Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-27


is libel upon the party that sent
more men to the front than the party
that the senator from Penobscot mis-,
represents upon the floor of the State.
am just as patriotic as the senator
from Penobscot, and let me say to him
in reply to his statement that he is in
favor of the union, and that the DEM
ocratic party was in favor of the
breach-let me say to you, if you know
the history of this country, that If there
had never been Republican party
there never would have been any Civil
War.
Now, Mr.. President-"Amenit 1
thought that was about all there was
to it. You would be ashamed, would
you, if the State of Maine didn't raise
this SAC, 1000 to send these men out there
simply that the $4,000 may be expend-
ed without any benefit to the State of
Maine. Won't you be more ashamed
when you go home to your constituents
and say to them that you were in favor
of every extravagant appropriation
that this Legislature asked for? If
you had told your constituents, last
fall, that you were in favor of every
appropriation you have voted for, you
would have been up in your county at
tending to your business, and not down
here disappearing your constituent
cy. 1t is the first time since 1 have
been in this Senate that a man has so
far forgot himself as to undertake to
say that the party to which 1 belong
was a treacherOus party. It is an in
suit that do not brook, because l be-
long to party that Graded this coun-
try in it's infancy, brought it up to
manhood. and made it possible that
you might be in your seat, today; and
still you stand there-"Shoo fly, don't
bother me-"
1 resent the insult, not only for my
self, but for that grand general, Grant,
who was Democrat when he went in
to the war, and for Hancock and NC
Lellan, and a thousand men who
fought that you might have liberty to
do just as periodically as you are, alb
rogating all the glory and all the pa
triotism. Why, / haven't any doubt
you are the whole country by the man
ner in which you have undertaken to
vote appropriations upon this floor.
Mr.. GARDNER of Penobscot: Mr..
President, under the hypnotic influence
most inclined to think that the
Republican party is to blame for
the breach which occurred in this
country; and I am almost ready to say
that the Democratic party to which the
senator belongs did preserve the Union
and save the country; and I sincerely
hope that when the hynotic influence
which am under, ceases, I may still
believe that the Republican party did
preserve the Union.
Mr.. BRYANT of Somerset: Mr.. Pres
ident, signed the minority report, and
l wish briefly to state my reasons Tor
so doing. I never imagined, until the
present moment there was any politics
in this measure, whatever; and it
seems to me very sad thing in some
ways that it should be dragged in here.
AS a member of the committee on ap-
preparations and financial affairs, l
have voted many times the present
winter against appropriations for IN
ternal improvements, against appro-
priations for our charities ana
schools. and 1 cannot consistently turn
round and vote to appropriate $4o,ooo
for the Exposition in ST. Louis. know
there are some arguments for 1t; but L
could not. with my feeling, vote that
way. I feel that 1 would much rather
that the money carried by this apnro-
priation, should be devoted to our
bridges, our charities and our schools,
to our photographic survey, or most
anything else: and 1 move, Mr.. Presi-
dent, that when the vote is taken, II
he by the yeas and nays.
The question being put upon the mo-
ton to adopt the minority report
Ought not to pass the vote resulted
as follows: Those voting yes, were
Messrs Alden, Bryant, Burleigh, Clark,
Goodwin. Libby, Maddocks, Morse,
Pierce, Pike Staples of Knox--11.
Those voting nay were Messrs. Buck,
Burns, Currier, Dudley, Gardner,
Guernsey, Knowlton, Manley, Morrison,
Philbrook. Plummer, Rankin, Staples
of Cumberland, Stetson, Titcomb, Will
son, Wing-17. So the motion was de-
clared lost. On motion by Mr.. Rankin
| of York, the majority report, fought
to pass" was accepted; and on further
| motion by the same senator the resolve
took it's several readings under sus-
pension of the rules, and was passed to
| be engrossed.
| Inc Following OTQeT was TeCelFtu
| from the House: Ordered, that the Sem
ate be respectfully requested to return
| to the House House Document No. 504.
| On motion by Mr.. Wing of Andros-
coggin, the Senate reconsidered the ac-
ton whereby the bill was indefinitely
postponed, and the Senate voted to
grant the request contained in the fore
going order.
Certain bills carrying appropriations
for the construction of bridges with ac-
companying reports from the commit
tee on appropriations and financial af-
| fairs were received from the House,
said accompanying reports having been
amended by action of the House, the
pending question being upon the ac-
ceptance of the reports as amended in
| concurrence the Chair ruled: A report
of that nature being merely a recon-
mendation. it is not in order to amend
such report, as it is equivalent to put
| ting into the mouth of the committee
words which they did not use in their
report. Final action on the said bills
| appear later in the report.
On motion by Mr.. Goodwin of Somer-
set, bill, An Act in relation to agricul-
tural society was laid on the table.