Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-08


buried by a registered undertake.
G.aughtcf) and / have often wondaraa
in my own mind while iii.
templating the vanity of All tbng,
\ here below. If, when we reach heayes
/ til" people Of the State Of Maine ,.i,,
n be Icd through the celestial abode IL.
q foG stored angel. TaughterJ This Il.
I the way. is simply incidental
! Will say that ] have been cradibl,.
\ informed that the last COW that crnssad
I the Bangor bridge met with an occi
/ dent. She fell through the trestle y.or,,
and strained her milk. Haughter)
! VIII proceed to the next item p,r
gian harcq ana Welsh rabbits. 20 c.r+s
n hundred. I.aughter) Mr.. Presiden,
/ | know nothing about Belgian baree !,
is 4 new industry That matter h.,.a
I consigned To the senator from Crrord
/ who seems 10 be 50 deeply in,er.e.oI
ia IL, but as 70 Welsh rabbits tba,,
aic getting Very scarce. and durin.,
my stay in Augusta / must cor,fo..
that during this whole session 7 ba,o
not seen one
oxen. cents yoke. Nov III, u
prphihitiNc to the distinguished con.
stltUent of Tho senator from And. nc
. co2Ein. understand, and have b4en
cf"1ibIy Informed upon this point tbat
SCION Chase never has driven "tbem
steers across that bridge. becaueo
he would nnt PAY the toll Of cents
Now tn the next item. The man
with the Wheelbarrow. cents Mr.
President when the zephyrs Of spring
have kissed the SHOWS Of winter N
their death when the bobolink. widest
~ singers. flies aloft from some neigh
boring fence post and shakes from his
little throat such floods II deljrious
music that the whole air and the woods
and tn" waves seem silent to listen
when the FURNISHED hoe catches the
sunbeam ana reflects it back into the
faces of the righteous. then Mr.. Pres
ideut. | hatter myself that | am some.
thing Of an artist in the manipulation
Of the Whcelbarrow, hut | here and
HOW aVOw that ! never will wheel a
wheelharrow over the Bangor bridge
and pay toll Of cents for that priv
ilcEe.
The next is the man with the baby
upon the coming generation: and in the
name NJ THE coming generation de-
nouncc this iniquity-this Bangor toll
bridge. Why. Mr.. President. I have not
wheeled q baby carriage in all the days
~ my life. but | have pretty much all
the days Of my married life; and
should occasion require | may be able
70 do il again. But. sir. | say that this
TAX should never he assessed upon the
babies cf Bangor and Brewer. Laugh
tcrD
Now the next item. Single team. 5
cents Well that Is All right. Covered
carriages. 10 cents. Now. if YOU hap
pen To have a young lady sitting by
tho side IF YOU, say cousin or a niece.
wy would ~ the ease NJ my friend, the
senator from York Mr. Morrison or a
Wife as would he the case of the sena-
tor from Somerset who is now address
ing YOU. YOU will have To pay two cents
extra. UauEhterD
Double team. l. cents. Now if YOU
happen 70 be loaded. you will have to
pay double price daughter and an
plausel When | reflect upon the affairs
of human life. when | sit by my fire
side and reflect upon the vanity Of all
things below. | wonder and | think Of
what rich harvest the Bangor Bridge
Co. would have reaped if the pralubi-
tory law had not been enforced AZ rls-
81 ously in that imperial city.
have given you the general princi-
pie of the schedule Of rates which ap-
ply generally ~ toll bridges. | do net
know that this specific schedule an
- ..f to The Bangor toll bridge-perhaps
4 does not. but | believe a schedule OF
rates is provided practically no lower
than this.
Now we come to the real question IN
this case: and | propose to discuss for
a few moments the facts connected
with it. In the first place here is the
bill. It's simple provisions may De
stated i'm this manner. The cities q
Bangor ana Brewer and the county n
Pen0bSCot are to purchase. or author-
lied To purchase the bridge from BAN
gur and Brewer. and the city OF Ban
gnr ana the CITY of Brewer are 70 pay
half ana PenobsCot county Is U
pay the other half. but in no event IS
this bin il that the bridge and us ar
prn8chcS shall forever after be man
tanned hy the city of Bangor ana tiie
city of Brewer. Now. we come 20 UT
question: Is ii fair. is it equltapie III
Tie county of Penobscot TO pa! ms
sum. not exceeding $1,000? Let me az
lude to few statements mace ps y.
senator from PenobScOt, my friehu' u
Plummcr. | desire to say. in pass
right here. that while some please
tries may have passed between
senator from Penobscot and mysel. u
one I'm the Senate respects his aoi'''s
is dcbater more than / 90 ne #
foeman we all recognize as worn.
our best steel. | recognize the lac' II"
| acknowledge it here, that the sent
from PenobScot has presented the M
ter Of opposition to this bill WIN 9tu
ability ana fOrce--a great deai u M
ny and a great deal of insehuits' ;th
senator from PenohsCot started III .hs
the statement that at the time ,i..aoI
nomination. the time OF the Po,,
convention. when the senators an" "a
esentatives in Penobscot county ho.
dominated. this was not an issue !.
ore the county convention Vi ~ Isn't
of Penonscot. Now. Mr.. fles Ia.
while we arc rot confined in cohslue;
ion nf any matter before TINS 80
7tllrc ~ things in issue or not III 's
T TIE time of the convention we
n our wisdom. consider many thihe ~
nd Ne do. Perhaps it is Just a. III,
IL. IA so,nto- from Penobscol '""