Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-10
STATE COLLEGE.
Long and Animated Debate
on the Resolve, Tuesday.
House Votes $4,000. to College
for Term ofl0 Years.
+ features Of the Numerous Committee Near.
.,~,., inss. Tuesday Afternoon.

Inc long looked for debate in the
House on the State college resolve ar
rived. Tuesday. on scheduled time and
proved the event Of the day,making the
morning session nearly three and a
half hours long. There was an ocean
OF oratory and eloquence; logic and ar
gument, and parliamentary sparring;
maiden speeches were made and the
cid time speakers We're in the fray. 1t
was about IL O'Clock when, this resolve,
as the order of the day, was reached.
The first of the session was filled with
the routine concurrent work. commit
tee reports, disposal of bills in various
stages Of passage and the reception of
a few new measures. The Senate ses-
sion was very short and free from Incl
dent. In both branches there was
full attendance and good crowd of
spectators, and the air Of expectancy
was everywhere. In the House
Representative L. X. Gardner of Dem
nysville, was excused for the rest of
the session. Similar orders may new
be expected daily. The Wilson order
relating to the election of the railroad
commissioners, which the Senate had
referred to the committee on railroads
in ncn-concurrence. was laid on the
table. &c..
When the State college resolve was
taken up the interest became high and
the senators flOcked into the hall with
the other spectators. Mr.. Blanchard
of Wilton, offered an amendment cut
ting the resolve down to SIC. 900 a year
for 10 years and providing that all stu
dents. except those pursuing strictly
agricultural course. shall pay $40 tut
ton a year. Mr.. Hamilton of Bidde-
ford offered an amendment to the
amendment making the appropriation
$4,000 and striking out the tuition pro-
vision. Then the oratory began tC
flood the chamber as the stenographic
reports shows, where the speeches are
given in full. The speakers were Tai
bot of Lewiston, Hamilton of Malta
wamkeag, Searles of Chelsea. Andrews
OF GARLAND. Blanchard of Wilton, Pat
tangall of Machias, Walton of Show
hogan, Stetson of Bangor, Hamilton of
Biddeford. all posing as friends Of the
college but. taking widely different
views as to the duty of the State to-
ward it. The vote was on Hamilton's
and it was accepted y to
pually to the college for 10 years.
Then came a half hour of lively spar
ring over giving the resolve its second
reading under. suspended rules. Hill Of
Portland, moved to table the resolve
but the motion was lost 20 to SO. By
a rising vote there was lacking one or
two of the necessary twO-thrds to sus-
pend the rules. Then an attempt was
made to adjourn but the motion was
lost 63 to 50. The ayes and nays were
then called for the third time. this time
on the question of suspending the rules.
The House voted 20 to SO to suspend
the rules and the resolve was. accord
ingly given it's second reading, and at
/ 20 P. NJ. the morning session closed.
and the hall was quickly emptied. 1t
was far the liveliest session yet, in
every respect. t
Very few. new measures were intro
duced, Tuesday. Among them were
the following: Mr.. Burns Of West
brook, presented a bill compelling all
insurance companies doing business
upon the assessment plan to have the
words assessment plan" printed in bold
type and red ink at the head of all
certificates cards, circulars, or other
documents issued by the company
Mr.. Murray of Pembroke, presented a
resolve for $3.50 to be expended in COM
pleting the work of the Maine Gettys-
burg commission, mainly in publishing
the report of the commission. A dozen
petitions appeared for a law for the
inspection Of feeding stuffs and grass
seeds, several more for a close time on
CLANS. six remonstrances against any
change In the present lobster laws. and
a solitary petition. for the anti-cigar-
Iette. law. -
The executive session Of the commit
tee on education. Tuesday afternoon,
was a long. and busy one. Many i'm
portrait portant matters were disposed
of, the Wiggin school tax bill, left
over from the last Legislature and for
which scores of petitions have been re-
ceived, was referred to the next Leg
islature The claims of Houlton. Dex-
ter, Calais, Newport, and Pressure Isle
as the location of new State Normal
schol were also referred to the next
Legislature, with especial recognition
of the claims Of Houlton over the other
towns. The committee voted to report