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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-12
STANDING COMMITTEES
Of the Seventeen Legislature Of
Maine.
The Committees.

JUDICIARY-Senators White. Weeks
and Virgin; Representatives Harris OF
Portland. Webb of Portland. Powers of
Fort Fairfield. Carleton of Winthrop.
Parkhurst of Bangor.
LEGAL AFFAIRS-Senators Plummer.
Noble. Staples of Knox; REPRESENTATIVE
Falls. Pattangall of Machias: Fellows Of
Bucksport. Allen of Sanford. Allan OF
Portland, Putnam of Houlton.
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS ~ Senators
Burns. Rankin and Bryant; Representa-
tives Beal of Bangor. Hyde of Bath. Hix
of Rockland. Pettingili of Rumford. Page
of Skowhegan. Bodwell of Hallowell,
Moulton of South Portland.
FEDERAL RELATIONS = Senators
Jones' Alden and Dudley; Representa-
tives Pike Of Lubcc Meade Of Bridgton,
Weatherby Of Lincoln, Tuft of Kingfeld,
White of Naples. Andrews of Rockport
Jackson of Monson.
DUCATION-Senators Plummer, Lib
by and Wilson: REPRESENTATIVES, Walker
of Turner, Meade of Bridgton. Bennett
of Hollis, Cook of Nassalboro, Briggs of
Hudson.
RAILROADS-Senator Jones. Murchie
and Whitehouse; Representatives Bird of
Rockland, Beal of Bangor, Randall of
Portland. Mayo of Foxcroft, Kaler of
Scarboro, Little of Lewiston, Deerng of
Saco.
MMERCE-Senators Libby. Burleigh
and Adams; Representatives Hyde of
Bath. Plummer of Portland, SWEET of
kittery, Hill of Exeter, Ross of Lincoln
vile, Dodge of Brooklin, Adams of La
grange.
MERCANTILE AFFAIRS AND IN
SURANCE-Senators Whtchouse. Burns
and Stearns; Representatives Fuller of
Auburn. knowlton of Pennington. Bur-
rill of Ellsworth, HodSkins of Lamoine
Coffin of Freeport. Thomas of Hampton,
Davis of Watervile.
BANKS AND BANKING Senators
Adams. Titcomb ana Noble: Representa-
tives Fuller of Kennebunk, Dudley of Au-
Susta. Fay of Dexter. Brewster Of Lis
bon, Haskell of Lewiston. Weymouth of
Biddeford. Eaton of Calais.
TURES-Senators Titcomb
Staples Of Cumberland, and Libby; Rep
resentatives Dobson of Pittsfield SaboiI-
rim of Lewiston, Coffin of Frceport. Dill
lingham of St. Adams. Fay of Dexter
Cordwell of Westbrook, Walter of Waldo
borO.
AGRICULTURE-Scn Alden. Dud-
ley and Stearns; Representatives Thomp-
son of China, Boothby of Leeds. Cush-
man of Sherman. ioXie of Fairfield
feathers Of Hermon, Hammond of Paris
Harvey Of Atkinson.
MILITARY ADMINISTRATORS Mac
farane, Nickery and Morrison; Repre-
sentatives Walls of Ninalhaven, Moultor
of Bowdoinham. Sprague of Easton
Eneeland OF SearSport, Cannon of jay
SWEET of kittery, Crosby of Littleton.
INTERIOR WATERS-Senato tors Muir.
chic. Jones and Macfarlane: Representa-
tives Carr of Uid Town, Peabody OF
Princeton. Farrell Of Van Buren,. Law
renee of Gardiner, Shaw of Bath, Greer
of Madison, Porter of Bangor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-12
Standing Committees Of the House.

WAYS AND MEANS-Representa
Dudley of Augusta. Davis of Waterville,
Dobson of Pittsfield. Minot of Phipps-
burg, Boyd of Linneus, Little of Lewis
ton. Frederick of Winterport.
LEAVE OF acknowledgements
tives Wilson of Brunswick, Crosby OF
Littleton, Russ of Woodstock. feathers
of Hermon. Boothby of Leeds, Thomas OF
Hampden. Mcnamara of Thomaston.
RULES AND BUSINESS OF THE
Hot St.-Representatives Chase of Port
land, Parkhurst of Bangor, Gardner of
Pattcn. the Speaker.
BILLS IN THE THIRD READING
Representatives Gilmore of Turner,
Young of st. George, Briggs of Harrison,
Stevens of Bluehill Little of Monmouth,
Walter of Waldoboro, Skidmore of Lib
erty.
ENGROSSED BILLS-Representat
Sargent of Portland, Thompson of China,
Brewster of Lisbon. Farnsworth of Bed
dington, Staples of York, Hill of Exeter,
Gooding of Yarmouth.
NS-Representatives Dunn of
Orono Putnam of Holden, Haskell OF
Windham. Weatherbee of Lincoln Walk
er of Starks, White of Naples, Littlehale
of Union.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-12
Joint Special Committees.

