Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-11

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House may join, be appointed to consider
the Governors message and report re-
ference of its several subjects to appropri-
ate committees.
The Speaker joined on the part of the
House, Messrs Miller of Camden, Garner
of Parsonsfield, Larrabec of Portland,
Parsons of Foxcroft, Smith of HodgdOn,
Keegan of Van Buren, and Peasley of
JonespOrt.
Ordered, That joint select committee
of three on the part of the Senate, with
such as the House may join, be appointed
to receive proposals from the publishers
of the Maine State Year Book for furnish
ing the State with sufficient number of
copies for the years 1895 and 1896.
The Speaker joined on the part of the
House, Messrs Longley of Old Town,
Knowlton of Portland, Dudley of Brook
ton, Libby of Durham, Wheeler of Lewis
ton, Jones of China and Farrow of Bel
mont.
On motion of Mr.. Gilbert of Canton,
the order relating to furnishing officers of
the House with postage stamps was taken
from the table.
On motion of the same gentleman, the
order was Indefinitely postponed.
Reports Of Committees.
MIR. White from the committee on rail
reads. telegraphs and expresses, reported
ought to pass on bill an act relating to the
crossing of highways and town ways by
the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Co.
Printed under rule.
Mr. Lane from the committee on legal
affairs, reported on bill an act to amend
chap. 472, Special Laws of 1898, relating
to the Bangor municipal court, that same
be printed and recommitted.
On motion of Mr.. Noble OF Lewiston,
the order, introduced by MIR. Lane of Au-
gusta, relating to so much of the Cover
nor's address as relates to the State liquor
agency being referred to the committee on
legal affairs, was taken from the table.
Mr. Noble raised the point of order that
by the Joint order from the Senate raising
Il committee to which was referred the
whole of the Governors message that it
takes the entire message from the con
siderat ton of the House Mt this time, and
that no part Of the message is before the
| House until we receive the report from
that committee. Therefore this order is
out Of order and / make the point with
reference to it.
Mr. Lane of Augusta, said that I'M
douhtelly the Chair has the right to rule
without any remarks upon the point OF
order raised But if the Chair will par
don me from speaking on this point, L
4 wish to say that the order was introduced
before any order had come from the Sen
ate or any knowledge or any order, and
! that it is competent for the House at any
time to refer any subject to any commit
tee it sees fit If the Chair rules that the
gentleman's point is well taken, then /
shall ask to offer an amendment to the
order, and still keep it before the House.
| ask the Chair to rule upon whether an
amendment to that order will be in order
The Speaker stated that he would state
his understanding of it for the benefit of
the House The gentleman from Augusta
offered this order the Chair knowing that
there was to be joint committee APP
pointed this morning to which the entire
| Governors message was to be referred,
with authority to sub-divide and send it
to the proper committees, which has been
the custom from time immemorial The
Chair called the gentleman from Augusta
up here and stated to him what was about
to be done. While l was talking with the
gentleman from Augusta, a joint order
came from the Senate creating commit
tee and appointing their part of it. Up
on motion of the gentleman from Lewis
ton, this was temporarily laid on the
table the gentleman from Lewiston know
ing that such an order had come down.
After that the House concurred in pass
ing the joint order from the Senate and
then referred the entire message to that
committee which the House and Senate
had appointed; and as it now stands there
has been a joint committee appointed of
three on the part of the Senate and seven
on the part of the House. to which the en-
| tire Governor message is now referred
and that committee by the order are in
s.fucted to report a reference of the mes
sage to appropriate committees.
The Chair will rule that until there is a
reconsideration of the reference Of the en-
tire message to that committee with those
instructions, that the message is not be
fore the House and that any order like
this which purports to refer part of the
message not now before the House and
already in the hands of another committee
is out of order. If the gentleman would
have this part Of it referred he must
reconsider the vote by which we have
referred it to that committee, bringing it
back before the House and then make the
reference.
Now the gentleman asks the Chair to
rule upon the amendment when it is here
he asks If an amendment would be in
order.
| The Chair will rule if the order is en-