Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-03-02

An act to set of certain territory
from Pittsfield Village Corporation.
An act to increase the salary or the
county attorney of Sagadahoc county.
An act to amend section l.. Of chapter
lis. of the Revised Statutes, relating to
salaries of public officers
An act to enable the commissioners
of inland fisheries and game to increase
the State museum. consisting of mount
ed specimens and pictures of the birds.
wild animals and fishes native to the
State Of Maine.
An act extending certain powers Of
the Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
ORDERS OF THE DAY.
An act to incorporate the Wiscasset
Academy came up as special assign
ment.
This bill was read twice and assign
ed for tomorrow morning.
Special assignment:
Motion to reconsider vote whereby
bill to repeal provisions OF Chapter 21h.
Resolves of 1897. appropriating $90,9oO
year for 10 years for University Of
Maine. 50 far as the same relates to the
years subsequent to 1898, was referred
to the committee on legal affairs.
Mr.. GARDNER of Patten: do not
see why a matter belonging to the
committee on University Of Maine
should go to that committee. am
frank to say that I have suspicion
that. under the cover of sending this
matter to another committee, is a hid
den attack on the University of Maine.
nd hot ;o, -s~
If the gentleman from Portland (Mr.
Plummer) wishes to send this to the
legal affairs committee on the general
proposition as to whether appropria-
tions for more than two years are IL
legal and not just, let him make the
proposition on general grounds and
submit that to the committee on legal
affairs. but not select the University of
Maine for a direct attack. I stand on
my former position that the COMMITTEES
on University of Maine is the proper
committee to which to refer this mat
ter. 1t went there two years ago and
should go there now.
l will also say that there has been
various reports circulated about this
House that President Harris of the
University Of Maine. has been against
the academies. 1 believe this report
was circulated as arainst the Irniver.
sity of Maine. and 7 saw here thar r
know better know that presiden.
Harris has favored the academies aud
stands for educat;on. and hone thar
the motion to reconsider will nrevaiI
Mr.. HIITCHINGS Of Rrewer. rber,,
is. as we all know. ioint standing
of this House which is en-
titled the committee on Irnivers;tv of
Maine. 1t is a committee which. had
supposed. was constituted nv This Lep-
islature for the purnose of having re-
ferred to it particular classes Of legis-
lation: and it does seem 10 me that.
If there is anv particu,ar class of lec
islation which should he referred Ia
this Joint standing COMMITTEES of IN.
Legislature il is leris,ation which can.
Germs the Ifniversitv Of Maine II r
mistake not. House document No. III is
pf this class. for If is a hin asI under.
stand il. which seeks To raneal the do
nss of the last Legislature wberehv they
certain sums of monev
ror the use of the University of Maine
For a period of wears 7 dc mt kno,v
what motive has actuatad and doa..
,etuate the gentlemen who stand he-
1ind this h;ll: do not know nor can
imagine. hnt whatever mot;yo +har.,
nav be whatever nurnose there u.v
be. and whatever reason there NAV he
FOR the introduction of this hill, n does
seem to me. and it seems to me that h
must commend itself to the reason or
this House. that this ioint standing
committee of this I.eris,atura ia tho
proper committee to consider this hin
With all due respect to the committee
IN legal affairs, which does its duty in