Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-02-28

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Mr. Enzel Of Bangor moved to amen
(smendmen; '-B-) BY striking out In section
IL. line II. the words placed in solitary
confinement and" The amendment vas
adopted
Mr.. Sprsgue of Dexter offered the follow
ing amendment amendment CT: Section
Is hereby amended by adding after the
sord counties" in the fifth line the words
unless county ~orkships are therein estzb-
ish-d.T He thought that it would entail
100 much expense upon towns xhere wo-k-
shops are not established to provide stone
for the ramps to work upon. In his own
town the expense would be great for they
had no suitable stone except bouders.
Mr.. Bureigh sad that al objection to the
mendment was that IN counties where the
jail has not workshop imprisonment does
not have any effect upon the tramp. Another
objection IL seemed him vas that other in
1u.tri, might complain that they had To
compete with unpaid tramp labor.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Sprsgus
Of Dexter was adopted.
Mr. Moore of D.ering moved that the
bill b. recommitted 10 the Committee on
State Prison with Instructions To so amend
the bill a. 10 discriminate between the real
tramp and the persons who are compelled to
beg u sustain life, or do 80 IN preference TO
COMM ting a greater offence.
Mr. spfsgue said that he thought that
there was no necessity for a
nan begging at all in the State of Maine,
for in every town. city and plantation, are
officers whose duty is to relieve all those
'. hu are found in distress within their limits.
Mr.. Moore said that th. re was large
class Of aien who came from the western
part Of the State, and from other states,
no have not earned enough money to trans
fort them on the railroads In going from
place to place they are not able To hunt up
The overseers Of the poor, ia order to get
meal of vlctusls. The selectmen or over
s-ers OF the poor were not always to be
found at home. They might be away and it
would be hard If the man was Obliged to
saIt for d wee, k TO procure meal There
was class Of men no go about this aud
OIL her States Who deserved the name Il
tramps and and any punishment that the
legislature wanted TO impose upon them he
wa, iliIns and ready TO vote for. There
Nas a class OF laborlng men who go from
place to place some of whom had worked
tor him he had found no better men to work
than they. As soon AS they earned four or
i've dollars they had sent it to their wives
and families. This bill he was opposed to
because it imprisoned these men as criminals
he agreed with the gentleman from Bldde-
ford and Portland that this bill was an out
rage and disgrace II il was passed. APP
plause
Mr.. talbot said that he understood the
question before the House to be a motion to
Iecommit vi Instructions. He was sur
prlsed that when the question of woman
r. ghts was exp. ctet TO come up that morning
there had been in the arguments upon this
bill no provision made tor women-that
women should be exempted from breaking
stones. lie moved to substitute for section
four the following; The provisions of
section l3, chapter rs, as amended by this
act, shall not apply to any female, nor shall
/ a of
as hereby amended. be construed TO apply to
any female begging in the town or city
! here she resnes.
| MIR. Pummer of Brunswick, said that he
was a member of the State Prison Commit
tee 10 which this bnl was referred They
had given the matter ample time for consid-
Grafton. They considered that AN act of
lhIs KIND was esse..tlal to the protection of
hfe and property. II would be hard TO dis
tinguish between the honest and the dIshon
est tramp. He saw no improperly in taking
this tramp element and placing them at hard
work and he had no doubt that it would be
hetehc al. IL had been told that the tramps
| 10 the jail here, after being put at work On
boot heels had diminished in
number lie did not believe that any
man would turn away from his house needy
person without feedI, han. TINS bill ap-
piled only to those who go from house TO
hout aud from town TO town asking assist
auce. lie hoped the bill would not be re-
committed to the committee but that il would
pass.
Mr.. Kaler of Scarboro hoped that this bill
would be recommitted and that they would
| not have on the statute book a law that was
a disgrace to God-fearing nation. He
hoped that they would bear in mind the words
of our Divine Master -'Inasmuch as we did
it unto the |, asst of Il e.e ye did it unto me.
| | wa-an hungered ard ye gave me meat; |
was thirsty and We gave me drink; was sick
and in prison and We visited me" tie thought
we as a Christian and God-fearing PEG pie,
could not refuse TO the poor. unfortunate
man the morsel of bread or the cup Of cold
water which he asked and that as a
Christian people we should be dlsgraced
if we should suffer thing OF this kind to be
enacted. Ap ,lahse
| Mr. Madigan of Houiton submitted the
following amendment: That the commit
tee he further instructed to amend the bill
by striking out the word whoever" in line
one, section two, and in inserting in place
thereof .anv male person more than eighteen
y ears of age" and adding after the word
| excepted the words unless the said person
shall be exempt d from work on accoun. or
p or health on certificate of a ply sicisn.''
| Mr.. Burleigh said that il there were any
amen iments to be made to this bill he hoped
they would all be made on the floor of the
| House.
Mr. Psttangall of Pembroke thought that
| he proper time for the gentlemen who
sished 10 present their amt ndments would
have been when the matter was before the
| State Prison Committee. II was his opinion
that they needed some law to protec; society
| IL might not be so much needed in the cities
'here they hal police forces to restrain the
tramps. but numerous instances appeared in
almost every paper where deeds OF violence
had been done in farming sections. The
people III the country are worthy Of atten-
| uoh.
Mr.. Alden of Union offered the following
a nendment; That the word "sball' in the
first line of Sc ton "a be changed to may
so that the section as nt nded shall read as
follows
Mayors and selectmen may appoint special
constahles in each school district in their re-
.pectve towns, to arrest and prosecute all
tramps in their respective municipalities"
Mr.. Clason said that it seemed to him that
the vote to indie definitely postpone was practi-
cally the same rs the question they were then
| voting upon. In reDiy to the Argument of