Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-25


and. I suppose. every member Of That
majority Of the eomHittes voting for II,
which 10 effect says that the bill which
vas reported snd which said vas
monstros:ty snd which sui vas
neither fsh. fesh noR fowl va .
mo1strosity and vas neither fsh. nesh nor
fosl. because Is has been ahsndonedi n toto,
il has eeen entirely reysmped AID femod-
eled and this bill 10 not the bill On which
We voted before. Nov vas there moi
some argument asainst The bill, and 10 II
true that the only argument l made va
the argument thss the Democrats wanted il
and the Rspnblicaos d;dn's want is? An
other thing. made the point that the bill
was uoconsi.usionsi ia .ection 20 l said
il corf eted with the constta,ion Of the
State II say gentleman viii look 1t sec
ton 20 of this bill be viii dad that il has
been redraun 20 % to divess itself
of the unconstisu,;onslisy Of the
other bill. Then let me ask this
question: Why il il that when
the 6fss bill was brought In here which II
substantially tire bill which We have to day
and il vas smensej, Why was il tina. all
he gs,.lsmen upon The Judiciary e,mmies
were nor invited to sit down together and set
If se could not serse upon bill which we
could report unsnimously: The main OBJ
jsciou had to The other bill was thai
when you eondns j; to fowns OF Two thou,
cand Inhabitants you thfow . IRE brand
INTO every each town in the State. II II
sdmitt d that that vas mistake, and thai
IL thas had not been taken out, the bill
would not have been before this House
With that admission Why IL ii thss We were
not invited to discuss that bill A. to whether
We would not have compromised on that
question? 10 one OF the speeches In
the Senate . gentleman Of that branch
alluded to some remark l made
10 my speech in which spoke OF .
certain yourg gentleman from Portland
and be says Sin the eloquent language Of
the gentleman from Dover, "-meaniog.
suppose, to be someEh sarcastic
said ths, he Was ''mn'ins and paking in the
nusse's arms" I ask now to state to the
the mbess Of this House that that was mo-
the language Of the gentleman from Dover
That was the language Of . gentleman who
lived 1t many years ago. by the name
VI William Shakespeare, and say this fol
the benefit of the senator from Aroostool
couuty. Laughter ard applause. Now
gentlemen, l never have seen 10 the course
Of my life so much Intimidation, so much
Of what call brll-dozing. as have sc er
and known in relation to this matter. Ar
item which l cut from the Bangor CONNER
cial q few day. ago said that in the town Of
Dover where reside that there was dOubie
voting there on election day, and the whole
teror Of the article is to give the impression
thss was there and that was q party "a
the double voting, and that matter wa.
brought to me and pushed into my face II
ahat thought rather an iosultipg manner
The fact is that when the town meeting wa.
held in the town Of Dover was doiog my
duty on the floor Of this House, and tbs
whole article and the state ments therein
are rs false Is hell, and can prove it
LIT me read something more that cut
from the Boston Herald of March 2l, arc
l want to call the sttent on Of the gentle
men who voted with me before in relation
t, this matter and see how you will act and
to what feast you are invited
to vote for this bill. 1.-The Ballo
Reform 10 Maine. There is still q
chance for the Australian ballot down in
Msine sppars n.ly. Its defeat in the House
has been followed by its success in thu
Senate and the measure now returns to thu
lever branch 70. further consideration
The only argument that has been used
against the bill appears to be the fact thai
the Democrats were in favor Of its enact
mens. This would hardly strike the average
mind as powerful reason for the opposi
'ioa to the ballot reform. bu. IL goes 1
great way down East" This is Whist
wish to call your particular attention to
Gentlemen. "If the Australian bill il
adopted in Maine this year it will be be
cause the Republicans were shsmed into i
against their will," aud that's the fe,st
Gentlemen, to which you are invited
This morning notice in the kErNE-
BEc JOURNAL that the town of Dexter
at 3 very enthusiastic town meeting bst
very enthusiastically adopted q very Ell
tbusisstic resolve in favor Of this enthusi
astic ballot reform. The facts were, IS
have taken some pains to ASCERTAIN: WheI
the town meeting was about over, it SEEM
that there had bee preconcerted pan t.
have The Democrats all remain. The mos
of them had left and this resolve va
adopted. There are 200 voters in the towr
Of Dexter, and how many d, YOU suppose
voted for this? Eighty, and 40 against il
wherever it has been in operation. l sal,
to you last week while was discussing
this matter that in the state Of Connection
they were having difficulties there and a.
mostwsr Iwi.l read to you from tht
BsrRor Wing, which is mildly opposed IL
the Australian ballot bill. This is an ex
tract from the Hartford Courant, which Ii
spsper edited AID owned by Senator Haw.
ley Of Conne cticut
Ne. Peaks read sn extract advising the
MAiue Legislature TO look before i. leaps
ard speaking Of the troubles in which the
Safe Of Connecticut had been involved by
its Australian bsll1tryaem
The other day picked up the Bostor
Journal and there discovered the statement
that has been made aud reiterated 10 tina
paper, which had supposed and had ar
Rued was as honest 3 paper in its politica
creed and its political statements ~ Sny
pape, in New England, thai 80 900 voters
in the State Of Mime had petitioned the
Maine Legislature for this bill, After their
attention had been called to it time and
time sind time ssin that that was mis-
take, or vas incorrect, they psy no attn
ton to it whatever, but said that 80. 0COt
petitioners Of the State of Maine are pau
,ioniug for ibis ballot law, when the fact i,
it was only 5000. Now one gentleman
here has stated something about the Repo5.
lean Leaders don's know but what il
was my friend from Caribou who said th.t
the Republi AN leader, Of the State Of
Maine were for the bill. Whether they are
or not. il il 30 plain this claim that tins
Governor Of this State is for the bill, and
if believe what hear, he 10 for it to such
an extent that think he is und goitied in
his desire to have this bill pass. The fac
is, As has been claimed. That the chair MA n
of the Republican Sta,e Committee came
before this committee and argued in favor
of the lii. They brought u gentleman
here whom they introduced as the Republi-
csl national committee man who was in
favor Of this bill, SO that the Republican
leaders, IL they are Republican leaders, are
all for this bill and to me il has
been amusing to see these leaders of both
political parties chasing this political soap
bubble and tum bling over each other to See
which will catch it first, but say, gentle
men, tha. We sre here upon our oaths 40
representatives. representing our con-
stituenis Il i, no. our duty 10 follow the
leaders Of any party when they are iesdipg
Us in 8 wrong direction. The members OF
this House who voted against TIL, ms asurr
have been mslgn.d, have been abused.
have been outrsgeously slAndered AZ ho
man was ever sbused aud out,ageously
s!sndered in the State before The Re
publican State paper, Owned and controlled
by til. executive Of this State, has copied IN
its Columns = stateueut without one word
Of cond. mnai!oa and BY passive com-
:nentsiion. tina. the senileneu WHO vote
agsia this bill belonged to the element i
the party which ditc;e3i ed and disgrace,
ii. In Gods mama is that what we are r.