The Portland daily press., 1899-01-21
ENDORSING THE PRESIDENT.

ENDORSING THE PRESIDENT.
| The resolutions passed by the House
yesterday endorsing the administration
of President Mckinley, calling for the
ratification of the Spanish treaty add in
viting the President to visit the legisls.
ture received concurrent action in the
Senate this morning. The resolutions
were pas sed by unanimous vote taken
| by rising. There are no demonstration.
This was the only important action at
the session held before the departure of
the legislative train. A number of meas
ures of interest were present in each
| branch, however.
In the Senate. a resolve was introduced
providing for the purchase by the state
of $50 copies of the York Deeds, pub
lished by the Maine Historical society, the
price to be s. volume. similar re-
solve failed of a passage at the last SEES
| sion.
President Clason announced as the Sem
ate members of the committee on salaries,
Messrs Weeks, Stearns and Hsrgraves.
In the House, the session was largely
devoted to listening to the presentation of
claims of the people and places in want
of money. The Penobsoot tribe OF Indi
ans asked for state aid as follows:
| schools, sl400; farming. ssl00; fail div
| idends, $3.50; county on crops 800; sal
aries, silS0; cemetery fund, 500, and 10
PSF cent of the shore rentals for municipal
purposes. The town of Eddiugton
wants $40 in abatement of taxes for 1895
Lewiston and westbrook ask to be reim-
bursed for money expended for needy
families Of soldiers in the recent war.
Lewiston wants.s 81, 9s4 SO, and westbrook,
S670.6l.
Mr. MoFaui of Machias introduced the
following bill. designed to correct a state
of affairs due to the pa sage of the nation
al bankruptcy bill. That law in repeal
ing the state law regulating Insolvency
proceedings also wiped out the provision
which prevented an insolvent debtor
making preference of his creditors. Mr..
McFaul's bin is as follows;
"All conveyances or transfers of prop
erty or estate not exempt from attach
mept and seizure on execution made by
debtor while insolvent TO secure debt
to a prior existing creditor. and all at
tachments of a debtors property made OH
mesne process, which have not been re-
corded four months in the registry of
deeis in the county where the property
of petition by or against such debtor
under the public laws of the United
States, 1895. number III, shall be deemed
null and void, under this act, against the
creditors of such debtor, If he be adjudged
bankrupt
SETTLING INSURANCE LOSSES.
Representative Morey of Lewiston pre-
sented bill that is not only OF great
Importance but has the making of good
mittee room.
The reader is probably aware of the
present method CT adjusting insurance
losses in Maine. In case of dispute three
appraisers are appointed after the follow
ing plan. The insured names thres of
the men whom he considers capable of
standing up for him in the matter. The
company selects one of these men. Then
the company names three OF its friends
and the insured picks OUT one OF THESE
The two are called upon to pick third
man. If they cannot agree. the matter
is referred TO the state insurance COM
missioner and he selects the man.
Then the committee appraises and there
is no appeal fiom their decision.
..You see, Essays Mr.. Morey. "there is
no way of getting this question before
the courts of the State of Maine. In dis
putes in which so many interests are
concerned, where so many thousands of
dollars are at stake as in the losses by
fire in the State of Maine. the highest
tribunal of Maine can have not a word
to say. BY the present law no man who
loses by fire and is dissatisfied with the
settlement that the Insurance company
rroposas can in auy possible yyav GET his