Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-01-30

eeu w tnc people 10 IN tAvcl
of the amendment Of the constitu
uon or else must mean, giving IL the mos
liberal construction that can be asked for /,
that there is such an immense popular de-
mand upon the part Of the people that
il was their duty. even II
they could not feel entirely
In accord with 1t, to allow the people to vote
upon it. He would ask the members Of the
House II there is any such popular demand
upon the part Of the people, OF II there had
been any petitions presented TO this House or
10 this legislature containing hundreds aud
hundreds of names, IS there have been peti.
tons on other matters, requiring their atteu-
ton during this session. The only possible
argument in favor of the change is that once
in four years, IL the state election RENAME
IN September. the voter must twice throw
his vote. lie denied most emphsticslly that
that meant that 10000 Of our voting popu.
laton must devote one day, the sum Of which
the gentleman said would amount to the
labor Of one man for forty years, because .,
the November election In almost every town
almost every voter can exercise his
right of suffrage without seriously
interfering with the labor Of the
day. There Of course may be some Iocali-
ties where voters live at some distance from
the polling places, but in the majority of
eases every voter can exercise his right 10
vote for presidential electors by only saeri-
neing very small portion of the day. Ift
were true that the campaign were 10 con.
TIME up TO the time of the November cleo-
ton, yer, much time being devoted 10 the
| discussion of the quest ous and 10 the attend.
Ance upon public meetings, then much could
be said in favor of the proposition Of the
gentleman from East Machias, but It 10 we'll
known that OF late years, At least sincc the
days OF that party lost to sight now and al
most 10 memory, perhaps, had It not been
for the distinguished advocacy the other day
of tn gentleman from Gorham (laughter)
who 10 now absent. since the DAYS of that
party there has not been ume when IL has
not been necessary for = single citiren or
voter TO devote one hour Of time
from the September to the November cleo.
ton. In late years the campaigns previous
To State elections are fought out In few
days previous TO the election. By reason Of
the election In September aud the campaign
Tor the ten days or two weeks preceding IL,
We are able to have the most able and illus-
trious gentleman of the whsle country upon
both sides come into our State aud speak In
almost every town house, aud school house
aud viilAse-a great aid IN the educational
point of view, In that able docume nt, the
message Of the present Executive wac given
the reasons in a very few lines, as we'll as he
could have expressed them II he had tskenA
long period Of time, why it's eIpedient, II
you put IT upon the ground of eIpeiicncy,
10 put back our State election later than Oc-
tion 4, M. f.e,. uhich n. ha., .Is.si. -
cn of an .cc,,n, AZ ,h. i,,l,,,,.,,, ., al,
w.a,h,, -. .hn,,iJ ~, ,i,,., -, ~,
tn give nm IN. m,.,iuys ..n.,iaii, m. -
ioer m.,,,ny, witch .,. ,.c....,v
In many nf I'M. .mall., tox,. h,ca,., 90 IN.
inrlcn.ncy of ,h. wea,h., w.. ,h.,.
gentleman In IN, uou., wh, h,Ii.y.J ,h.,
for either of m. ,...o,. xh,rh h.d h..r
m,n,ion.d th.,. Va. .ny ,sc...i,v a., ri.
chnnueY n, ask k.1 unn, ,h,, ,,,,ion =, .nh
.titu,. th. uinnr,,y ,nnn,, IA, ,,,a ,,.J,,,,.
IN, Yea, and nav. he taLcn
Mr. Talbot said thai ,h,, o,iv Jin.,,.,c, 4,
the matter xa. That ~, of IN. .,y.n mem.
bers of the committee wer, OF ON, opini,n
Will. IN. o,h., b,n,,n,d 4, IA, AZ .,.-Xho,
n. recoll,c,ed in n certain ,,i,l ma, H,..
wear, avo thai .f,,r n fulI nr,.cn,.,i,n ~ m.
evidence IN. ,n,y cam, Il, .i,,, w.,,,,n,
..unabI, In aer,c" IN, yo,. ,,.ndiny ton on
on, all, and ,xo an I'M. n,h., .nt ,,s iud..
