Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-02-20
A HARVEST
Of Committee Decisions Made
Ready for Today.
That Rowland Bridge Project Meets
With Favor.
Fish and Game Bills, School Appropriations
and Other Matters Of Interest.

The session in the House was brief.
and of no particular interest. At its
close many of the members went into
the Senate chamber, which, at 1O.3 80,
was packed with people, expcctant OF
interest connected with the proposition
to amend the State college resolve.
A bill was introduced to allow the
Rockland, Thomaston & Camden Stree,
Railway to construct and maintain tracks
and overhead construction, with ncces
sary bridges, over and across navigable
tide waters within said towns of Thomas.
ton and Warren, provided the company
maintain suitable draws
Mr.. knowlton of Portland introduced a
bill to provide that whenever any trial,
investigation or proceeding, which it is
the duty of a county attorney to conduct
or attend, is in progress or is to be had,
and which shall involve question of the
faithfulness, integrity, competency or
any misconduct of sheriff, deputy
sheriff, constable, officer of police, or any
other official charged by law with duties
similar to the duties imposed by law upon
either of such officers, any Judge of the
supreme court, or the judge of the
superior court of the county within which
such proceeding is to be had, shall,
whether in term time or vacation, upon
the application of the county attorney,
designate some person other than any
such officer to serve subpocnas on wit
ncsscs in any stage of said proceeding
which are or may be ordinarily served by
a sheriff or his deputy.
A resolve was put in by Senator Wood
to appropriate $500 annually for two
years to be expended under the direction
of the land agent for indexing plans and
records in the land office, in accordance
with the directions of the Legislature of
1893.
A resolve appropriating $4,000 for each
of the two years, for use of the commits
sioner of sea shore fisheries, under the di-
rcction of tho Governor and Council, was
introduced by Senator Nickerson.
.!Olco" Continued.
The hearing on the subject of "oleo'
was continued by the remonstrants
against the repeal Of the law. Mr.. Spear
referred to the reasons that led to the
change in the law of 1888. Under that
law the dealer did not observe the law.
Exactly the same arguments were then
made against the change that are now
made for the repeal Tho burden is now
upon the petitioners to show why the law
should be repealed. They should give
good reasons, not the same as they gave
10 years ago when the burden was upon
those who wanted the law changed. We
are willing that the people Of this State
shall eat oleomargarine If they want it,
but we ask this to be done so as to pre-
vent fraud upon these "poor people. F"
The law advocated by the remonstrants
will allow the sale of olcomargarine pro-
vided it be not colorcd in imitation of yol-
low butter or cheese. The petitioners say
they don't wish to sell this for butter.
Now If their statement is true this bill is
all they ask for. But from testimony
prior to 1885 and since tho testimony OF
these men that they are selling this arti-
Gle as such is somewhat questionable.
The purpose of our blll Is
that the boarding house keeper
shall know what he is buying and the
boar,ler shall know what he is eating.
He had information to show that some OF
these dealers have not only sold in viola
ton of State law, but in violation OF the
United States law He would show that
the practise of the agents for ''oleo Is &c
20 to the dealers and urge them to sell II
for butter. There are some remonstrants
here. and there are about $50 petitioners
who don't represent the "poor people,
who want to buy it, but the dealers who
want to sell it.
Secretary McKeen explained what had
been done to enforce the law, violations
of which was brought to his attention
Parties holding United States ilcehs'
had been warned not to sell in vioiatioi
of the law. He told of the work iatel
done by his agent, Mr. Weeks, who bough
large number of samples. In only tw'
cases was the words 'butterine' or oieo
margarine mentioned. Butter was aske'
for, and the article was taken from PACK
ages where it was put up as butter, AM
sold to him as butter.
Wallace S. Weeks of Vassalboro, tes1i
fled to making purchases under the direc
ton Of Secretary McKeen, OF oieomar
garine. At A. r. Halls, Portland, n
bought pound of butterine and paid :
cents for it. Again, Feb. . or {, ne wen
into Halls and asked for butter and go
half pound of butterine. 1t was marke'
Eastlake. That morning he bought