The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-03-09
Men and Things at Augusta.

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The following reports. fought to pass''i in new
draft,wer made by the committees March End:
Legal Affairs. act giving Hen on land to
persons performing work on roads or grading
RaiIroads and Expresses, act establishing the
Belfast & Augusta Electrica Railway Co. Re-
solve in favor of the Children's Aid Society Of
Maine. The committee on interior waters, on
petition for law to regulate fowage in Carleton
stream in Waldo county. gave petitioners leave
to withdraw.
The Senate, March LIST finally passed the re-
submission resolve, % to z, Senator Chandler
of Washington voting with the Democrats.
March End. in the presence of large number
of Democrats. who seemed to regard it as a
great privilege to be present, Gov. Plaisted
signed the resolve resubmitting the constitu-
tiona amendment relative to prohibition to the
people. This amendment will be voted on the
second Monday of September, 1911.
Two reports on the resolve favoring reci-
procity with Canada were made in the house
March End by the committee on federal rela-
tions. which divided six to three against the
proposed agreement between the two countries
The minority report favored the passage of
the resolve in a new draft, which does not diff
fer materially from the original. The two re-
ports were assigned for consideration March
7th.
The senate March End adopted the order pre-
sented by Senator Donigan, which directs the
State highway commissioner to ascertain the
length, physical character and condition, the
original cost and the annual cost of mainte-
nance concerning all bridges in Maine more
than six feet in length, and incorporate the in
formation in his next annual report. The bill
was tabled in the house Friday.
In the sci ate March Sd, on motion of Sen.
Mayo, the act for the better protection of the
herring fisheries, together with its amendments
was recommitted to the committee on sea and
shore fisheries. This reopens the entire her.
ring fisheries fight, alth' ugh it is doubtful as
to whether or not another hearing will be held.
At hearing before the committee on rail-
roads and expresses R. H. Cassens of Belfast
stated that he, with attorneys for the Central
Maine Power Co. and the Penobscot Bay Elec-
trio Co., had redrafted the bill for charter for
the Belfast & Liberty Electric Co., SO that it
no longer carried power to sell electricity in
Augusta, Belfast and Vassalboro; so that the
company would have the power to purchase
other companies in the electric light and power
business and so that the name of the proposed
Electric Railway Co.
The committee on judiciary presented di
vided report Frid; upon the act creating a
single board of government for cities and
towns. The majority report. ought not to
pass, was signed by Staples, Williamson, Good
win, Trafton, Bogue and Shea, and the minor
ity report, ought to pass, by Hersey, Gowell,
Davies and Stearns.
The committee on temperance voted March
Sd ought not to pass on the Otis liquor bill,
which has been attracting so much attention
since it was introduced. The same committee
reported ought to pass on Senator Milliken's
bill, which is the same as the Hastings bill and
kills the joker in the prohibitory law whereby
Jail sentences in liquor cases have been placed
in the discretion of the judges. The chances
for the passage Of this bill are excellent this
year, although the Hastings bill, which was
almost the same,was turned down.
The House Tuesday morning, by a vote of SO
to 46, adopted the minority report "ought tc
pass" on Canadian reciprocity, despite the
fact that the majority of the committee voted
"ought not to pass" Knight of Monroe,
Morse of Belfast and McAllister of Burnhan
voted no. Mariner of Searsmont and Trim Of
1slesboro were absent.
The resolve in favor of the Children's Aie
Society of Maine, located at Belfast, had it:
first reading in the House.