LEGISLATIVE APPORTIONMENT
Senators Virgin. Prince, White, White
house. Buck, Macfarlane and Dudley;
Representatives Webb of Portland, Pet
tingill of Rumford. Minot of Phippsburg
Parkhurst of Bangor, Andrews of Rock
port, Harris of Auburn. Williams of San.
Pittstield, Somes of Eden, Irving OF Carl
bou. White of East Machias. McDougall
of Boothbay, Hill of Belfast, Dudley OF
Augusta. NoyeS of Berwick
COUNCILLOR APPORTIONMENT
Senators Bryant, Jones, Nickery, Morri-
son, Staples of Cumberland. Murche and
Pierce: Representatives Libby of Me
chanic Falls. Fellows of Bucksport
Plummer of Portland, Bird of Rockland
Cannon of JAY. Page of Skowhegan,
Harvey of Atkinson, Andrews of Nor
way, Shaw of Bath, Pratt of Veazie,
Thornton of Ashton, Farnsworth of Penn
broke, Jackson of jefferson, Libby of
Burnham. Little of Monmouth, Dearborn
of ParSonstied.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-12

Robert Louis Stevenson cousin, era :
ham Balfour has finished his memoir o.
the novelist He has woven into II -"
number of new letters ana some oI o nt
Unpublished literary fragments.
The book will contain a full Description
of his life in Samoa
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-12

restrictions on the export of pulp wood to
this country. SYndicates and CAPITALISTS
are scrambinS to get control of the tim
Der and water privileges Great things
are expected. too great perhaps for prac-
teal good. The obstacles to a profitable
management the business there are
manv but the people recognize the ad-
vantages and will no doubt make the best
of them. American capital is being in
vested. but naturally The bulk comes
from the mother country.
Alfred Harmsworth, the London editor
who recently got out the ideal edition Of
the New York World. is one of the larg-
est paper consumers in the world. If not
the largest. ana his opinions are valuable.
He is a believer in the future of Canada
in the pulp business and in a recent in
tervew said Speaking for myself
think Canada will lead in that respect.
especially 50 far as the production OF
newspaper for the English market is;
concerned. That country Canada has
no doubt decided natural advantages for
making paper of the cheaper grades.
These, coupled with the fact that il is an
important part of the British empire, as
sures for its product ready sale in the
mother country In the same interview
Mr.. farmsWorth stated that his brother
who does all the paper buying. expects
to soon come over to Canada with the
view of looking the ground over ana
erecting mills.
William Lancaster, another prominent
English manufacturer, has recently been
through Canada looking the ground over
and Siveh his opinion as follows:
Il may say that am in Canada for the
purpose of making inquiries regarding
the pulp wood industry. and NAV make
some contracts before returning home I
would prefer to buy here. Formerly we
went TO Holland and Norway for our sup
ples. hut the recent advertising that Ca
NADIA has received has aroused the manu-
featuring interests of England to the re
sources of the colony and much trade be
tween it and England is sure to follow ="
There is wcll-recognizcd scarcity OF
wood pulp in England and her manufact-
urers and consumers are obliged to look
selsewhere for their supply and the most
natural place seems to De Canada
Meanwhile America is not sleeping but
is rapidly developing every part of the
country where the pulp industry is posi-
BILE, as in Minnesota. already mentioned
The Southern press is aGitating the mat
ter Of establishing the industry there and
many profess to see that that section will
become the center OF the business. 1t is
dance that are as suitable for making
pulp as spruce and wants to see mills es-
tablishcd there.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-12
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
American Books Becoming Popular
With German Readers.
concessions OF Literary Adviser. Books Old
. and New.

