Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-04
Spirited. HOUSE DEBATE
OVER B. "a. REbATE BILL,
Bill for State Election in November. ..ChiId Labor
Laws and Automobiles Before Committees
:..kennebeC Lumber Interests.

| The question of reference Of the 3
| & A. rebate bill to the supreme court
| for an opinion in regard to its con-
| stitutiOnality consumed about an hour
and half in the House Wednesday
| forenoon and attracted sufficient
spectators to fill the galleries and
vacant seats on the floor of the House.
After a spirited debate. which will
be found in full in the stenographic re-
port in another column. vote was
taken upon the motion OF Representa-
tive Bigelow of Portland that the re-
solve lie upon the table and that
motion was lost by a vote Of 81 to -.
The motion OF Representative Hersey
to indefinitely postpone was carried by
vote OF 10 to So The effort to have
the Davies resolution relating to the 3.
& A. rebate, which was introduced
Wednesday forenoon discussed did not
materialize SO that the debate was
confined entirely to the resolve pre-
viously introduced by Representatives
Pattangall
When the bin to create a new State
office to be known as the publicity
bureau was presented in the House it
was promptly tabled by Representative
Peters of Ellsworth. Clerk Thompson's
voice became husky while reading the
circumstances against closing the
entire island of Mt. Desert t. autom"-
biles 1t required nearly 10 minutes TO
complete the list.
In The Scr3te Wednesday, morning Il
grist of petitions in favor of the
noniran bridg" bin were presented by
Senators Howes Of Somerset, Emery a
Frank in and Staples of Knox. Senator
y-aslin-e. who had previously tabled
the ~, Ne in f2vor of the Maine state
.ill?.tt iirm Association, after stating
tra: H. was convinced upon inVestlga-
ton that the special appropriation for
needy patients at the Hebron SAM
forum had not been diverted from !ts
purpose. moved that second reading De
given the resolve, which was clone The
committee on finance reported ought
not to pass upon the resolve in favor
OF the State Lodge. I. O. G. IT,. for the
entertainment of the National conVen-
ton in Portland.
In the Senate Wednesday Senator
Hamilton introduced an act 70 estab-
fish public abattoirs in cities OF the
State. The act provides that each city
shall establish public abattoIr within
it's limits with suitable cOnvenlences
for the slaughter of such food produc-
ing animals as are to be sold within the
limits Of the city after slaughter. Thc
abattoir shall be furnished and kept in
a manner satisfactory to the State
Board of Health, which shall make all
ne cdful rules and regulations for the
Strengthening of such animals, the lllnc
when inspector shall be on duty. the
rrice to be paid for the inspection OF
each animal the method ana reason
for the rejection and condemnation OF
animals and carcasSeS, the care and
cleansing of abattoirs and the mark
ing, tagging or otherwise Identifying
the carcasseS of healthy animals. All
animals whose carcasses are tn be SOLO
for food shall be slaughtered in puo-
lie abattoir under the rules and reguia-
tiuns Of the state Board of Health The
sum of $4,000 is appropriated to carry
out the provisions of the act.
Senator Donigan of Somerset intro
duced a resolve proposing an amend
rlent to the constitution of the State
of Maine providing for the election on
the Tuesday next after the first Mon
aay in November, biennially of Cover
nor, Senators, Representatives and
other officers required to be elected on
the Second Monday in September, bicn-
nially.
Senator Looney of Cumberland intro
duced acts to make permanent the ten
ure of Office of the city electrician OF
the city of Portland. and to make per-
manent the tenure of service OF tEe
ianitors and engineers of the public
buildings of the city Of Portland, ais"
% make permanent the chief cngincrr
of the Portland fire department. a.
we'll as the other members of the de-
oartmc:t with the exception of the as
sistant engineers.
Senator Warren of Cumberland Of
fered the following resolve:
Whereas, Maine is more distant from
the coal fields of the United States
than any other State east of the Mis-
sissippi river, and that thereby the cost
Of coal is correspondingly higher than
in most other states; and,
Whereas, our State Is largely en-
gagged in manufacturing and coal is
used in large quantities for steam pur
poses to enable competition on equal
terms with these states, which afford
cheap coal; and
Whereas. There is near to us geogra
phically in Nova Scotia an abundant
supply of steam coal. which may be
cheaply mined and sent to our ports by
comparatively inexpensive water trans
portation; and,
Whereas. we deem this Nova Scotia
coal as the natural supply for our State
and the other states of New England
and that no duty on this coal should be
levied unless absolutely necessary for
revenue. in which case this revenue is