Daily Kennebec journal., 1889-01-30
tcon,irued from sr., P,xe.l

claimed in behalf of the people of the county
Of Arcostook that We do need . change and
earnestly desire that education. and il made
them more than glad. made them grateful
inleed when the great men Of
America skilled in affairs. versed
in politics. high in position. came
to thsir county and there discussed
day and the issues of party. He submitted.
as far - the people of the northern portion
Of this State are concerned, if the change is
made whereby our State elections are held in
November, that that education vas entirely
denied to them. In poetic phrases the gen
tlrman from East Marhias has spoken of the
beautiful harvest month, and the hunter
month of October and the beautiful Indian
summer of November. In his residence ir
northern Maine he had never known but one
short period in early November when the
weather was not so ineie that out door
meetings were utterly impossible, and during
the las. half of the month of October they
Lad such cold and frosts that even then the
oat door meetings were impossible except
ith a degree of discomfort more OF less
gseat He believed that the experience OF
| the other gentlemen of the House agreed
| III shim in that their constituents de
E,anded no such change.
Mt. - Brlen OF inofDa-ton SAID ln reply 10
the statement Of the gentleman from Els
worth and Caribou that there have never
been any petitions introduced for this
amendment, that as a matter of fact in all
he changes that have been made 10 the con-
.,itution of Maine, with hut one exception
he believed, these changes have all come
| from the legislature. He had a great deal
Of confidence in the judgment Of the peo pie
/ Mr. Dickey of Fort Kent said that about
| the OIL Is thing that is left in the constitution
| that our fathers gave US about 1919 is our Sep
tembtr election. When this very matter OF
changing the day and having it uniform was
| discussed in Congress he reeoliected that
The most distinguished man Of Maine and OF
the [ union took the field against
changing it in Maine and succeeded
I'd he had always thanked him for
1 il. He recollectsd that this last summer
that there were about l20 Democratic votes
thrown in his town " nile in the fall there
\ ere but 25 votes all told. That is all the
/ Democrats there were at home The rest
OF them were in the woods numbering lie
| didn't apprehend that the members OF the
| legislature demand the change therefore it
was useless to make it and he hoped the
ote woul be decided against IT,
| Mr.. Talbot said that the argument of the
/ zen ltuaU ITuHf OT' hSht " do thos hh'' -
| Iablishment of the day upon which election
shall take place was the only thing left in
our constitution that our fathers gave us.
If he would examine the date and formation
of the constitution he would find that that
happened by mere accident. Now old folks
are apt to cling to old institutions and keep
them Just they are, but 1--WE young folk"
Laughter are more pros ressive. The
power of the amendment is the preserving
.ower of the constitutions AMI thai power IS
lodged in the hands of the people
| The n oti0n of MIR. Wiswttl of Ellsworth
talliag for yea and nay vote was put and
carried.
The question was then NJ on the motion of
the gentleman from East Macnias 10 suh,ti
tate the muo. ity for the majority report.
Yea-Alden, Alien Of Mercer Ahen OF
Wellington, Andrews, Cha.Ibourne. Ciputier,
Cote, Edgecumh FIX, Frank, Frees, tor
ion Hanley. Harrington, IIutchins, kaer,
kepgan, Lit,ietield, Mallett, O'Bfien, Pat
tangall, pendieton. Poor, Smith, ralb It,
Taylor, Thurlow, Tiltnn, Warren of Deer
Isle, Whitten of Lce-30
! Nay-Adams of Belgrade, A iams of LIN
erick. Achorn. Barker. Bennett, Berry. Bird,
Bither, Brooks. Burlt Oh, Burnham, Cain,
Carson, Chaplin, Chapman, Clark OF Bangor,
lark of Saco, Clason. Closson, Cole,
Cook, Crosby, Curtis of Paris, Curtis OF
Perkins, Dame, Dane, Diltor,h, Dickey.
Doe. Dow, Eels, Emerson, Engel, Fergu
son, fled, Fis,e, Fogg, French, Clifford,
Glover, Goodwin, Gowcli, Greer Griudle of
Mt. Desert, Grndell of ilallowell, llamil-
ton, Harper, .tlawkins. Head, H'choorn,
Hill OF Augusta, Hill of Mars Hill, Hinkley
fIoibrook, Hovey, Iugalls Jordan OF Web
ster, Joy, Lamb, Linnell, Lombard, Looney
McCabe, Madigan, Manley, Marden, Mar
shall. Maxim, Merrill, Mchaud, Mitchell
Moore Morrill,, Morse. Nash, Nealey, New
comb. Newton, NOVEL; osgood, Palmer
Parker, Peaks, Plummer, Purington, Race
Record, Robinson, Ross, Shaw, Sheahan
Sprsgue, Spofford, Stearns. Sweetser, Ihom
} as, Turner, Tyler, Vlckery, Wakefield
Warren of Castine Wed, Wentworth
Wheeler, Whitten of Portland, Wilbur
Winter, Wing. Wisweu, Woo isum.-llD.
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