Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-01
SUNRISE SESSION.
An Early Beginning Followed
by a Busy Day.
Many New Measures and Several
important Hearings.
Party Goes to Orono-- Bird Protection.
Editors at the Capitol -,-o,. r..

through the storm to the Capitol
once. at. least, in every session the
Legislature INDUCES in this little pleas
antry OF sunrise session. generallylf in
ofGer that such of the members as
wish to take the excursion can Journey
by special train over to Orono. Some
like such an early session. but most OF
them LOOK at it is the pace that kills.
Thursday morning. when Speaker
Maniey let the gavel fall promptly at
O'Clock, not more than 80 mem
bers We're in their places, but a little
later most of the tardy ones had
drifted in and there was Il good at
tendance in both branches. The cleo
tric lights We're on in both chambers
through the session. At 9. Chairman
Dunn of the Committee on University
of Maine. with his fellow members and
a fair sized party of members and
others left on special train for Orono.
The storm kept many from going. The
party was Sumptuously entertained by
President Harris. and returned. late in
the evening.
Thursday. whose work began so
carly. was busy day throughout. The
session continued q little over an hour.
when adjournment was made to 10 A.
NJ. today, for the closing session of the
NTH week Some of the committees Al
once proceeded to business and in the
afternoon there We're q number of
hearings, the fish and game COM
mittee holding the place of honor in
the hall of the House for the afternoon
and evening. The Maine Press Asso-
citation held a forenoon business ses-
sion in the Senate chamber and public
literary exercises in the same place in
the afternoon. The senior class of the
Portland High school which had
planned on a days visit to the Capitol
postponed its trip on account of the
early session.
There was mass of new matters on
Clerk Cotton's desk at the early ses-
sion, nearly as many as on the previ-
Gus day. a new taxation bill provides
for a tax on street railroads. 1t gets
at the matter of gross receipts ard
puts the rate at three -twentieths of one
per cent. when the gross receipts aver
age less than $1,000 per mile. and IN
creases this rate three-twentieths of
one per cent fer each addition of
$1,000 to the average gross receipts
until the average is $1,000. Above this
the rate is made one-half of one per
cent. for each additional $1,000 to the
average gross receipts per mile. Pat
tangall of Machias put in a bill placing
direct inheritance tax of one-half of
enc per cent. upon all property exceed
ing 81, 500 in value. A bill to prevent
the double taxation of mortgaged real
estate was put in by Walker of Starks.
1t provides that the amount of the
mortgage on any piece of real estate
shall, upon representation of the
mortgagor to the assessors. be de-
Quoted from the valuation of the
mortgagor and added to the valuation
OF the mortga gee. whether he be a
resident of Maine or not. If the
assessors are satisfied that a mortgage
is withheld from record to avoid tax
alton they shall treat it as a recorded
mortgage. Any contract made by
which the mortgagor shall pay such
tax shall be null and void. The mat
ter of voting by means of voting
machines makes its usual appearance.
The matter of Names representation
al the second Inauguration of Presi-
dent Mckinley came up in a resolve
carrying. $1,000 to help pay the eX
penses of Company NJ of Westbrook.
Company c of Bath. and the Signal
Corps to Washington. March 4.
The Indian representatives have
arrived at the Capitol, Thomas Dana
coming from the Penobscot tribe and
Joseph Sepsis. from the Passamaquod-
dies Their credentials We're received
in the House. Yesterday and put on file
while Messrs. Dana and Sepsis solemn
ly looked down from the gallery. A
resolve also appeared appropriating
1920 to pay their salary. With it was
resolve carrying SO. 500 to rebuild Tie
church Of the Passamaqu6ddy tribe at
Pleasant Point. The other resolves of
the day including those carrying S25.o0O
for a central heating and power plant
for. the University of Maine. $2aCce for
a bridge between Chester and Lincoln
$40. 900 for the support of the l'ath
Military and Naval orphan Asylum.
Another bill amending the divorce law
appeared being presented by Powers or
Fort Fairfield. 1t provides that the
refusal for three years of either party
| to continue the marital relations s,la II
be deemed cruel and abusive treatment
| and ground for divorce. A bill came IN
Incorporating the Coburn Classical In
stitute of Waterville and naming
Nathaniel Butler, F. w. Johnson, Geo.
d. f.. Pepper. Horace Purinton, l.. t.
Cornish. f. c. Whitmore, H. p. Dun
lham and c. w. Davis as incorporatofs'
Representative Dudley introduced a
bill authorizing the Augusta Water
| Company to issue bonds to cancel out
standing obligations and extend It's
| works. .-tI
In neither branch was there ntucii
going on'except the routine OF recel.
ing and referring measures ana reio-
ing reports and bills. There were
many new matters of less generai mn
portance. not referred to above WHICH
are, mentioned in the stenoSrapnlc re-
port The bear bounty matter raiseo
a little breeze in the House. TINS ooos
has referred the petitions to tne h.i
and game committee while the Seha'
insists on their going to the comiiii'','
on agriculture. An attempt was ii'au'
in the House to recede and concur VIII
the Senate, but by vote OF - - :
the consideration of the
was deferred until this mo-
ing. In the Senate. the piii ~
u-t,ich aims TO pIcNCh