Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-01-23

iEad sEpsxme cvarsr cours whose duty
vss to pass sron questions tfssf cpuA no
/ properly be settled others ice. TIE gentle
ss4si y A5 had argued on the opposite side d
the ease had implied that il was Of i5tts
naoHens what the supreme court had sss1
/ spon this point.
Furthermore he eortenied that the ean-
! tssssnss were nos there seeking 10 put ar1s
sssaissd construction upon the constitution
He further eonten9iesf that Il isn't com
potent fog the Legisistnre of rais Stats &c
deprive any tssn 81 BIS Fiss.t to east ballot
! Whichever way we look AZ IL whether
/ ms right OF representation Is ID the tosn "a
tisss inAisiduai. in eifhar s=iss this resolve ..
zaposEisnmeas passed. by the last Legisi..-
fare. denied the ri2ht OF representation 80
eestaia rswas- Who represents tbs town u
StrsGg. Who the tora Of Temple. 10
Weld, in this Legislature 80 ode Wtsas
pfopssisiou that tbs Legislature Of Ee9i
eeeti deprive any one tcwa Of IL repfeseH-
Estion fos any one year IA ,iis Legislature
without the consent of that tosA. tea
cannot deprive a town or tise eief .ors Of i
town af its right To he represented IA the
Legislature, save toa asks 30 BE- eiassea
81 itself for a number Of ysars-
" hat VIC ssnt to get al Is the ecnetfae-
tion o. that rssolFe Of 1891 In the light IF
constitutional law
Nothing tl.a. Mr.. BeaI coaid DO wsGld
eject the constitution II this state
lie had supposed that an opiniQa or Il de-
eision OF the sapreaie court was binsiag
On the coordinate branches os tie
State government Otherwise w hat woaid
BE- the result; lie referred in this eonnee-
ton TO the famous "eogBt out AMI els-
quantity portrayed the conditions under GOV
eruor sareelon's administration when the
Governor did got heed slecisisn OF the So
pFenie court Of this State. At that tins
cisil war, even, impendsd ami one hAsty
word spoken in this House was likely TO
bring dire consequences IN its train.
Because the Legislature had been in the
habit Of making such appointments a.
THAI IN question ia no more reason why the
decision OF the supreme court TO the con
trars is imperative than that because mep
frequently violate any known law, this las
Is done away with by such violation Tie
people Of Searbor0, he had been informed
would at the next election resist the ar
rsngemsnt under which they had been
elassed. The opinion of the snpreme eoagt
ia isf2 denying the right to deprive towns
Of their annual representation was sp-
piieable TO this case.
tat committee that apportonsl the rep
resentation Of the county Of Franklin
found that there Ehonl1 br four represe1il.-
lives given that couaty. They gave one u
the Raugeley class, one TO the FarmingtoD
class. one to the third class and here was
this class with Phillips remaining To send
one representative. The resolve gase To
the town of Phillips the privilege of eeBdins
one representative on certain years, am
"hat of the other towns; They had no
representation in the Legislature Oh tho,e
years and they were not allowed to Yote
upoa the question. lie rontendcd that thes
had been deprived of their right of saffrage
without right 10 b. heard in the matter.
Every town should by the constitution have
a right 10 representation in this body IN
less OF its own consent IT valves that right.
As 10 the ballots he argued that the STATE
government should have given those towns
ballot under which they could expires.
their suffrage There was no space pn
these ballots on which to write the name
of their representative candidate.
This was not a political question. Thai
Mr. Besi did not understand last " hat 20
10 under the circumstances and accordingly
I'D not then appeal to the supreme court
saS not To affect this question. Taxation with
out The right of representation was involved
ia the case. The people up in those small
towns had the rightto Il representation in the
Legislature that imposed taxes upon them.
1t vas constitutional right. In cast the Leg
stature deemed it proper To give Phillip
the right to send a representative certain
terms 10 the 10 wears they should have said
10 ille other towns on those certain terms
y0n may vote with some other class 80 that
your right to representation shall not BE-
taken from YOU.
The t0wns of Strong Avon Weld and the
others in that class had in this instance had
the right of representation taken from them
and the resolve under which it was done was
unconstitutional. He asked that the COM
uttee either decide that there had been no
election and grant those towns a right To
vote upon the matter, or else decide that
MIR. Beal having the largest numberof votes
IN that class was elected, or else refer the
matter to the supreme court. Mr.. Heath
argued at some length that the opinion Of
the court in the 18th Maine precisely COW
cred all the questions in dispute