Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-18
cOlUM BUS DAY.
Judge Maher Favors Observance
Southwest Harbor Autos.

Michael T. O'Bricn OF Portland ap-
peared for the purpose of saying a
word in favor of setting aside Oct l.
as a legal holiday, to be called Colum-
bus day, for the purpose of paying
tribute to the memory of the discov-
| erer of America He made "a stirring
appeal for the measure and stated
that Oct. u was holiday in Is states,
including Connecticut Massachusetts
and Vermont. Representative Peters
of Ellsworth said that he had heard
from his constituents and that many
of them desired the proposed holiday.
Judge +. f. Maher of Augusta said
that seemed as though, having honor
ed Amcrigo Vespucci by naming two
continents after him. the least that
could be done would be to set aside one
day III each year for the real discov-
erer of tie New World
J. Z. Bass of Bangor declared that
there were holidays enough, that there
was no demand for the new one and
that the people over in Bangor wanted
their papers and couldn't get them on
holidays. There is no demand for this
extra holiday. said he. "If there is
WY don't YOU get the petitions and
initiate it with the initiative and ref
erendum9 Where are your petitions" ."
Since when did you became an ad-
Xacate of the initiative and referen-
dunn" asked Mr. OBre.
II ne"er was very hot for it," he
a7mitted, amid a roar Of laughter
Judge B. f. cieavcs Of Biddeford
was called upon by Nr. Bass He
seemed somewhat surprised but rose
80 tho occasion and said that his only
objection was to closing tile schools
another day.
\ surprise came Wien the bin to re-
camp the police court system uf Pis-
cat2quis county was reached. The
bill had no father and half dozen
were ready to put ii out Of existence
quickly enough To guarantee that II
would have no posterity. Senator
Staples thought there was no need of
listening to solo on the subject and
tabled it for executive session.
The question Of opening one road for
automobiles on Mt. Desert Island from
Southwest Harbor to the Trenton
bridge occupied the rest of the after
noon The proponents We're led by +.
W. Brown of that town, who said that
the isolation which the present exciu-
sion act imposes on his people were
retarding the growth of the town and
WAS very dstasteful to them. S. II.
Mayo and DR.. Phillips of the sanre
town related instances where the town
had lost business because of the exclu-
sion of automobiles. Frank Lunt cf
fremont and Henry Prentiss of Ban
gor also added word in favor of
opening up single road to the main
land.
jerome knowles of Northeast Har-
Dor led the opposition and asked for
continuance until next Tuesday
when. he said. he proposed to offer IL
new draft giving the Southwest Har-
Dor people the use Of the Pretty
Marsh road. Mr.. Brown objected
strenuously. declaring that his friends
We're poor people who ought not to
be put to the expense OF coming to Au-
gusta again and protesting that the
substitute road offered was danger
Gus, hilly and three miles longer than
the other road.
The committee finally decided tllta
the hearing had been properly adver-
tsed and should be held. Mr. Knowles
called but two witnesses. J. w. Small,
first selectman OF Mt Desert, and NJ.
l.. Allen of that town. They both stat
ed that the road asked for by the pro-
ponents passed through Somesville and
that the summer people strongly OBJ