Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-27
THE u GlSLA URE.
Three Sessions ofBoth Branches
Held Yesterday.
Finance Committees Recommends
tons on Bridge Bill Rejected.
House Passes Salary Bill for Attorney
General and State Secretary.

big stone building in Capitol square.
Three sessions of both branches were
held, and much routine business was
transacted. The most important mat
ter considered in the Senate was the
bill to provide for a representation Of
Maine at the st. Louis Exposition. The
House, Wednesday, adopted the major
ity report of the committee granting
$4,000 for the purpose, and the Senate,
yesterday morning, concurred in that
action. Before this was done, however,
spirited debate ensued, in which
Senators Staples of Knox, and Gardner
Of Penobscot. took leading parts. The
bill was passed by vote of II to H.,
The bridge resolves, reported referred
to the next Legislature by the commit
tee on appropriations and financial af-
fairs. were tabled in the Senate, yester-
day morning, because Of the fact that
the House amended the reports, when
it should have substituted the resolves
for the reports, as was ruled by Prest>
dent Virgin.
At the afternoon session The bridge
resolves came up again. There We're
nine of these reports. The House
amended them by making them read
fought to pass instead of referred to
the next Legislature" The Senate de-
clared that this method was not parlia-
mentary and took different mode of
action.
There was much debate, speeches be-
ing made for and against the resolves
and the Senate go into a bad parlia-
mentary mixuD. Two or three votes
were taken. One was upon the motion
of Senator Burlcigh of ArOostCOk, to
substitute the resolve in favor Of II
bridge at Washburn for the report of
the committee. but it was voted down
by vote of Is to II. The report Of the
committee to refer to next Legislature
was then acceped by the same vote.
The resolves in favor of aiding the
bridge between Chester and Lincoln
and in aid of bridge at Bancroft
were tabled. IL
Senator Burleigh addressed the Sem
ate during which he referred to the
financial condition of the State, claim
ing that there was no danger of a
shortage as the income would be suf!i-
Gent to take care of all demands I'M
posed by the Legislature. He said that
the Legislature had voted to give $4Q,-
900 for the Louisiana Exposition, W6fch
would not benefit the farmers an61a-
borers of the State. and it was uf8Air
to defeat these resolves in s.of
bridges which will do so much &9pd.
Apparently Mr. Burleighs remark4Nad
a decided effect upon the SUBSEQUENT
action of the Senate, for, from thescon-
clusion of Mr.. Burleigh's speech the
resolves were passed as follows:
Raileyville. $3.50; Wallagrass, $500; Fort
Kent. $500: Conner plantation, $4,000:
FrenchvilIe. $500.
The resolve in favor of the Bancroft
bridge was taken from the table and
passed, granting $1,000 for the purpose.
The report of the finance committee
on the bill increasing the stipend for
agricultural societies, which was ought
not to pass. was considered. The bill
gives one-quarter Of one per cent. per
inhabitant more than at the present
time. which amounts to $1735 year.
On motion of Senator Dudley, after
Senator Alden had spoken in behalf Of
the measure, the Senate voted to sub
stitute the bill for the report of COM
mittee and it was passed to be en-
crossed.
BY unanimous consent Senator Morse
of Waldo. presented resolve granting
"a a month pension to Matthias Gull
nam of Belfast This is the matter
that was thrown down early in the
session. with the difference that the
sum now asked for is 81 a month while
the former resolve called for was IS.
There was no objection to the passage
of the new resolve and it went along
swimingly