Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-02-19

enn emlnently proper resolse.
Mr.. Lebroke said his influence in this mat
ter was that attaching to the vote which he
must cast according to his own judgment and
| for which he must be responsible to the peo-
ple A question had been raised which might
call in doubt the result of the vote. The
Grand Army of the Republic 10 composed ex-
clusively of honorably discharged soldiers
and sailors of the Union Armies in the war
of the Rebellion. He remembered almost
a quarter of q century ago when men
were mastering in Augusta from all
parts of the State in defence of their country,
and that it was hoped that the rebellion would
be crushed in ninety days. He remembered
the shock to the ardor of the great North by
the battle of Bull Run, and the serious ques-
tons that then pressed home upon our people.
In the days that followed the inauguration of
President Lincoln it took men of courage, of
firmness. of nerve and of deep patriotism, to
engage in the struggle which became real
and as terrible as any war of modern times.
| He could not forget the anxiety that existed
| that those men should go to the front. He
could not forget the husband departing from
his wife and children. nor the whole house
| hold in morning when sometimes the husband
| failed to return. Thousands of these men
sleep in their graves, some on the hills and
| in the wales of their native State, while others
| lie unbured in the distant woods of the South
where no music is heard except the song of
wild birds and the dancing rills that go on
their way to the sea. Many dragged their
mutilated bodies to their homes from their
| fields of glory. He remembered how these
men flew to arms and with what valor they
fought for this nation. Some are living to-
dav, but their number is daily growing less.
By the laws of Lature, which are inexorable,
this band of noble men is being narrowed
down year after year, and the time is
not far distant when will be heard the rafting
of the soil upon the coffin of the last one of
them. As he had said on former occasion.
| had he no sympathy for the soldier, he would
| be liberal TO these men and sustain them rs
matter of policy, 80 that in the future they
| would fly to arms in defence of their country
| This would be the last time the Grand
Army would ever hold an encamp-
ment in this State. and he could
not doubt that every Senator would vote for
| the resolution. He desired it to pass for the
honor of his constituents, for the honor of
| his State and for the honor of the whole
country.
| Mr.. Weeks said that lest some might
think his colleague Mr.. Heath was not in
sympathy with the Grand Army. he would
| say that that Senator was soldier, than
whom none were drawer That Senator was
in hearty sympathy with the Grand Army,
but believed the proposed expenditure of
money to be unconstitutional, and for this
reason would vote against the resolve. MIR.
Weeks declared himself heartily in favor of
the measure, although it might be regarded
| by some as unconstitutional.
Mr.. Lebroke said it would not do to raise
the question of consttutionality in these mat
tiers. If raised it would affect the question
nf Dhfo nj
monuments and cause the upheaval of much
of our legislation. 1t was proper to raise
it as a matter of speculation, but the
people Themselves were behind this class of
legislation.
! The resolve was then passed to be en-
crossed by a vote of "a to 3, as follows:
| YhA-Messrs. All, n. Austin, Bearce, Bragdon,
ksv
Simonton: smith. Stubs. Tapey. Weeks. Wescott,
| Wilson, Young-24
| NAY-Messrs. Bonney, Heath, MARBLE.
On motion of Mr.. Marble bill an act in re-
lation to the taking of alewives in the town
of Warren, was taken from the table, amend
ed on motion of the same gentleman by in-
sertng in the fourth line after the word
| 'river" the words land by the town of Wal
doboro in the Medomac river" and passed
| to be engrossed.
| Mr.. Goodwin presented resolve in favor of
| the Committee on Education, which was pass
ed to be engrossed under a suspension of the
rules, on motion of the same gentleman.
| On motion of Mr.. Weeks bill an act to
amend sec. of chap. 1872 of the revised
statutes relating to the salaries of NUM-
cipal and police court judges was taken up.
and briefly discussed by Messrs. Weeks,
Young and rapley, and on motion of the lat
ter gentleman it was again laid on the table
e IT.. l.
store the salary of the County Attorney of
Somerset county was taken from the table.
| Mr.. Allen asked for some information in
regard to the bill which Mr.. Nye gave.
| yea and nay vote on the passage of the
bill to be engrossed was taken on motion of
Mr.. Young, resulting in the affirmative, as
| follows:
YEA-Nessrs Allen, Bonney, Cole, Cutler Lebroke
Nye, Ray, Smith, Stubbs, Tapley, Weeks. Wilson.
| NAY-Messrs Bearce Bragdon, Goodwin, Heath.
Hume. Libbey. Marble. Mears, Nickerson. Roak,
Young.-lo
| On motion of Mr.. Marble bill an act re-
lsting to the compensation of the County
Commissioners of Penobscot was taken from
the table, and again tabled on motion of Mr..
| Stubs.
On motion of Mr.. Bragdon,
Adjourned.
PETITIONS, BILLS, ETC. PRESENTED AND Re-
FERRED.
BY Mr.. Nve--Remonstrance of K. p.
Viles and 40 others and of NJ. G. Shaw &
Sons ct ais against any legislation to prohibit
the throwing of sawdust and other refuse into
| the Kennebec river, which were referred TO
the Committee on Interior Waters.
House.
WEDNESDAY. Feb. Is.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
Papers from the Senate disposed of in con-