Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-01-09
STATE soLoNs.
Legislative News of Interest to Han
cock County Readers.

Legislative News of Interest to Han
cock County Readers.
The seventy-third session Of the legis-
lature OF Maine was called to order We'd
nesday.
| At the joint caucus Tuesday evening,
William p. Frye was renominated for
| United State Senator by reclamation. The
other nominations for State officers we're
as follows: A. /. Brown, OF Belfast, Sec
rotary of State; Pascal P. Gilmore, OF
| Bucksport, State treasurer; Hannibal E.
| HamIin, of Ellsworth, for attorney-gen-
eral; W. J. Thompson, of China, State as
SCISSOR; A. w. Gilman of Foxcroft, for
| commissioner of agriculture; w. II. Reid,
| Of Augusta, State binder.
| The following were nominated by accla-
| nation as executive councillors. First
district, Leroy F. Pike; second district,
Thurston S. Burns; third district, w.
Scott Libby; fourth district, Charles ID.
Newell; fifth district, Thomas G. Libby;
sixth district, Angus o. Campbell; seventh
district, Charles F. Daggett.
All the above officers were elected at
joint convention OF Senate and House
| Thursday.
LEGISLATURE ooSvESEs.
At the opening of the session in the
Senate, Fred j. Allen, OF York, was elected
president. Among other officers elected
was Albert W. Buck, OF Orland, Is post
| master and mail carrier Of the Senate, and
Frank Fellows, OF Bucksport, as one OF
the pages. Don A. H. Powers was elected
Speaker of the House.
The first bill presented in the Senate was
one by Mr.. Deasy authorizing the con-
struction of the Eastern Electric Street
Railway Co. from Ellsworth to Milbridge.
Tabled for printing. Taken from table
Thursday, and referred to committee on
railroads and expresses.
In the Senate Thursday the bill to ex-
tend the charter of the Hancock County
Railway Co. was taken from the table on
motion of Mr.. Deasy and referred to the
committee on railroads and expresses.
At joint convention on Thursday, the
oath of Office was administered to Gov.
I Cobb, who then delivered his message,
which is printed in full elsewhere in this
| issue.
day until this morning.
THE COMMITTEES.
The joint standing committees and the
committees of the Senate and House were
announced Thursday. The Hancock
| county delegation has Jared well.
Senator Deasy has the much coveted
place on the joint committee on judiciary
ard the joint committee on library, and
| the Senate committee on bills in the sec
| ond reading.
Senator Mills is on the joint committee
on legal affairs, the JOINT committee on
temperance, both of which will be very
important at this session, and on the
Senate committee on engrossed bills.
Hadlock, of Cranberry Isles. is on the
joint committee on legal affairs ana the
House committee on elections.
JOY, of Eden, is on the joint committee
on appropriations and financial affairs,
the joint committee on labor and the
joint select committee on Maine Year
Book.
Herrick, of Brooklin, is on the ;oias
committee on commerce and the joint
committee on shore fisheries.
Higgins, OF Ellsworth, is on the joint
committee on commerce.
Haskell, OF Deer Isle, is on the joint
committee on towns, and the joint COM
mittee on public buildings and grounds.
Havey, of Sullivan, is on the joint COM
mittee on State school for boys, and the
House committee on county estimates.
Hartman, of Bucksport, is on the joint
committee on library.
Wood, of Bluehill, is on the joint COM
mittee on labor, and is chairman OF the
important House committee on ways and
means.
Senator Deasy takes hold of legislative
affairs like an old-timer. He will be the
leader of the repub licans on the floor Of
the Senate, and it is already freely pre-
dicted around the State house that two
years hence he will be the president of
the Senate.
Much interest is being displayed in the
bill which is being drafted by Commits
sioner of Highways Paul d. Sargent for
the purpose Of forwarding the cause OF
good roads. Commissioner Sargent has
not given the text of the bill to the pub
lie, and will not do so until his annual re-
port is issued. He explained the more i'm
portant points to the Maine State board
of trade special legislative committee, and
it was Immediately endorsed by every
gentleman present. 1t is said to embody
the best points of the good roads Iegisla-
tion of other states and to be model OF
its kind.