Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-23

The rnatfnn nf Mr. prYu,,7ar !, amend
nrcVailrd
Mr. WEEKS of Somerset. I do NOT
know as / r1r. IN disr,rss tI,is ,,l.sti1l'
this morning Am sorry InI desire
10 express nv nrnfnund sorrow here ID
see The biIbbliua ,istrrbgnr. i'm IN. Hnl,-
Waters of rho Pannhs,.ut ,rhis H. p, maj
ter, Of course. which relates entirely u
the Peuobscot cnIInty Delegates II i;
snnethino in which tha, 5f,7,n ,,.rbars
are Interested: ana vet / stInnosr We Hi
ba1-s AN. or,inio-c a. II ,a,i hrii,rae Eou,
m sen4'tn~ frnn, penohsroI I'M hrs
tired biS beatty sb1t tbis ,,o,~in., h".
i;,nf'arnd ~, his rtiils,t ,r,fiI, TO-
Tres and riotifics III Senat1 maj IL uiIt
fight this out. next Wednesday. Wen, if
the senators from Penobscot have agr, ed
upon that matter. # course The Senate
leels very much grained. we certainly
have good reason 10 respect, ana do ad-
mire the PenObscot county delegation.
For 10 years they have stood united upon
every matter Of public Importance For
10 years they have stood shoulder to
shoulder, lighting for the largest appro-
priations and the longest time. They
have accomplished their object almost eV-
cry time
| remember. as a matter of personal
experience l. myself. have been almost
literally taken down rolled IN thp ,lliSi
nnJ LnyIed n,..r III tba p.nnbsrn, roJ,t,-
oaIa..ttion. ma want a. say mis- -thrt
T have mo- shirt of recruitment / am
willing. If can. with nv strong preiu-
dices against toll bridges. to consider this
matter fairly. honestly ana SuuIrplN.
The sweet poet of the rcu0bScOt. who is
now dead. once wrote 1; poem-David
Rarl,rr once wrote a uopin which WI
ian, ,'ult.n Pr,-aut ,,ranounced to be IN.
hest shurt norn i'm the English language.
| / INV. tnro,,ttap ~. trrln M il mn il
| IiKan.d D-ath ana tLc tomb to a covered
| Yrida.. IT must have been a toll bridge.
| nrc1Ijse tho sweet port said th,. toll gath
| .r,d lv Death was the body which the
hand Of God had flung aboIt the soul. l
never knew wher" David HHrker rrcFIN"n
| the inspiration IF that noem until tins
| very morning ti-auSiter-' II 7t'tlilS .ii..t
| a" inspiration "l tItdt poem came li"ii'
| thc bdHSbf ION briuEc -!lhtHil6 D''''I
| ana the tomb To ton bridge.
| Mir. President. we will consider this
matter carefully cuasidpratply ana hon
| LII, ~ ..r,. 't,t.;lar. We have nm i'm
| ,;,. intrrt, IN cC.-.-eut some three TON
4 it,i I,,,.s I'LL ,nv- cnnf4ssiiis fnv sins
| III. SINS of nv county The Verv waters
| in Tho h,aufifuI kennebec river are
| ishan1oJ when they approach Il toll
| hri1rn 1nI thry gather gnd shoot IN W.
| ,,i.tI'- ae ,ne.jII4. I'M fhay snItIrpr ana
i''' ~ a. 'It,,. h.i,,. ~ tb,.sa mock
| .antrtry N-Iyr When a man 9ics IN i'll
~ region. sometimes the only consola-
| lion thai his friends have is that the dear
| ienarted one has taken wings. and can
| .iy across The river, instead Of having ~
| 70 On 4 toll bridge. daughter ana APP
olauSeJ
| Nh. president | do nor wish to counter
tct tta orItnr;yal effort Of the senator
rom penobscot-I certainly am not equal
| a Tho occasion: but do want to point
| ,.it this fact that ! desire to sbumt for
| The consideration OF the Senate. ana for
its careful cJnsideration-that is, that in
no eVcnt-in no event can the county o.