The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-02-06
FARMERS AND THE LEGISLATURE.
People of scsrboro Give Attention TO
Certain Matters of Interest.

There being neither wheeling nor
sleIghing at Scarboro Saturday prevented
large turnout at the meeting to Giscuss
the way things are going on at the capt.
tol but the meeting was lively and har-
monious.
W. II. Mclaughlin acted as chairman
and among the prominent citizens present
were noticed. Selectmen Turner u.
Knight and /. II. Leavett, Deputy sher.
III Eben L. Waterhouse, l. Augustus
Libby and Collector of Taxes Georse IL,
Milliken
said he should point out such measures
as had been introduced at Augusta whics
he considered inimical tn the interest Of
h farmers, an that they shouli lose TO
time In sending up petitions against
them. The farmers are acting much more
s-nsibly this winter In killing off obnoxi-
GUS legislation by drowning it under a
sea OF circumstances, than to wait until
the legislature adiourns and then
"growl around in their barnyards the rest
Of the winter"
The chairman then referred to the all
rou1d strike by the states servants for
a raise in their salaries when salaries are
being reduced in other states and psrtic-
nlarly In Boston where the entire force of
city employees are subjected to u sweep.
ing reduction, and after pointing out =
number OF other matters that should re-
csive the taxpayers attention he opened
the meeting for remarks or the introduce
ton of resolutions.
TIE following resolutions were passed
unanimously and with great enthusiasm;
Resolved, That we are opposed to the
raising the salaries OF any class OF the
states employees as unjust to tins farm :.
ers, thousands of whom from want Of
snow have not been able to earn single
dollar the entire winter.
Resolved, That we oppose all appro-
priatluns to the Eye and lar Infirmary
At Portland as long as the present mnn-
agement aud practlses continue there
Resolved, That we demand as an net OF
insties that the deposits In the Trust
companies Of the state be sub ected to
tho same rate of taxation as the drposits
the Savings banks, to the end that tue
money OF the rich man shall hear Its
shnre Of the public burdens as well as the
seAnty savings OF the widows and orphans
Of the state
Resolved. That the town of Scarbor
ourh hAs elected her selectmen in open
town meeting annually for 240 years, and
We resent any attempt TO interfere with
this ancient time honored and saiutsry
practise.
With an evident desire to commend
something done at Augusta, someone
sent up "A resolution commencing the pro-
posed law relating to exchangeable mileage
books on railroads but Deputy sheriff
Waterhouse in u speech of some length
explained that these mileage books were
for the benefit Of commercial trave lers
principally who used the roads much and
made many short trips and If any attempt
was made to regulate this matter by
making the mileage books transferable
the only result would be the roads would
raise the price of the books and this reso
luton WAS tabled.
The move TO repeal the arbitration
clause" In the standard fire Insurance.
nolleIes was discussed and the opinion
was nearly unanimous that the "arbitra-
ton clause" was fair and saved resort to
the costly machinery of the law, but as
the matter was rot clear t. all II was
thought best not TO report any resolution
on it,