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

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crime. hope that tie notion 70 amend
which 10 new bsfoes the House will prevail
and can better rive you my opinion BY
ilips6ssiuR ny own sisuaion. own .
truft,pg horss. keep him for pleasure.
/ want to zee him trok and tros honestly.
want to see him entered in the class where |
he belonRs. / DO mot care
10 10 with shas horse and handle him my sslf.
That is mot ny business employ someone
10 do that for me. The man whom have |
ii present should feel perfectly safe 10 |
trust with the horse to 60 into any place, |
to enter him and handle him. Ny inst1uc- |
tons to him are always. do - you see ht |
to do Sometimes be enters the hofse and |
sometimes 90. Generally be entefs him. |
Suppose that man was taken sick aad wAs |
obliged to employ q new man. The gentle |
man says, "Let them employ an honest |
man." Gentlemen, are You aware thAs
honest men in thss profession are pretty |
scarce articles to fad in the market. ~
might get one, and l might not. My busl |
ness calls me away, % that / cannot keep |
watch Of him. l do not know how many
races he 10 entered in, just when he Is to
trot. or under what conditions. trust that
to my msn. He knows that I am not sd
vissd Of the rsce and the class that he 10
entered in. l have horse that Is worth
say S3 600. By simply entering that horse
under q false name or in q different class
than that in which he belongs; this man
will receive half the value Of that horse.
In other words, he NAV enter the horse
himself and pretend that i: is through my
directions. He caa easily corcoct testi-
mory to carry cut his design, and BY 80
doing car have the horse sold and, through
come friend, purchase him for mere pit
lance. He receives half the value OF the
horse for the information and virtually roos
me of that horse entirely when an solely
and in every way strictly honess and honor
able in the matter. Gentlemen, l believe
that this motion to amend the bill should
prevail. Otherwise than that l anu heartily
in favor of it. will say, further, that all
the horsemen 10 my vicinity have asked me
to aid this bill by my support, a. they De.
lieve that i, is wise and just, bus they all
of them have told me that they believed
that the effect Of this last forfeiture would
be wrong, and the principle Of it is wrong
in all cases, l belisve.
Mr.. Hersey-Mr. Speaker, l desire to
say q word for the benefit Of the gentleman
from Skowhegan. He has made n fair
statement Of this matter. In regard TO
this phrase knowingly aud designediy'
you have got to bring that home to'the
owner before this Law will xpply. Nov, 10
The case Of the gentleman from Skowhe-
gan, if he ''kno wingly and designediy"
enters his horse in class in which he does
not belong should he not be punished ard
isn't it right and fair that if anyone know
inaly and designedly'' enters class il
which he does not belong. these tools should
be taken sway from him? Now, in rels-
ton to this mortgage question Wba.
would do If l were in Massachusetts or
any other place and had an old ringer with
a record OF 2 u S4 and wanted to set him
going in the State of Maine in the 80 or
8 minute class: l would 60 and have
mortgage put on that horse. That would
fix the matter and they cauId not touch him
down in Maine then. This law would not
touch him at all. 1 could run him back
into Massachusetts again and take my
chances of being fined or put in prison.
The more this matter is discussed, applying
the Law to scoundrels, the more believe in
the truth of the matter and that this amend
ment should not be allowed.
Mr.. Marstop--'rhe gentleman speaks OF
my own case. Now l will ask him this
question. What would be my remedy,
surprising were in Europe, CT in Califor-
mia, or out of the country. as am liable to
be, and this instance SHOULD occur, which
gave yon a few moments ago. and my
horse was taken and sold? How would l
get him back5 If the gentleman had the
exp arience in the horse business which l
have, think he would see that it is very
easy to concoct testimony against the horse
owner.
Mr.. Porter Of Bangor spoke briefly in
opposition to the amendment.
Mr.. Deering-I hold ia my hand letter
from the president of the York County
Horse Trotting Association. He writes me
this: ave have loFg suffered for such 3
law as this. hope that you will not suffs II
any amendment to be tackled on to it."
The question was then upon the amend
ment offered by Mr.. Chadbourne.
a viva voce vote left the Chair in doubt,
and rieiug vote being taken, the amend
ment was rejected by vote Of 72 TO 40.
Mr.. Mooers OF New Sharon moved to
amend section 2 amendment "D'') by in
sorting the words "a.d trots" after the
! word ''enters" in the third line Of said Sec
ton. and the came words after the word
center" in the eighth lire Of said motion.
A viva voce vote being taken on the
adoption Of this amendment, the Chair de.
clsred the amendment rejected. The vote
being doubted 8 rising vote was taken and
the amendment was rejected by vote Of
AZ to SO
Mr.. Chadbourne moved to amend amend
rnent "E" by inserting after the word
"horse" in the thirteenth line Of section 2
the words, "if owned by the person enter
ing him."
Mr.. Hersey-I hope that this amendment
will not prevail. There is not one Of these
fellows who has ringer that he has sent
into the State of Maine who would ever
enter it in his own name. He would hire
oae Of these fellows that the gentleman
from Skowhegsn has spoken about, and So!
him agoing
The question being then upon amend
mept "E," the amendment was rejected.
Mr.. smith, wish to offer an amend
ment. amendment "F'.) Amend sec
ton by inserting after the word "and' in
the twelfth line the words 1.-The interest Of
the person go entering"
Mr.. Porter-Hss not not that amendment
already been acted upon by the other
amendment
Cnsir--The chair will state that he rules
the amendment onered by the gentleman
from Biddeford, as follows: BY inserting
after the word "horse" the words "if owed
by the person entering him, is not so simi-
lar to the amendment now offered by the
gentlemen from Turner bit thst this one
can be acted upon by the House. That
amendment was, il The horse is owned by
the person entering him. The change is
that the interest in the horse of the person
entering the horse ehall be forfeited, and
the question is on the amendment. offered
by the gentleman from Turner.
The question being put to q vote, the
amendment was rejected.
The bill was then given its third reading
and passed to be engrossed.
Ga motion Of Mr.. Trussell Of st. George,
Adjourned.