The Portland daily press., 1895-02-16

Wnlcn Snail be offered anu H'auo Ny 0"A
cities respectively. The amount to De raised
by loan or assessmentkto carry out the pro-
visions OF the bill is not to exceed S7o,OOu.
THE STATE COLLEGE AGAIN.
The battle over the State college appro-
priation was resumed in the Senate thls
morning, when Mr.. Savage made vigorous
speech in opposition to il. DE concurrea IN
all that had been said concerning the lnstl-
tuition, but he didn't believe that the legls-
lature should place money in the hands OF
any hoard to be expended at their own swee'
will. 1T this course Was to be adopted, let
appropriations he placed in the hands OF
other boards, let the boards govern Inc
state. and let IFS 60 home for ten years. But
Judge Savage did not belieye.i in this. what
are we here for? he asked. He didn't be-
leve in mortgaging the work of future
legislatures.
If the faculty of de State college and its
president, in whom Mr.. Savage expressed
the greatest con fdence, came here and
showed that the institution needed new
buildings, Mr.. Savage would vote for the
necessary appropriation, but he would not
vote for Il mea sure putting into the hands
OF board eight years hence S25,000. NO
member of the present faculty might be on
that board Was the Senate TO vote money
to be expended in the future they didn't
know by whom? Senator Savage presented
an amendment giving the college S2o,ouo
annually for the next two years.
Senator Day said that this matter came
as surprise to the advocates of the re-
solve, who had supposed that the vote OF 10
to IS Yesterday had settled the matter. With
this understanding several of the friends of
the measure had left the city. On Mr..
Days motion the resolve and amendment
was IL ade the special assignment for next
Tuesday.
President Harris of the college who has
been here much of tho session. has been an
interested listener to the debate.
THE VETERINARIANS BILL.
This is the new draft of the bill reported
by the judiciary committee concerning
veterinary surgeons
Section mo person, unless he is
graduate of a veterinary college or school,
shall advertise ,orsbold himself out,as such
graduate by the III Sc of any sign, character,
initial letters. or otherwise.
Section Amy Lerson violating the pro-
visions of the foregoing section shall &c
punished by fine not less than i've nor
more than fifty dollars, or by Imprisonment
not more than three months or by both.
NEW BUSINESS IN THE HOUSE.
Mr.. Patten of Bath. presented bill to-
day designed to give minority representa-
ton in bonds of dire tors of corporations.
It p1 Divides that in all elections for man
ayers OF directors of corporations existing
under Maine laws, every subscriber OF
stakeholder shall have the right vote In
person or by proxy for the number of shares
owned or subscribed by him, for as many
persons as there are directors OF managers
to be elect ted. or to cummulate such shares
and vote thereon and give one candidate
as many votes as the number of directors or
managers, multiplied by the number of his
shares.
Mr.. Hill of Portland presented today,
a bill providing that when the incorporation
of town is repealed the custody of school
lands reverts 10 the state land agent. When
the incorporation of a town is repealed the
school funds thereof shall ue collected and
transmitted to tho state treasurer. and by
him made part of the permanent school
fund belonging to such township or tract
distribute them on the same principle
among as many candidates as he may think
it.
County Attorney 6. ". Haseltine Of Ken
nebec, Charles A. True of Cumberland,
Willis T. Emmons of York, ". H. Judkins
of Anroscoggin, Eugene f. Smith OF Ok
ford. Elmer Z. Richards of franklin,
Charles A. Bailey of Penobscot. Wallace H..
Lumhert of Aroostook, NJ. ". Mcintosh OF
Piscataquis, Fred j. Campbell of Washing
ton. E. G. Clark of Hancock, Ellery Borden
of Waldo and Ben s. Collins of Somerset,
petition for the appointment of stenogra-
piers to take testimony in grand jury cases.
They represent that the knowledge that
their testimony was to be preserved would
make some witnesses stick closer to the
truth. and the preservation of the testimony
would save expenses in cases where lndict-
ments not being secured in the first pro-
coed ings, it is now necessary to summon
the witnesses TO testify again before the
Same grand jury. The bill accompanying
the petition provides that a justice of the
Supreme court may appoint stenographer
upon the petition of the county attorney.
Major Dickey presented an order to re-
oufre the committee on education to in
yestigate the expediency of insuring normal
school buildings. The order was passed.
The House passed an order presented by
Mr.. Colin of Bangor, that the daily sessions
begin at 9 a. M. instead of ten, except on
Mondays, when they shall begin at 4.35 p.
IN This means that some members will
have to breakfast earlier than they do now
or miss the opening prayer.
THE ARoosTOoK wARCLOUD.
The Aroostook war cloud continues to
grow and Major General Keegan of the
Van Buren, forces made formal declaration
of war this afternoon when he exclaimed
in the meeting of the Aroostook delegation.
II believe that there are honest men in the
hall above and you and l will talk this
thing over before them" Mr.. Keegan's e.
marks was addressed to Speaker Powers
who had just said that MI. Keegan's amend
ment to the new enabling act to allow the
county 30 vote to take S22S.0O0 of stock te
help the Aroostook railroad build to Ash
| land would not pass the House. The meet
| ing of the delegation was an animated one
MI. Keegan urged the adoption of the
amendment making it a condition of the
new loan that the company shonld first
build to Van Buren, as the president had
promised and as the charter provided.