Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-25
SENATE VOTES AGAINST
ELECTION BY PEOPLE
Of State Officers. Amendment Reducing Fish and
Game Appropriation Defeated in House..
Hearing on State Police Bill.

The Senate Wednesday morning or
motion of Senator Staples convened
with the House in the indefinite post
ponemcnt Of the uniform poll tax bin
fixing the rate at SO. The re-
solve in favor of the Machias Normal
school was tabled by Senator Donigan
of Somerset. on motion of Senator
Hamilton the report of the York coun-
ty delegation, ought to pass in q new
draft. upon the act providing for the
removal of the shire town Of Yorl.
county was ass gned for today
An ordar was passed introduced by
Senator Looney authorizing the COM
mittce on labor to inquire into the ex-
pe1iency of consolidating the depart
mtnt of industrial and labor statistics
and that of factory inspection.
| Senator Hastings of Oxford moved
the acceptance of the majority report
of the committee on judiciary, ought
not to pass, upon the resolve to amend
the constitution, to provide for the
election of attorney general. state
treasurer and secretary of State di-
rectly by the people. Senators Hast
ings, Knowlton and Milliken spoke in
favor of the acceptance of the majority
report and Senator Staples spoke in
opposition Senator Hastings motion
| was carried on a yea and nay vote by
| 19 to 10.
In the House Wednesday the value
was demonstrated of the order recent
IL passed. which provides that mat
ters tabled one week and not assigned,
come 40 for action, automatically on
the following Wednesday. There We're
- bills and resolves on the calendar
and these were all picked up and dis
posed of in rapid fire order The re-
port, ought not to pass, upon Repre-
sentative Pattangalrs bill to abolish
the office Of assistant attorney general
was assigned to next Tuesday The
charities and corrections hill and the
,,ll t. provide for the removal Of for
| eign l,aupers were assigned to Wedn"S-
day.
| The House accepted the majority re-
| port, ought to pass. upon the Noiull-
| teer officers retired list memorial To
| Cungrt SIS, in concurrence with the sen
ate The resolve carrying an appro-
| priation to pay deficiency items came
up for final passage with an emergency
clause attached 1t received III votes
and no opposition. and was therefore
| passed.
| 4 spirited debate took place in the
House Wednesday upon the resolv" Tor
| The purpose of operating the fish
| hatchcreS and feeding stations Tor
| fish and for the protection of fish. Be
| fore the assignment of the resolve
| an amendment had been introduced by
| Representative Pattangall of Water
| wife, reducing the appropriation from
| si7 500. TIE amount reported favorably
| u1nn bv the committee to $25. 600. tho
amount formerly appropriated. The de
bate was opened by Representative
| Pattangall of Watervllc speaking IN
| favor OF the amendment and Repre-
sentative Bigelow of Portland cham
| pioning the original amount of the APP
pl opration Representatives Burlelgh
| of Augusta and Montgomery of Cam
| den a,so spoke in favor of the amount
| asked for
| A yea and nav vote was taken upon
| the amendment offered by Representa-
| tive Pattangall. which was rejected by
a vote of 10i to 81, and the resolve was
| passed to be engrossed.
| In the Senate Wednesday morning
| the committee on feeble minded re
| ported ought to pass in new draft. on
| a resolve appropriating 100000 an
| nually for the next two years to pro-
vide for power plant. construction
of new buildings. construction of new
sewers, water supply. running eX-
penses, salaries and wages at the
Maine school for the feeble minded.
The resolve further provides that any
of the appropriation for the year. 1903
remaining unexpended at the end of
tho wear may be available for the year
1910.
The York county delegation reported,
| ought to pass in a new draft, on the
removal of the county buildings from
| Alfred, under the title IAN act to sub
nit to the legal voters of York county
the question, as to whether the shire
town shall be changed. and if so to
establish the shire town at Saco,
Kennebunk or Sanford The report is
signed by Senator Hamilton. Repre-
sentatives Clark of Hollis, Sleeper of
South Berwick. Moore of Saco,
Bourassa and Smith of BiddefOrd,
Smith of Berwick, Hanaford of New
field and Whitehouse of Dayton.
In the House Wednesday Represent
tative Bigelow introduced an act to
create a municipal fund and provide
for it's distribution. The act is as
follows:
Section L. The treasurer of the
State shall keep separate account OF
all monies received in payment of the
state tax collected from railroad COM
panies, street railroad companies,
parlor and sleeping car companies
telegraph companies, insurance COM
panies, building and loan associations.
inheritances, the organization fees and
annual franchise tax paid by corpora
tons organized under the provisions