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

until the legal legislature was set % q Il
ernor elected and installed, and mid -;
and acclain,e that representative Of Noi1Ss<
tered forthwith into the duties Of RI
And until that time Gen. Chamberlsin. SS5
Gov. Gareelcn, was representing the 49,
ment. and was calling upon men TO msirs:S s
the PEACE, holding these corridors fire. ~
interruption and dispute, expellins - ~
armed men, State prison convicts ~ t..
disgraced this State and this buildir~ u
their presence, taking from here arrs
had been brought. nobody knows ~ 81
purpose, and sending them back WHERE ~.
had remained in peace and security for ~
All these things cost money, and We are ,~
asked to pay il, and these gentlemen btu ~
writhe against it because they belie,s n
their bounden duty to talk whenever any,i;'
comes up.
1t has been said that the expense ine.,,,
uuder Gov. Garcelon before he went - :
Office has been paid. This was another - {
iect the minority had better let alone. ~.
appropriation remaining over with dali
left in the treasury was seized ~
by the Governor and Council and MINIS
so that not cent was left. He had oce.s;s,
the other day to look at an appropriate n.
the female visitor to the insane hoepit,l -
only about q third of it WA A.
for its legitimate purpose; but every dollar !,
the rest was drawn out by the Governor =
Council for other purposes. One man IN
drawn 50, 200 from the high school fund =.
advance work that he had never done. ~.
things are now in the way of investie,t;o. s
and will be gone into root and brs..i
Everyone of these appropriations wa In
LACED, with no vouchers. so that pothins 3.
left. This bill must be paid and We must y
propriate the money. II they had lea ~.
thing when they rid the State of thcuarl,s.
it might have been paid with that. So Srs
money was concerned they left the ,zeenr,
almost bankrupt.
When he heard gentlemen talk a. tAev :,
he could not believe that they apprecisie -
tremendous magnitude Of the events We =.
passed through. He did not believe -,
had even put their foot into the waten y
that majestic current that at last bruavb
the State out from anarchy and dr.
Of revolution. They havn't even psa6l
their toes in that stream. They an
appreciate what it was that this State -.
through. This State was racked with ara
hension and with a danger that tried ~
souls and disturbed mems slumbers q M
ing has done since the great rebellm
The whole frame work Of our governueu
tottered almost to its foundation. The Vii
experiment of republican government m
on trial here, and for days il hung + 4
doubtful balance. And at last, because ~
sense got uppermost, an because patriot
was imbedded in the minds of the people =
not disloyalty and revolution, and beeam
that great tribunal which settles at lat Il
these disputes for the State, did 60 fundann
tally into the great questions submitted b L
and because at last the roar of applaudiri
voices sustaining that court was heard q
listened to and obeyed BY these men N
came back here into this body, we cane II
at last safe, and to-day there is in the mind
of the people such a profound grathu1e |
this emergence as the gentleman from liz
coin and the gentleman from Camden az n .
capable Of approaching. That feeling 4
gratitude is not confined to men Nh |
sympathize with the republican parry, bst
it is entertained by men Of all sentineat,
politically. The democrat thanks Provideau |
that the State is safe from disgrace and II |
the wheels of the government run peaceb9
on. The greenbacker, alike interested VI |
the democrat and republican is glad Of u
emergence. And the Republican n
Quenched the exultation that superior ~ |
victorious party frequently shows, impfopah
and unwisely, in his silent gratitude that h
conservative forces operating in the StA
brought us out of this dread peril. And the1
men one and all are willing to pay the Bib
and to thank the Lord the danger 10 ~
They will make no protest If it is el6,0W
$4,000. But they will not forget ID h
generation to come the men wh0t brought
upon them. And while there will be ~ =
due exultation, the silent majesty Of the ~
pies Indignation will rest upon these meas
til they mt last go down as setting suns nev6
again to be trusted by this State. He hops1
that the rules would be suspended.
Mr.. PERRY of Camden, replied. He +
MED that he had been received with ~
arms when he came back into the Hen
and claimed that upon opening the dor ,
had been confronted by Calling gun.
Mr.. Goss of Bath said:
Mr.. Speaker-It seems to me the esuu
the house is now pursuing in relation 70 y
resolve is discourteous to the C0mmitteee
Finance. Any member could examine
items and make such comments as he the1e
best. The committee was made up Of -
of the best members of the house from y
sides, and do not believe that they 70
introduce resolve appropriating the nse9
of the State that was not just and propel,
| for one would not insinuate doubt Of -
integrity.
The debate has taken wide range. Ps41
are sensitive generally upon some parties.
subject, and if you touch them on the -
tive point they are FESTIVE and show r.
ment. Now l can sit here and be callse
hypocrite, liar and briber, and it does
move me at all; take it from wheee
came. But there is one point upon vhin
am very sensitive, and trust my friend
the opposition will be careful and avoid -
much as possible hereafter, and that
the contingent business. I was one
counted out members, and I shall mot ~
how my friends from Lewiston, and -
land and Saco and Portland, and how resuN
my friend Mr.. Strout was as We waited y
verdancy, all day Tuesday in the ants -
of the Council Chamber. trying to get g
ti6cates; nor how opportunity was 49,
us on that day to take in the situation.
less men, State Prison convicts guardee
rooms where were stored the arms bfe
from Bangor, which on the morrow mn.
used against us. Various SMILES have
used to illustrate this cOunting-0 out bus1s
The gentleman from Camden had used
by their fruits ye shall know thea
agree with him, and this fruit Is 90 bsesR
people will not eat it any more fof.sss
The root that had been referred to sne