Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-03-15
END IN SIGHT.
Busy Tuesday Opens Eleventh
and Last Week.
Two Sessions, Today, and Until End is
Reached.
The Features d Tuesday Mornings Session
The Features ei Tuesday Mornings Session
and the Afternoon Committee Work.

at their WOfk. luesudy, tHde tHc N'o07
ing davs of the session are at hand
The most frequent symptom was the
manner i'm which rules were suspended
and measures pushed along faster than
the ordinary method of procedure
would allow. Then lot of measures
were taken from the table and dis
posed of. IL was not an exciting ses-
sion. but il was a busy one, full Of
routine work. and it lasted until nearly
l o'clock. In the afternoon numerous
committees met for the last time. To-
day, and until the final adjournment.
there will be two sessions. each day.
This is the result of an order passed,
yesterday The morning session will
be at 10 o'clock, as usual. and the time
of the afternoon session will be deter
mined at the morning session.
The Tuesday session was free from
debate. Two important measures We're
indefinitely postponed. The bill pro-
NluIHS lOI SliCiAtAhI- AShAPSAAASS
struction in schools was so disposed of
in the Senate and the resolve for re-
euuippng the National Guard from the
money to be received from the general
government was thus killed in the
House. The caucus bill came up as a
special assignment in the House and
was passed after several amendments
had been made. This on motion Of
Judge Smith this vote was reconsid
cred and the bill remains on the table
Mr.. Webb of Portland, put in a bill
smaking a number of verbal amend
ments to the bill passed earlier in the
ESession anneXing Deering to Portland.
new bill was one Incorporating Will
mittee reports included bill from the
judiciary committee abolishing i'm
prisonment for debt and doing away
with disclosure commissioners. This
bill was tabled in the House by Man
ley of Augusta.
There was an innovation in the Sem
ate when Miss Atkinson of Augusta,
made the opening prayer. This is said
to be the first time in the history of
the Maine Legislature when lady has
ofiiciated as chaplain.
A big part of the measures awaiting
Nv tf,a T In fn1lX- half
so some said, was disposed of, Tuesday
morning. Some of those remaining are
quite important, to be sure, and may
develop interesting fights. but with two
sessions daily they will not consume
many days. The last committee re-
ports will be made, today. There will
be no delay on account of the printing.
With everything working SO smoothly
and so far advanced. a final adjourn
| ment at the end of the week seems as
sured. The full story of Tuesday s
busy session is found in the steno-
| graphic report in another column.
| The important committee on taxa
ton had a long executive session. Tues
day afternoon. The Gardner bill in
icreasing the railroad tax and the join
order for the revision of the State tax
alton system We're discussed at length
4 by the committee. but no conclusion
was reached and no action taken. Th'
1 committee adjourned to meet at r
NJ. today. The whole matter will b.
settled, today, and the report prepared
Mich interest centers in this matter
The committee voted to 7repor
ought to pass on the bill au
thorizing the Governor and Coun
ell to investigate the unpaid take
on wild timber and grass lands wit
; mower TO abate the same if deemed ad
visable. :-.
The committee on salaries talke
over three matters. Tuesday Afternoon
They were the bill raising the salary c
the Lincoln register of probate frof
j $500 to 500. the bill allowing the ker
/; rebec register of probate $500 extra fc
clerk hire, and the bill raising the sa
= ary of the Hancock county attorne
t from s4OO to 5000. Representative Nj
: Faddcn opposed the first bill. III
= others were advocated, with no opp
sition appearing.
THE judiciary committee disposed
4 all the matters before it. Tuesday a
u tcrnoon, and voted to report flnall
This morning. Action was taken
follows: 1t was voted to report oug