Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-24

told why Mr.. Underwood should re-
ceive this money inasmuch as the
committee on claims had presented a
favorable report.
Senator Deering of York was against
the measure and moved to indefinitely
postpone.
Senator Googin of Androscoggin,
chairman of the committee on claims,
then went into the matter to more or
less extent and explained why the
committee had voted the way it did.
He told of the testimony submitted
which went to prove that frame up"
between certain exhibitors and others
existed to drive Mr.. Underwood, a sue
cessful exhibitor, off the fair grounds
and said twas a bad precedent to
allow the State sanitary commissioner
to order a herd of cattle off any fair
grounds without he first had con-
elusive evidence that the cattle were
affected with disease, and there was
none according to expert testimony
heard before the committee. He read
a ruling from the attorney general.
Senator Merrill of Somerset said
that the live stock sanitary inspector
was doing his duty and stopped the
exhibition at the fair Of the diseased
cattle and even notified the railroad it
would be held responsible if it shipped
the cattle anywhere else than from
where they came. 1t would be a most
pernicious thing to pay this bill, where
the official was guarding against
spread of this contagious disease.
Senator Googin said there was a
wide difference of opinion as to the
contagious part of the disease. The
inspector did nothing. except walk by
the stalls and say the cattle were dis
eased and order them off the grounds;
he didn't even do his duty.
A voce vote being taken on Senator
behring's motion to Indefinitely post
pone, the Chair was in doubt and a
division resulted - to 10 in favor.
Senator Holt offered Senate
Amendment A to the act to authorize
the town of Yarmouth to supply gas
and electricity, which would cut out
the sentence not allowing anything for
the franchise if the plant was taken
over. He answered yes" to Sen. Da-
vies' question If it was acceptable to
Rep. Rowe of Yarmouth, who has the
bill in charge, and the amendment was
adopted and the bill passed to be en-
crossed in concurrence.
Sen. Holt of Cumberland had the
rules suspended to introduce a resolve
to reimburse the city of Brewer for
money paid out for dependent families
Of soldiers on the Mexican border,
stating it was a formal matter to
make the record clear. the same thing
having been covered in a Blanket re-
solve.
Sen. Deering Of York had the re-
solve in favor of Ernest E. GRAHAM
of Portland, which grants him yearly
pension of $500. on account of inju-
ries received while at work on State
road, taken from the table and passed
to be ehgrossed in concurrence.
Sen. Kicker had the same action
taken with the act to amend the law
relating to any town raising money
to secure free use of library in adjoin-
ing town.
| President Bailey reminded the sena-
tors of the A. M. session for Satur-
day and at 1925 the Senate adjourned
to that time.
\ lie read a ruling from the attorney
general to the effect that if the COM
mittee was satisfied. it would be right
md proper to reimburse Mr.. Under
wood for the loss he had sustained.
The original claim was for $500 and
the committee had allowed him 500.