The Portland daily press., 1899-02-03

knew anything about practice com
plained of in Bangor where disclosure
commissioners were called in from sur
rounding towns to hear cases. Mr.. Will
| Hanson said he knew of no such practice.
A letter was read by Judge Smith CT
the committee from Judge L. w. Vose OF
| Bangor. Judge Vose wrote that it had
come TO his knowledge that q proposition
had been made to Bangor disclosure
commissioner by an attorney that the
commissioner would get the Attorney
business u he would hold the debtors
The commissioner declined and another
comm issioner gets that attorneys bust
ness.
there Is commissioner down there who
will agree in advance TO hold debsors.
suppose proceedings for impeach.
ment would lie in such case. observed
Judge Stsarns.
| O. W. Hussey, ESQ.,, Of Wsterville. de-
Tended the law. Mr.. Hussey said that
people did not 60 10 jail for debt, but be-
cause they wers.i contempt Of court If
our courts aint 10 be respected, pray, tail
me what we are to dor asked ME- Hus-
say, who also described how he went from
county to county and arranged 20 that
4 persons against whom he had claims
could appear before the disclosure COM
missioners with despatch. He was able
to dispose of l3 cases a day. ..zf.. II
| 1t was generally agreed by the speakers,
except MIR. Hussey, that the issuing OF
q capiss on Z both claim and costs, this
twice subjecting man 10 arrest. was
wrong.
The Judiciary committee also considered
the bill introduced By Mr.. Bellsau of
Lewiston, raising the sge under which
boys may be sent 70 the State Reform
school from l6 to 1s years. Superinten-
dent Wentworth opposed the bill. He
said that the admission Of boys "a and
IS years would contanfmate tho younger
boys
Col Fred Atwood Of Wipterport, one
OF che trustees, told the committee how
the Institution ha d been changed from .
prison Of cells TO an industrial soho ool
where young boys taken from improper
surroundings were moulded into good
citizens As to giving discretion to the
courts, Mr.. Atwood said that the result
would be that the judges would be beset
with teors and applications to send every
boy to the Reform school regardless of his
character. The bill will be reported ad-
versely.
THE MOREY BILL
The insurance committee listened this
afternoon to a discussion of Representa-
tive Morey's bill for the repeal of the
arbitration clause of the fire insurance
law. MIR. Morey was the only speaker In
favor of the proposition. He said that If
the committee did not favor the repeal,
he would suggest an amen dnent proyid.
ing for an appeal from the decision of the
arbitrators to the courts. In the most
trivial matters. said Mr.. Morey. persons
may appeal to the courts for a settlement
In suoh important matters as the settle
| ment OF losses ON property damaged by
fire, the people should have the same
right OF appeal to the courts.
Those who spoke In opposition were
, Hon. Seth II. Carter of Lewiston, Mr. &.
=. Fletcher of the insurance department,
Representative Fuller of Auburn, Mr..
= Bird of Rockland and r. U. Coz of Ban
gor. Immediately after the hearing, the
committee.byi unanimous vote decided
to make an adverse report on the bill
IN COMMITTEE ROOMS.
A matter of Portland interest presented
to the finance committee today was the
resolve in favor Of the ST. Elizabeth
= Roman Catholic Orphan asylum of Port.
:. land. Rev. Fathers MoDonoush of Port
a land, Seckenger Of Brunswick and
Dougherty of Augusta advocated the
q claims of the institution ana the commit
tee will recommend an appropriation OF
4 $1,000 annually.
: The Lewiston hospital of the Sisters OF
a Charity was represented by large dele
n CATION headed by the venerable DIR.
a Alonzo Garcelon. The hospital asks for
!. 5000 annually.
:, Speaker Stetson and Mr.. Beal Of Ban
q gor appeared in favor of the appropriation
. of $1,000 annually for the Bangor Chill
: dren's Home.
a The case Of the neglected Portland
a clam was argued before the committee on
a shore fisheries by Senator Drummond this
: afternoon MIR. Drummond is the cham
a pion OF the Portland clam, and he easily
. onyinced the 6Ommittee that the same
r protection should bs given the Portland
clam as Is accorded the CLAIMS resident in
the flats OF other sections of the state.
n Recognizing the force of Mr.. Drummond'
:, argument the committee will report the
, bill giving to the Forest City bivalves a
n new lease of life.
The petition OF George A. Welch and
t others against TRAVELLING was postponed fol
O u week.
a At the last bearing the petition of Geo.
= l.. Skolfeld and 22S others of Brunswics
was considered, concerning the use of
purse nets and seines in Casco bay in the
A vicinity of Brunswick and Harspwell
a This would make 1t unlawful To use purse
| and drag seines. Now comes remon
: strances from Alvah jackson and 81
: others. and from Joshua Robinson and
others against the Skolneld proposition.
| claiming that 1t would operate In favor