Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-25
TUESDAYS TOPICS.
Busy Session With Avalanche
Of Measures.
Senate Passes Hospital Resolve to Be
Engrossed.
Work Of Committees First Act Signed
Gossip Of the Lawmakers.

ana no exciting debates and big fight:
make them especially interesting. bu
the Legislature is saving wood all tn,
time and the pile of sawdust is rapid,
increasing. Lots of real business i
transacted in the short morning SEES
sions, and there are stacks of worl
piled up ahead Of all the importan
committees. The time for the recep
ton OF bills and petitions of a private
and special nature has been extended
one week. TO Wednesday, February 1
All such bills received after that date
will simply be referred to the mex
Legislature. useless another extensio.
of the time is made.
The session of Tuesday forenoon was
brief in both branches, less than three
quarters of an hour. The most import
ant occurrence was the passage to be
engrossed Of the $225.000 Eastern Maine
Insane Hospital resolve in the Senate
Not a word was spoken in opposition
and thus the resolve is disposed of as
far as the Senate is concerned. 1t now
comes to the House where it's friends
say it win have smooth sailing. They
claim that no fight will be made
against it, but that if any kicker APP
pears he will be voted down four 10
one by the friends of the hospital. In
the House Representative F. E. Chase
of Portland, was in the chair during
part of the session, and won compli-
ments for the able manner in which he
conducted business. 1t is not often
that the opening prayer is made by an
ex-candidate for Governor, but that
was the case in the House, Tuesday,
when Rev. Mr.. Laid Of Augusta. who
has headed the State Prohibition ticket,
offered the morning invocation. The
House voted to allow the Maine
the Capitol, Thursday, the use of Rep
resentatiyes hal! in the afternoon.
That will be the ladies' day of the ses-
sion.
In the House Dawson of Monroe. in
troduced a bill authorizing the Waldo
and Penobscot Agricultural Society to
hold property to the value of 5000 in
stead of $4,000 as at present. MaXcy
of Gardiner. put in bill compelling
municipal officers of cities, towns and
plantations to clear all highways OF
bushes and shrubbery to width of Az
feet, except such as may be left for
ornamental purposes. Eaton of East
Liyermore. put in bill authorizing the
use of voting machines at elections.
The Hallowell Granite Work petitions
: for the privilege of using compressed
air in HaIlowell. Somervile asks to
have its State tax for 1898 abated. the
amount being $227.13. Maxwell OF
Richmond, put in a bin providing thai
town shall elect selectmen for terms OF
three years, SO that one member OF the
board shall retire each year. A resolve
was introduced giving Isaac Moore OF
Somerville, $500 for Communication money
paid out in the Civil War. A unique
resolve was one of $12 to reimburse
Chas. NJ. Bradbury Of Co. G, lst Maine
Regiment, for money paid for legSihs'
hat and overcoat which he never re-
ceived. Wiscasset Academy asks to be
Incorporated, and asks for $500 annual
" for two years. Bath wants to be re-
imbursed to the extent of 1861 Tor
money expended in equipping a naval
reserve in the war with Spain. There
were several petitions that the salaries
of the Somerset judge of probate ana
register of probate be raised. There
was a stack Of petitions for the repeai
of the road commissioner law, for a
law for the better observance OF
Memorial day, and for the regulation
of fishing in various ponds and streams
There were half a dozen petitions LOT
the annexation of Deering to Portland
with about $50 signers. Ogunqmt cltl-
yens ask that their village be set OH
from Wells and incorporated. The first
netition for the enforcement of the
prohibitory laws appeared, ana aiso
tho first renonstrance against the rais-
ing of the judges salaries. This came
from Bath. There were numerous
Aroostook petitions that the Caribou q
van Buren, r. r. be given the rights
and privileges now held by the Bangor
6 Aroostook, which it is claimed does
not intend to extend its line TO van
purer. Leavitt of Eastport, put In a
hill giving the railroad commissioners
mower to authorize railroads to eXteh'
their lines without special Legislative
permission.
Tn the Senate Senator Reynolds pre-
sented a bill to incorporate the Port.
land Past Chancellors' Association
Edward c. Reynolds, Augustus f
Moulton. Lysander A. Gould, Charles
A strout, Andrew NJ. Heseltine an(
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