Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-02-18

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two feass $50 aDa asked to ~ Incorporated
1has pass Of fhs soHR Of P5lsBd
WHICH lay eusside "a tke. vssposed unian
district employed - b repressst ihsm =
~ hesxirg. 1ha nasGkr sas deemed of
- great inpcStasee that H. reDoassrants
vefe nef CO. ssrt - reiy On cesrssl Ia chr
cDsnsy bat they enpicyed Js6gs Syrs,ads
IL Portland. Ths gss fieman vho peu-
pased fhe bill Roc h<fore ~ vas alse
aaseaia1o council % on side We bed
10 hegisg before the coDniistes,
~ uspsd The very ssDe rrope-
itisns be1rse the csmmFttss sgsiass ths
WHOA dislzief hat have heen u-sed hers
todsy By IL gertlsnan from Lsuissoa.
Whas uae ths resuisz Ths eomnsffe<
rspaRted ths bill ia res dfatt BY large
nsjssity. the very. ssne asgsnenss thai
have bsen Introduced today failing . sas-
iafy them. The sentIsnan ffsm Carbon
pesseated two smesdnsa,ss psinted q
amesdments ssAv and 'sB- and those
smendnenss were Of . csscifaiory and
compromise nature. Even those
isfacscry to both sidss and
amendmsns upon which vas written b pen
ell in my ovn handwriting. the hnal amend-
msnts which we're inherited In the charter.
II vas signed BY the counsel for The remcn'
ss1ants. among whom vas the gentleman
who perfected The present bill. and BY
nearly oil Of thcss gentlemen Who are now
urging its passage. That comprouise
solemnly agreed to by all Of the parties in
the case, was enacted BY the House and
Senate and became : Law. Mr.. Speaker and
gentlemen, it provided that there should
not be any snap judsment--that there
should noe be any such thing - running .
bill through or dividing bill without full
aud faif investigation and until the people on
both sides were prepared for H. One thing
which We insisted upon st that hearing vas
that those Who Yeside In Poland should not
be bound by large majority Of thcse who
reside in Minot. but that il must be con-
current majority on the part OF both sides,
and it was agreed that that vote might be
taken Ave time within four years and .
half. and that vss the end Of IL. Nov,
the gentleman from Lewiston says that the
lines which were adopted BY that charter
made . shoe string district-that il was .
seffymander on the Poland side. want
TO say that every man on the Poland side
who wsnts d to come within the union char
ter was embraced in the charter Of 1889
Those 20 families and So voters didn't
choose to come into any municipality.
Those who represent the union district have
said in committee and they say now that il
any one Of those gentlemen who we're
included 1t their ewn request in 1859 de-
sire to come into and share the benefits Of
the union district after it shall
have been adopted, they will be
admitted, but we say we are moi
willing 10 the present state Of feeling
to admit them at the present day. Let me
call your attention to the provisions of these
two charters and you will sec exactly Why
there has been such an n oft ct haste in the
matter. You that were here have noticed
that this bill has even been called up in the
absence Of the member who tabled it
You have noticed the urgency to force thii
House to . vote upon it, and why? Undel
the old charter which provided that they
might have votes in four years and hall
they voted once on the 26.h day Of Febru
Ary, 1890. and the result was ~ stated tina
Poland defeated it by only five votes, 81 t.
10 ~ stated in the document which havt
before me.
Mr.. Noble--I would like to ask the
gentleman one question: How many timei
couid they have voted il they had wished to
Mr.. Savsge-They could have votet
twice. That makes no difference. II they
waived one right to vote they lost tina
chance. The act provided that they should
vote only once 3 year, 90 thst having
voted on the 26th day Of February, 1890
they cannot vote again until the 26tf
Of February. 1891. and q warrant ha.
been drawn for meeting Of both sides In
the union District on the 2Gth day of this
month. II the two sides shall vote te
adopt the union charter, what then? Under
the provision Of the law Of 1899, after I
has been adopted, the FIRST meeting Of tn,
corporation shall be called by giving sever
days notice, so that the union dissric
cannot organize until seven day
after the 26sh day Of February il
they vote to accept the old charter
Section 9 says: "This act shall take enec
when approved by the Governor 90 far q
to empower the first meeting Of said cor
pora.ion to be called, and il this charter
be accepted at3said first meeting Of sale
corporation BY majority Of tn,
legal voters Of said corporation, ther
the same shall take full ant
complete effect in all it parts" Then in
section IL: 1.-The acceptance Of thi
chsrter as herein provided aud the organi
zation of said corporation under and b,
virtue Of the same within one year after it!
approval by the Governor. shall relieve the
inhabitants of the territory embraced with
in its limits, or any portion thereof
from all liability Of being incorporated By
and under authority Of any charter hereto.
fore granted, which includes within it,
limits any portion of the territory embraced
within the limits covered by this chsrtel
unless such former charter shall have been
accepted, sit may be on the Goth day Of
this month, "and an organization mad,
under the came" which must be q. leas
seven days later. So that if the two part
of the union district shall vote to accept
the charter on the 26th they cam
organize until seven days later. Then il
the Poland charter should be passed aud q
meeting called and, with the aid of the 81
voters outside who don't want to come in,
they should vote to accept the Poland
charter. they would thus defeat the ole
union charter after it had been accepted tbs
goth day of this month. Those who re
side in the old union district have
some rights under their charter and they
should not be defrauded of them by thi.
snap judgement. This trouble at Mechan.
ic Falls has simply arisen over the question
Of taxation. There is q large element at
Mechanic Falls that does not want 10 pay
any more taxes than it is obliged Il
for sewers or sidewalks or hydrants Of
anything Of the sort, and that great element
is the Poland Paper Company. II is tbs
Poland Paper Company that stands behind
the Poland charter. Il is the Poland Paper
Company that doesn't want to construc
hydrAnts and sidewalks on the Minot side
that is not willing that the Minot sids
should contribute for hydrants ant
sidewalks on the Poland side. They say
I'VE are one side Of the river and we wan,
to stand by ourselves" That is natural
There probably is not town or village il
the State of Maine in which some man o.
some corporation isn't always hanging
back about contributing into the towr
pool for domestic improvements. There
Is no more sense and no more reason in di
viiing the viIlsgs of Mechanic Falls THAI
there is in dividing the city Of Augusta. .
part of which is on one side Of the rivei
and the other on the other side. Ny friend
from Lewiston says that Lewiston and Au
burn could not agree, and has the hardi.
hood to say that Auburn is the night cap of
Lewiston Laughter. Well. have heard il
remarked that vhatever Auburn men there
ia the habit Of taking night caps took then
ia Lewiston. daughter One error into
which the gentleman from LIE vision fell Ii