The Republican journal., 1903-02-19
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL.
What is Said and Done at August,

NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL.
What is Said and Done at Augusta.
An act to amend and extend the charter
OF the Waldo Street Railway Company has
passed to be engrOssed.
Mr.. Merriam of Morrill, has presented the
petition of Arthur Richie of Liberty and 4s
others for free telephone lines and telephone
connections.
The finance committee has voted to favor
ably report the Reform School resolve, Car.
rying S63,900 for 1908 and Sci, 400 for 1904
There will be little or no opposition to the
passage. The education committee has
voted to favorably report the resolve giving
cut the Colby appropriation of $4,000, from
$4,000.
The hearing on Senator Staples bill to
provide cities and towns with pure water
was held before the Judiciary committee On
Thursday, Franklin c. Payson, Esq. of
Portland and Hon. Orville D. Baker of A1l-
gusta, appearing against it. The bill, which
provides that towns may purchase the
works of water companies, is not likely to
be reported favorably
DR.. Paul Castor's case was before the
committee on legal affairs last week. lie
had been refused a certificate by the board
tI meuicdl TeSlSlIdiloH anu he wanted Lno
legislature to direct that the certificate be
issued. 1t was explained to the committee
that the letters 5. K. $, which he has writ
ten after his name, mean Silent Rubbing
Specialist. The committee decided with
little delay to dismiss the Castor case.
Judge Reuel Robinson of Camden appear
ed before the committee last week in favor
of charter for the Camden and Liberty
Railway The company wants to run its
road from Camden through Lnconville,
Appleton, Searsmont and Liberty. and also
wishes to establish lighting plants in some
of these towns. Thomas w. Lawson, the
famous Boston banker, is one of the incor-
poratorS. Senator Morse of Waldo, who re-
sides in Liberty, spoke in favor Of the bill
There was no opposition.
Under the Maine liquor law, while drug
giSt may use liquor in the compromising of
physicians prescriptions in which il is ii
part, he cannot sell the liquor itself even if
the doctor does write prescription for it.
Representative Cook of CaSc0 has intro
duced bill which will permit any town or
city which has no liquor agent to appoint
one druggist an agent TO sell liquor on the
prescription of physician. Among other
restrictions, the bill provides that only one
purchase can be made oli one prescription,
so the doctors certificate cannot be used as
perpetual pass to the booze shelf.
The committee on shore fisheries will re-
port bill which will absolutely prohibit
the selling of picked lobster meat The
committee has evidently been impressed
with the stories told by the Portland lobster
dealers of the way in which twenty-five
tons OF lobster meat, presumably taken
from Holsters of less than the legal length,
had been marketed in that city in a
year. The bill introduced called for an in
spection as a matter of protection, but it
q m hot ho only
to stop the abuses attendant upon this bust
ness would be to absolutely stop the sale,
and that is what the committee would recon-
mend.
six out of ten members of the Committee
on Educetion, Thursday afternoon, voted in
favor Of reporting resolve giving Colby
College $4,000 to aid in rebuilding the dor
mitory which was burned last spring. The
resolve called for S25,000, but the majority
of the committee thought the sum of S15,-
900 would be all that could be granted. The
resolve granting the University of Maine
S6o,0oo for building purposes was tavorably
acted upon by the committee. seven voting
in favor and three opposed There viii be
no minority report. Whether there will be
minority report in the matter of the re-
solve in favor of Colby College is not known.
although it is believed that none will be
made.
Mr.. Faruswortn of fremont has presented
an act to amend the laws SO that all sailing
vessels registered or enrolled under the
laws of the United States or foreign gov
ernmentS owned wholly or in part by resi-
dents of this state shall be taxed upon the
appraised value of twenty dollars per ton
net tonnage for new vessels completed on
or before the first day of April in each year
vessels of one year old or more Shall be re-
duced in value at the rate of one dollar per
ton for each additional year of aye until
they have reached the age of seventeen
years at and after which time said vessels
shall be taxed upon an appraisal OF three
dollars per ton, net tonnage
In the House Feb 18th the report from
the Committee on Legal Affairs on the bill
to grant municipal suffrage to women came
up as the special order of the day. Repre-
sentative Barker of Bangor moved to sub
stitute the minority report against suffrage
for the majority report IN favor Of the bill.
Representative Oakes of Auburn champion
ed the majority report in an extended speech,
saying that the women should have a voice
in municipal matters. Representative
Campbell of Cherryheld spoke briefly for
the minority report. On d yea and nay
vote taken by the House the vote stood ITO
to 30 in favor of the adoption of the minority
report, which is against suffrage to women.
The governor, his council and members of
state departments and both branches of the
list legislature were entertained Wednesday
evening, Nov. 1lth, at Ganeston Park, the
palatia home of Representative and Mrs.
W. H Gannett Oh Western avenue An 0rches
ira played throughout the evening. There
were some exceptionally handsome gowns
worn. Mrs. Gannett wore d beautiful jetted
black lace dress over black A fluffy ruche
of black outlined the decoletage, a diamond
necklace and diamond ornaments complet
ing the becoming costume Mrs. John Fre-
mont Hill, wife of the governor, wore an
exquisite creation of white net over green,
spangled with gilt and embroidered in a
flowing pattern of grapes, with a bunch of
gilt grapes in her hair, which was brushed
back from her forehead and cOied high on
head. Her jewels were diamonds and opals
The floral decorations were exquisite. In
the room next the reception room a table
supported "a perfect bank If blooming aZa-
leas, ferns, palms and other blossoming
plants, rising pyramidal to the bana plant
in the centre. In the dining room, which is
green in general effect, the centre piece was
an electric candelabra with green shades,
while long -stemmed American beauty roses
gave the needed touch of color
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