That the Germans are LOOKING to
American literature more and more
for new works in an unconyentiona,
style has several times recently had
illustration. 1t is again shown bv the
puoicauon by Leipsic firm of a Ger
man translation of Ernest Seton
Thompson's Wild Animals Have
Known" The translator. in what
would he preface in an English book.
but is placed in what Mark Twain
would doubtless consider . character
lsucally German position al the end of
TINS volume. calls these stories charm
ing, worthy to stand side by side with
the works of Bret Harte. Kipling and
Anderson. but complains of the diff
Guilty of translating them on account
oil the technical phraseology, the
Americanisms and the concepts
foreign to the German mind that re-
cur in them The reader of German
books Will be struck with the strong
influence of American bookmaking
shown in the appearance of the Ger
man edition. which is far removed
from the usual style of the German
publishing houses. The plates of the
half-tone pictures and of the quaint
trite marginal drawings used in the
American edition We're sent over by
the American publishers. the Messrs.
Scribner. and the German publishers
have shown ingenuity enough to
spread on the inside of the covers the
little wolf footprint that Mr.. Seton
Thompson has adopted for sign
manual. The translator apparently
found his troubles with the American
idiom beginning with the title. for he
has not attempted to put that into
German, though it seems as if he
might have done so without greatly
troubling the imaginations of his read
ers. He has Contented himself with a
German title that means 'Bingo and
Other Animal Stories
A check for a very substantial
amount was received by the Scribners
for the German rights to print a
limited number of this translation 1t
was Endorsed over to Mr.. Seton
Thompson in time for him to get it on
New Years day and in acknowledge
ing it he wrote: Il cordially approve Of
this method of opening the new cen
fury"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-12

one of the most notable feats of mem
orv recorded in this century was that of
Colonel Charretie. mentioned i'll the Just
published history of steeple-ChaSinS. This
well known sportsman once learned py
heart. for a bet, the whole Of The Lon
don Morning Post Of Il particular day.
and repeated every word of it, including
the advertisements.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-12

a friendly critic of Deacon Brad
bury" Edwin Asa Dix's novel of New
England life. has attempted to make
a point by showing that the incident
of Charlie Bradburys writing to his
mother under cover of letters remailed
through the postmaster of another
city is impossible. because the postal
regulations directly forbid a postmas-
ter thus to RENAL a letter without in
dorsing on it the name of the place
from which it was sent to him. Mr.
Dix is not to be so caught, however.
and points out that this regula ton did
not go into effect till 1879. while the
events described in Deacon Brad
bury are supposed to take place III
1871.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-12
Standing Committees oil the Senate.

BILLS IN THE SECOND READING
Senators Titcomb, Fernald. Whitehouse.
Nickery. Hodsdon. Rankin. Staples Of
Cumberland Libby, Stearns, Jones, Will
son. Prince.
ENGROSSED BILLS-Senators Bryant
Pierce. Murche. Morrison. McFadden
Plummer. Buck. Noble. Dudley, Macfar-
lane, Staples of Knox, Alden.
SENATORIAL VOTE-Senators Plum
mer, McFadden. Rankin. Stearns, Noble
Murchie. Staples of Knox.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-12
Joint Select Committees.

GOVERNORS MESSAGE - Senators
Virgin, Weeks and Nickcry; Representa-
tiVes Plummer of Portland, Fellows OF
BuckSport, Bird of Rockland. Phoenix of
Alfred. Andrews of Norway, Parkhurst
of Bangor. Eaton of Calais.
MAINE STATE YEAR BOOK-Sena-
tors Wilson. Rankin and Buck: Repre-
SentatiVes Smith of WATERFORD, Lowd of
Plymouth. Merritt of Columbia, Laliberte
of Fort Kent, Allan Of Portland, Somes
OF Eden. UiX of Rockland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-12

Count Tolstoi is engaged upon two
dramas. 1t is not true, as the Russian
press has been stating, that The Corpse
is complete and will not be finished be
fore February, according to information
received by the director of Imperial
Theaters, Prince Wolkonsky, from
Countess TOIStoi AS the ImperlaI
tneaters are closed during Lent it will
probably not be given under Prince VOL
konsky's direction before next season.
though ii may be produced in private
is being translated into Tartar and into
Persian.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-12

Mr.. c. Kernahan, making, in LONDON
the other evening, the Confessions OF
Literary Adviser, quoted Mr.. SWIM,
burne as once telling him that if he had
made it Il rule early in life TO answer
only those letters that came to him from
friends and relatives. his contributions 70
criticism and poetry would have been
augmented by the addition Of at least
three more books containing some OF ms
best work. Mr.. kernahan added that
persons who wrote for literary adNcS 10
SWinburne to Andrew Lang, or to NIP
ling did so, of course. because OF tneii
intense admiration for those distinguished
authors: but those who wrote to the aN-
erage literary adviser did 50 because q
their intense admiration for their own
work, and thai was mIch less SratliHlnS-
one poor woman wrote 70 him, for IN
stance. to say that her son was threat
eued with sOftening of the brain, ana peg
ring him to get book of his accepted
as thereby his health would be Dene-
fitted. as he would have something 10 N
terest what was left of his mind Again.
he had had a letter from an ehtire
stranger, beginning Il understand S4u
are a Christian man. ana am tuls
thankful to learn it. When you learn my
story YOU won't have the heart to re-
fuse my MS Two weeks ago today my
wife ran away from me, and ! maven
heard of her since" He did not even
trouble to express sympathy with tne
writer's domestic afiliction, for he nap
nened to know that others had been VIII
ten to in similar terms. and that III tne
matter of runaway wives the man, IL
Judged by his letters, must nave beeh
yeritable Buebeard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-12

