The Portland daily press., 1895-03-21

ana spoke earnestly IN support of the re
solve. Mr.. Barrett's amendment was voted
down 81 TO 6S, and the resolve passed to be
engrossed.
THE SCHOOL FUND.
Then The House tackled Senator Wig
Gins bill to increase he mill tax to one
| and thIee-quarters mills on dollar, and
| correspondingly reduce the per capita
| tax.
Mr.. Wbelden of of Portland moved that
the House concur with the Senate in the
| adoption Of the adverse report. Messrs.
| u llbert of Greene, league of Caribou, kee-
| gan of Van Buren, and Daigle of Madawaska
| opposed the motion and carried their point
The vote resulting Sc to 60. Then motion
| was mace to adopt The report in favor of
the bill but MI. Laneiof Augusta interposed
| motion to adjourn until afternoon which
was carried.
| Mr.. league in speaking for he bill dwelt
| at length on the assertion that the rich es-
| capped taxation while the poor were over
buIdened. We are told he said that we
must not change the tax laws because rich
men will be driven from the state. Wealthy
men from all over the state appeared be-
fore our committee and made that state
ment. The ship owners ask to be exempted
and they are; but the farmers can pay.
Aroostook is the only growing section of
Maine and its prosperity should be promot-
ed by the state. If Aroostook gets more
proportionateiy than other counties it is
because there are greater number of chill
dren in Aroostook
Mr.. heegan WAS as vigorous as usual. To
his mind the reason that no speeches had
been made against this bill was because
the argument was all in its favor. The ar
guhent was all right but the votes were
all the other way.
The vote few minutes later probably
made Mr.. Keegan doubt the accuracy of
| this statement
Ihe Republican party he said is afraid to
press the bill. am glad that ] am not
member of that party.
voice-We don't want you.
MT. heegan was proud that he belonged to
party which always does right. AS Mr.,
heegan's estimate of his party is so far
from the truth as to be misleading it may be
| added that lie is Democrat.
AT the afternoon session the debate was
promptly renewed and the floor was OBJ
| tanned by Mr.. Whelden of Portland who
spoke in opposition.
Mr.. Gilbert of Greene again spoke for the
bill and the report in it's favor was then
| adopted 81 to So. The bill then took its
two first readings and went over under the
| rules. The bill was previously rejected in
the Senate, only three members voting for
it, SO while this action of the House is in
teresting it is guiltless.
nToDnE mo mn
PRIATION WITHDRAWN.
MIR. Roscoe Harding, representing the
opposition to the Gorham Normal school re-
solve has agreed to the passage of the re-
| solve as amended. Mr.. Harding says the
| measure In its present form providing for
| a smaller building than was at first pro-
posed Is not Objectionable and SO he has
Withdrawn the opposition. The resolve
appropriating Sl5OGo will pass the Senate to-
| morrow. 1t would probably have passed
even had the opposition been kept up.
HOW THE GUILLOTINE DESCENDED.
The guillotine was in use in the House
this afternoon. 1t chopped OFF the head of
the listing bill. which had been already
omfortably killed in the Senate. Mr.. Ad-
| ans of Bowdoin, predicted that the bill
would be back again when the next legisla-
ture meets. and as it SENS that the bill has
| nine lives like the typical cat, it may be
here. Today. however, no one made any
objection to concurring in the action of the
Senate.
The resolve making an approprin ton fo-
the collection of data for regimental his
tories was Indefinitely postponed after
some discussion. So was the bill to amend
the school text books law. which Mr.. Lane
called measure in the interest of publish
ers in that it repealed the provision thae
| the text books may not be changed oftener
than once in five years unless by special
vote of the towns. q
The bill relating to the school district
taxes of the defuEct town of Cape Eliza beth
was assigned to tomorrow.
THE COURT HOUSE WILL NOT MOVE.
The Senate, this afternoon, beard three
remarkably good speeches by three bright
men, all representatives Of one county.
Senator Prescott of York told why, in his
opinion, and that of large number OF the
people.of the county, the county seat should
be changed from Alfred to Biddeford or
oaco if the people SO voted. Senators
Mitchell and Higgins opposed the bill and
they had the Senate with them is to 10.
That kills the movement for this year at
least.
THE LIQUOR BILL.
Mr.. Lane OF Augusta, this afternoon,
pitched into House document No. 256 which
is the Dow bill, amendatory TO the prohibi-
tory law as further amended by the COM
mittee ON temperance. When tabloid
this bill, said Mr.. Lane, knew little about
it, except that some of it's provisions need
ed amendment. AS l looked it over ! con-
cluded that it was either the work of a
shrewd mind or of fool. l finally conolud-
ed that it was the work of shrewd mind.
because assumed that the committee knew
the source from which it came and they
would not have reported it had it been
the work of fool.
Mr.. Daggett of Smyrna said that be had
some amendments which he wished to offer
and on his motion this bill was assigned