Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-03-21

pannclled
tn order THAI we may understand the
aupIect before us, | wish 10 cal, .;,,;,''., w
W "iltlon or the Senate to me p,oN ,hjnb
or 'hapter Sc of the Laws or iS'o %iii.h
llc biil that | report In favor OF sSch" 20
repeal. The Objectionable features are M
s sne hrst section. which impose a ~ s.oi u. !.
~ a ton gross tonnage for new EcSsei .
completed on or before the nrst day OF
Apfli II each year, reduced az NY idt,
81 one dollar per ton for tatii 'uoi itioii.' ~ !
Star OF age untl they shalI my
me as" oi Il years. after whlch tiihS So =
vessels shall be taxed upon a Naiue - "
per ION gross tonnage.
RMS proposition undertakes 10 .hA Nc*
SCI property without any reference W rs
value as compared with other properly
or as compared one piece or NeS9el piup-
cfty with another. II proposes 10 taN inc
iolg5noreman 5 skow in Which lc V''i ne. ite /,
rock weed, mill edgingS or SaWuuSt, anu
Which does not cost so ton 70 puilu, AT
the same value per ION that IS pui upon
me best constructed steel snip NAV Is
punt IN the city of Bath or anywhere
else IN ,..c State. II proposes 10 put the
same value Of SO per ton upon ,lc mil
lonalres yacht which may cost $"vo per
Ton ana that right in the iac, % me
constitutional provisions contained IN e :
tlon ), Article 3, Of the constitution oi
Maine And what is the defense ior tl-s
outtaScous order to the asstsSota OF NC
municipalities Of this Stale? II ls mat
vessel property is not productive. II ihal
WAS true Today il would be no excuse Tor
NiolatinS the constitution OF the State
but II Is not true. There Is no property In
the state, if We except possibly inc Wld
lands, thdt l. pa wing better per ttht
upon the investment than NtSSei p opcftN; !;
ana IN evidence OF that | polnt YOU TO
the ship yards of the coast ana ask YOU
when did you see them more fan of con-
tracts or buster and with more work ~
prospect than they have today lhcre IS
being settled n one oi the PROBATE courts
Of this state an estate Of almost TWO mil,
lions of dollars which has pccu acquired
in building and sailing vessels. The
American ice Company that mouci oi
unSe!ilShncSS, owns vast amount ol car
rying tonnage-barges, schooncrs, Tug
boats and almost every class %! We sci
property, and those are the classes tnat
this law, Chapter 81 Of the Laws Of 1893,
favors.
Now at the hearing upon this question
who came here. the poor or the rich2 The
poor people Of this State VINO arc wrong
ed by this law and who had complained
to IN" privately and asked me to use my
best endeaNors 10 have il repea ed, dId
not come here. They cannot anord 70.
Their taxes take all their surplus earn
inGs. They have to trust To the sense OF
justice. reason and fairness al this Leg
islature and they dcpendtj On an honest
and upright NeruiCt.
The plea To retain this upon TN" Statul"
books is the old plea that you VIII Kill
The bird that lays the golden egg. Now
| have heard So much of that tbs winter
that, IL you will pardon me, | viii say
something IN Il Rcitioi Way "a iHht lb"i'
The first notice we have OF her Is ny one
Acsop and he relates that a neigh1ur ~
his had a hcn-that II The way ~ Is re-
curdcd-that Is the WAY i came down I"
US and it means goose. ana YOU VIII bc
convinced that am right about TINS be
fore | get through. lie relates that "a"
woman thought the goose contained
mass of gold within her and 50 He'd her
and found nothine-and h, stopped right
there. He does not relate tn" tact winch
undoubtedly was such. that the woman
run out OF pin money and that her con
duct became the uniaNurabIc SUBJECT uI
comment among her neighhorS and she
went into a decline and followed her VIC
tim To the tomb. Now, sir. Il occ1r 70 me
that II that woman had lived In modern
times she would not nave committed
4 biunder If she lived today and wIs
acquainted with the recent history oi
Washington county. she would SIMPLY
have furnished that goos" with an abuh,
daut amount Of sea water ana encouraged
her in her industry instead of Killing her.
N.aughtcrl. And If you want any further
light upon this respectfully refer you I"
he honorable senators of that county
Now sir. having established, / think,
ne tact that Is was goose ana nor a
hen. | have something to say ABOUT Inc
characteristics Of that family OF biruS. J
was an extreme alurm}st when ! was Il
small bov three or four years old. Iht
family that | tlNn had under guardian
-nip ana m my employ kept iluck Y!
geese: and | used 10 20 out oh pIetsait
tavs ana try to get on pleasant relations
with those geese. but never couId-thel
would commence Cackling before Sot
anywhere near them and would stick out
thtir heads ard hiss Il; me So that was
generally scared away and finally gave
uo all effort ut CultiNatinS amlcAole tv-
!atious with them.
in Roman history and, as ! ito not sup
nose any other senators ever read lhc
same story. | viii briefly re.dtr II. ihe
t.-fnd ID which my story allNdcs Is some
un wears before the beginning of inc
Christian era. Al that time Rome was
hot an imperial city IL was quite n
town. ~ he slre-it hah cNlst.u S,n, ~; Z.
wears: but in evidence mat II was not i'm
nerial / can say that there were three
toll bridges across The TIhgr ana the 70
man people had not at that tlme con
.eived the imperial idea cf compelling the
surrounding tribes to assist thefh III
transforming those bridges into ire
bridges They did this later, you know
b:lt is TO say. they became imperial sat
M seven hills and ruled the world and did
many other things that they ought not 60
have done Wei, about that lfnc llc
Gauis and wicked people that iNed uP n
tho northwest swept dowa upon Rome
ana drove the itoman Sarr.stnS from
.heir outer dcfensc- ana compelled thrih
"a take refuge in the citadel Whith wa
sitrated on the Capitolino hih and IN close
proximity to it We're the temples of Ju-
otter. Juno and Minerva.
Now the IiaulS having driven the -
mans into ter citadels. the solulcrS ioot
;fiec to the city. | cannot say now lohS
he seiee had continued. | sha / not draw
my ina gination for anything. but oit
night when the Roman garrison We're az
sleeping the Gauls made an assault.
viii SAY that in tho temple OF Juno there
,y1s Il flock Of geese--how they happt neh
III be there is not very material 70 ny
argument but | viii say that thefc art
lwo eXplanatio of this, one peihg iiiat
thp bird was sacred to Juno ana that 4
aock was always Kept in her temple, ana
ne other is that when the garrison OF
9oman soldiers had all retreatcd IRON
their outer works into the citadel theN
gathered up all the geese they could ind
and took them along with them ana turn
ad the sacred temple of the queen OF
Heaven into Il commiSariat. AS TO Wnlch
of theSe is the correct explanation rVIel
Won to the honorable senator from Aroos-
look and the honorable senators from OK
ford and the honorable senator from rs
catauuis They have been there ana
you expert testimony.
Well. upon the night in question the
GaulS succeeded in getting a footholl on
the top of the Capitoline hill-some hun
jreds Of them: and the first one that put
his foot on the top of that hill walked up
those geese and they set up such an aw-
ful cacklng that they aroused the garri-
son who, not knowing that the
GalS We're already up the heights
without stopping for their shirts. rushed
out, and when they saw those Gauis they
grabbed them with one hand by The
blouse collar and the reinforced seat OF
their pants and, raising them above their
h.n .al lrrtnI ~. l,.x.