Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30


Saturday. the Senate concurred with
the House in passing the bill establish
ing state board of hygiene without
division. Senator Bryant Of Somerset,
mace an able and convincing speech
in favor Of the bill. as did Senators
Randall of Cumberland. Hyde of Saga
dahoc. and Morse of Waldo.
The resolve for an amendment to the
constitution providing for an increase
in the municipal debt limit was opposed
by Senators Manley and Wing, and
Mr.. Manley's motion to Indefinitely
postpone the bill was carried by a vote
of 16 to 9.
The committee of conference on the
st. Louis Exposition appropriation re-
ported that agreement could not be
reached. Senator Gardner moved that
the Senate recede and concur with the
House in the passage of the bill.
Senator Goodwin of the conference
committee. asked the ruling of the
Chair as to the right of the Senate to
consider the motion, after final instruc-
lions had been given. He said that it
was manifestly improper for this body
to indirectly consider a proposition af-
ter it had been directly rejected.
President Virgin stated that he was
in doubt and asked the indulgence of
the Senate until he could consider the
point raised. The matter was then
tabled
Later, President Virgin rendered his
decision to the effect that the motion
was in order. Senator Goodwin appeal
ed from the decision of the Chair, but
the Senate sustained President Virgin
by large majority. The motion was
then put, and - senators voted in ia
vor and II opposed. The presidents
name was called and he voted for the
motion. The Senate therefore receded
and concurred with the House in the
passage of the bill.
In The afternoon, however, the Senate
reconsidered it's vote and Indefinitely
postponed the bill. The House failed
to concur and it is still in the possess
sion of that body.
The Senate refused to concur with
the House in referring to the next Leg
islaturc the resolve relating to the cleo
ton of Uuited States senators by di-
rect vote of the people and accepted
that one of the three reports from the
committee on judiciary which provided
that the resolve ought not to pass. SEN
ator Wing spoke in favor of this report,
while Senator Staples of Knox, opposed
the same. The vote was taken on the
acceptance of the report ought not to
pass, and only Senators Manley of
Kennebec, Guernsey of Piscataquis,
and Staples of Knox, voted against the
motion.
The bill creating a water storage
commission was Indefinitely postponed
in concurrence with the House.
The resolve granting a pension of 81
a month to Matthias Cullnan of Bel
fast, was indefinitely postponed in con-
currence.
The bill to enlarge the powers of
jlries in the trials of misdemeanors
was killed by the Senate and, as the
House had so acted, the matter is now
absolutely dead and could not be resur-
rected.
When the bill relating to the Wiscas-
set bridge was on it's passage to be en-
acted Senator Manley moved that it be
tabled. The Senate so voted. This
happened, Saturday forenoon. At the
afternoon session Mr. Manley moved to
take the bill from the table and it was
passed to be enacted.
The question of insisting upon the
Senate's action in referring the bills
fixing the salaries of the attorney gen.
eral and the secretary of State to the
special committee on establishing sala-
ries of all State and county officers,
which Will report to the Legislature of
1905, was considered by the Senate. 1t
resulted in the affirmative by a vote of
IL to I. Subsequently the House re-
coded and concurred in the action of
the Senate and both matters are re-
ferred to the committee.
President Virgin was presented with
q bronze statue of Esmeralda and
Speaker Fellows was given a gold
watch and chain by the members of
their respective houses. The presenta-
ton speeches We're ably made by Sena-
tor Bryant of Somerset, in the Senate
and by Representative Smith in the
House.
1t was pretty late, Sunday morning,
when the lights were turned off in the
Senate chamber and in Representa-
tives' hall, later than ever before so fan;
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