Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-23
STATE HOUSE.
Meeting at Bangor
on Tuesday Evening, Jan. 7.
The Governor Receives Many Strange
and Peculiar Letters.
Twenty Corporations Were Organized Under
General Law During Past Week.

mems Association, which will be held
III bangor. Jan. :. promises to be one
OF the most successful meetings of the
Kind ever held in the State.
AT this meeting will be discussed the
question of securing the passage of a
law imposing tax of SO year on all
hunters coming into the State to hunt
big game. A list of speakers has been
made out. Not all will speak in favor
of license for hunters. Many will
speak in favor Of the scheme. but 9TH
ers will oppose it. Chairman Carleton
will open the discussion in an elabo-
rate speech in support of the PROPOSE
ton. He will contend that other states
and other countries. wherever game
| bounds, tax hunters and that Maine
must do SO in order to protect the game
resources that now make the State the
game paradise of America.
| The other speakers will include Hon.
H. NJ. Heath, Augusta: Hon. A. NJ.
Spear. Gardiner: General E. c. Far
| rington. Augusta; Hon. George d. Bis
bee. Rumford; Senator Macfarlane,
Greenville: Hon. Joseph c. Holman
! Pennington; Editor James w. Brack-
EFT, Phillips: Hon. VIM. T. Haines, Wa
terville: Hon. Jesse NJ Libby, Me-
chanic Falls; Forrest Goodwin. Esq,
Skowhegan; Hon. John F. Sprague,
7Ionson: Hon. William Engel. Col
Isaiah X. Stetson and Charles e. Oak,
Bangor. and others.
The opposition to the proposed tax
upon hunters will endeavor to make
itself felt at the meeting. The senti-
ment Of this side is forcibly expressed
by the following from a Franklin coun-
ty man:
THE idea of taxing out of the State
hunters is simply monstrous. These
fellows come down here from all parts
of the country, and they leave thou
| sands of dollars with the people of
Maine, and If they tax them for COM
ing here to hunt, they will go little
farther and not stop until they get to
Canada. where the hunting is just as
good as ii Is in the State Of Maine
Then New Hampshire is state where
there is good hunting, and many of
them will stop there.
Now that We have n majority of the
spOrtsmen coming here, we want them
to continue. We shall not know how
much money they leave in Maine until
they stop coming, and then it will be
too late to try to recover what we
have lost. 1 think the big game is now
well protected, and if more money is
needed let the Legislature furnish it,"
On the other side answer will be
made to this argument about as fol-
lows:
Ir the first place. Maine owns it's
game. and has a perfect right to pro-
tect it in any way she sees fit; second
ly. the appropriation of $4,000 each
year for the fish and game is not sutfi-
cient, but it is we'll known that it is
Of no use to ask the Legislature to ap
propriate another cent. OF the amount
now at the disposal of the commission.
$4,000 is needed for the fish interests
alone.
There is no doubt that the people will
continue to appropriate 5000 yearly.
but that is the limit. In order to pro-
tect the big game. more money is need
Cd and there is no practical way to
obtain it except by a tax on hunters.
Again, large majority of those who
come to Maine to hunt are perfectly
willing 70 contribute $40. or any rea-
sonable tax, when it is understood that
this money is to be used for the pro-
tSCtlOn D1 game. LII SOIIlc SldlcS TIC
tax is as high as $25. and for Maine to
ask n contribution of SO each from
those who come into the State to hunt
is only reasonable and just.
Land Agent Ring has been unable to
reach Augusta during the past week.
He came over on the Pullman, last
right, and will be at his Office at the
Capitol. today
In the course Of the year Governor
Hill receives many curious letters.
Here are two specimens just received:
A man down in West Hampden has
taken up the SandfOrd religious ques-
ton and has written to the Governor.
enclosing a newspaper clipping sug-
costing that some statute is needed to
restrain, Brother Sandford. He says in
his letter:
IF the clipping. expresses the true
state of affairs and it is not the first OF
that nature it should come under the
notice of the Chief Executive Of the
State. Although he has right to