Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-28
papsr From The Senate.

of Maine towns.
This bill was passed to be engrossed IN
the House, and in the Senate idennlteiy
postponed The Senate reconsidered us
action and passed the resolve to De Gu
crossed as amended.
On motion of Mr.. Haines of Waterviiie'
the House reconsidered the vote by winch
it voted to adhere, reconsidered the vote
by which it was passed to be engrossed,
adopted Senate amendment A, and passed.
the resolve to be engrossed as amended.
On motion of Mr.. Noble of Lewiston,
the House took a recess for 10 minutes
After Recess.
Mr. Hamlin OF Ellsworth: / desire per-
sonally to thank every member OF this
House for their kindness ard courtesy to
me throughout the session. 1 further de-
sire to thank the Speaker for his many
personal attentions both upon the door of
this House and elsewhere. 1t was my
pleasure at the BEGINNING of the session
to nominate the Speaker. 1t is now a
grateful pleasure to me to say that all the
good things | then said Of him We're true.
They have been verified. His conduct in
presiding over this House has demon
straved their truth We shall when we ad-
of friendship for the Speaker; and while
we shall be sorry perhaps TO part from one
another, we Go it with the kindest feel
ings, and ] think the recollections of our
associations in this House will ever be
pleasant. Before we adjourn finally l
wish to offer the following resolve:
Resolved, That the thanks of the members
of this House are due to the Speaker for
the courtesy, dignity and impartiality
with which lie has presided over the de
liberations of this House. l move the
passage of the resolve.
Mr.. Dickey of Fort Kent: l second
that resolve, and should like to make
more extended remarks but my health
will not permit | wish to say, however,
that we have been together some three
months, and l believe that there is not Il
member present or absent but who would
checrfuily second and vote for that re
solve 1t seems to me that We have never
had u Speaker who has done better for the
interests of the House than our present
one And above all, / thank him for his
great courtesy to the minority of this
House. / have been here under various
Speakers and / have never yet been with
one, from Jonathan Ciliey down, that l
thought had more of the love of the House
than our present Speaker. 1t is true we
have had some presiding officers who
threw on more dignity, for instance,
Robert i. Dunlap, rs President OF the
Senate; but very few Speakers have we
ever had that have been SO closely allied to
tue members of the House as our present
Speaker, and l cheeTfully second the re-
solve, and | know that it will have Il
unanimous passage.
Mr.. Haines of Waterville: cannot add
nything. perhaps. to what has been said,
but ! want to say word seconding the
resolve appreciate the kindness with
which the Speaker has conducted the bust
ness of this House during this session,
and the work that we have done shows
that it has been done with dispatch, more
than could have been expected, to my
mind. The nervous energy of this man
who is our Speaker has been u constant
impulse in this session to push us along
and keep us at work. We would have adj
journed perhaps two weeks later if we had
not had % man in the Chair whose dispo-
stition is to move on and to do business.
want to thank the members of the House
| for the courtesy have received at their
hands. We have been business Lcgisla-
tuIe We have had no political conten-
tions, we have had no party issues; we
have been here legislating for the people
upon business issues We have differed in
our opinions upon many of these meas
ures, but there has been no bitterness in
our differences to mar our work this win
ter TO my mind the highest type OF
civilization. the highest type Of man, the
Z I g,fp nrvtc ell iS
where 151 members can come here as We
have and legislate upon different matters
and have different opinions and still have
| everything finally come out harmonious
and every body be satisfied and gracefully
submit to the will of the majority Life
consists in meeting and parting which is
sometimes painful it also has its pleas
ures And while we part and say the last
goodby, yet we shall carry to our homes
pleasant ramembrances of the pleasant
days we have spent here during this ses-
sion. (Applausc)
Dir. Winslow of Portland: Coming
here as | did, a stranger to Legislative
proceedings, and feeling in degcce some
what inadequate or untitled to meet the
responsibilities placed upon me, thought
it a great pleasure to be cordially greeted
by the Speaker of this House and all the
officers associated with him and shall! go
to my home and resume my avocation in
life with very pleasant recollections OF this
67th Legislature. ] have here formed
many pleasant acquaintance and it will
ever be satisfaction to me'in the future
to look back upon this winter and upon
all the pleasant associations connected
with it, We cannot all think alike, it
utterly impossible; but believe if we are
true to our honest convictions and when
ever we cast vote our conscience goes
with it, we have performed u duty that
rests upon us TO the best of our ability
and believe that is the record of all pre-
sent here. We shall return to our homes
with the consciousness that we have
acted up to the light that was given us
and performed the duties which deyGlved
upon us us representatives of the people in
a way that we shall be always pleased to
reflect upon. So desire to take this oc
casion to thank the Speaker of the House,
the clerk and his assistant, the reporters
who have patiently listened to what has
been said, and all the messengers and all
connected with this body thank for their
uniform Kindness and courtesy to Inc,