Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-02-11


Ibis matter has come up this morning IN tne
" -. !, has lam free to confess that don't
.a.i,v tnow what particular opinion the gen,
.s.m.r from Minot desires to have published
-;,h the three late opinions. l am not
i.wver. but what the court is pleased 70 des-
;.rste one of the plain people. Conse.
nnen,lv I must be excused for looking .,
these matters in a plain way. as l see an.
nm understand them And what say IN regaro
20 them comes from ar honest heart anu non
ost feelings. You may succeed through su-
nreme ceurts and other powers with whicn
the people at present arc not acqnaihteu' :"
choking those feelings. sitting them,
taer;nv me from uttering them. put
,bav .,;ll exist. and will come to the from'
sooner or later. Beat them down AS Won WILL !,
they are in the hearts of the plain people,
who are 10 settle this question. | have nc
aisnosition at this time TO discuss the legahty
of this organization. This legislature :.
The SPIaKER-The Chair will not permit
any reflection whatever upon this House.
Mr. Pr usrEp-With due Difference to the
chair. I desire TO disclaim all intention OF re-
fecting upon the organization OF this house
or legislature. have no desire TO discuss
that or the action of the court and l 90 no'
rise for that purpose; but to plant myseii sue
by side with the gentleman from Miho', "i"
~ stand bv him in his attempt to hurl back
The attacks made upon him. l have been
here all through the trying scenes OF the or
o,nization ef this legislature. No man can
accuse me nor should any member he accused
of wbistling to keep up his courage. II Is
not r;ght. I have tried to be fair and Just.
and | am bound to say that the bulldozing
and whistling to keep up courage, If there mas
h.er any has come from the other side OF the
House. No honest man can say this mas come
from our side. The verbatim reports Will
show that there has been occasion for us 10
reply in somewhat singing language. Now
I nresume if there is one thing for which the
gentleman from Ellsworth is distinguished.
il is for a knowledge of the rules OF
courtesy. And / am ashamed of him
when he forgets his knowledge and
charges upon us that we shall get enough OF
investigation before we get through. With
all due respect to him, it seems to me It saw
ors Of the bully. There has been no occasion
for such talk. And without appearing to
prejudice this investigation. desire to say
for one that while have had enough OF IN.
vestigation of these bribery cases. would
to God that we had not been obliged to have
anv of it. But am anxious to go to the bot
tom of it, and if the gentleman from Ellsworth
and his colleagues will be patient and work
with us, we will GU to the bottom. if we fill
so full as to run over with this cussedness.
And the part taken by the gentleman from
Minot does not entitle him to abuse and brow
beating bv members of the other side of the
House.
He said that as one of the plain people he
could not look upon the recent opinions of
the court as ANYTHING but opinions, liable to
be changed at anv time. He saw no objection
to the passage of the ORDER and hoped ii
would receive passage.
Mr.. PERRY desired to correct the state
ment of the gentleman from Brunswick. that
the minority was opposed to the printing OF
Judge Virgins decision. They did desire
that it should be printed and circulated. He
charged that the Republicans were kept in
line by their leaders by the party whip and
did not dare break away.
Mr. HUssEY Of Brooks. thought the last
speaker wrong in his remark that the Re-
publicans here are to follow certain leaders.
If this were admitted he would have to adj
nit the same for himself on his own side.
He would like to follow his own judgment
and do as he thought best. He favored the
order under consideration. He would like
the people to have the opinions and decs
ions and decide this great question for them
selves.
Mr. Butler OF Vassalboro, said gentle
men desired to have the people educated.
This was well, but spelling book should not
lie bound with an arithmetic nor a diction-
airy with a grammar. Gentlemen seemed to
think the Republicans dare not bring these
matters before the people. The gentlemen
from Minot had said so. Hadn't that gen.
tleman seen what men on the Republican side
of the House, knowing themselves to
be right, dare to do? What is this
opinion Of the court but telling what
the will Of the people is. and what they shall
have and what they shall do. That Supreme
Court has gone down side by side with the
common people of Name and merely stated
what the law SAYS shall be done Talk had
been made as if the Supreme Court hal es-
tablished the legislature. A thousand times
no. We came in here in the majesty of our
own right and took orr places. and the Su-
preme Court if they had any thing to do with
it, only affirmed our right
Mr.. PERRY of Camden replied
Mr.. BRApsTREET of Bridgton Il wish here
and now to utter my protest for once against
any vote in this House which shall have a
tendency to belittle the opinion of the Su-
preme Court of this State The gentleman
from Minot who offered the order NAV not
have had that intention. will do him the
charity to say that he did not. But I do saw
that his order intimated that there was a dis
crepancy between the law as laid down by
the Supreme Court within the last few weeks
and the laws laid down BY that court in the
6Sth Me. Now I do not wish to call up any
feelings that ought not to be stirred in this
body. But I think that all will agree
with me that the very first order
that was introduced into this House that had
any such tendency was introduced bv the
gentleman from Camden some few DAYS ago !:
and l was very glad to see at that time that
not only the majority of this House but even
the minority refused to sanction that order
when the vote was taken: and il was a credit
to the minority.
1t is well known that the leading democrat.
&c papers of this State. ever since that opinion
OF the court, have. through their columns.
attempted to make the people believe that
the decision of that court was not law. and
not binding. hold in my hand the Eastern
Argus of this morning, and see two or three
sentences which l am sorry to see in anv
paper. Speaking Of the message of the Gov.
ernor Of Maine. it has this sentence: s.Here
we have political Pecksniff who is holding
an office to which he has no legal title"
Now the democratic papers of this State
are attempting to belittle the opinion Of that
court. And this order of the gentleman from,
Minot has tendency to assist in so doing.