Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-11-11
Tho Special Legislative Session.

Saturday morning at 3:15 the special
session of the Legislature adjourned with
out day. 1t convened at 10 O'Clock
Tuesday morning, and put in q very
busy week. All matters suggested BY
Governor Milliken as being appropriate
to the special session were acted upon,
as we'll as numerous others. The fac
that thirty.four acts and nine resolves
were signed by the governor, together
with the additional fact that lot OF
other measures were either thrown into
the discard or deferred till the next
legislature, is sufficient to show that the
legislature did at least as much as any
such body ever ought to In extraordinary
session.
More measures were introduced in the
time allowed from Tuesday morning till
l o'clock Wednesday afternoon than
were presented In the first three weeks
Of the regular session last winter.
A disposition to make the session as
short as possible was manifest at the out
set. The situation was however some
what complicated by the mass of meas.
ures which were presented. Some OF
these were measures which properly be-
longed in the work of the special session,
and some were measures which just as
distinctly had no proper place there, bu
should 90 before the regular sessions,
and before them only. The question OF
the manner of disposing of them all was
the cause of more or less confusion.
On Tuesday the session opened, and IL
joint convention the legislature was ad-
dressed by Governor Milliksn clearl!
and concsely regarding several matters
which should receive consideration. Th'
two houses Immediately started in OH
their work, and made good progress that
day, but the inevitable slowing up wh.cl
came when the machinery got fairly t.
work made the Lrogress look slower
later.
A mass of hearings bad been adver
tised for Tuesday afternoon on billt
which had been prepared and referred to
the appropriate committees at meeting
of several of the committees held at An
gusta some three weeks previous. or
course these bills were not properly be
fore the legislature until they we're for
mally introduced on Tuesday, but the
advance work done on them undoubtedly
saved much time in the length of the ses-
sion.
One of the hearings of Tuesday after
noon which was decidedly interesting
was that on the daylight saving" bill,
which would establish for Maine during
the summer season the clock time which
we have had during the past two years.
1t was proposed to have the limit of this
time from the last Sunday In April to
the last Sunday in September, reducing
the time two months.
The hearing occupied an hour and q
half before the legal affairs com mittee,
and was lively. Representative John e.
Warren of Portland was In charge of the
matter for the advocates of the bill, and
called upon representatives of the cham.
bers of commerce In several of the cities
of the state and labor and industrial or
CARNATIONS, all of which were repre-
ssnted as strongly in favor of the bill. A
representative of the National Daylight
Saving Association declared that the day
light saving plan would be in effect, by
state or local action, In all the other New
England and eastern states next year.
State Master Thompson of the State
Grange was in charge of the opposition
to the bill, and no doubt was left in the
minds of any one as to the position OF the
farmers of the state. Representatives Of
Pomona and other oranges and farmers
organizations from one end of the state
to the other declared themselves unani.
mously and emphatically opposed to the
bill, and expressed their sentiment in
vigorous terms.
oIrrrpAlE AMENnMENT RATIEIED.