Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-02-28
nA1rs LEGISLATURES


want to make this point plain. that IL this
bill pas.ss ~ il i. j. will .sye the sociesies
of this Safe large sum Of money every
year. This matter has hesn more care
fully c. nsidesed by The committee than
sny o.asr mat er thst has come before
them. /; wss acssd upon and then recon-
United. sd .e~ drsf: Was peersred, ~ l
undef,tasd- Nr. Webb ard Ssnafof
Haines drew tie bill carefully The only
ccint y ish I'd rai.e is rsis: When he
State sppfnpsiAtes no ~ literally 20 thess
societies isa's Il right they should he pro-
sec,ei by the Ststs /: 1ihsy have been for
years buy ing thsir protection. and ! think
i: Is time for rs /, protect them.
Mr.. os2ood Of Le~issoa-Mr. Speaker
and gentlemen of The House do not
wish 10 BE- understood - cppos og any
measure which will throw additional seeur-
Ivy Arooni any agricultural society or State
fair. pa the contrary have FOR the p&sf
Is yesss sndsayosea 60 set for their inter
ests. Ic the main sgres With the remarks
that have been made by my friend from
Saco. / agree largely with the provisions
Of this bill. This bill comes from dis
,inguisied friend II nine from Bangor
who never belonged 10 any association OF
any character exeept What was hi, own.
We have in the loited States one Of the
finest associations for the protection Of
agricultural societies in The world. They
have paid niea TO protect The Interests Of
all those people, and | submit 10 you.
gentlemen, if it doesn't come ia rather bad
grace for . gentleman 70 appear here before
the agricultural committee and be TIRE nrsf
to ever have grievance of this kind. II
is true, as has been stated by my friend
from Saco. that | did appear before The
committee at The request of one OF the
board OF stewards OF the National Associa-
to1. | appeared there in company with
my friend, Rufus Prince, the president OF
the Malice State Agricultural Association,
and up to fifteen minutes previous to that
time he had never been aware that he had
any grievance. Now. in regard to the
provisions Of section 2 desire 10 say very
bri fly that | also have consulted distin-
yuished authorities. and | do believe with
my friend from Biddeford that the pro-
visions are too strict and too severe, and also
that they would be entirely unconstitutional.
would like to cite you 8 email example.
Suppose live in the city of Boston and
own valuable horse. / lease his trotting
proelvities for one season TO friend down
East, and he ttarts down there to enter the
horse in certain races. The first thing
know receive notice that my horse is sold
and l have no recourse. Do you believe
ihst would hold water? Do you believe
that / can have TO recourse in this matter,
but must have my horse taken aw&y from
me and sold: Recurring TO my other prop
osition, believe that the punishment of Il
foe OF $500 and six months Imprisonment
is entirely too gtest, If you are going to
have punishment. believe that you should
make it ft the crime. l believe that il you
look at the matter in the same light that do.
trying to protect the interests Of the trotting
associations and agricultural fairs, YOU will
feel as | do, tina; this amendment should
prevail.
The Chair called the attention of the
House to the fact that there were two
printed documents numbered "A, and that
the one under consideration was the Senate
document "a in the new draft, the question
being on the amendment as above stated.
Mr.. White Of Bangor--Mr. Speaker, I
arise to object to ali the amendments offered
by the gentlemen from Biddeford. As the
gentle men from Lewiston remarks, there is
national association to protect the interests
If horse raciny tbrou, chou. the State. ANY
person or any society tina. is member Of that
association can place certain restrictions
lot guaranteed by any law Of the State,
hut restrictions of their own. In case q
horse is entered through Misrepresentation,
and it is found that they have committed
fraud upon that agricultural society, they
are excluded from trottiny again, but there
is nothing TO prevent those persons from
catering the same horse under a nevusme.
or disguisirg him and entering him in ANY
race, Now there should be some pens]ty
connected with this. | know q case where
2 friend of mine owned Il horse tina, had a
record of 2 90 lie Lad been tro,tipg for a
number of years and could trot most any
time insida of that time. lie was sold to a
party in the State who entered him under
4 rev name, and he started out
and went through the western circuit
in the spripg and took almost all the prizzs
during that time. The gentleman from
Lewiston saws that il horse of his should
be taken by somebody and last. il would
be wrong, but this act doesn', infringe up,n
bis rights. 1t saws here "who shall know
;nely or aesiynedly. Now. If the owre,
of horse. or the one who trots him. should
knowingly or desicnedly enter a race under
A new name. or in a class in which he doe.
not belong, he certainly should suffer. In
regard TO impriscnmeot and fines. it saws.
,sasll be punished by a fine not exceeding
$500 or BY Imprisonment not exceeding six
months Il does not saw that il shall be
that amount. but il ssys that il does not
exceed that amcuot. 1t is optional