Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-03-11
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
The Senate FaVors a Central
Maine Hospital,
And Also Assigns the Capitol
Enlargement Question.
House and Senate Agree on the HaXkerS
and PeddlefS' Bill,
And Likewise on the Lobster Measure.
But the Dog Tax Question Still
Bone OF Contention.
SENATE.
SAruRpAN, MARCH 9th.

SENATE.
SAruRpAr, MARCH 9th.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Bass of Gardiner.
Papers from the House disposed of il
| concurrence.
REPoRrs OF CoNNIrTEEs.
Mr.. Rand from the Joint Standing Com
mit'ee Of Maine State College of Agricul,ur,
and the Mechanic Arts made final report,
The report of the Conference Committe,
on disagreeing vote of the two branches oi
the bill TO regulate the compensation o.
sheriffs was accepted in concurrence with tn,
House, and the bill was passed 10 be en-
crossed in concurrence by that branch, anC
amended in accordance with the suggestion
OF the Committee.
MIR. Ryder from the Conference Conmitte,
on disagreeing vote of the two branches OF
bill An act in relation to pounds, reported thai
the Senate recede from its vote if iude finite
postponement and give the bill passage in
concurrence with the House.
| Mr.. Walton moved to amend so as to
make the bill applicable 10 all towns in the
State, thereby repeating the law requiring
towns TO maintain pounds.
| On motion of Mr.. Walton yea and nay
vote was ordered and taken on the passage
of the bill to be engrossed resulting in the
affirmative as follows:
YEA Messrs. Austin burgess Frest, Heath
Hin, liolbrOok, Hunt. Kendall, Lord OF York
Rand, Ryder, sargent, Walker. Wright IA
NAY.-Messrs. Clark, Collins, Daggett, Freeman
llincklcy Merrill. Poor, walton.-s.
So the bill WAS passed to be engrossed.
ENLARG.MENr OF STATE CAPITOL.
The sjority and minority reports of the
Committee on Public Buildings in the mat
ter of the enlargement of the State capitol
came from the House, the majority report
accepted and the resolve to appro lriate
$3.50, 900 for the purpose given passage to
be engrossed in an amended form.
Mr.. Libby-Mr. President, | move that
these matters lie upon the table and be
specially assigned for Tuesday next. If
there are TO be any funeral exercises in this
Oody think the propriety of giving me an
opportunity to take part in them will be rec
ognized. For that reason desire them to
be assigned, and would ask that they be
assigned for Tuesday next at ! o'clock.
Mr.. Ileath-Mr. President, this is the
first time for two weeks that there has been
substantially full attendance at thi. board.
Every member is present, or has been this
morning, with the exception of Senator
Nash, who is paired with another senator
upon this matter. There is now an oppor-
tunity for every senator to vote upon this
question. Whether or not all the senators
can be present on Tuesday next no man can
tell, and | ask that the senate consider these
reports now. believe il is fair request ia
make. Ii is matter which has been agtat-
ed in the newspapers, discussed by every
body and talked to death. | believe tina,
this Senate ought to be willing to discuss
this que stion now and settle it while we have
| full attendance.
Mr. Libby-Mr President, the course
re recommended by the senator from Kennebec
to my mind. is an unusual one and
| by no means courteous. This is the
first time during the whole session when
an attempt has been made to deny to any
senator desiring to offer any suggestion.
upon matter before this body, the priv
ilege of having special assignment made
| do not know what there is connected with
this subject which requires such undue
haste. do not know what there is in the
necessities of the situa lion that shuts off free
consideration of it. But if any senator
wishes to discuss this matter | take it h,
should be afforded an opportunity, and he
should not be required, Immediately upoT
t, first reading, to take it up and discuss il
in advance of every other matter upon the
calendar. More than that, an order ba,
been introduced in this senate and given a
passage that all matters involving discussion
upon their introduction during the morning
| hour shall 90 to to the foot of the calendar
| and if that is the case, certainly unless two
| thirds of this senate insist that the Other
third shall not have extended to them the
usual courtesy of this body, this matter wont
go under debate al this time.
| Now | have no disposition to weary un-
necessarily this senate. ! have no disp0si
ton for the mere fun of thing to waste
time; but on matter of this Importance
which involves the expenditure of Slj0,000
| think | should have fair opportunity Il
submit my views upon it. and should not bt
forced into consde ration of it at the presen
time.
Mr.. Heath-Mr President Allow me t,
| remind the senator from Cumberland and the
Senate that the Senator has had his opportu
nifty to discuss this very resolve that when
the matter of removal of the State capital
from Augusta to Portland was up he ther
took the opportunity to discuss at length the
question OF appropriating sl50,000 for en-
largng this STATE House. | appeal to the
recollection of the members of the Senate
We heard from him at length at that time
He gave his views. But there is nothing il
the motion that ! made that cuts off the Sen
ator from discussing this matter at as muci
length as he sees fit. II the discussion il
opened by him others will discuss il; bu
there is ample opportunity. We will 81
here until II or o'clock, or 6 O'Clock, o
I L. a.. L.. a..
nothing in my motion to cut of debate. Tn
only question is whether we will discuss
now or postpone it until Tuesday. Now
| submit that We are upon the heels of tn
session. and that however much we may de
sire to be personally courteous to each othe-
the business of the State requires that W
should attend to it as it comes up and no
allow a matter to block everything. Whei
such motions have been made in the earle
part of the session, or when we have hai
ample time ahead of US. We have been cour
teou. to each other; but when we strike vha
i. almost the last day Of the session and sen
ators ask that matters may be postponed tina
will have the effect Of carrying forward ais
all the work of the session. then / submi
that the personal necessities of senators mu,
Yield to the general good Of the entire legi.
ation before us.
Now as to the parliamentary point that
raised, the senator is in error 10 regard to th
application of the order I
the business this morning. W
have no special calendar to day. This is
house matter, it is true; but we have n
special calendar. Every matter calendare
yesterday vas disposed Of. Every matte
that was not disposed Of went back upon tn
tabe, and everything we have pending there
no; on the calendar. il upon the table an
cannot come up without special motor
So that however correct the rule may b
when there is a special calendar, it fails |
its application nov for the want Of a specis
calendar.
, Mr.. Libby-Mr. President, don't kno'
but that it is usual in this body for one sena
tor 70 undertake to determine whethe
another senator has fully debated question
, don't know but that it is within the provin ,
of the senator from ksnnebec to dictate t
me whether or not | have submitted to ihi
senate pertinent matters to be considere
with reference to this resolve which hs
, never been before this body before. Bt
whether he does or not, I say 10 the senate
; and suppose I am exercising the right az
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