The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30
The Legislature Adiourns.

At s 40 O'Clock Friday evening the
72nd session of the Maine Legislature
adjourned sine die after session OF II
weeks. The fnal dissolution WAS pre-
ceeded by communication from His
Excelleney Gov. Cobb that he had no
further communication to make to the
two bodies. Both President Good in Of
the Senate aud Speaker Drew Of rhe
House were presented with The gavels
which they have welded during the ses-
siUns. While the members were waiting
for the hour TO arrive for adjournment
much revelry was INDUCED in and there
was general exhibition of good nature.
At s o'clock the members OF both
branches reassembled after recess from
the afternoon session and passed the sec
ond appropriation bill for 1905 and the
appropriation bill for 1906 as follows:
Total appropriation for 1905, 81 545,593 81
Total APPROPRIATION for 1906, 1924, 600 80
Total $4.740l94, 10
Increase over 1903 and 1904 Sl42, 427 70.
The increase is accounted for largely
by the porcupine bounty act which dur
ing the last two years has cost the State
nearly $4,000 and by the pauper law
which required the State to assume the
responsibility and cost of support Of
alien paupers.
Gov. Cobb stated that the number Of
acts passed by the present Legislature lie
573 acts and l78 resolves In 1903, the
number of acts passed was 663 and re-
solves las. In 1903 the appropriation
bill amounted to 81 ,452, $780, % and in
1904 81 Ia. 966 70.
Speaker Drew of the House was pre-
sented with the ebony gavel on the
speakers desk and massive silver low
ing cup standing Is inches high.
President Goodwin Honored
In the Senate the closing ceremony
was on an elaborate scale. The cham
Der was filled with spectators and was q
blaze of light. Shortly before O'Clock
Senator Clark of Hancock was recogniz-
ed by the chair and in very graceful
little speech gave the president, on be-
half OF the Senate, three silver Candida
bra of beautiful design. Each was ap.
propriately engraved. He than offered
resolutions eulogistic to Mr.. Goodwin
and these were seconded by Senators
Staples of Knox, Philoon of Androscog-
gin, Gardner of Penobscot, Pierce Of
Aroostook, Htzeltol Of Kennebec and
Morse of Waldo. The Senators spoke
about five minutes each and they
and the spectators became pretty much
moved before the last one had finished.
President Goodwin had hard work
to control himself during the eulogies,
aud it WAS couple of minutes after
Clerk Dunbar had read the resolutions
before he could respond. He spokt
brit fly, but eltquently, referred to the
pleasure of the session, 10 the considera-
ton that he had received at the hands Of
the body and lastly began TO thank the
Senators for their gift. His emotions
got the upper hand, however, and as he
said, "The breaking of such ties tug
rather hard on the heart-strings." he SAT
down rather suddenly and let his head
drop into his hand.
The entire gathering was much work
ed up and poor old Senator Staples, one
of the most beloved men in the whole
legislature, notwithstanding the fact
that he abuses every body up hill and
down and roars like lion when he gets
started on speech, softened so that his
sobs were very audible.
Then everybody shook hands and said
goodbye and when routine matters were