Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-02-12
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the report Of tie committee very largely. |,
and after yesterday. and c1l your S,ten- |
,ian to this. gentlemen, after We votsd yes |
tsrdsy that this bill shosh lie upon tire /!
table ard al amend nenss should be printed |
80 that re should know what We were We; !
ing shous. thSs gentlsmse, whs vas upon |.
that committee, and whs says tina. he 10 in |
favor of the registration bill, and IN favor |
of being honest in relation to il, comes ia (,
here And produces an amendment so long !
that nobody would ever undertake TO vo'e |
on i. uois.s il was printed ard they cea,d
see it. An, now let me ask again Why this |
delays Why, if he is il favor of this |
! measure. and Why, If be ~xnts to be honest. |
,iiiat he put tnss amendment in here yes |
tsrdsy sni have il printed so that We could |
know shoatit: l might ask the same |
question Of the gentleman from Lewis |
ton. Why, If he wants this amendment I
OF his 10 lake precedence in this House, !
why he didn't have it pfiatei yesterday and |
presea 4 TO the members of this House go |
| toat We could know what il WAS suppose
there is some douas aetisr the vote OF the |
House yesterday whether We have any right |
TO consider ihx. amendment. Perhaps |
may be mistaken about That, inssmush .,
he has introduced il 10 the msnoer which |
he has. IL is 81 amendment TO the anne n =
meat Of the gentleman tr3m Auburn. |
Why, when il twas understood that these
gentlemen were opposed to this bill, ;Adn't
they get tog. thsr snd astse upoa some
thing 10 introduce 10 this House: Nov. the
gentlemen from Aubain tells US thai lie
has great fear of the Democratic party, He
| is very much afraid that the Democrat c
party will yet into power in this 5 ate ART
z al.
GERS Why, gentlemen, there Is not -
! Demoe,at On the flor Of This House that
| SIN sfrAii of, not one. | never saw \
Democrat that was afraid of, except wht n
he had a gun in his hsnd. Lsushser.J If
The gen,lemsn from Bldieford should ever
be Governor of this State, as hope h.
may he sometime. if he changes his poll
ties, Laush ter then Of course he viii ap
point coed ones for he has sworn in the
name Of high heaven before this House
that he is an honest man. Lsuehterl.
Now all sorts of propositions have been
made as u how these three men shall be
appointed and among the multitude of rea'
sons given why cert in parties should sp
point, have been much surprised that
somebody had not made the proposition
tina, this board should be appointed by the
Womens Christian Temperance Union
Laughterl. 1t seems 10 me that it would
be more reasonable, thst it would be mere
local thsn the county commission
ers. Now the gontlemsu from Auburn,
wants to make this Il cal, you see
He is very anxious to u have it local ard
he proposes 10 wipe out the two members
thst are LEGAL, and are appointed by The
mayor of the city, upon suggest ion OF til.
two city committees, and TO 20 way up into
the county Of Peu obscot. for instance, one
man in the father end of it and the other
two in this end and have them appointed.
Thsts local. Laughter. Now, as
said, have no fear if lhe Democratic
party does get into power. l be-
lieve majority of the Demo.
Gratis are honest. 1t happeaed once,
| will admit. that we had = Democratic
administration ia this State that l wasn't
proud of, and l don't believe that tbs
Democrats on the floor Of this House are
| very proud Of it. But il there be another
| Democratic administration, l have no fear
from it; for when it comes shall be ready
to cay "Lord, let now thy servant depart
in peace Lsugh,erl. Nov, as | said
yesterday, il is very evident that these
amendments are dragged in here, not to
cure this bill, but to kill it. hope the
gentlemen Of this House will not he
| frightened into these displays of
hemorrhages of political honesty and
vote against their homes, convictions.
| Let us stand up and vote like men and no,
be afraid of anybody. Let US be honest
and let US be courageous. | have no fear
of the appointing power Of the Governor in
this state. l believe the Governor of this
state 20 be an honest man; and but for
Al,
the question would never have been raised,
| in my judgement 1t seems to be almost a
| reflection. it seems to me to be direct re-
Election upon the Governor and Coun-
Gill; perhaps not that, but upon the
offices of Governor and Council. il
| is almost a direc. reflection 10 under
take to take the appointing power
away from The executive of this Stale,
where it rightfully belongs-where it be-
longs today-and give it to board Of
county commissioners. aud pray. gentle
men. that rs | say, we shall not only
have the honesty but the courage to vote
down these amendments.
/ Mr.. White of Bangor-I did not think
this bill was needed in the State and ! OPP
| posed it, but if the measure is to go
through | think it is our duty to select the
best we can get. We should adopt a meas
ure that will be fair to both parties, and if
through some unforeseen event tue party
| in power should go cut and the Democrats
come in, We should have u Law that would
not work to The detrmert of the party goir <
out. We have all taken and subscribed
the same oath and | believe that every
member here intends to do his duty as he
| sees it.. | understand the measure as pre-.
scented by the gentleman from Lewiston to
be that adopted in Massachusetts and be-
believe i 10 be fair and right. 1t is Re-
publicsn State under Republican rule, and
what works well for them ought to work
well for u. hope that the amendment
offered by the gentleman from Lewiston
will prevail.
Mr. Savsgs-The gentlemen from Lewis
ton and Dover have jnsinuated that no
member of this House can ofier an mend-
ment to the bill withou. thereby proclaim
ing hinsaif to be an enemy to the principle
involved. That is not true. They say
that this matter has bsen here il the legis-
lsture since sometime in January. They
| cay that nobody has proposed any amend
ment to it until yesterday. ] appeal TO the
gentleman if last week before this measure
passed the Senate l did not go to them and
ask them to confer in regard to this matter.
! vent farther than that, Mr.. Speaker. |
! went to the gentlemen who had charge
OF tie matter in the Senate and
asked The same thing. Still they cay that
anyone who challenges the wisdom of any
particular feature of this bill is an enemy
to the bill. That is not so. and l desire to
put myself on record on that point.
Mr. Csllahsn-The gentlemen asked
| why did not introduce my amendment be
fore. | intended to d, it and another
gentleman esil he would do it. This
morning learned it was not done, conse
quently hal TO right IT my
'ef. The gentleman from Dover says
chat The amendment, are pm: in TO
Kill the measure Now he is honest
in his convictions AMI ask that he will
~rfeBl the same belief TO us. that we are
honest IN our convictions. | was in favor
Ut the bill on the basis Of the Massacbu-
sets law, that is, two frem each party.
The gentleman from Dover says we are
takings<his out of the hands Of the Gov
ernor and council. had the idea that this
bill was takirg IL out of the hands Of the
people and putting mo the hands of the
Governor and council. The Massachusetts.
law mas always been good Law and it is 4
good enough for Msine.
Mr.. Noble moved the previous que stion,
ard third of the members voting in the
sffirms'ive the previous question was
ordered.
The question WAS then upon the adoption
of the amendment to House Amendment