Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-09

mo, uot q al, ysu had tester road II. ne 1
replied. reed il snd found hsd eiGned !
petition 10 release . nan from Saee
prison that I think Ought 10 stay there for |
iifs. That 10 The WY . good many Of
these petitions are signed here.
Is 10 NOS tree thss the Australian syatsm !
has worked we'll. II has worked III Sher- |
ever il has worked II all l call ycue A. |
sention 10 The fact that in The state Of Con- |
necticut they are almost having var
from difscaity brought about BY this
very secret ballet law they hsva thsse.
Is l. said to be success in Massachusetts,.
Hnd that at the last election 10 0C0 voters
Who came 70 the polls and CAT their ballais
for Governor, failed to vote; 1900 failed
10 vote for members Of Congfess; 16 0c0
failed to vote for Lieut.. Governor; Is 900
failed to vote for ueasussr; 70 900 Who
failed 70 vote for ssAasoFs and sui larger
number Who failed to vote for Representa-
tises to the general court. Thess figures
are given by Josiah Quincy OF Mass, who
reti.yes in the Australian ballot. A men,
Der Of Congress told ME ttas he plaioly ~
counted for the facs,hat 10 many men sots d
for but t~o Or three nance. BY reason Of
the Are minuts Limitation. He said 1--WE
have Al educational QusliAcasi,n, ard q
man canros vote unlsss he can read the
constitution aud write his,saame, aud" he said.
there are hundreds Of thousands Of men
who 60 into these booths to vo.e who do
not have n pen or lead pencil In their
hands more than twice . year. and when
the Ave minutes are up they are called out
and have voted just that they have marked
and cannot vcte AIRY more. l quote from
the Boston Traveller: "a ballot can
he procured BY any ore who 10 interested in
the election He caa take 1t outside the
rail, have it prepared and give 1t TO the vo-
ter, who can pass inside the rail, deposit
the ballot and then bring cut the ballot
that is given him BY the present officer.
This Can De in turn prepared and given to
another voter who csn 60 in and deposit il,
ard SO the operation can be repeated all
day. know this can be done, for have
seen it successfully applied. Nov.
there is another thing from The
Lewiston journal. quoted by Boston
paper. 1.-THE Lewiston Journal makes 1t
quite clear thar The small towns and pisn-
tAtions 10 Msine which throw only from
Eve to twenty five voses, could not easily
b. included in the Australian Ballot system.
Our Lewiston contemporary has sgreed
With US that uniformity is desirable"
Now there 10 included in this bill
only about seventy Eve to ~ns in the State;
and, for the rest, what do they do. This
Is thing object to, they are throwing =
political fire brand into every town that has
less than 1000 Inhabitants. 1t does not
touch a single town in my county-but
four towns in Aioostook and three
in Somerset. And Throughout. the
rect If tue Sts.s it is similar. II
| they want this great and pure
ystem thew must g, in and vote fol
it Ia er. = object TO this optional law.
Sp- Gal town met tipgs may be called and
this thing may be voted into town when
perhaps large maj nifty of the people do
not want it. The bill is unconstitutional.
III. constitution provides that every man
in this State shall have . right to vote.
This bill provides that if any man makes
three mi,tskes he shsll be disfrauehised
ard that very question 10 before the Su-
preme Court Of Wscoosin today.
The bill is political IN easu,e. 1. affects
| political Interests, and when We are dis.
cussing a bill we should discuss i. upon the
merits Of what it is intended t. effect. Il
i. nothing but political bill From my
long conrec ion with the Republican parry
l think l have = right to say something
about it. Gentlemen were here and under
took to tssch u. cur A B C's in politics
1 have respect for these young gentlemen
bnt do not think they have right to dicts't
to me. was fighting the bsttles Of ny
count'y while some Of these young meI
were 'mewlirg and puxipg in their nurse
s7ms." l WAS camping Oh Southern battle
fields and fighting for the rights Of tbs
maj ority while some of these young mel
wee getting over the crucial epoch o
psreaorc, and d not relish having thes'
youex men tell me what was my duty as
Republican, sud a citizen of this State.
ash ed Democrat Why he wanted this sys
TEN. "Wsnt,t. OF course we want it
he replied. "rhe minority party Away
gains under this System, the majority part.
always loses" and he was right. thinl
If was Democrat and was as wicked ~
they are. should vote for it, probabl,
should.
it is Democratic measure. and il is nj
use to ~iuk it out of sight. The Demo
crsts expect to gain by it. and they wou',
do 50. Mr.. Cxllnhsn Of Lewiston ssi
something about the Republican part,
pat!orm-a full vote and fair court or
fisk ballJt ADD fair count, l do rot remem
Der exactly. Now, do not know as tn,
Republican party have been entirely homes
and virtuous, but ibirk such n suggestion
comes With pretty poor grace from mai
who belongs toa party which ia ii or l.
states in this Union absolutely denies III
riah. of suffrage to half million of voters
deniea it by fraud auA by absolute asssssi
nation aud murder. II they want an homes
ballot, why do they not give t, those poo
black men in the South chance TO vot
unbiased, uutrammelled aud upintimidated
The gentleman from Auburn i1dulgel
in little special pleading, lie does no
deny that this bill is unconstitutional. II,
IS too good lawyer. But he axis why 70
accsp. the maj ,Iity report so they can g
10 work and frame another bill and have i
con-t.tu i>nal. Now when seven men OF
tho judiciary committee have signed bill
sftss two months Of labor, having brough
forth from such mountsin of lsboc thi
little mouse, is it not asking rather TOT
much to aek the acceptance Of their repor
go they can have opportunity to Go some
thing that is decent? / WAS a little amuse,
and not little amused at what the gentle
man from Lewiston sad of the poor peopl
who came from Waterville with tears il
;heir eyes t, have the common council, O
81 they called them the common scoun
drels" of Wstervilie abolished. Blu. h
forgot to tell this House that every one o.
!. these "common scoundreis" were in favol
of this Australian ballot bill,
The gentlemen from Lexi.ton asks us, be
csuse the ID mocratic party, he says. he
never dore honestly before, to let than d,
this honest tbiog Well, il thought j
was al honest thing thiok l would vote &
giant them this privilege; but having TO
80 many years never done sn honest thing
have my suspicions as to the termiaaii, ,,
of tbi' Transaction. / am X publican
and AIN spesSi"g for the good Of the Repnb
liesp parry. The nun is ruth, and yu,l
will bear its way; and 1 believe, as mucl
as believe that | am here Ia the p-esenc,
of ms God, that :u,s bill j, its original d
sign wss IN the interest Of The "kicker,
and Of men who wanted IN run the RsDub
lIcau party. A. muci AZ I was opposed &
the first bill, am opposed t. this b IL more
l ask YOU to vote as !, Que coIsciences die
tate. without regard to ~hst my fii.nt
the gentleman from Auburn has said.
Mr.. Porter of Bangor-The gentleman
from Aubura has s.id tina. he spoke 70
the people of the State Of Msiae, but b,
should chow his credentials. They do no
reach east Of the Kennebsc :iyee. / h1v,
in my hand the petitions from Psnobs.o
county. One numbers PA md the Other
only 217. OF these 10 are Republican,
and 260 Democrats and 1t is rsmsrksbl.
circumstance tha. out of 2500 Rspneliesr
voters in the city OF Baogor only 10 Of
them have tszsd for-wha,? Thsy hxys
aiked for bread and you have siveI
them stones There are 500