Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-02-16
IN MEM0RtAM.
Dingley Memorial Service Fol-
lows Wednesdays Session.
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a Busy Session and Many Committee
Hearings.


congressman nelson Dingney fol
lowed the regular session of the Main,
Legislature. Wednesday forenoon. 1
was the feature of the day. and was
feature long to be remembered by thos,
present. 1t was an impressive occasion
as the half score of able speakers, all O.
whom had loved and honored the deat
statesman. feelingly delivered their eulo
gies on the life. character and work Of
Mr. Dingley. The speaking was brillian
ana eloquent, and every word of eulogy
and sorrow had the ring of sincerity
1t was a little past IL o'clock when The
two bodies met in joint convention in tn;
hall of the House with Governor Pow
ers in the chair, and the members of tho
council on the dias around him. The gal
leries and extra floor space were crowd
ed with spectators. including many la.
dies. The speakers were Senator White
of Androscosgin, Plummer of Fenobscot
Blanchard of Franklin. Chamberlain OF
Lincoln, and Young of Oxford and Rep
resentatives Morey of Lewiston. Harris
of Auburn, Donham of Hebron, Webb of
Portland. Maxcy of Gardiner, Bennett of
Hollis and Ralleau Of Lewiston. The
speeches in fun will be found in the
stenographic report in another column.
Every speaker felt his theme deeply, and
all were followed with the closest atten-
ton as they well deserved to be- Ii was
one o'clock w.len the memorial services
were ended and the joint assembly ad-
journed.
The feature of the session of the House
was the action of Plummer of Portland,
who dropped a bomb-shel into the
House, in bin to repeal the resolve of
1897 appropriatinG $4,000 for term of
ten years for the University of Maine.
This means that the $4,000 given the in
stitution for 1897 and 1898 shall be all of
the 100000 to be given it. The bill was
tabled for printing. This bill has been
expected for some time and there is a
prospect of lively time over it~before
the matter is disposed of. The friends Of
the institution are not asleep, but those
opposed to so much State aid for it are
very active.
..McFadden of Dresden, continued his
fight against State aid for lOca! chari-
table institutions by opposing the resolve
for the ST., Elizabeth Roman Catholic
Orphan Asylum of Portland, which came
up for it's third reading. He spoke
strongly against it, and won his fight, for
The time, at least. The resolve, was de-
MED third reading by a vote of i3 to
90: The friends Of the resolve at once be-
gan course of tactics to regain the
lost ground. AT last 4 motion to recon-
slider the vote was made, and this mo-
tton:9will come up for consideration. to-
day. The friends of the asylum are
confident that the resolve will so safely
on its passage. =,
Among new measures i'll the House:
Smith of Pressure Isle, introduced bill
providing that DEGREES of courts of pro-
bate shall be deemed conclusive evidence
in all actions in law or equity. CleVe-
land of Houlton. put in a bill Incorporate
ing Joseph A. Brown, Leland y. LudWig'
Frederic A. Powers. Silas L. Piummer,
Don A. II. Powers and Simon Friedman,
and their associates as the Houlton trust
and Banking Company. ParkhuFst Oh
Bangor, introduced a bill compelling all
keeners O, hotels and boarding houses to
return to the town or city assessors on
April /, a full list of all persons boarding
there subject to poll tax. and fallure 10
do this shall subject them to hne OIL
not more than $50. Inere were many pc
titions for the two-cent mileage Dill ana
for the passage of a bill creating lien
on monumental work.
/ In the Senate the bill raising the sal
ary of the supreme justices was assignei
Flor Wednesday, but for the fifth time It's
consideration was postponed. IL Will
,come up, today, unless sixth postpone
ment is made. The stenographic report
..,,., ,ha fu,l routine work in both
branches.