long
bill today for the protection of dairymeE. It
provides for the testing of articles used in
determining the value of milk or cream SO
that the articles SO used shall bear marks
showing them to have been found to be ex
act. These articles, Including all bottles.
pfpettes or other measuring glasses are to
be used under dill ection of the state expert
Inent station.
Persons whose business requires them TO
certificates of their ability TO do SO from the
state experiment station. Violations of the
act are punishable by fines not less than
SIS nor more than $50. sE
Mr.. Plummer of Dexter, introduced by re-
quest bill to amend the school law to Iro-
vide that towns may decide by vote in an
nual meetings whether they will put their
schools under the care of supervising COM
mittee or supervision of schools, chosen by
ballot. who shall have entire control of the
schools, the arrangement of teachers, etc.
Mr. Tibbetts of Charleston. put in bill
granting town officers the right to close I'M
used roads during the winter months.
Mr. Lane of Augusta, presented today a
bill for the better protection of wives and
ably neglects to provide for the support OF