Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-02

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engrossod the bill empowering the
city Of Lewiston to conduct q muni
cipal ice plant. The Republican
members were Oh the lookout for the
bill and Senator Gowell of York
sought to have it held up SO that he
could offer an amendment. but the
| Democrats had the votes and the bill
went through under the suspension OF
rules
Senator Mayo OF Hancock sprung
another surprise on the fishermen by
Offering an amendment to his bill re
lating to wharves and fish weirs and a
substitute bill in place of the herring
bill accepted by the Senate the other
day.
The Senate, by u yea and nay vote
| finally passed the rcsubmission re-
solve 23-I. senator Chandler of Wash
ington voting with the Democrats, as
he had done previously on the passage
Of the resolve to b. engrossed.
on motion of Senator Staples OF
Knox the act to regulate the opening
OF streets in cities was amended 50
that it Will apply only 10 cities Of
more than 10000 inhabitants, j. O..
Portland
| ON motion OF Senator Chandler Of
Washington the House amendment to
the bill relating to the compensation
Of the trustees OF the normal schools
and the University of Maine, which
provides that the University trustees
| alone shall serve without pay. was not
| accepted.
Senator Staples took UP the Boni-
gan amendment. to the Maine Central
merger bill, which inserted d clause
providing for universal Two cent mile
age on the merged lines. The sena-
tor from Knox hoped that the amend
ment wouldn't pass and it didn't in
spite of speeches BY Senator's Milf
ken, Mayo and Osborn.
President clifford announced the
| appointment of Senator Mullen to
membership on the committees Of
legal affairs. Ways and bridges and
pensions, during the absence of seua-
tor Hamilton. who is confined to lis
| home by illness.
Reprcse ntative Pattangall of Wa
terville in the House "Wednesday
morning had reassigned t. March d
number of resolves on the calendar
which were assigned for second read
| ing, on the ground that the iinanc"
| committee did not yet have all its APP
propriations ready to act upon as it
was expected that they would when
the order was originally passed pro-
viding that no resolves carrying APP
preparations should be finally passed
before, March /.
The amendment proposed by Repre-
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the bill faVorably reported from the
committee on labor upon the weekly
payment OF wages, which provides
that violation of the law must be will
full, was voted down after speeches
had been made in favor OF the commit
tee form of the bill by representatives.
| Doyle of Millinocket. Jersey of Houl-
ton, Otis of RoCklaud. Boman of
Vinalhavcn, Williamson of Augusta.
Skehan of Augusta and PattanGall of
WatcrviIlc, and speeches for the
amendment by Representatives. Clear
water of Hallowell, Morse OF Belfast,
Chase of York and Harmon OF StOn-
| ingtOn.
The bill for the removal of the reg
iStry of deeds office of Northern
.Aruostook from MadaWaska to Van
Buren,, with Il majority report of the
Aroostook delegation taVuring Van
Buren, and minority report favOrng
Fort Kent. was assigned to Thursday
morning.
The attempt by Representative
H Austin of Phillips tn get a reConsid-
Grafton Of the vote accepting the
favorable report of the committee
upon the act relating to numbering
l operations, which repeats the present
law making it a criminal offense to
jump advance money. was unsuccess-
ful, the House voting down his motion
after a lively debate by strong viva
| Voce vote.
The act defining the main trunk line
Of highways throughout the State
| which had come into the House with
favorable report from the. committee
on state lands and State road,
precipitated another debate wher
Representative BuZZell of the commit
tee who did not sign the report
moved its indefinite postponement
Representative Bearce of the commit.
tee also spoke against the report as
did Representative Hartwell of Ole
Town. Representative Scates OF
Westbrook. Weymouth of Saco, Deer
ing Of Portland and Skehan of Au-