Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-13
LEGISLATURE Will Resume
Today at 10 A. N,
kennebec Members Have Good
Committee Places.
18th Legislature Will Be Asked for
Many Appropriations.

~ After recess OF SIX days the LeglS-
laturc will resume work again in both
branches today at 10 A. NJ. There will
he large grist Of business to go into
the legislative hopper the coming sea-
scn and the various committees will be
buster than ever.
In the committee work the Kennebec
county law makers will play an i'm
poriant part, for they have been gen.
erously treated in the matter of rep
1esentation on the standing COMMITTEES
Senator MacOnber is chairman Of the
committee on banks and banking and
is also member of the committee on
taxation. Senator Reynolds is chair
man of the committee on telegraphs
and telephones, and is also a member
of the committees on manufactures,
State lands and State roads and inland
fisheries and game. Senator Shaw is
chairman on public buildings and
grounds and it also on the committee
on insane hospitals.
Representative Andrews of Augusta
is on the judiciary committed the most
important of the entire committee list
Rurleigh Of Augusta is both on the jul
dietary and the public buildings and
grounds committee. Russell of Gardi-
ner is placed upon two important COM
mittecs, appor tionments and financial
affairs and bgnks and banking. Holt
Of Clinton is on pensions and ways and
means. Hussey of Windsor is assigned
place upon the federal relations and
state prison committees while Lord of
Eassalhoro is assigned to mercantile
affairs ana insurance. Gilbert of
Litchhed goes on the committees
on engrcssed bills and insane hos
pitfalls and Cummings of Manchester
has place upon the committees on
commerce. claims and county esti-
mates, Blake of Monmouth is member
OF the committee on State lands and
State roads and insane hospitals
Charles of Rome is placed on the COM
mttees on State prison and leave of alb
sence and White of Wayne upon the
ways and means committee and the
oommtte on the State school for boys
OF the two Democratic members OF the
Kennebec county delegation Pattangall
of WaterIille goes upon the committee
on taxation. one in which he is very
much interested, and Fortier of the
same city has Il place upon the COM
mittee on towns
The 74th Legislature will be asked to
make larger appropriations than for a
number of years previous. Appropri-
ations for an enlargement OF the pres
eht State House and for an addition to
tif insane Hospital at Augusta will
undoubtedly be asked for. The cramp-
Ell quarters in which the committees
and the departments will be obliged to
work during the present session is like
ly to be an argument with many of
the legislators in favor of the enlarge
ment of the State House Superint.n-
dent Sanborn of the Insane Hospital
at Augusta in his annual report says
that the present quarters are entirely
inadequate for the demands made upon
them and recommends the construc-
ton of several additional buildings An
appropriation of $4,000 will be asked
for by the work of the fish and game
department. while an Increased arpro-
prlation over last year will be asked
for the department of sea and shore
fisheries.
With the many taxation problems
suggested by the report of the special
committee on taxation and with the
reports Of other special committees.
which have been wandering over the
State gathering data since the close of
the last Legislature. there will be mat
tiers of general interest sufficient to
absorb a great deal of the time OF the
legislators during the next few months.
TO say nothing of the eternal liquor
question, which is bound to come up
IN some form or another the question
OF the proposed rebate of taxation of