Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-06
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
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time before the temperance committee
ofthe House IN laying before them what
i believe to be facts, ] do not feel like
trespa ssing very much upon the pa
tence of the House at this time, and
promise you Mr.. Speaker and gentle
men of the House. that ! Will rot weary
YOU IL seems to me that an apology
wnl Id he in order t. the members of the
House from any man who should at
tempt to enlarge upon subject that
must be familiar to every person pres
ant: and yet. Mr.. speaker. possibly the
last word has not been SAID. POSSIBLY
there may be some few thoughts
brought out in the discussion here. to-
DAY. that may she'd more light upon
ths veXeG question: and before in
dulgine in the few remarks ] have 10
offer. | wish to enter this prelude to
Nhat lhaNe to say.
ON the floor OF this House, yesterday.
gentleman whom / trust knows bet
tcr-if he did not. he should have
known hetter-uttered these words:
Now W.. ere told by the author of
this measure that the sentiment for
resubmission comes from no lawless
tJss. | recently took up a batch of
petitions foi resubmission, the first one
that came to my notice bearing these
nrmes in part. They may be the
unmcs of the law-loving. law-abidinS
citiz"ns &C Maine but if 50, their names
ire priIna facie evidence against them.
They rrm li-c this and in this order:
Sivio Paganani. Joseph +. Panlia. j.
A. LDtaurncau. Geo. H. Grandin,
Ouillir Eancourt. Joseph Bashan, Jr..
Joseph y. Eanco. Frank Rance Albert
Iandrcy. Albert Mathew. Joseph Il.
Rance. VIM G. Oby. Edgar f. Berette,
Chas Eellinau. Geo. II. Tardiff Harry
I.cllineau. Eugene Laurdicne.
Gentlemen. the history of those
names is az follows-their commercial
history-althouGh they do not bear An
glo Saxon names: Mr.. Joseph Panlia
is Il furniture deal n: Letaurneau is an
attorney of standing in my city:
George RI. Grandin is merchant:
Dulilie pancourt is Il cemeter" boss OF
II section: Joseph Bashan, Jr, is
present alderman in Ward !: FRANK
Rance Is truckman; William Il. Oby
Is Il grocery dealer; Charles Bellineau
il also a grocery dealer: George III.
TauIifr is a carpenter: Albert Landrey
is the houored son of our member from
WatcrVillc: Harry l5cllineau is also a
merchant and is at present member
Of the hoard of education in Water
vile.
lie saws further: These may be the
names of the law-lo"ing, law-abidlnS
citiz,ns Of Maine. but If So their names
are prima facie against them. You WIZ
find those names on the petition for
rosuhmission. | stopped there because,
while | nave devoted some little time
l.. |
unless he can speak ilucntly. unless he
has his Italian and Hebrew and Latin
and Greek and Arabic upon his
tongues end. can read more than half
of the names on the petition and pro-
nounCc them accurately. | tel you
they are rot the residents. they are
not the law-loving. law-abiding citi-
ze1s of Maine. Far from it. They are
the representatives of the slums Of
Italy. with occasionally the name of Il
wandering jew"
Gentlemen. 1 submit that this is UNI
fair treatment: and | wondered that
the empty benches to which that vri-
dant youth detained that rot at an
carly hour. yesterday morning, did not
cry out against him. AuplauseD
In this discussion. Alr. Speaker. I
have cndt aNored to be cminently fair
ana lust. Refore the TEMPERANCE COM
mittce / merely reserved the right to
ask questions when | felt that state
mrnts were made that We're not borne
gu; in fact. and in the assertion which
made AZ that time that these petit
lions had behind them no lawlcsS class,
can VOuch for the fact that in my
own ,itv of Watcrvi!l" and in the
nrichbo'ing town of Fairfield. they had
ON them men who not only represented
wealth and intlu"ncc aud the good of
their city and their town. but also men
who are temperance men, who believe,
that the fare" that Is now being per
pctiatod in the Stale of Maine and has
hcca ncrnrtraird for 20 years. should
hc permitted to continue no longer.
And with that explanation Of that list
! lass uJ Ia the few words | have
to Off
Tho au, st,on of resubmission has
hardly been touched uoon thus far By
the pcutlrrtcn who have preceded me.
The gentleman from East LivcrmorC
tMr tolc' has told you that this Was
u plea Ton nigh license. He knows bet
toy. There has been no demand on
Tho pant at the men who have appear
ed before this temperance committee
for high license. You have been told,
gentlemen. your committee has been
told. that resubmssion meant a reg
ulition. that II looked Ia a regulation
of the liquor traffic. that il looked 10
see YOU either today or some other day
declare that it was right and just when
the People of Maine, the voters of
Maine came here and asked to be
heard on any question and to express
themselves upon that question. that
they should have that right. | have
repeatedly. Mr.. Sneaker. told gentle
men who have asked me the question.
that IL | understood rcsubmission that
il meant not high license. not low Ii
c,nsc. not option. but it meant local
regulation in its final outcome: it
meant first to put before the people
OF the State of Maine the facts as
thrv exist: and those facts I believe
have in part been put before this
House. 1t meant IL those cacts an-
pcalcd to you that you would submit