nre.idiny aver ,h. cnu,, mai. ,h,, ,,m.,h
...pJ the Two uo,. ,i,h, nj. n,n,l"
Tho onIv ou.s,inn al din.,.,c, h,,w..ov,
yi.w.ll .nJ him..i, 40. ,L., Al, v,-..u
b,I,. ID. o,,,,, ~ an, u,.,,,o,. ,,,,,,,,,
NJ, I,.u.nyal of pemb,,Le said WI,
cam. int, IN, n aim i'm ls2O nearly three.
quarter, of n century MO. and We aIed our
,iay of election In September. At that time
how many stat,s were there which voted mt
tho nm, ", now yot,-the .iItb of No
yember2 Sine, TINT time State after State
has CHANGED its time of ele,uon so that there
nigh, h, . uniform dny of election through.
ont the coun,ry.
lie believed that there were many people
in mi. Stat. vho de.ir, "A change The gep.
tl,man from Ellsworth Who always speaks
eIoauently. and for whom he entertAiDs the
vrcat.st r,speut. SAYS that In his
,ovn he hoard nothing of the kind. lie pre-
.umed that he stated the exact truth but In
Thai town re,,de. today an bonor,d citizen of
mi, State. Justice of the supreme court Of
W,in. uho nnce bann.n.d Ia h. a m.mbsr
of a legislature in which he was A member,
AMI ,h,v voted almost alone ON tba, quest On
,nJ v,,sd ,oy.tbe, ue tbouvbt that they
| mi,,h, ..t.I, l..v. ,ht, oues,Ion Ia the peo.
ulc of The STATE of Maine. but he did no,
| l,,x ,h.t ,h.,. ~.s . vrcat demand for H.
lie b.u,y.d. boyeyrT. that there is a re-
| .,oc,.hIs n,inoYitv who vould like To have IL
.nbmi,,,d and II Won submit II To t,s people
| and ,hev v,,e IL do rn il will not come here
| again To vex YOU The gentleman from
-, macbi., ba. alluded To I. thing that
hapnen,d her. last tern, after that gentleman
and he had non. home There came up be fore
mi. Iey,,l,ture the question a. to whether
,hay .hnnld nov. ANIMAL .s.,ion, or not.
m. ,,.o ,o co,1.,. that bs thouvbt thc
r., .h,,,IJ h.,. ,h,m
+, h.d hs.n .nbmi,,ed IN the peopI, OF this
Tha,a ca,,.,niy 90, mn y.rv great
d.m.,d ,h,, mi. nne.,,on ,houll be 40 sub.
m,,,.d mr. IL there was IN. people changed
,hs,, ,o,nd. ,n,hs, sudIeplv sfter il va. sub-
n,;,,.J n, ,hs,n Why /, Il thai 40 many of
,ha s,.,.. h,ye cb,ng.d Incl, Tim, of slso.
- I. 4, ma, h.,su.. tbev do moi vi,h 70
80 -. ,n,oh ,,,u. s,n.na,d In noll,ie,f
uo 90, .o,,v ,h,t n, could not agree with
nj. 1,,s"J ,,or EIi,vor,h a, TO IN. sducs
,i",al n,ocs.. for he ,honyht tha, .ome OF IN.
'ha.,..., moi, .n ho,b .ide, had bs.n launched
49,. -. a. ,d,c,,n,, ,h.t nn.sibly could h,
-, -, ,,a i.,,.,h a, h,s.,b of tbi. land
rh., t,,d ~ man cam. dorn To thei
,.',,' ,'avoa,,o, in tho town of D.nnys
III =, ,' ennn,v N, W..b,ny,on and h,
.a.,. ,h., =, I..,, an, ,osmbe, 81 the Stat.
? Ga,a,.,,,a ~iiiing IN ,.v hi. massage hom,
. a.. -. 90 80 -, nv ,.,syr.ob
. rr.a, n. ,hona,, ,b.t v.. : f.l
0 80, =, a.. mo-, I'm y nom they had q