Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-02-20

t.tiyes. appealing for protection. D'o ne e.
necf Cen Chamberlain to put on M
rrl,med hst. draw his sword and stand Dy tne
ss;de If the Sneakers chair and protect DIN
personally. or did he expect that ne Was ~
mo 70 have here q competent force OF poncs
in order to protect this capitol! he a:Aeu
the other side hadn't asked for protec'ioa'
Mr.. Perry replied. If il had been tne ~.
nal course to pass such measures IN tne
manner proposed then il - time tnst tnele
should be change. &,
,oIved the names of $50 or l60 of Blacks
mon and various others employed by o'hee
people. NJ .o,, M, know tina,
blacks men were paid from the treasury De-
fore the expiration of Gov. Garcelons term
Mr.. YoUHG-I don't.
Mr.. PERRr-You will find it so.
Mr.. Youxe-very well. If Blacks men
have had their pay then We want our me"
paid.
Mr.. PIA1srEp of Lincoln said the question
was not a. to whether the men should OF
maid. but whether the measure shonia taAs
the usual course He did not think the state
ment that these men are poor was sumcien'
reason for deviating from the usual custom u
such matters He was in favor of paylag all
the honest debts of the State. Gentlemen on
the other side had said they desired to bur,
the past f; but they let no opportunity go by to
bring it up before this House. He saw no
necessity for the fling as to ''hddiers IN CON
nection with this matter. He objected &c De-
ing stabbed in this manner. and had maze VI
his mind to return blow for blow. He would
M tl,a flied. anu nave
reported what the money appropriated is for
and under which fiddler the expense was m
Cured. He commended that it was not unt'
affairs had passed into the hands of Zen
Chamberlain that a large and expensive
police force was employed. The bill nae
been incurred and the State had got to pay IT,
The responsibility for the employment o.
those men was another matter. He hoped tins
resolve would be recommitted with instruc-
tons to report as to the responsibility for this
large expenditure.
Mr. You've denied that his side Of the House
was the cause of dissensions. The majority
desired harmony. They had held open then
arms to receive their lost brethren, "not lost
but gone before"-down street. They haf
held open their arms and finally had seen
them come in, and were glad to have them
The fatted Gait had been killed and the little
sooner had they seated themselves than thu
gentleman from Camden had introduced lit
tie shot to which no one paid attention, but
out of good feeling it was passed unanimous
". Next came the orders bv the gentlemen
from Minot and Appleton, and the gentleman
from Lincoln had not been last to secont
those propositions. In regard to the tern
s'fddleIs" which he had used, he said he in
tended it as applying to no particular party.
but that it was a debt of the State, and a.
such must be paid.
Mr.. ROwELL of Hallowell regarded this as
something far above dollars and cents. The
question was, whether we had State, wheth-
er we could maintain the right of citizenship.
He did not desire to discuss the first weeks
of the session, but he did not feel that it be-
came those who were responsible for this
state of things, to come in here and try to
throw obloquy upon the majority for the ex-
penditure of this SlS, 900. He regretted the
expenditure and the occasion Of it; but he
considered it was necessary in order to dem
Onstrate whether or not we are a free people.
1t was no use to try to wink out of sight the
fact that the people had stood upon the thin
crust Of a volcano. The object of this ex-
penditure was to preserve the peace and our
free institutions. 1t had been said that the
minority desired to reduce the police force to
fifteen. To be sure they did, and all under.
stood their reason for it. If it cost only
$4,000 to preserve the liberties Of this State
he should consider it money well expended.
Mr.. STAPLES, of Parsonsfeld. said there
was great importance attached by gentle
men to matter Of $40 here YESTERDAY. the
payment of which was honestly due to citi-
zen. To-day the same gentlemen make moth
ing Of SIS 900 being paid out Of the treasury,
and desire to pass the measure without argn-
ment or examination. He desired that il
should be recommitted and examined care
fully. He wanted to correct the idea that the
minority came in with desire to rush into
the arms of the majority. He had come in
in obedience to the supreme court, and be-
cause he had right to come.
Mr.. BRADsTREET, of Bridgton. hoped the
rules would be suspended, and the resolve
passed to be engrossed. He could see wherein
certain gentlemen deem it wise to object to
an appropriation of money for services which
were destructive to their party, but which
were life to the State of Maine: but he
couldn't see how any greenbacker who be-
lieves that paper, which is very abundant, is
the source Of wealth, SHOULD have SO much
trouble about this small sum of Sis, 200. He
believed the bill ought to be paid. 1t seemed
to him that the only question is whether the
preservation of the liberties of this State is
worth 5000; and if so, whether the men
who preserved them should have their nav.
MIR. HALE Of Ellsworth said the gentlemen
from Camden and Lincoln are absolutely in.
durable. They are afflicted with an itch for
speaking. There are some subjects those
gentlemen ought to let alone The subiec,
OF the events previous to and succeeding the
first Wednesday of last January and the ex-
penses growing out of the extraordinary con-
ditions during that time, is subject they
ought to be glad to let alone As had been
said, nobody can dance without paving the
fiddler. And the people Of the State. rich
and poor, have got to pay for the dancing of
the gentleman from Lincoln and the gentle.
man from Camden, and their associates II
it were possible that the men who brouuh,
about these events could be made to nav the
bills, there wouldbe some poetic Justice in II
But it cannot be done. We must ali helm nav
them. And these gentlemen, whenever these
SUBJECTS come up, ought to be very glad TO
let them go in silence.
We sit here as a legal legislature, recop-
nized by everybody, with the exception Of
few members who have staid out. Il is a nod,
organized as other legislatures have been i,
years past. 1t is a legislature mee,ing NV
Ter the sanction of the Supremo Conr.