The Portland daily press., 1899-03-08

nroportio0 of tbe state reyeuue NAV bc
coI lsctsd from these sourcss, of amending
the statutss 40 ss to reouire the tiin,
v,th the assessors of every town and city
AZ An iuveptorv undsr oath Of all taxable
property of the several Inhabitants there
of ana of inouirine into the amount OF
taxes paid BY foreign end domestic life
and lire insurance companies and saw
ines banks and all other corporations not
herein before enumerated and whether
the same is fair and reasonable; tine com
mittse to repcrr BY bill or other rwiss"
The prsseutation of Mr. Macomber's
| resolution Sas followed BY motion by
Mr. Hutchipss. House chairman OF the
,arat,,n COMMITTEES, that II lie on the
table
This move In the game was met By MIR.
Virgin Of Portland. who urged that the
resolution should be referred with the
h,il Then Mr.. ManIey rallied attention
n ere of she rules OF the House. He said:
"I cant scnoall the attention of the Houss
10 sshs fact that no committee may report
.ftsr mart FRIDAY. .except.vith tbs consent
~ Soth hot,sas. II the assertions made BY
the members on this floor mean anything
that time must be extended to awe op-
| noy oytunitv for the discussion of this mat
tar. And do not hesitate to state as a
stock holder and director of the Maine
tjeutra, railroad-a corporation which has
| triad to treat the people of this state fair
lv-ana I am authorized by the manage
ment Of that road to say thai they are not
| to meet II honestly but they do not want
to hear the sins of other CORPORATE ons and
individuals.
Mr. Gardner joipei In the applause
which rreeteti this declaration. He sail
that he would move that the time in
which the committees mus. report be ex.
tended ten DAYS, but it was stated by the
chair that the order which cams from the
Senate had not passed tho House and so
not time had been fixed.
Mr. Macombsr made move In defense
of his order. He referred to the labors OF
the commission of eight or ten years ago
and urged that no one part Of Its work
should now be revised The whole should
be considered. Mr.. Macomb Der, in making
this declaration, said he was not a steam
railroad man. His interests are In cleo.
trio roads.
Mr.. Hutchings explained that he had
moved to table the resolution only to gain
time to oonfer.about its disposition. lie
withdrew his motion and the resolution
was re'errei with the bill
was supposed tnaS tne oeo"'e IN tue
house ehaea .n's in"''sr' "us 'n". ""'
not 10 10. as '"ose "ni'n '.is .n'
nouss' NC ihe0 wv. Ao"e's - '.o .o'''
Ane oo'erno, 'ooN e1'ep,,'N' " s.' ~
mMks "aoe oy m' o"i'n aoouU '"e
wealthy win iaha owner anu gave %
pissson " niS ioe"'' Ah''o ""' az .uVe
onsnss =, '.s"s e"'A nS" ".a","., asm,
tain'ne MS pos'''oh WIN o'a'o,'oa' ao
sno W INC 'h.non' s"'i'i"'s'o' VI WV
"emoers VI 'n0 1niu .ous.' ""' ..s.s. .,
70 e"e Nnpiomp'u u'ns'' oou'o s
eaoeeoeo IN in'efes' '''e 'p''''''n"A"s :"
'ho a'o.s.'
fne 'l'enos VI 'he ,ne"'ufo al. 'onn'
ue"' 'u"' 'no oe""'o W.. ,o-"' W. W"
nou'0 - .1'es Na.,an ~. wa -" M~ Co.
diner said this afternoon that he had
every reason 10 oeleVe enae such "ou'o De
the case.
| On motion Of MIR. Noyes rssolutions
were adopted on the death Of Representa-
tive Prince Of Yarmouth, and commit
tee appointed to attend his funeral. and
the House adjourned at Ills as mark OF
respect.
| In the Senate, ON motion of MIR. With
am of Cum berland. the bill to increase
thu salary OF the county attorney Of Gum
srland county was tabled.
Mr.. Plummer of Psnobscot presented
the remonstrance Of NJ. Leighton and
twenty three Others Of Dexter against the
pssssss al, thu, snti-soalping act.
Mr. plummer OF Penobscot, for the
committee on legal affairs. reported,
ought to psss on the act to amend section
.,Oht. ehsptsr sixty of the Revised Sta
80. ,..,,.,,r~ the right of trial Inv