Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-02-12


does the Governo, k.or 10 regard to the
city Of Bisiefo.d: He must hare word
sent u him as TO what MAJ h. shall appoint.
II we are u have any change let rs hsve
ssmeshrS that is ron-psrtisaa. | Calm
that this bill il partisan and tina. is Is ss bad
! ~ the Force Bill
Mr.. Gea,lsmsn tf pa,so,sfsi3-f have
not Sd fsr e!siaSea the ATTENTION of this
House. although l presented the minority
report In preserving thu. report | was
setuases' by no othsy tha. ssaee.e sad homes.
eonviciioss an 10 favor CT an improved
registration Lac. Administered by respsasi-
! bic and inteili2eu. men selected from all
parties, aGs real ~ that ia a Ye2.essntS-
! tive form of seye-nms ns, bssrd upon pep
/ uIar saErsge i, is Of the his hest mpSrtsBee
| thxs every prscSnsicn ard safeguard be
taken TO secure tire rights Of every voter
and thereby obtain the honest, far and free
expression Of the reope's vsice, sna that
| iesisis,iaa shieh wol.d today "eliniok's
| froa The conaass OF eleefiors 50 far as it is
/ 10 i,s poysr 10 d, 30. al liability of fraud
and corruption and give assurance TO evsry
| vote, thsg lis vo-s represents the uni. in
| this republic. and is 10 be cast and counted
| as such, and not lessened by false or lille gal
re gistrarion, Is g registration that eommen6s
| itself to the approval Of all parties, aad q
wise and careful registration. Thi, bill
| has been called partisan measure. Icsre
I Hos whether j. is or not. l do not object TO
| il because il is partisan, bat because of the
| principle by which the board is created. |
I can conceive az TO way in which a more
| irrespo .ible board can be created than ihs
| one provided in this bill. propose to offer
substitute Of what is now amendment
B" which consider IL drawn a. d drafted
with all due consideration for fairness.
offer this as an amendment to that offered
| by the gentleman from Auburn, and il will
| take the place Of sec.ions and 3 of the
! bill
Section 2. The mayor Of each ctg,
suffice: 10 the approval of the bosrd of
| aldermen, shall sppoi5t three able aud dis
! Greet persons, qualified voters in said city.
who shall not hold or be eligible 10 any
muoicpal office. either by election or
appointment. during this term of office.
who shall constitute, together with the city
clerk, for the time being. a city board of
registration. When said board Of registrs-
| ton is first appointed, as hereinafter pro-
| viied, one of said members shall be APP
| pointed to serve for term of four yea.s,
term of two years, and one for = term of
one ycsr from the frs. DAY Of May then
| next ensuing and in manner aforesaid the
| mayor of each city shalii u the month OF
! April in each year, sppoiat one person
| qualified as aforesaid to be 3 member of
| sad REGISTRATION board for term of fJu-
years from the first day Of May pex. ensu-
| ing aud until another shall have been a2-
y.I st,h av,t. II, rs ,..,r
occurring by reason of death, resignation
| or removal from Office of any one Of the
members of said bo.rd during the term for
which he is appointed, til. mayor, in the
manner sforessid shall appoint q person
qualified IS af ,resai for the residue Of
said term. The members of said board
shall equally represent the two political
parties which east the largest number of
votes in the State at the annual election
next precediog their appointment aud not
more than two of them shall be of the same
| political party. Whenever any member
Of said board Of registration shall be in
! capseitatsd by sickness or other cause from
performing the duties Of his office. or shall
be absent al the time Of any meeting of
said board from the city in
which he is appointed, the mayor of said
| sndti, upOI kut III NAlthk VI
the majority of the remaining members Of
said bosrd, appoint some person quslti I'd
as aforesaid, temporarily to fill the
so appointed shall be of the same political
party as the member of said board of
registration whose position he Temporarily
tilJ. The said temporary member shall
perform the ana duties, have the same
| NJ a,,k, 60 sb.,
quiremenis and penalties from the day of
his appointment. and during the time he
holds his Office as the other duly appointed
and qualified member of said board of
registration.
Sec. 3. Whenever, upon written COM
plant to the MAYOR of any city, it shall
after notice and hearing, have been de-
termined that the city clerk and two mem
bers of said board of registration, whose
terms of Office do not expire that year re.
present the same political party, the said
mayor shall remove from office the mamba ar
other than the city clerk whose term would
expire in the succeeding year. Whenever
it shall. after notice and hearing have been
determined that member of said board of
registration, other than the city clerk, has
ceased to act with the political party which
hO 10 h.puitttu w iVPArHthSp hHC
shall remove him from office Ali vacan-
cies occurring under this section shall be
allied in accordance Nth section second Of
this set.
ChSir-The chair will state that this bill
which the House is now acting upon has
sections 2 and >. The gentleman from
Auburn has offered an amendment to sec
tiops and 3 by substituting two new
SECTIONS, and 8. Now it ia not competent
for other substitutes to be offered and
acted upon at the same time. II it were
SO, every member Of the House might Off :
a substitute and the last one would have
to be acted upon first But it Is
competent for any member Of the
House to offer an amendment to the amend
ment offered by the gentleman from Au-
burn. If any gentleman desires to frame
his amendment 50 that it is strictly an
amendment to an amendment, to that ex-
tent the House can act upon it. Be
yond that parliamentary usage does no.
allow amendments to go because Of cou-
fusion. Now at the present time the qaes
ton is on House amendment B which IL
contained in the printed document distribu-
ted for convenience and marked blouse
Amendment B" by the Chair. That is the
question, Now, if any gentleman wants to
fer an amendment to that amendment he
hss the privilege to do that,
Mr.. Callahan offered AT amendment to
/ House amendment "B' rs follows:
! Amend House amendment "B" by
striking on. all of ssid proposed amend
neut after the words consist Of and in-
sert in place thereof the following;
Section 9. Said board shall consist Of
| four members who shall be rpsijepts and
legsl,vo,ers of the city where such board
is established. Two members shall be
| chosen from the political party polliog the
! highest number Of votes for Governor in
this State al the last preceding State cleo
ton and two members from the political
party polling the next highes. number o..
votes for Governor in this State at said cleo
ton. They shall be appointed and commits
stoned by the mayor ou the nominsti On of the
city committees Of their respective political
| parties in the month of April of each year.
! The four members first chosen shall serve,
| one for one year, one for two years, one
| for three years and one for four ears from
the first day of May, 1891, and their term
of office shall be so arranged when ap.
| painted that the terms Of the two members
from the same political party shall not ex
| Dire in consecutive years. Thereafter one
I shall be selected As sfore said annually for
term of four years, and said member
/ shall be Of the same political party as the
member whose term is expiring. Whan-
ever a member of the board shall de
| resign, or remove from the city,
/ the city committee Of the political party
whose representative he was shall nemi-
nate, and the mayor shall forth appoint