Year: 1870

in addition to an act to incorporate the How
ard Slate Company. Read and assigned.
! Mr.. PArTEN, from the same committee, re-
ported ought to pass on bill an act to incor-
porate the Ocean Telegraph Company. Read
and assigned.


Same member from the same committee,
on petition. reported bill an act authorizing
the town of Oldtown to lay out and maintain
a town way across the Upper Saltwater bridge
| in said town. Read and assigned.
! Mr.. WARREN, from the Committee on Mcr-
camille Affairs and Insurance, reported ought
to pass on bill an act to incorprate the Weld
Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Read and
assigned


! Passed to be engrossed-An act to authorize
the County Treasurer of Cumberland to pay
Millimore Watts for services; resolve in IA
vor of IIoulton Academy; an act to incorpo-
rate the Corinthian Hall Association in the
town of Hartland; an act authorizing the
municipal officers of Winthrop TO lay out
winter roads; an act authorizing Chas. IL.
Bartlett of Kittcry to build a wharf into tide
waters of Piscataquis river; an act allowing
an annual stipend to the Waldo and Penobscot
| Agricultural Society; resolve in favor OF the
Maine Central Institute.


Bill an act for the preservation of certain
birds on its passage to be engrosscd. was re-
ferred to the Committee on Legal Reform.


Bill an act to amend sec. 2S, chap. / OF
the Revised Statutes, relating to the location
of school houses, was read Il third time, and
tabled on motion of Mr.. BoNNEr.


Bill an act to amend chap. 33S of the spe-
cial laws of 1850, relating to ways in Vinal-
haven was read Il third time and tabled on
motion of Mr. HARTMAN.


| Passed to be enacted act to amend sec
s of chap. II of the Revised Statutes, relat-
| ing to supervision OF schools; an act 10
amend an act entitled IAN act to prevent the
destruction of alewivcS in Dennys river, APP
proved Feb. -, 1860; an act to amend cnap'
| 40 of the Revised Statutes, relating to her
ring boxes an act to incorporate the Ienoo-
| scot and Union River Railroad Company.
| On motion of Mr.. Hume, hill an act provid-
ing for state uniformity of text books, was
taken from the table, the question being on
the adoption of the amendment offered by
Mr.. NosE, which makes the commission ap-
pointed by the Governor and Council tenn
porary.


Mr. VosE said this amendment being an
entire change of the first section, and this be-
ing the first time the attention of the House
had been called to it he thought it uncour-
teous to insist upon discussion without a
further consideration. He believed the House
would give the friends of the measure, or the
| Committee at least, sufficient time in which



| impression was in bis mind that the enemies
of the bill are attempting to press the matter
unfairly He could not help believing that
something of the sentiment found among
those who oppose this bill. assimlates
with the vigorous opposition which has been
made against this bill ever since its inception
by persons about the capitol. He hoped that
the House would not press the matter, and he
asked that it might lie on the table and Tues
day next be assigned for its further consider
| alton.


Mr.. HUME thought there was no reason for
the gentleman saying that the friends OF the
bill had been treated unfairly. The matter
had been fully ventilated and the Senate had
by most decisive majority rejected it. lie
thought the House ready to act now on the
matter and that this postponing from day to
day was getting played out.


Mr. BURGESS said that if time to consider
the amendment is required the argument to
postpone will have some force, but the main
bill has been on the desks of members almost
from dhe commencement of the session. He
thought the House ready to vote now and vote
against it.


Mr. TwITCHELL hoped the vote on the bill
will be taken to-day He thought the House
fuller than it will be on Tuesday next


Mr.. FARwELL said the bill had received an
elaborate consideration by the Committee on
Education, and its presentation to the House
has been the result. If the bill had passed
the Senate or nearly, he made no doubt that
there would have been vigorous contest In
this House for its enactment as a law. But
the vote in the Senate had been so conclusive
that he hardly entertained the expectation
that we can affect the sentiment of the Legls-
lature as to revoke that decision of the SEN
ate. With his expectations as to the final
| nf, 1ob bo nsk tb1.
House to suspend their business for the fur
ther consideration of this question.
Mr.. BAKER had but lately examined this
matter and could not say that he had formed
an opinion, but he felt that this is a measure
which takes hold of the vital interests of the
State He knew that changes, not to say re-
forms move slow, but they move sure. They
move by discussion and enlightment of the
community. That is one of the purposes of
this assembly to discuss questions and send
abroad our views that this matter of agitation
may go on. He thought from the desire to
crowd this through and suppress debate that
something was underneath unworthy of the
better judgment Of the House. He thought
there were men present, able to throw light
upon this question, and the most forcible argu-
ment brought to bear upon his mind in favor
OF the project is the course pursued by Its
enemies to suppress the light. He stood be-
tween the two parties with but superficial
knowledge of the matter, and he protested
against this movement to cut of the debate.


Mr. HUME certainly had no desire to sup
press the debate in this matter, but the House
had not been so full before this session, and
the gentleman (Mr. Vose) knew when he
made his motion that twenty or thirty men
on different committees were to go away on
Tuesday. There are friends of the measure
ready for discussion as well as enemies, and
he was for having settlement of the matter
at the present time.


The House refused to postpone. The ques-
ton then returned to the amendment of the
gentleman from Winterport.


Mr.. HARTMAN hoped when the question is
taken it will be by yeas and nays, for he de-
sired to record his vote in some way in favor
of uniformity of text books in this State
In his section large numbers Of scholars are
unable to attend school because they cannot
obtain the necessary school books. They
had books but they have been changed or by
moving from some other town, they have
there met with change Of books. He
thought there should be legislation to obviatc
this evil, and for one he wished to record his
vote in favor of that class of persons sought to