Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-02
MID-WEEK RUSH.
Wednesdays Busy Session and
Many Hearings.
The Anti-Usury Fails to Pass the Sen
ate.
Friends Of The University Of Maine Score I
Point in the House.

The usual mid-week rush is at Its
height at the Capitol. Wednesday was
busy day. and this will be another
This afternoon will practically com
plete the committee work of the win.
ter. The session, yesterday. was moi
full of exciting features, as on some
mornings. but lots of routine work was
pushed along. In the House there was
lively sparring match over the refer
ence of the bill repeating the resolve OF
1897 which appropriated 10000 annual
ly for 10 years to the University OF
Maine. Plummer of Portland urged
that it go to the committee on legal
affairs, since the legality of long term
appropriations is involved in the mat
ter. Gardner of Patten. Hutchings OF
Brewer, Philbrook of Waterville and
Leavitt of Eastport urged that in the
interests of fair play the bill should be
sent to the committee on the Univer-
sity of Maine. Finally by vote OF 6S
to. II the House reconsidered the vote
of Tuesday whereby the bill was re-
ferred to the legal affairs committee,
and it was referred to the committee on
University of Maine There are evil
dences of quite a contest ahead on this
matter.
In the Senate the Morey anti-usury
bill was refused second reading by a
vote of IA to A. A motion to indefinite
IN postpone the bill, made by Blanchard
of Franklin, failed and it lies on the
table. The first minority report of the
session was received from a commit
tee, Wednesday, in the Senate. 1t was
| on the matter of a new normal school
at Dexter for Central Maine. The ma
jority report signed by seven of the
committee. refers the resolve to the
next Legislature, as has been done
with all the other propositions for new
normal schools. The minority report,
signed by three Of the committee, re-
ports ought to pass on the resolve.
Friday was assigned for the considera-
ton of the two reports.
During Wednesdays session the cat
tie commissioners and Secretary NC
Keen of the State Board of Agriculture
sent in their itemiZed accounts OF eX-
penses during the past year. as called
for by recent joint orders. The COM
munications are very long and every
cent paid out is fully accounted for.
There was very little new business of
Importance in either branch. In the
House there was a stack of petitions
and circumstances on old matters. the
annexation of Ocean Park to Saco;
against the repeal of the feed stuff in
spection law: for the two-cent mileage
bill, etc. A petition was received from
the executive committee of the State
Y. NJ. c. A. asking to be reimbursed
$500 for money paid out for the Maine
soldiers of the war with Spain while
encamped in Maine. This organization
paid $500 for tents, reading matter,
writing material. etc. 1t has raised
$500 toward this by subscription, and
asks the State to make up the remain
ing $500. A bill was introduced
amending Westbrook city charter SO
that the school buildings may be in
sured. Hutchings of Brewer, put in
bill giving the Governor and Council
authority to examine the unpaid taxes
on reserved lands from 1887 to 1896. in
elusive, with full authority to rebate
the same if deemed advisable.
Secretary Of State Boyd submitted
the following estimates made by the
county commissioners of the State OF
| the respective county taxes for the
next two years, one-half to be raised
each YEAR. I'D.