The Portland daily press., 1897-04-01

Dennison, G. W. Bowker, j. Il m ",
@. L. Libby of Portland, A. +. !. Cnnl-
mings, Frank B. Moody d Deerlh 9,
Augustus f. MoIIton of Deerllg' Aenas
Thompson, Frank NJ. Strout Of Portl ana,
y. Q. Webb, II. W. Eaton of lruns"lck,
j. Henry Smith of Bangor, VIM. ID.
s colt, Thomas P. Shaw, Seth l.. LARA
| bee, Il. B. WiDslow, l.. A. Cody, Geo.
| w. Brown, e.. A. Newmap, A. W.:
Whitney of Augusta, L. 2. GIBBONS OF
Bath, j. j. Gerrish OF Por tlapd, h. r.
scamman of Portland, W. W. stetson OF
Auburn, W. M. Pennen of Bulswlck,
j. N. head of Dsering, Edward Y. Jones
of Portland, Edward c. O'Bri@ OF Deer
| ing, Davis Hatch of Bath, j. T. WEIGH,
E: y. Plummer, A. @. Smiley, president
Of Belfast board of trade, WD. Rogers,
president of Bait board of trad, Il. W.
Weeks, Linwood @. Tyler, j. h Gerrlsh,
| A. s. Bangs, John E. Green, john IL.
Crosby, Bangor, E. B. Newcopb, Vest
brook, Samuel A. Burleigh, Of Wa ter
B. Wheilden of Boston, Thomas u.
Harris, E. Matthews, a. L. smith OF
| neering, E. r. Fay of Portland Arthur
| W. Pierce, Scott Wilson of DeerBlR, Geo.
| w. Norton of Portland Edward b. Sar-
gent, Frank e. True, Samuel b Beerce,
y. H, Hanson, W. z. Goss, Gorge W.
leighton, X. G.. Smith, +. W. Peck of
| Deering.
After cigars were lighted Presid ent
John e. Sawyer of The DeerinR Board of
Trade, called the asseinblage to order
| and then followed feast of oratery.
President Henry Lord of the Stats
Board was introduced as the firstspeasfr.
He snid that when he became Rinember
of the State BOARD of Trade thee were
| only nine boards in the state, while to-
day there ara fifty organizations of this
Kind 'EheCn hoa nd of do no M done
q great deal for Maine. They md the
state Board have asked great MANY
things from this legislature and Iusny of
the ideas advanced by the State Bard of
Trade have been adopted BIZ the ieRisla-
ture, the result being greatly to Names
advantage. Mr.. Lord said THAI the pre-
fessional and business men of Mai ne
must look well to their laurels fer tbs
legislation enacted this year shows that
the farmers of the state were abb to gst
what they wanted from the legislature,
whils the professional and bushes men
| were not MS successful. The Farmers
| passed the appropriation for the State
college, they took the initiatory staps to-
wards securing good roads and both of
those measures professional and lmsiness
men, might have been unable to hive Sc
cured from the legislature. Hhe brmers
now lead In controlling Legislation In
Maine. Let us es professional and bust
ness men do what we can to all the
! farmers IN building up Maine.
| President G. A. Adams of the Massa-
chusetts State Board of Trade was the
next speaker. He said that the le2isla
ture was very mysterious quantity.
daughter 1t is SO in Massachusetts
and is probably so i'll Maine. However,
one thing is absolutely necessary, and
| that Is that the laws enacted sh0u d be
written in English SO that business men
might understand them without going
to a lawyer to have them interpreted.
| (Applause.) There should not lie so
much of this special legislation which
everything uncertain. Cities of thesame
size should have the same kind of
charters AS city should have only one
legislative body, the responsibility
shouldn't be devlded. He thought this
idea might be applied to the national
government also, with benefit to The
country. He paid glowing tribute to
Maine. In my opinion,'' said the
speaker, :" the future of this county de-
ponds on two Maine men, Speaker Reed
and Mr.. Dingley = tGreat applause }
de said the country needed the Din gley
bill, and when it become law BUSH
would be hettar, "When we get tariff, ="
said Mr.. Adams, s'then give lie cur
raney that may be rs good abroadIas it
| 10 nv hoS&iO' AAC 6pDho 0iOuu0Hbly Vi
Samuel Adams, the patriot and states
man, and said that the Maine and Massa-
chusstss boards of trade were laboring to
make New England second to no part of
the civilized world.
4 President Lord read letters from the
president of the state boards of trade of
Now Hampshire and Connecticut.
= Col = =. Bootshbay, pre- emit Of the
Portland Board of Trade, m a very
witty speech. He said that Desring
ought to be annexed to Portland. He
wanted to be able to brag about River
ton when he went to Boston, and say
that it was in Portland. He thoughtthat
after man had lived in Portland all
his life it was pretty tough to bury him
in Deering. "Annex Deering, cemetsrl es,
R1vertOn and all, ~ said Col. Bonthby
The speaker enlarged on the annexation
idea and said chat Portland should have
| 100, 0g0 population. 1.-THE fact Hthat
the world recognizes Portland already as
being big city is shown by the fact
that all of the wide awake and most
prominent theatrical men in New York
want to manage the new Portland
theatre. Col. Boothby said that he was
assured by Senator Hale that the white
squadron would surely come to Portland
| this summer.
| Hon. Seth Il. Larrabee, speaker of the
| Maine House Of Representatives, did not
| take very kindly to the illusions that
were made TO the legislature. 1t is too
early as yet, SO the speaker said, to pass
| judgment on what the last legislature
has done. Thers were many honest men
in the Maine Legislature, and they had
performed theii duties as it seemed to
them right. He did not think it was
| the province Of the State Board of Trade
to attempt to influence legislation. They
might make many valuable suggestions
and educate the people as to what legisla-
ton is needed bit the speaker did not be-
lieve the State Board should become a
lobbying organization. Mr.. Lara bee
said he YVES proud of the fact that he had
been brought up on a farm and he
euIogized the farmers at some length.
The State Board had committed itself In
favor of good roads, a Geographical sur
vey and a hospital for Bangor. All OF
these things the Speaker was in favor of
and hoped in time that they would be
fayorably acted upon. He sail that while
tonight the State Board of Trade revealed
in luxury there were hundreds who were
having hard time to secure the necessi
ties of life. There are the people we
should work for and legislate for. Mr..
Larrabee's remarks were warmly aB-
plauded.
Mayor Charles H. Randall made a
brief address. De said that Portland was