The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-02-23
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

Inem, put now comes Representat;ve
oliver Otis of Rockland with . l;n,,o,
act Which ne calculates will make every.
one SIT up and take notice. 81 believe
tnat It Is an ideal liquor law, for it will
enforce itself automatically. declares
the gentleman from Rockland. at nuts
the damage caused by the sale of liano,
where It belongs, upon the dealer himseif
and will make the liquor seller a hetta,,
enforcer of the law than sheriffs mr. o,,
forcement deputies. '''-
The Otis liquor act is sort of aoancx
proposition, but radically different and
much broader in its scope than the nras.
ent agency system, which it is claimed
by the Democrats is SO bad that + M, al
be abolished forthwith. 1t also nrovides
for the repeal of all liquor laws in the
Revised Statutes and Public Laws Of The
State, and as its sponsor saws. sTakes
everything with the smell Of rum ont
OF the present laws" and makes this
peculiar agency system the LIQUOR law Of
the State. But one penalty is provided
Tor Its attractions, six months in iail with
hard labor.
In the House February 18th House bill
No. lO7, An Act relating to the hunting
OF deer in the town of Searsmont. came
up, and the following action was taken
Mr.. Williamson of Augusta: Mr.. Speak
er, would like to have that bill lie upon
the table until the vote by which the gen
eral act relating to close time in the
county of Waldo, which was passed to
be engrossed, can be reconsidered and an
amendment offered which | think will
cover the entire situation; and if it is in
order would move that we now recon
slider the vote by which House Document
NO. lol, An Act relating to a general
close time on deer in the county of Wal
do, was passed to be engrossed.
The motion was agreed to.
MIR. Williamson: Mr.. Speaker, | now
wish to offer an amendment to House
document No. ISL, which is as follows:
Amend Section by inserting after the
word act In the second line thereof
the words Including such provisions of
Chapter 31S OF the private and Special
Laws OF 1909 as relate to the towns of
Lincolnville and Searsmont.
| offer the amendment and move its
passage. l understand the amendment
is entirely satisfactory to the committee.
The amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Williamson then moved that the
shall concur in the amendment, at which
time House Document No. 1O7 will be in
definitely postponed in concurrence with
the Senate.
The motion was agreed to.
The bill providing for close time for
scallops on the Maine coast was passed
Feb. 18th as an emergency measure by
the house, every member present voting
for it.
A bill providing for placing trust COM
panies on the same legal footing as saw
ing banks was given hearing before the
committee on banking Feb. 18TH The
bill was drawn as result of feeling
among savings bank men that the trust
companies, which are allowed greater
latitude in investments, are thereby en-
abled to offer higher rates of interest
and come into severe competition with
them. The bill was supported by mem
bers of the Savings bank association of
Maine and opposed by heads of several
of the leading trust companies.
Willis B. Hall of Caribou, a former
preventative, has arrived here with
two drafts of a bill for splitting Aroos-
took county. One would divide the
county into northern, southern and CEN
trail Aroostook, making three counties,
the other dividing it into two counties to
be known as northern and southern
Aroostook. The two-part division cuts
the county at the southern end of
Presque Isle, and in the triple division
Caribou will be left in the northern Sec
ton and the division strike Blaine.
Aroostook county contains 640S square
miles.
The House passed the resubmisson re-
solve in concurrence with the Senate,
February 18th, by vote of 1O5 to DO.
Every one of the 149 members of the
House qualified to vote was present and
voted with the exception of two pairs,
Berry of Fayette, who would have voted
no, with Miller OF Hartland, who would
have voted yes, and Morse of Belfast,
who would have voted no, with Hartwell
of Old Town, who would have voted yes.
Newcomb of Bridgton was absent when
the roll was first called, but voted before
the vote was finally declared
The Democrats having been previously
whipped into line at the caucus Tuesday
night stood like solid phalanx for the
resolve, notwithstanding that several of
them had earlier in the season led their
constituents to believe that they would
oppose it. On the other hand the Re-
publicans voted and expressed their opin-
ions with the utmost freedom.
The whole number Of votes cast was
AS, and the number voting for the meas
ure was 104, six more than the necessary
two-thirds, while 40 votes were cast in
opposition to resubmission.
The Republicans voting for the meas
ure were: Austin of Phillips, Bisbee of
Rumford, Campbell of Cherryfeld, Clear
water of Hallowell, Doyle of Millinocket,
Dufour Of St. Agatha, Hodgman of
Camden, Kelley of Boothbay, Knight of
Monroe, Macomber of Winthrop, Mallett
of Freeport, Mitchell of Kittery, Per-
kins of Mechanic Fall, Peters of Ellis
worth, Porter of Pembroke, Smith of
Newport, Snow of Bucksport, Trimble
of Calais, Woodside of Webster, New
comb of Bridgton, Robinson of Peru.
The following committee reports were
made in the house Thursday:
Legal Affairs, Ought not to pass" on
the act to put the purchasing of Jail sup
plies into the hands of the sheriff instead
OF the county commissioners.
Railroads and Expresses, "Ought not
to pass on the act authorizing the Rock
land, Thomaston & St. George Electric
railway to carry goods and chattels.