Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-03-18

provides for the sale Of alcoholic Ii
quors by the trade for medicinal and
mechanical purposes and for the arts,
was decisively defeated after a de-
bate between Rep. Fossett Of Port
land. the sponsor for the bill. and
Rep. Dutton Of Bingham. The commit
tee on temperance returned two re-
ports on this measure: Majority.
Ought not to pass; minority, ought
to pass" Rep. Fossett moved the sub
stitution of the minority for the ma
jority report and explained that the
bill in new draft was different from the
original measure, lacked the things to
which objection had been made at
the hearing and contained the things
which were noted as missing at the
hearing.
Rep. Dutton Attacks
Rep. Dutton Of Bingham attacked
the bill vigorously, declaring the title
should be so changed as to include
the word rumsellers in place Of drug
gists. He said no one appeared at the
hearing who was willing to act as
sponsor for the measure and that all
were careful to say they were not re-
sponsible for it. He styled the bill "a
lion in Sleeps clothing charging
that under the act 1t would be posi-
BILE for druggists to sell any quantity
Of liquor to any person except an In
dian and declared, ALI the Indians l
have seen drunk were just as artistic
as a Yankee" He said that under the
act. too. child might go to a drug
gist and purchase liquor through the
authority of a doctors prescription.
Finally, he charged that the Hobbies
were lined with rumsellers and ex-
rumsellers working for the bill and
warned the House it was time to sit
up and take notice.
Rep. Fosset Defends
Rep. Fossett rose to defend the
measure and said that there was q
sponsor for the bill at the hearing and
intimated that he himself would have
shouldered the responsibility had he
not been a member Of the temperance
committee himself. He declared the
bill was not such a black measure as
painted by Rep. Dutton. but only a
bill in accord with the exception
clause in the Constitution which would
allow the sale of alcoholic liquors for
medicinal and mechanical purposes
and for the arts. He read letters from
officers OF the Maine Pharmaceutical
Association favoring the law in new
draft.
Concealed Applause or What?
The debate became a little pro-
tracted and evidently some OF tha
representatives thought 1t could be
cut shorter perhaps they only want
ed to applaud secretly. At any rate.
While Rep Fossett was speaking the
metal cuspidors under the desns. be-
gan TO rattle and then ratified some
more, until at length the disturb ance
could be defined as a comulot-on.
AT length Rep. hanson OF Sanford
moved the previous question and
shortly a vote was taken and the
druggist bill apparently iefeat cd
through the refusal of the House to
substitute the favorable for the unf.I-
vorable report. The count showed 81
in favor of the substitution and 50
opposed.
>e-r.- NJ. Desert Auto Sill
When the Mt Desert automobile bill
so-caled came before the I[ouse, Rep.
Morrison of Eder moved the accept
ancc of the ma iorifs report il con-
currence with tn So. re The major
ity report, "cus. =" vas adopt
ed without Oh. Rep. Small of
Mt Desert ga hat he would
offer an amer d. Thursday morn
ing and when :LieTI L wed said the
amendment sirnr.I provided that a
certain section Of the town should re-
main closed TO automobiles until jan
uary, 1916.
camobeIl Order
Rep. Campbell introduced an order
for the appointment Of a commission
Of five to serve without pay and to
report to the next Legislature rec
concentrations to open ap the wild
lands to settlers and home-nlak ers.
The President OF the Senate and
Speaker of the House were named IN
the order as members of the commits
sion. Tho order was adopted without
opposition.
The House of Representatives yes
tCsooS dAICt ASoA AAE1'A sAiC NiSWo Va
several gentlemen from all over the
State on the proposed Orrs- Bailey
Island bridge, and then with an over
whelming NO" refused to postpone
indefinitely the bill giving the Com
missioners Of Cumberland county
power to lay out and build the bridge,
if the selectmen of the town fail to
do So The bill was then given it's
third reading and passed to be en-
crossed.
Rep. Hill of Corinth and his fellow
representatives got into another brush
yesterday afternoon, this time over
an increase Of the salary of the Judge
of Bangor Municipal court from $500
to $500 and of the recorder from
1880 to $500. Rep. Thombs of Lin
coin favored the passage of the bill,
which had been for second time re-
ported unanimously from the COM
mittee, after being once recommitted,
and he pointed out that a bill had
gone through increasing the duties
and lowering the expenses Of the
county.
Rep. Hill, in opposing the increase,
related the financial difficulties of Pc
nobscot county. which he had rehears-
ed in the fight over increasing the
pay of liquor deputies, and said MY