Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-05-29
9aily 8eauthee sparuaI.
OUR FISH AND GAME.
They Must Be Preserved What commi,.ioner
Carleton Has to Say About Il.

| Mr. I,a,to
,y ..ns,,
| ous na,aa,.s ihe various articles in vari-
| 90 oai,S reailNe TO the Guide bill, :"
tu' s.tSu' py various authors, | am
| hpaeu thn,ip,1,s ~ say just a word in reply.
ali ~, naVe lhus lar Kept silence amid
7 van,, .,as peeh SAID about it.
| s i.e N,.ure TO say that no law has been
~ Indignantly misrepresented in recent
| ra,,is, % .his. The noise made about ii
| il IIe lne OF an incident that occurred
| dn,.;,, .,iy 81 Iheatre, Chicago. in 1880
i.,s mul ,is the session of the National Re-
~ -, oonFentlon.
| c. wili De remembered that General
a.. aans WAS candidate for the nomina-
~, e,oh n aor PRESIDENT, backed by the power
nid IA noseoe Conkling. Blaine was can
uiuate' sherman was a candidate and
r amele were several dark horses all
sioomed ready to be trotted out at a
.aNorapie time, should it appear. 1t was
ny ths hf5t experience at a national conven-
:lun l was an ardent Blaine man. Dur
,ns ine convention a meeting of soldiers
'n'i, Mas called IN Haverly's Theatre. osten-
siply to advise as to the choice of can
dldate, really to boom Grant sheridan
and Logan and the most distinguished
generals OF the war were there in General
Grant interest Captain Boutelle of
Maihe, and General Grosvenor of Ohio
We're there Tor Blaine. The discussion was
no. ana FURIOUS, and the Blaine men
seemed TO be the more numerous, judg-
lns by the noise we made; but finally a
1tsisioh Oh the mouse was had and the
,. men outhumbered all others AIT
,esst ' ~ 70 l, captain Boutelle remarked
Mheil returning to the hotel that he never
~ an ms experience heard so small
iHlnorlty make so much noise before.
now TINS Dill. after being discussed all
m.i.el, ati, PASSED the Legislature by
p.ae'icany @ unanimous vote My expert
ehce with the people, and l am on the
| go an OF the time, is that our people re-
SI.o IL as wise and beneficial law.
,aa Moie e e,lah ioo guides have registered to
1 udie rom All section OF the State, and
aPpiicdtlohS are Delng received every day.
~ VIII prove wise and beneficial law,
peneilc1al to the guides. beneficial to the
state IN many ways, and | but OCCASION
any meet one who is opposed to it.
met one such, the other day-a guide
tIiu ! "dH. 70 give you the converse
tioii. asked MIN what there was in the
law that he objected to- He could point
out nothing in particular. l asked him
II he objected to the fee 81; he said mo
DO you oDJectt to the commissioners
knowing you, where you live and your
post office address,?
no.
DO You OBJECT to reporting at the
close of the year how many days you
nave guided. how many different people
you nave guided, how much your pay
amounted TO, how many moose. caribou.
deer, bears and other game parties you
have guided have killed-not that you
=
peopie OF Maine may nave these facts put
before them in the aggregate, so that
the people may have some reliable statis-
tics as to the fish and game industry; do
you object to any of this?'
No.
''Then what do you object tor"
Il object to the penalty" he said.
Now, Mr.. Editor my questions en-
brace all there is in the famous guide
Dill Ihose persons are entirely IN err
for, ana their statements are misleading,
when they say a guide in his report must
name ANYBODY or where he has been or
what he has done. There is nothing in
the law requiring it. as anyone knows
who has READ it,
My questions to this guide embrace sub
stantially all that will be, or ever was
contemplated being asked. Now what is
all TINS noise ABOUT. Wonld inquire
numher
We We're at Creenville and Kineo last
week, and met the guides Two members
of the Governors Council the State
trea s,lrer the attorney general the in