Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-03-23

The bill wss then passed TO be enacted.
Special assignment. House dccumensNo 0
siS. the listing bill, was taken from th,
table.
Mr.. Winsiow of Somerset moved tina, i
take its second reading and pass 10 be en-
crossed.
Mr.. Grinile of Hancock emphsIie<l
reiterated his remarks against the h'lt ~
The ground of morality. and SAID s-
believed that when the Legislature inpcs,,
upan the public temptation that almes
ever, body would yield 10 it WAS reekies.
uitl'ng ~,Ih pabhc morals,
Mr.. Wiygin of Aroostooh said that b,
could not see the force Of the arguments OF
the senator from Hancock, The question
il seemed To him. was not whether people
would violate this las il ii were passed, bui
whether the Law in itself was u just law
He stated that there was one thing thai
ought to appeal 10 the Senate, and that was
the fact that large portion of the reopl,
of Maine have been asking for this law toi
the last four or five years, and they meant
10 have il,
Mr.. Winslow Of Somerset spoke ot ,hy
argument made by the oppon nts OF It,e h,l
that il would tend 10 duvr capital out al
the State, and pointed out that all the cap
ital in the State which WAS doing the Stat.
any good was nov open 10 taxation: il w&'
only the capital which was voneVat'i and
WAS not doing the State any good that " cuid
be affected by this bill. He closed b,
saving
Whatever disposition may be male OF
the bill today, We have succeeded at leas,
in trimming the bill down TO the utmost
simplicity, aud say that the men who OPP
pose this bill must take upon thcmsel,e.
the imputation that they do not want 70 pay
their own taxes, or do not want some OF
their friends to pay their full taxes.
Mr.. Holman of Franklin spoke against
the bill and argued that it would work u
great detriment To business meu IN that
ii would force them to disclose their busi.
ness affairs to all their nciglbors. friends OF
enemies.
Mr.. Winslow of Somerset replied to tiir
senator from Franklin, and denied that thete
was anything in the bill that would force
this disclosure.
Mr. Seders of Cumberland spoke agatost
the bill, and said that he was conN ince,i
that it was not SO generally the wish of the
farmers AS had been represented, lie said
he had i'll his possession remoa-
strances against this bill signed by
over 800 people, of whom IFS were
farmers, all i'll Cumberland county, and
said that these were among the best and
most influential farmers in the county.
Mr. Winslow replied and said that the
very statement that these rcmonstrants were
the rich farmers was quite consistent with
his arguments; that tins was Il bill for the
relief OF the poor farmer.
Mr.. llarscN raised "a point of Order that
these rcmunstranstranccs referred To hy the
senator from Cumberland ought to be filed
but the point was oyerruled by the Chair. As
the rcnonstranis were private communica-
tons.
MIR. Thatcher of l'enohscot said that this
had been referred to as the farmers bill,
but in fact it was not the bill they pro-
posed, and had been considerably amended
since they presented it, and he thought ii
would operate against the farmers instead
of in their favor.
Mr.. Allan of Washington spoke against
the bill on the ground of the de,riment it
caused business men by disclosure of
their private affairs, and after some further
discussion the motion was put Mr.. 1lerscv
Vi 'Alot'l bHNlnN ftlit'i lDi iit NtNH Hil l
NAYS. The bill was denied a second read
ing by vote of 10 to IT,. The vote WIS
follows:
lns~ Cook, pccrinp, neuick, Hers,
Htll, jackson. itbby Lyons, Peaks Shaw. swan
Ton, " ,gg,n, WInsow, Wood-li.
NAls-Allen, Nmr-, ,lark,' 'otlln. nrndlc, ilHr
per. iicrsum Holman, Mnllet. Ma,n. Nicktrs"n.
s,idrr., spot"rd, Thatcher, Wairrhousc-Ij.
Not Voting bradford, Spear.
Mr.. Peaks of Pscataquis moved to rciar
this matter to the next Legislature. Mr..
Ames of Washington called for the yeas and
nays, and the motion was lost by vote of
6 to %.
Yeas Decring, Hcrrck, IIcrsey. nm, Lyons
Peaks.
Nays-Allan, Amcs, Clark, collin, Cook, Gr,u
die, Harper lierson, Holman. Jackson. Libby
Mailci, Mayo, Nickerson, Seider., sponord
Swanton, Thatcher, Warehouse, Wisgin. Wins
low. Wood
bradford, Shaw.
Not Noting-Spear
Mr. Thatcher of Penobscot moved to in
definitely postpone the bill.
Mr.. Peaks raised the point that such &
motion was out of order, which was sus
tanned.
Mr.. Wiggin of Aroostook moved to ad
journ. but the motion was lost.
Mr.. Thatcher then moved to reconsider
the vote to refer to the next Legislature
which motion was carried by vote of il
to 10.
Mr.. Thatcher then moved to refer this
bill to the next Legislature. and Mr.. Peak:
having called for the yeas and nays th'
motion was carried by q TOT The vote
was:
Yeas Mrs-rs. Allan, Amcs CLARK, Coffin, Cook
Grindle, Harper, Iiertick, iler-cy iI.rsoni, iipl
man. Lyons. Maliet, Mayo, Nicksr-un, Peak
Seidcrs. Spohord, swan,on, Thnichcr, Water
house -2l.
Nays Mrssrs Decring, Hill, jackson, Libby
Wiggin WDslnw, Wood.
Not Voting Bradford, shaw. Spear,
On motion of Mr.. Thatcher of Penob
scot the Senate adjourned.
Afternoon Session.