The Portland daily press., 1895-02-14
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tArorsta February I5-The friends of the
yoman suffrage movement are confident
that the bill will pass the House. and its
opponents are equally sue that it will be
,,eaten in the Senate If that proves to be
the case. the situation will be exactly the
reverse of that of two years ago. Prior to
1881 the eff orfs to secure suffrage Tor
women d id not attract much attention IN
the Maine Legislature, but then an attempt
was maze which created interest all over
the state and since then woman Suffrage
has been leading topic of discussion mere
at every session. In 1887, the demand was
for an amendment to the Constitution
giving TO women the right of full suffrage
Hundreds of women signed petitions 1of
theueasure, and hundreds signed remon-
stranees against it. On the resolve Tor the
necessary amendment to the Constitution
the judiciary committee of 1857 dIvlned
equally IS that OF 1895 has done on the
pending bill fer municipal suffrage. In the
senate. Ibe resolve was passed to he en-
arossed. 10 to L., and in the House, g. to A.
But when 1t came TO the final passage. re-
ouirine a two-thirds vote, the resolve dld
not fare SO well. getting a vote o. ~ to A.
less than the necessary two-thirds in the
House, ana receiving oniy 'ote VI
minority in the Senate, ID TO IA.
Having a vote of Il majority Of the Iegis-
lature of 1887 AL some stage of the proceed
ings il favor of woman suffrage, the aoYo-
Gates of the measure, put it into a shape in
which majority vote would grant their
petition. They accord ingly in 1889 asked
for municipal suffrage. which could be
granted without an amendment 10 the Con-
stitutiop. The matter in that year got only
a minority report from the judiciary COM
,nittee and was defeated AZ to VI In the
House and Is to s in the Senate.
In 1891 the same measure was presented
and the judiciary committee reported
against it. The House accepted the report.
but the Senate voted to recommlt the
question 10 the committee. This the House
refused to do and that. after an attempt TO
secure committee OF conference, ended
tie ma tier.
Better luck attended the campaign of the
next session, for then the committee divided
again, although the majority was still
against the measure. The House voted
down an attempt to adopt the minority re-
port 10 63 The Senate, however. accepted
the minority report l6 to l3. The matter
then was allowed to expire between the Two
houses. The committee divided SIX to foul
On the committee were 1our members OF
this legislature, Senators Seiders and
Higgins were in the majority against the
bill and Messrs. Powers and Aamlin favored
it.
The belief that the bill cannot pass the
Senate is borne out by a canvass Of that
body, The three Senate members of the
Judiciary committee ARE against 1t. o.
twenty-eighs members whose views were
obtained today. sixteen. or a majority op-
posed the bill, eight favored it and four
were not prepared to say how tsey should
vote The views of three Senators were Oh
tained Several members were careful to
say in stating their position that they
might possibly change their minds. The
canvass, however. shows that the sentiment
of the Senate now seems 10 be against the
bill
THE PIGGERY SAVED.
The fate of the $500 piggery hung in the
balance in the House tbs III 1rning. The re-
solve .appropriating $4,000 was called up by
Mr.. Barrett of Canaan. on whose motion il
was tabled Mr.. Barrett offered an amend
meat reducing the amour 10 $4,000, which
he thought would be sufficient.
Mr.. Leighton Cf Columbia Falls. said il
was an admitted fact that the famous Au
susta piggery had received many kicks and
cuffs, both from the publ: press and he
feared IRON members of the House. MIR
Leighton told of the necessity of improve
rnents in the farm buildings. especially as
relates to the piggery now located SO neal
the hospital building as to be offensive.
Mr. Fairbanks of Bangor offered amend
lnent z. striking out that part of the re
solve which permits the expenditure of th'
appropriation for the piggery, barns anf
tool houses and reducing the amount tt
S9500.
Mr.. Peaslee of Wiscasset said that th'
members of this House knew something
about pigs. They knew that the keeping Of
pigs was profitable and Mr.. Peaslee reao
figures to show that that had been the cas'
at Augusta. But in 1889. the profits were
nearly wiped out because of hog cholera due
to the unsuitable place in which the pigs
are kept. Mr.. Peaslee said that but for th'
cholera the profits would be 60 per cent
year from she flock or herd-not. being al
expert on the care of the hog he couldn'
say whether flock or herd was right. ThI
was not a thing to be laughed down. Ih
building is modelled after one at Danver
costing $1,000. It contains not only the phi
pens, but places for the storage OF 1ood AM
sleeping accommodations for two men VIII
care IOf the plBSlGSt anu i4OiI LAcAA ooS'Sa
learn to take a deeper interest IN them.
Mr.. Lane of Augusta, urged the grantln
of The appropriation as business ventur
certain of p1 oitable return.
Mr. Fairbanks of Bangor. said it was abou
time to stop large appropriations. They ha'
been going through here, big and little, an
it was time TO stop them. MI. Fairbank
wanted to know why the profits of the in
stitution were not used for building pur
poses instead of being devoted to the pur
chase of new land.
Mr.. Sanborn of Wa1doboro, said that tn
loss due to hog cholera amounted 10 S7G0l
Mr. Sanhorn urged, however, that the BARI
should be built at ali events, as that wa
greatly needed.
Mr.. NOZZLE OF Lewiston, said, ''Mr.Speake
1t seems to me that this eleventh hou
economy which has come over the spirit o
my brother from Bangor daughter and ap
plause) is not only laughable but it does
great injustice to the institution across tn
river Mr. Noble did NOT be1jeye that any