Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-22
ENDS, TODAY.
The Wock of the 10th Legis-
lsture Almost Done.
Many Speeches ard Much Work
Done, Thursday.
Four Conference comri:iccs--a Eusy Day
Mock Session. Tonight.

arises the 10Th Legislature will Gem
lhete It's labors ana adjourn. sine die
! today. The big matters are all dis
posed OF, the tables are cleared in both
branches, and there only remains the
I Anlsnln% touches on q few measures.
the usual love feast Cf farewell speech
eS, ana probably the mock session. this
evening, while the bodies, are in recess
: waiting Tor the engrossing of the last
, measures, particularly the second gen.
"fil appropriation bill which comes in
I " the last moment. Two years ago
the final adjournment was made.
March Il. and in the sessions of four
years and six years ago the end was
reached. March y.
thursday WAS long and busy day
in both branches. There was an al
most endless amount Of talking. par
tcularly in the House, but in spite Of
: TINS large amount OF business was
/ done. Everything was cleared away
{ that was III sight and the Senate was
! II recess most Of the afternoon wait
ms tOl measures to come up from the
/ House. rs is usual at the end of Il
session there We're number of con-
ference committees 10 talk over mat
teES upon which the two bodies had
taken different stands. IN this way
-four matters died between the branch
es as the conferees could not agree
These We're the Andoscoggin Telephone
bill, the Somerset county court house
bill, The Washington county court mat
ter, and the bill exempting Old sol
dierS over 50 years of age from a poll
tax. There will probably be two or
three moro conference committees. to-
day.
The Senate concurrcd without di-
vision with the House il killing tie re-
solve for the Eye ana Ear lnlirmary;
also by 4 vote of Il TO . concurrod with
the House in passing the resolve for
State aid Tor country roads under Ger
tain conditions. i;y vote Of Is to
the Senate refused to concur on the
Washington county court matter. ana
the bill died in conference. as stated
above. In the House he $JGC0 resolve
for a fish hatchery at Moosencld lake
was indefinitely postponed. II To II. ar
ter Il long debate in which it was OPP
posed by Hammond, Powers. Adams
and Davis, and favored hy Hill. Beal.
Briggs, Carleton and Williams. The
bill making all liquors with : per cent.
Of alcohol Intoxicating within the
meaning Of the law was amended BY
substituting - per cent" for = Par
cent" The vote for the amendment
was 20 to 81. This was also the sub
ject Of much talking i'll which Chase
bore the brunt Of the battle for the
amendment. Mr.. Chase also urged and
carried an amendment cutting down by
$4,000 the amount appropriated for the
new building at the Maine Industrial
School for Girls. Mead. Bennett AMI
Cook opposed the cut in the appropria-
ton. The bin taxing trust ana bank
ing companies u Of l per cent. on
time deposits bearing interest was the
subject. of a iively debate in which
Carleton and Pattagall crossed orator
icaI swords with much viSOr and ear
nestHe SIS. Mr. Cartoons amendment
to out out the word time was lost.
IN the afternoon the principal debate
was on. the bill regulating the herring
fisheryMsthe st. CroiX river. This bill
was opposed by Bradford Of PASSPORT,
and Maddoeks of HOothbay Harb0r,
Ind asivocated by ScammOn of Frank
an. Pike of Lubec. Hodgkirs of La
1rno;ne, Hinkley of Jonesport, ana Pat
R8angall of Machias. The bill was
s1passed without Il division. Later in
ttheF afternoon, the consent clause in
The general telephone law was attacked
fHhth5much vigor by Libby Of Poland.
Eand defended with equal vigor by
Chase of Portland and Hill OF Belfast
The bill under discussion repeating this
general law was postponed, IS to 10.
The election of commissioner of agri-
culture took place in joint convention
at 1870. There We're 122 votes cast OF
which number \. w. Gilman of Fox
croft received 1903. The Democrats
cast IS votes for Ansel WadsWorth OF
Belfast. while one vote was given to
Justin NJ. Leavitt. There was little
breeze at the morning session when
resolve was introduced by Cook OF
| Nassalboro advising the Governor TO
! omit the usual encampments OF the
National Guard for 1901 and 1907. IL
was passed to be engro@sed without
! word of opposition. The Senate, now
! ever. took the view that il is not the
/ province of the Legislature to give ao-
! vice to the Governor and refused 10
| pass the resolve in concurrence. me
House thereupon gracefully backed
| down and joined the Senate in killing
/ the resolve.
| a few changes in the joint standing
| committee have been recommended py
Z the committee on rules and accepted
by both branches. The committee on
| University of Maine is abolished ana
! its work will hereafter be done by the
committee on education. The commit
| tee on insane hospitals is changed TO
! the committee on State charities anu
public beneficaries and will handle ~
resolves for hospitals and similar M
j stitutions. The committee on hnalciai
affairs will be known as the commit
tee on financial affairs and appfopili-
tions and through its hands VIII pass
all resolves carrying money before they
are reported back to the House or
Senate.
Yesterday afternoon, Governor i1lil
signed A. bffls and five resolves. ~
the previous day he signed seven DIE
while on Tuesday he signed o4 piii'
There will be n large number 10 p9
signed today. before the final mess'lS'o
is exchanged between the EXECUTIVE
and legislative branches that the VIM