1t is fitting that negro should write
the authoritative book on the American
negro; that is what the Macmillan Com
pany believe has been done by the Hon.
William Hannibal Thomas in The Amer
lean Negro: " hat He Was, What He Is
and What lie May Become" which they
will publish by the middle Of the month.
Mr. Thomas is now a lawyer OF Everett.
Mass: he served with distinction in the
Civil War, and aftcrward was Il member
of the South Carolina Legislature during
the reconstruction period. Trained in
theology and law. he became a successful
practitioner in the South Carolina courts
and afterward established himself in
Massachusetts, 1t is asserted that no
such complete and detailed Information
exists elsewhere than in this new book
about the American negro, his physical
and mental qualifications and capacities,
his vices and crimes, his religious beliefs,
his possibilities as an economic and pollt-
ical factor in American life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-12

now that thing ought to have been done
IN some other way. So ridicule, after all.
Is not going to hurt young poets very
nluch II they really have something to
say.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-12

When Tennyson first read Browning 90
''SordelIo' he said: There were plt IVA
lines in it which ] could understand, anu
they We're both lies" The two lines VIZ
the first c'Who will may hear Sordeliu, =
story told) and the last C'Who Wou W,
has heard Sordellos story told IL
HeZekiah Butterworth has made coIi r,,n
ton of such instances of literary So ~
and published them for the comiort ~
Young poets who are growing ureu VI
being laughed at. TIT; of
John Stuart Mill. the greatest criuc oi
his time. said that 'Sartor kesartuS, oss
poem in prose, was the "stupldes, ~, NJ.
Of stuff he ever set eyes on. Gnar,eo
Sumner told Longfellow that .Evah nexe
line" was preposterous and that TO-
poem in heroic meter was absurd. Byron
thought that Wordsworth wrote 50 M re
urally about the idiot boy that 1T
poet himself must have been the sup'e0
of his own lyric. tt
But. as Mr.. Butterworth concluaes.. enc
is the man who does something VINO .h.t
ceeds. Wendell Phillips used to say ', ne
there We're two kinds of people in Ma
world-one kind who went ahead anu u ~.
something. and another kind VINO sh""
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-26
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.

The impeachment resolution passed
by a larger majority than was expect
ed by many-62 to So, nearly two to one.
All the republicans voted no. as vas
looked for. 1t is said by Raleigh d
Ders tina the concluding speech by
Representative Craig was indeed "a
great one. We only saw it yesterday
and have not yet had the pleasure Of
reading it. Thirteen democrats voting
against with the republicans. Those
voting no were Collins, Conner, Gath
er, Long. Mclean, Morris, Nash,
Page, Patterson, Reinhardt, Steven
son, Stubs. and Watts. These voted
no doubt from conscientious conviction,
and not as the republicans probably did
They perhaps think badly of the con-
duct of the two judges but oppose
trial and conviction preferring some
thing milder. and, what some would
call. more merciful. The Messenger
gave yesterday the two committees.
One is by the speaker of the house to
present the impeachment resolutions
to the senate that is to try, and is COM
posed of Messrs. Winston, Ardry,
Blount, Zachary and Carlton. The
gentlemen selected by a vote of the
house to conduct the impeachment at
the bar of the senate are Messrs.
Allen, of Wayne: Craig. of Buncombe:
Graham. of Granville; Hayes. of Chat
ham; Spainhour. of Burke; Rountree:
of New Hanover; Nicholson, of Beau
fort; Shannonhouse, of Meckienburg;
Seawell, of Moore. 1t is really an
and fully qualified selection, and m
braces perhaps the best equipped and
strongest legal array in the house.
The trial is set for the 1st March.
The defence will no doubt be strongly
represented and the two judges can
lend a helping hand to make more i'm
posing the arguments in their behalf.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-26
LRGIsLATIvE.

