Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-09

tIiS thing Is tb!l'HIh'i' - = 80 -
That the passage 81 inns M VII ''N''
~ matter entirely from local p"'''hS' leg
tln reason that III" people WHO "'Sir'
| ,,rt.,in rri> ileg.s in ri gard I" 'i'' S'i'' 81
liuuor l,lt larf-" amounts 81 monty m"
| , c,n,rni.rrr to elect u m,n who VIII iSr".
~ . n, th,.y b"lirv" viii grant them In
| ,.ivilrnrs which they desire. lF"fc Is
ILL.,, another element Of N"i'f" WHO,
-,...I,.,... ar their friends Will vote frr
| ,, u,hom thcy believe viii grant them
corr lin privileges. n" on" H''7'h'hS 'h"i.
! think the senator from kno" WIZ admit
+n.,t 10 trun. Now. if they cannot grant
,,vI,oLv Sopr!al privileges in my opinion
,h.,- cannot under this bill. h"rttlS" if
! ,l,.,. do moi enforce. the law III" central
officials will enforce it-conscdu"htly any
,rrccmcnl Us to sp"cLl privileges which
.l.v might have agreed to grant will h
come null and void; and the people who
.rr to pay money. know ing that. will re-
fuse to pay the mnn' y. They Will not
give, up their $1l.000 or S.0oM in tn" com
~ unless they believe they are TO get
something back for il: and knowing thai
they cannot get anything back. ti'"y viii
rrfuS" to pay. 1t VIII /" III" sam" for TIL.
man VIII" votes, for that reason. that h"
knows il makes no ditf"r nee winch Way
H. votes. if they crnnrt grant him spec
i;I privileges. If he himself does rot en-
t rec the law. someone viii 'nfurc" il for
him. Sumc hay" sand this meant only
State officials. II docs not. II means if
! the officials for the county d" not DO their
| dutv. some way may be provided whereby
/ I. ~ I,
that the Governor of tn" State. represent
| ing tln Republican party, which IN every
| platform. county ANA state. fc"d Ia en-
| fore. mis- particular law. shall ne given
| power to soc that tho promises % III.
Inrty are c. fried out. 1t is INN, coesary
| for mo to say more on this matter. h.
| raus" Tho matter has en- wei discu-.',I
| nmong TIE senator's: and | Eivc no doubt.
~ S,uator Mills said. that every senator's
| mind is ni:uit mp as to how h" will vote:
| but unless III" people want III" present
! form q III, gal local option to continue.
thcv Will vote for the Sturcis bill. which
| " i'll place in the hands of the Governor
| th,. rowrr whereby he may see that tn"
law il enforced fairly and imr:rtally ii
Ivory section of the Stat"
to correct tn" senator. In tho first Tl.,rf.
T." would have this Senate understand
that some county mad raised :, find of
%.coo to have 4 lobby her" ur"n this mat
| ter. 1t is II" first | eyer heart Of il il
my life: and | SAY to This Senate that az
FIR ~. have, any acknowledgement think
| would have known it if ii had been
S1-thnt tii,re is not one dollar or one
man upon the floor Of this Senate, or this
House. that has been import,mrd by any
body in tn" interest of opposition to this
nll-not one. Now. in regard to Cum
hcll;;nl county. differ with him. There
| NrrH moi placed before the conmitto" II
places whtro liquor was scid openly by
aTybody In behalf Of Sheriff Pcnn"li I
wish to say that his record for the two
| years Ec WIS in office showed more pros
rcptinns ANA convictions for liquor sell
ire tan dill Pearson under the prohibito-
~ Inv.
| Nr. STT-EGiS: Mr.. President. replying
to the last senator, would suppose tina.
where deer were plenty a man going ont
with Il gun would be able to get more
than he would if they were scarce It Is
Il fant that, While The sal. Of lou"r was
Hot entirely stopped under Sheriff Pear
son III Cumberland county, many wcrH
driven ont. and there were no places. at
| least to ms knowledge. ANA ii WAS tn"
general superstition of the p"orla in tn"
county that there wore no places running
| openly. At the present time with tn"
! large number of places running there. and
| With 10 United States licenses held in TIL"
city of Portland. it is not very SIN prisinG
| thit Sheriff Pencil has been able I" get
| without distressing the rumscllcrs there
! more convictions than Sheriff Pearson
did.
! ;Tho President here resumed tn" chair.
'?hc question being put upon the mo-
| tom of the senator from Hancock that
| Prport \ of the committee he adopted.
that the bill ought to pass: III" Yeas and
| NAYS having been called tor and ordered.
| the vote resulted aS follows:
| Those voting Yea were: M"ssrs. Allen.
Aver. Bailey, Bartlett. Brown, Clark.
| Furnish. Gardner. Ii"sclton. Irving.
Enowlton, Mills. Morse. Owen. Pierce,
rill" PlummCr. Potter. Putnam. Shack
ford. SIMPSON. Stctson, Stlrcis 90.
| Those voting Nay Were: McssrS. Curtis.
| hiloon, Shaw. Staples. Tartre -.
| So the motion pr"NLllcd ana Inc report
| fought to pas" was accepted. The bill
| rs amended was read ana assigned.
| Mir Simpson for the committee on sen
| ana shore fisheries. on bill AN Act for
| tic crcorra ccmrnt. Development ana con
snr.'ation Of the shore fisheries indus
| tries "
| The PRESIDENT: Tho Chair wishes
| to take this opportunity to say that on
| the vote on rcsubmissinn. Senator Hcscl-
ton Of Kennch"c. tclenhoncd through his
| attendant that he should vote against
| rnsuhmission. a statement was made to
| tho contrary effect ny the Chair at the
| tirl" the vote was taken. Senator HI sell
ton being ill. The Ch1ir makes this state
| mcnt by way Of correction.
| On motion by Mr.. StetSon of Penohscot.
| the Senate adjourned to meet on Thurs
day. March Q. 1867, at 10 O'Clock in the
| forenoon.