Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-14

nave any change, we won nav" any
change At all and they vote the thing
down. AS matter Of fact. we never
would have come here to you, we never
would nave come to this Legislature 70
ask You to interfere in the matter.
were we not obliged to do ii. TAKE their
tire" wards the fact is. they VIII get q
few outside Republicans perhaps 10 go
with them, ANA when they get the
thing all regulated and fixed. they VIII
come NJ ana vote ii down Tn" only
way We can straighttn this thing out
is for you To do il for us. There is no
crooked business, about this. | know
about 1t, | am familia. with the STU
alton. The ward lines as at present
arranged. are run by the streets. one
side i'll one ward ana the other III IN"
other ward, then. when they strike into
another street at right angles. thcN
cut il Oft there, when they get IN" iight
number Of voters for ward, ana ~
that way they have tried 70 regulate
the matter. ANA believe they hay"
regulated IL rs it should be-, as nearly
as possible 20 get il. perhaps There
is no SerrNmandrring ~ tn" wards.
Their" is no unfairncSS about II. Il"
not believe the matter ~ politics N
taken into consideration III An IN IA"
matter. | do not brlitV" II -. w"
want To straighten this thing out ~
say. have been there - years. ana
the wards are tn, sam" as they were"
when | first came there. ana i is all
wrong. because some ~ our wards
have grown. while others have de
preciatcd Now. as ! said before. MI"
would not come to yuu To regulate this
thing. if We could do i otherwise. hut
we ask you to straighten the thing out
for rs. | assure you IL is all right, be
lievt il to be all right. at any rat. Why
talk here as they do 1t is just the sam"
as they hav" always com" on, when NJ"
have got the thing already 20 con-
summate. up they pop. ana oppos" H. !
40 not believe the Republicans ~ IN"
city Of Bangor arr q set OF cut threats
or cheats. ! do not believe In any such
thing. 40 not believe this thing IL put
up in any such spirit At all heii"F"
il is put up as it should be. fair and
square. 1t ought 10 b" regulated
When you come to take 500 or more
voters in one ward and 400 in another.
il is not as ii should he. IL is not a.
cording to the statute. like to see
fair play. and want to SEE this thing
done in a fair. square spirit.
The PRESIDENT-Th chair un-
,lerstands this matter to b. hardly
debatable. but assumes that i is o.
batrd 10y the consent Of the Senate.
Mr.. STAPLES of Knox have not
mentioned politics in this matter. While
:, .st - sat ,tf
was Democratic. | believe that the Re-
publicans Of Bangor are we'll meaning
men. | attribute nothing To them that
is dshonorable in this matter. | ap-
pvchand that the Democrats of the
city % Bangor are equally as honor
able. believe they want fair play T."
answer the Senator from Peuohscot.
because the remonstrance is signed by
two hundred of the best Republicans
in the city of Bangor. Now. if they
want fair play With the other side,
why du not they do just what the law
requires them To do. 1t says, the city
council Of MI cities in Maine, by the
law that was passed in 1893. shall sub
init il and put an article in their war
rant at the next coming eleCtiun-and
let the city of Bangor decide this mat
ter if it is fair and if everybody in
Bangor j. as fair as the gentleman
from Penobscot says they are. If the
ward lines are fair, why then. | an
prehend that they viii ratfy the do
ings of the city council Of the cits Of
Bangor Why do they not submit
them. that is the question. Why 40
they come over here ana ask us to
legalizc that matter: and not submit