The Republican journal., 1907-02-21
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
In the Senate Feb. 18th Mr.. Libby of
Waldo presented the petition of Henry f.
Marden and others of Freedom, of Bert
II. Stevens and 63 others Of ThOrndike,
Freedom, Knox and Unity, of Ruel Wiley
and 66 others of Unity, of II. F. Marden
and 25 others of Freedom, of Fred A.
Nichols anh 10 Others of Searsport and
Swanville, of Ii. r. Hichborn and 38 others
| of Stockton Springs for an act to provide
for State aid, and for the expenditure Of
other public moneys in the permanent i'm
provement of Maine highways or State
roads.
Mr.. Staples of Knox presented the
petitions Of J. F. McCorrison and 80 others
of Appleton, of A. p. Allen and others of
Hope, of G. c: Hopkins and 149 others of
Camden and Hope, of A: W. Batchelder
and others of Warren, all for same.
Passed to be engrossed:
An Act to amend the charter of the
Stockton Springs Trust Company.
An Act to incorporate the ROckp0rt
Trust Company.
| An Act granting to Arthur S. McAvery
| the right to establish and maintain Il ferry
in the harbor of Stockton Springs.
| In the House remonStranceS against the
removal of the State capital were presented
as follows:
'y Mr.. Dow of Brooks-Of Fred G.
White and 70 others, taxpayers of Belfast.
BY Mr. C0lcord of Searsport-Of E. j.
PeEdleton and 81 others of Searsport.
by Mr.. Hartman of BuchspOrt-Of Geo.
| W. Brewster aud 10 others of Dedham.
| BY Mr.. Coicord of Searsport-Of Josiah
/ Colson and % Others
A resolve appropriating $4,000 for the
determination OF the brown-tail and gypsy
| moth in Maine was passed to be engrossed.
A hearing on the reSubmission of the pro-
hibtory liquor law was held before the
committee ON temperance Feb. 18th. Sena-
| tor Staples of Knox, sheriff VIM. NJ. Pen
nell of Cumberland county, VIM. L. Haines
+ of Watervile and Walter c. Emerson of
Portland spoke in favor of resubmission.
Mrs. L. Nj. n. Stevens of Portland, ma
tional president of the W. c. T. U., Rev.
| Henry E. Dunnack of Augusta, Judge Ma
| tnanlei Hobbs OF South Berwick and j. Il.
Libby and RuggleS S. Higgins of Portland
spoke in opposition to the proposed meas
ure.
| In the hall of representatives, which was
packed into the corridors, many women
| being present, the hearing on the PROPOSE
| tion to remove the capital to Portland clos
ed Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 18th. Hon
| Forest Goodwin of Skowhegan conducted
| the case for the remonstrantS saving that
people of Augusta welcomed the country
members to their homes in way that a
| large city like Portland could not or would
not equal The Portland members, he said,
were making continual cry of "victuals!
victuals victuals," and apparently thought
of nothing else. ExMayor Charles S. Hich-
born of Augusta, Judge Charles J. Dunn
of Old Town, Hon. Bert T. Powers of Fort
| Fairfield, Hon. John ?. Swazey of Canton
and Hon. Milton L. Merrill of st. Albans
spoke against change. Hon. Henry Hud-
| son of Guilford made a powerful plea
| Heath of Augusta. The hearing was re-
sumed in the evening, Hon. Charles z.
| MattOcks OF Portland making the final ar
gument in favor of removal.
In the Senate Feb. 18th the order relative
| to investigation of the State liquor agency
was indefinitely postponed.
| In the House Mr. Dunton of Belfast pre-
| sented the petition of w. Z. Thompson and
II others, members of Waldo County Bar,
| for passage OF the act relating to record of
instruments affecting or conveying title to
real estate in Waldo county now recorded
| in other counties.
of the Private and Special Laws of 1879 as
amended by Chapter 42S of the Private and
| Special Laws of 1855, and Chaper 1913 of the
| Private and Specials Laws of 1899, relating
to the Police Court of the City of Belfast.
Also petition of Walter |. Neal and %
other, residents of Waldo County, praying
for the passage of an act to regulate the
| taking of firearms upon the wild lands of the
, State IN close season.
Also petition OF David L. Wilson and u
others of Belfast fer resolve in favor of
| Maine State SanatOrum Association.
| RemonStranceS against resubmission were
presented by Mr. Dow of Brooks as follows:
Rev Henry E. Dunnack and 13 others of
Augusta; b. F. Hope and "a others of Au-
gusta Abner Nichols and % others of Au-
gusta; M. O: Foster and 81 others If Au-
gusta Rev. Willis A. Luce and 3s others of
Winterport; Gilman Roberts and II others
| of Waldo.
Mr.. Dow also presented the petition of
F. A. McAllister and 90 others of Burnham
for the passage of the so-called bridge bill.
The following protests against the re-
moval Of the capitol were presented:
By MIR. Skidmore of Liberty-Of B. F.
| Thompson and 3S others, taxpayers of
Montville; ; of Leon Gerald and 10 other tax
payers of Burnham; of 4. s. Perry and of
others of Belmont; of F. A. Pratt and q
% others of Searsmont
By Mr.: Dunton of Belfast-Of A. L.
Ward and "a others of ThOrndike; of l.. H.
Mosher and 43 others Of Unity; of W. P.
Thompson and IS other of Belfast
By Mr.. Dow of Brooks-Of A. F. Dur
ham and "a others of Monroe
The resolve in favor of the Waldo County
General Hospital was finally passed.
In the Senate Feb. 18th Mr.. Libby of
Waldo presented a resolve carrying $1,000
in favor of Freedom Academy; also an act
| tofextend the charter of the Camden and
Liberty railway for two years.
| In the House remOnstrances against re-
submission were presented as follows: BY
MR. sDow of Brooks remonstrance of the
Vassalboro Quarterly meeting of the Society
of Friends in regular session, 445 names, rep
resented by j. A. Jones, clerk of the Society :;
also remOnstrance Of A. c. Myrick and 8
others of Troy.
The following remonstrances against the
removal of the capitol were presented:
By Mr.. COlcord of SoarspOrt-Of William
81. GOOdell and 40 others of Searsp0ft; of
Albert NJ. Ames and 19 others of Stockton.
By MIR. Skidmore of Liberty-Of G. II.
Cargill and 81 others of Liberty.
Mr.. Herrick of Brooklin introduced bill,
an act to permit III. D. Crie and his assigns
to extend fish Wier from the shore of Cas-
tine.
Mr.. Skidmore of Liberty introduced bill,
an act to prohibit the throwing of sawdust
and other waste material into Medomae
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