Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-25
HOUSE HOSTILE.
Judges Salary Bill Fails in
Lower Branch.
Fridays Work Closed the Busiest Week
Of All.
The Session and tho Afternoon Hearings =
E. Adjournment 10 Monday Afternoon.


After killing the bill increasing the
salary of the supreme court justices,
Friday morning. until it was dead be-
yond all hope of resurrection, the
House proceeded to jump with both
feet upon the PROSTATE corpse. The
bill came down from the Senate. hav-
ing passed on its second attempt by a
vote of IL to II. The House was hos
tile, even to the compromise increase in
the salaries which the bill provided for.
and showed its unfriendliness with Il
grim and determined spirit. When the
bill came up with the other business
from the Senate, Merrill of Skowhegan,
moved to lay it on the table. The
motion was lost in a chorus OF Noes.
1t was evident that the House wanted
to act on the matter at once and with
out delay Murphy of Lewiston.
moved the indefinite postponement of
the bill and the motion was carried.
"A
and resulted 92 for indefinite postpone
ment and % against it. That the de-
feat of the measure might be clinched.
motion to reconsider was made. and
was. of course. voted down. This kills
the bill in the House. 1t now goes back
to the Senate and it is generally
thought that body will recede and con-
cur. If it does not, the bill will perish
between the branches.
This was the only real breezy matter
in the long session of the House. The
Mercy bill which was specially as
signed for the day, was passed without
word of debate. The expected oppo-
sition did not materialize and the ex-
pected amendments were not offered.
1t may run up against a snag in the
Senate, however. A big grist of COM
mittee reports were made in both
branches. Among some of the new
ones in the House. not forecasted in
the committee on education referring
the various new normal school propo-
sitions to tine next Legislature: a re-
port from the judiciary committee re-
ferring to the next Legislature the
Bradbury ballot bill providing for the
envelope system of voting; an adverse
report from the shore fisheries COM
mittee on the proposition to prevent
the SEEMING of smelts in Casco bay
Later this committee will report a gen.
eral clam bill providing for close time
all along the coast from June to Sep
TENDER Is.
There was practically no new bust
ness in either branch. A few petitions
for the two-cent mileage came drifting
in, an echo of the great hearing which
closed the previous evening. The rail-
road committee will not meet till
Wednesday so that no immediate ac-
ton will be taken on the mileage bill.
There is feeling that the matter is
likely to be thrashed over again in the
House when the report is made. Any
way, it is evident that this question of
"a two-cent mileage is the main feature
and the leading fight of the present
session, and the end is not yet.
Judge 'Stearns presided over the Sen
ate's session. A communication was
received from the trustees of the Uni
versity of Maine, in compliance to the
recent order, giving the salary list OF
the institution and the other expenses
1t makes interesting reading. 1t shows
that President Harris gets $500
salary. with use of a furnished house
the salaries of the professors are each
| $500; of the assistant professors. $1,000
| of the instructors, 5000 to $1,000; of the
tutors $500: of the assistant tutors $3.50
of the dean of the law school, $4,000: Of
| each of the six professors in the Law
school. $500: of Director Wood of thu
Experiment Station as professor o
chemistry, $500. y
At I.30 adjournment was made unit
4.3O p. NJ, Monday. Several of tn
committees met in the afternoon ant
this was the end Of the eighth week, tn
| busiest thus far of the session.