Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-02
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
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ha,. h,a moro tn do than it called for TO-

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Now. my friends, do you suppG isto fn rne
question of who was TO be a candlna'e W. ,
governors last year? l understand x tna,
two years from NOVA nov ana 40, lo fnr Governors
Of Maine. and do not you suppose ~ ~,
win he willing to take the position lor
$500 a year? Yes, they would give r, S"'
Now this is not selfish on my r.' !,
! believe that 5000 is enough | believe a II
is all we should pay l beiieve Nv !, - M mr..
equal taxation. We have IN a'i'. So
OF Maine. to inoreas any man sal Ih.,i
j expect in the near future tnai we S sln.,
have Democratic Governors III ,,,;, i' ha Will
ing to take 1t for 5000 year ! i ~
not much more to say in regard 10 t III.
matter: ! do not oppose ~ bIrau Gov
trnor would oppose !; JuSt the S!.hr !.
he were a Democratic Governor 40 ~,
believe, and never have since nav pe 'or
a member of this body. in. nor nave eve;
Favored an increase OF salary. bt,tdust %
the unequal taxation in the SAFE .!
Maine. :; :, .rd
If YOU vote to increase the salary "i any
ofticer in the State OF Main, W must ap
peal from you to the people. ,,r pres-
ider; as chairman Of the COMMITTEE" o''
salaries I desire to say IA lev WordS. ui-
rectly in application to the pendihS pi.,,
AS preliminary | will say the Governor
nor anyone connected with he Governor.
mad 10 conception that the commute, on
sala ries intended to put IN sucn p.'i a.
This session This committee are at Htt
nresem, time as YOU know. revising Dill
with relation to the salaries oi state ana
county officials. and We realize liiIt tiele
might in scme cases neteSHdi's w "
small inc rease. Tn Governor salarE
came under discussion at the same time
and We all realized. as l heiicEe that eE.
-Ty senator here does. that the ONE of
Governor is the highest II. me s,ate on
Maine. Ii is an office of Responsibility an
office of dignity: an office that every tax
pave in the STATE wants to see filled by
the best man we f,n Ge hrnr hsI I'M, e, "l
atOr from Knox, whether $1,000 or xN1
will not affect the maE who L. d candidate
TO the O:fce.
Hu: as a citizen of the State of Maine
as a taxpayer Of the State of Maine. |
feel that We should recognize that in the
Office of the Chief executive of The stat.
we do an honor TO ourselves when We
place the salary at the low feure of S'ec,
being only Sl0O0 in excess OF mis- present
salary In Rhode lsl;,nC today they are
paving to the governor a salary of 5000,
with a population of AS odd Thousand. In
Maine the population is t"l"U odd. their
population being twO-thirdS Of ours. and
nheir valuation slightly in excess of ours.
New Hampshire pays S.gD. with two
thirds of our population. Connecticut
$500 with about one-thiid additional pop
Should We not honor and respect our
chief executive as much as the other
New England states? | feel it my duty
TO stand here and protest against the re-
marks of the senator from Knox with re-
gard to the salary paid to our chief eX
ecuiive, and l hope his motion will not
prevail.
At the request of Senator Staples of
Knox, the ayes and nays were called for
and ordered: the question being upon the
acceptance of the unanimous report that
the salary of Governor should be raised
from 5000 to $1,000. The President stated
that the motion of the senator from
Knox. that the report he not accepted"
was nGt in order. such a motion being
merely Il negative of the original uues-
lion. and the perding question being upon
the acceptance of the report.
The question being put upon Yea and
Nay vote resulted as folows-the pending
question being upon the acceptance of the
report: Those voting Yea We're Messrs.
Aver. Bailey. Brown. Clark. Curtis. Fur
bish. Irving. Owen. Pierce Pike. Plum
mer. Potter. ShackfOrd. Shaw. Simpson.
Stetscn. Sturgis. Tartre 0sI. Those voting
Nay were Messrs. Putnam. Staples. Tup-
per 90.
So the motion prevailed. and the report
was accepted.
The PRESIDENT: The secretary has
tact that the foregoing bill is without ii
title, and the senator from PenohsC OF
moves the following amendment. viz:
that the Act be amended by prafixing the
following title-"An Act 20 fix the salary
of the Governor of the State" To the bill
Amendment adopted
On motion by MIR. Bailey of Somerset.
the Senate adjourned to meet on Thurs
day. March ;. 1905. At 10 O'Clock in The
forenoon.