Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-03-09
MAINE LEGISLATURE
Senate.
FRIDAY, March 9th.

i Mr.. Bearce submitted the following:
Resolved, That the sincere thanks of thu
Senate are due and are hereby rendered tt
our Messenger. Charles II Lovejoy, our AZ
sistant Messenger. f. E. Voter, and Folder,
A. B. T. Chadbourn, and our Page, Ernes
H. Wheeler, for the faithful and courteous
manner in which they have performed their
duties during the present session.
The resolution was read and unanimously
adopted, by rising vote.
i Mr.. Nickerson presented the following
Resolved, That the thanks of the Senate be
extended TO Charles w. Tilden, the efficien,
Secretary of the Senate, and to Kendall M.
Dunbar, the Assistant Secretary, for the able
and faithful manner in which they have dis
charged the duties of their respective offices
Read and unanimously adopted by a rising
vote.
Mr.. Weeks presented the following order
Ordered, That the Presidents gavel. which
has been so ably and impartially used as ar
emblem of authority over the deliberations OF
the Senate. be presented to the President, a nd
that he be requested to accept it with the sin
cere thanks of all the members, to be kept in
memory of the 62d legislature.
The order was unanimously passed by a
rising vote.
Mr.. Libbey, addressing the Secretary, pre-
sented the following:
| Resolved, That we hereby express our
hearty appreciation of the dignity. ability and
entire impartIaity, with which Hon. William
d. Pennell has discharged his duties as
President of this Senate, and that we now ten
der him our sincere thanks for the uniform
courtesy which has characterized his official
intercourse with the members
Mr. Libbey said
Mr.. Secretary-This session now about to
close, has been interesting and one long to
be remembered by the members of this body
Our intercourse with our officers ana with
each other has been uniformly most cour-
teous and with none more courteous than
with him who has presided over the delibera-
tons of this branch of the Legislature. Many
matters of importance have been considered
here, and while we have at times differed in
opinion, believe that each has been guided
in his action by what he believed to be right
and for the best interest of our State. MANY
pleasant friendships have been formed. which
| trust, will not soon be forgotten. The uni
form kindness and courtesy of our President
has endeared him to each and all of US, and
may he and his, wherever their lot may be
cast in the future, always be prosperous and
happy.
Mr.. Lebr"ke said:
Nh. Secretary-I feel that the resolutions
which have been offered here in favor of the
President and officers of the Senate are only
an honest expression of what every senator
must feel Our labors have been very ar
duous during this session. 1t is no small
task to complete the legislation for this grow
ing State of Maine for two years. Biennial
sessions entail an unsual amount of legisla-
ton compared with former times. Again,
new interests in our State are sprnging into
| icso fhrpn rhnvvt I'D
in the inauguration of new industries in va
rious stages of development, from which our
commonwealth is to derive in the near future
much benefit and increase in wealth, and con-
sequentlv population, and many of which de-
mand legislation. This work has been per-
formed as well as it might be by us as re-
representatives. of the people, and what we
shall put on record here | take to be the col
lected wisdom of the two branches of this Leg
islature, notwithstanding the mistakes which
have been made. There have been differences
of opinion upon various matters, but an I'M
usual degree of personal harmony has existed
in our body, and so far as know. in the
other branch. l only say that our work,
varied as it has been difficult as it must have
been, has been in my judgment diligent-
ly, honestly and faithfully performed, al
though there may have been errors of judg-
| UNIV, anu PfoUAoiy grave mistakes. LII our
work, Mr.. Secretary, in this branch, we have
been aided largely by the President whose
ever ready perspcuity was equal to any and
every emergency, one whose rulings have
been entirely impartial, one to whom we
have always looked with faith and confidence
and not with disappointment for direction in
all our multfarious duties. must say tina,
| have been surprised myself that so Young
man as our President. whose life has beer
largely devoted to business pursuits, except
recent experience in legislation, should be &C
we'll qualified should he so ready, should
have all the phraseology of legislation ant
legislative rules at hand for ready use on al
occasions Our work has undoubtedly been
not only facilitated, but largely expedited BY
the manner in which this body has been pre-
sided over during the present session.
must say that he has done honor to himself
and good service to the State, for which We
who know of his important labors IN thi,
branch feel highly grateful to him, and fol
which the State is indebted to his great abil
ity. ! cannot forbear saying further in con-
nection with this resolution, that all the off
GERS of this Senate have been diligent, faith
full, remarkably efficient, and always kind anC
generous. None except thosewhO have had con
siderable experience in legislation can under
stand how much the work of making laws il
aided by ready and competent officers We
have had that aid, and hope we, as senators
have attempted on our part, to reciprocate
their kindness. And if IN anything we have
failed to extend to the officers that courtesy
which was their due, haven't doubt it was
through thoughtlessness snd with no inten
ton on our part
feel impressed by this separation fol
various reasons. First, the general impress
sion is. as in all separations like this, that We
shall all probably never meet again. 1t i,
possible that special session might call thit
Legislature together and all the
members be living and assemble again. Bu
should such be not the case, it is, as l may
say, impossible in the law of chances that We
should ever meet again as we have met
There is something of the mournful and the
melancholy in this thought. This consider
alton, however, is softened by the fact thai
we shall carry in our memories the scenes o,
the past winter. Although our labors have
been at times such that Il seemed that we
were almost unduly burdened, yet the many
acquaintance that we have formed, the large
information that we have acquired from our
associates. and especially, as said before
the pleasant remembrances that we shall al
wave carry with us down to the end of our
lives, will make up compensation greater thar
pecnniary return. We must separate, and
when the warm sun Of spring shall have re-