The Republican journal., 1897-03-25
The Maine Legislature.
What Is Said and Done at Augusta.

March IT, There were long and busy ses
slons IN both branches to-day. Several new
| measures were introduced in the House
among them bill to regulate the work O
lobbyists, drawn up after the Massachusetts
law; bill repeating present insolvency law
and creating new set of laws; bill providing
that no salary of county or State official.
shall be raised for 10 years bill giving fisl
wardens the right to operate anywhere il
the State.
In the Senate after the disposal of routine
business, the State College resolve was takel
up az unfinished business. Savage of An
droscoggin and Engel of Penobscot made
long speeches, one for and one against the
large resolve for the college. Other speeche:
| were by Billings of Waldo and Roberts o
Oxford for the college and Walls of Knox
against it. At 1l.15 the Senate voted II tt
IA, to non-concur with the House vote O
$50 900 for 10 years. 1t adopted, IS to 13, the
amendment granting $40, 900 for 10 years anc
voted, II to IA, that tuition be charged to al
| students, The Senate refused, Is to 13, tt
make the appropriation for two years only
| instead of ten as first voted.
| In the House the resolve in favor of the
| Eastern Maine Insane Hospital aroused de
bate. Austin of Milford offered an amend
| ment aboishing the commission, which was
| lost. Smith of Presque Isle moved to indef
nltely postpone the resolve and spoke hall
an hour IN defense of the motion. The mo-
tion was opposed by Dickey of Fort Kent
/ Winslow of Portland and Hamilton of Mat
tawamkeag, and supported by Whelden OF
| Portland and Pattangall of Machias. After
other speeches the House adjourned at / 80
without vote on the Bangor Insane Hos
pital, and will continue the debate to-mor
row and vote the motion to indetinitel Y
postpone the resolve.
March IS. In the House this morning it
was voted to reconsider the previous action
on hn Sfnt.a ,f,1l a,,l, Il
motion of Gel. Stetson of Bangor it was voted
to concur with the Senate vote of $50 900 for
| 10 years, with tuition from students. The
resolve thus passed to be engrossed. Many
committees reported and much routine work
was done. The only measure introduced
was an act to legalize the organization OF
| Palmyra Grange, No. 316
1t was voted to hold two sessions daily
| except on Saturday, Sunday and Monday
till adjournment. One session is to be held
on Saturday and Monday.
| The resolve for the Eastern Maine Insane
| Hospital came up as unfinished business, the
| pending motion being to indefinitely post
| pone. The first speaker was Mr. Philbrook
| OF Waterville, in favor of the resolve. He
was followed By Talbot of Lewiston, Palmer
| of Bangor, Fogler of Rockland, and Pearl of
| Bangor, for the resolve, and Pattangall of
Machlas, Walton of Skowhegan, Smith of
Presque Isle and Hamilton of Bddeford
| against. At 80 vote was taken and tine
| House voted, 80 to 50, to indefinitely postpone
the Eastern Maine Insane Hospital resolve.
In the Senate the feature of the day was
the debate on the resolve for the Newport
Soldiers Home. MesSrs. Morrill, of Cum
beriand and Billings of Waldo favored the
resolve, and Reynolds of Cumberland and
| Walls Ci Knox opposed it, The Senate re-
fused by vote OF rs to IL to concur with
the House in indefinitely pOstponing the re-
solve and 1t was passed to a second reading.
The majority and minority reports of the
judiciary committee on the matter of State
aid for sectarian Institutions We're received
and tabled
Passed to be engrossed:
An act to incorporate the Searsport Water
Co. An act to amend chapter 1S4, of the
Private and Special Laws of 1885, entitled an
act to incorporate the Castine Water Co.
March 49, Two sessions were OH to-
days programme for the first time in
eleven W weeks of the Legislature. The morn
ing session was full of work in both branches
but was free from exciting features. Among
/ the bills introduced was "A bill raising the
salary of the State Superintendent OF schools
from 81 800 to s. 500
In the Senate the guide bill came up and
Senator Hinckley of Franklin opposed it.
He SAID that at first he could see no harm in
| the bil., but after due consideration he be-
IIeVeu 1t full 0f evil and totally uncaled for.
He understood that there was only a skele-
ton of the bill left. He found the revision
worse than the original bill. A man cannot
even row boat carrying party fishing un-
der this act unless he is registered as a
guide. HIS constituents Were opposed to
this bill. AS chairman of the Committee on
Inland Fisheries and Game he had received
50 many letters against the bill as to lead
hlm TO believe the people at large We're bit
terly opposed to it. 1t strikes at the very
foundation of the rights of the people. He
said he was the only one the committee
who did not vote for the bill. He thought
the others had been hypnotized by the com
missioners.
Mr.. Parsons of Piscataquis said he didn t
| want the Senate to understand that the nine
members of the committee who reported
this bill were hypnotized as Mr.. Hinckley
claims. They acted honestly as he did He
said there We're more deer, moose and caribou
killed in the fishing season than in open
time No honest sportsman opposes this
| bill. 1t IS the poachers who don't want it,
The committee has done everything in its
| power to fix the bill to suit Mr.. Hinckley' g
| ideas The !. will not effect the man car
| rylng party IN d boat on a stream or lake
| 1t merely refers to persons guiding in a
| professional manner
| Mr.. Hinckley offered an amendment MAX
| ing the bill apply to professional guides.
Ihe amendment was lost, the rules sus-
| pended and the bill took its several readings
| and passed to be engrossed.
| The Newport soldiers home resolve was
| tabled pending its second reading on motion
| of Mr.. Roberts of Oxford who said he voted
| for it by mistake
| The Senate voted to non-concur with the
| House lr indefinitely postponin the East
| ern Maine Insane Hospital resolve on its
| first reading.
| In the House the bill for analysis of con-
| centrated commercial feeding stuff was the
| occasion of long debate. The bill was at
| tackled by Pearl of Bangor, Smith of Hamp-
den, Furbush of Lewiston, and it was de-
Tended by over dozen speakers, all farmers.
The motion to indefinitely postpone the
| bill was lost 10 to SO, and the bill was given
three readings and passed to be engrossed
The bill regulating traffic in dead human
bodies was passed with an amendment al
| lowing fraternal organizations to take
| charge OF bodies of dead members.
| Numerous bills were taken from the table
and put on passage. The bill providing for
instruction in tha use of tools and cooking
in schools was Indefinitely postponed.
| AT noon both branches adjourned to 3 D. m
| snort afternoon sessions were held by
| both branches. The Senate session was 1C
minutes long and the House session 10 min
utes. Many measures were taken from the
table and put on passage.
| The committee on the State College voted
| Thursday afternoon to report favorably on
| the bill to change the name of the insttu-
tton to the university of Maine The
| committee also voted to report ought to pass
on the bill recognizing the graduates in