An act has been passed to restore to
cto for the deaf and dumb school
at Morganton-
The supreme court wiz hereafter con-
vene in August.
Judge Connors bill to settle the ques-
ton OF tenure of office restores to the
regulate the same. This is important
as passing vents clearly show. II
remedies a very much Of a crying evil
The Raleigh Post makes this clear
statement concerning the proposed
measure to remove an offence. 1t says:
The act is not retroactive. save rs
to the offices or places, but is des gn-
ed. as expressed. to apply to all such
offices and officers hereafter. This ex-
preston Of the legislative will as 10
these positions, IT seems to us, ought
to be conclusive. Decisions of the
court heretofore applying the constitu-
ton to statutory offices were based
upon the construction as aid down in
Hoke versus Henderson without any
legislative expression defining this
matter or distinguishing the legislative
49, Ill
established. and we take it, will govern
the courts are be respected by them in
future. 1t will be notice to all who
hereafter accept positions created by
the legislature that they do so subject
= legislative control"
There are sixteen more working days
Of the regular legislative session. Per-
haps the time will have to be extended
for a fortnight or more. The local
bills half of the time of the
Legislature. A great omnibus bill
would be a disideratum and a vast
saving of time and help.
Go slow is excellent advice now for
he solons. Let the revenue bill be
scrutinized by the coolest and clearest
heads before it is accepted. It may be
loaded to the muzzle with dynamite.
An increase of taxation is always un-
popular. and when unjust, it is inqui-
tous. People do not love to pay taxes
and when they are full of burdens upon
lean pockets lookout at the next cleo
tino. The Charlotte Observer gives a
review of the Revenue BIZ and CON
cludes with these words:
THE state SC hard up. it is true. for
revenue, but if the democratic party is
not careful it will tax itself into great
unpopularity. if not out OF power"
The income tax reported is not
worthy of enlightened legislators. 1t
will prove an exceeding hardship, will
invite curses fierce and deep, and will
add to h already cumulative false
swearing. The idea as to wha an in
come tax is absurd and oppressive. 1t
ample resources. but upon labor and
poverty.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-26

Cumber had supported briefly the COM
mittee amendment, Mr.. Chandler join
ed Mr.. Hale in the warning against
extrayagant appropriations. He point
ed out the political effect OF such ao-
proprisLions. asserting that while SEN
ators on the other side of the chamber
might insist upon getting their share,
they would be the first to denounce the
extravaganza upon the hastings, and
the republican party would be over
whelmed for it's extravaganza" Some
| democrats, Tillman and Bacon, CAT
frey and Money favored this expendi-
ture. They are on the e~xtravagant
side this time, while they fight the
$3.50, 600, 900 subsidy steal. Mr.. Lodge
! held hat the Maine senator's warning
ought to be needed, as appropriations
were mounting upward enormously.
ANY person who would examine at
tentively the appropriations being
made by congress would realize a
lily the dangers into which the govern
ment was running. 1t was an open
secret. he said. that the river and har-
Dor bill was in danger OF failure. be-
cause il was loaded down with appro-
prlations of neither immediate nor i'm
perative Importance. He pointed
out hat government aid had been
given to one or two international ex-
positions, and now expositions with
government aid had become a recog-
niZed industry. Likewise the selling 10
the government of batleields as real
estate speculation had become ar in
dustry. Congress, too, was be ng ask
ed constantly to erect monuments TO
local heroes and to celebrate local
events.
1--WE are pushing along" said Mr..
Lodge in conclusion, Ito the billion dol
lar mark in our appropriations, n we
have got to draw the line"
1t is unfortunate that democratic
senators should lend themselves at
this time or any other to great AMI
needless expenditures. Democrats are
not economically inclined now. The
spendthrift contag fon has struck them.
and they are not disposed to wise and
severe economy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-26
SIGNIFICANT.

The very first division in the first
parliament of King Edward VII, came
very near defeating the government.
1t was indeed an unexpected explosion
"a regular bomsheH affair that came
near lifting the Tories out of their
boots and out Of their seats. The tory
government Has or had 100 majority,
but it was greatly cut down becaus
Of its refusal to answer the questions
of members. The vote on division was
20z against 249-but As majority. LORD
Cranborn declined to answer questions
relating to the governments foreigr
policy without previous notice from
the questioners-
Mr.. John Dillon, Irish Nationalist.
seized the opportunity. and on motion
to adjourn almost placed the conserva-
tive party in queer street.
Mr.. Dillon declared that the under
secretary for the foreign office had
been muzzled and that his refusal was
a breach Of privilege"
Even the Tories resented a curtail-
ment of free speech. Chamberlain was
hot under attack