The Portland daily press., 1895-03-14

on the other side. and the battle went
nlerrily along. Mr.. league claimed that
! the county and the company had done all
they could do and he believed the company
would build to Van Buren, as soon AS it
could. No amendments were necessary. Inc
bill was all right as it was and Nj. league
hoped that it would be passed. not because
he believed in it, but because this company
which had done SO much for the county
wanted the people to vote on it. NJ. league
told o. the formation of the company and
said that if-the first loan against which the
gentleman had voted, had not been passed
there would not have been a rod of railroad
IN Aroostook today. Mr.. league declared
that Mr.. keegaa's statements regarding t he
position of the members of of the Aroostt ok
delegation We're libel. Mr.. league hoped
that the road would be built TO Van Buren,,
out eSen If the road was graded to that
place. the company could not build it now.
the money not being forthcoming owing to
the whitening touch of the hand of the
democratic party on the industries of the
country. When it was still uncertain
whether the road could be completed to
CARIBOU nobody there dreamed that it was
because he company was not honest.& Fl
Mr.. leagues part commanding Officer
IN the battle took but fifteen minutes. He
was also applauded.
| Major Dfckey then took the field ue
sald, Il have learned in my expelie fence that
you cannot build a railroad unless you have
the money, and capitalists will not put
their money into road unless they think il:
will pay. We have seen that in stock.
| We have seen a railroad built with remark
able speed, and skilfnlly engineered, but
when 1t comes to building 10 Van Buren,
the moneyed men say that it won't pay and
they won't furnish the money. 1 have
known President Burleigh since he was
boy and know him to De fine man. Now
about the letters be has written. | suppose
he wrote those letters 10 get votes, and he
got EN-. daughter. We all know howrthat
is done. (naughter) We'd all do the same.
(Laughter) don't blame him.
MIR. Dickey said that while a railroad 10
V an BuIen wouldn't. in the opinion of
moneyed men. pay four pei cent, they did
think road 10 Ashland would pay by de-
yeloping new country, and SO they were
willing to put money into it. Major Dickey
said all these desirable things would come
in time. When he went into the Aroostook
country. there were no bridges and no
roads, except brush roads. There were no
school houses. He had always tried 10 do
what he could for the county and the Iegis-
latufe had generously aided him, but you
could not have everything all at once.
Mr.. Daigle of Madawaska. supported Mr..
Keegan.
Speaker Powers as the next to appear
in the front of the battle. He said that this
was matter peculiarly relating to Aroos-
took county, and it had been settled by the
Aroostook delegation, acting with only two
or three dissenting votes. Mr.. Powers said
be had signed neither report, because he
was Interested in the building of the road
and he did not want it understood that he
had used any influence be might possess
with The delegation to secure the passage of
tEls Dill. The gentleman from Van Buren,
was sincere. hut MI. Powers thought his zeal
had got the better OF his Judgment Mr..
Powers said, am one of those hard hear ted
land owners of which the gentleman has
spoken. but it may not be generally known
that the land owners of AToostook paid
from half to tllree-quaters Of the cost of
this railway. 1t was not true that the
Leople of Ashland did not want this line.
They did want it as well as the people OF
Masardis through which it passed. And
they had not supposed that when they
voted for the first loan that PUT themselves
into such position chat they could not
have railroad unless one was built to Van
Buren,. Mr.. Powers maintai that if any
bill was to be submitted to the people, it
should be satisfactory to one side or the
other. Consequently he opposed the change
suggested by Mr.. Keegan. The company
said that If fore al n 6nfch ho+], ro,ds "a
once. they might be able to build neither.
1t might be that ii was not wise to grant
the aid. Mr.. Powers thought the Aroostook
people could be safely left to determine
thar question for themselves. MIR. Powers
was applauded when he closed.
The battle ragged sometime longer, Mr..
Parsons speaking eloquently in support OF
the bill and against Mr.. Keegan's amend
ment. and that gentleman making several
lively sorties into the thick of the fray
Mr.. Keegan stuck to his colors to the last,
He tried TO get yea and nay vote, but did
not succeed. The amendments were over
whelmingly voted down and Mr.. Keegau
moved to indefinitely postpone. This was
beaten and the bill passed to be engrossed.
So closed the fierce but hopeless battle of
Van Buren,.
THE STATES LIQUOR STORE.
The bill which the Judiciary committee
will report relating to the state liquor
agency, while is is not as radical as the
bills referred to the committee, is believed
TO throw around the agency system safe
guards that will make certain the salo of
only pure liquors. First, all the liquors
must lie dispensed from central store
house, where they must be kent instead of
being sent to town agencies directly from
the storehouses of Wholesale liquor dealers
in other states. Then instead of a state
assayer whose visits IL might be possible to
anticipate. the bill provieds that the gov
ernor and council may at any time appoint
any suitable person to analyze and report
upon the liquors in any town or city agency
or in the storehouse of the state agency.
Agents would have no knowledge of the
coming of this inspector until he walked in
to their places and went TO work.
MEM ORAL EXERCISES.
The Senate this forenoon held memorial
exercises for the late Gen, John l.. Hodg-
don. Senator Engle presented and moved