Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-20

| The reason 7 did that was because l
| had heard that some of these gentle
| men had suddenly discovered techni-
cal point on which they thought II
| would be good thing to make try
did not know anything about that
| technically, but 1 said / wanted time
| to consider it. / came back here. / was
under agreement. as far as / can make
an agreement-that is, when l tell a
man that We will let that go until
| Monday or Tuesday. I mean what 1
say. I came into this body Monday al
| ternoon and at once as / had told these
| gentlemen before that / would DO, maze
| a motion to adjourn. I told them that
| had not done this thing to take adVah-
tagc. hut / wanted 70 look up the mat
fer There is the statement. gentlemen.
He seems to point to this motion as
| som. Of the infamy which he likes 10
talk 50 much about: but the gentleman
WAS present and every one else mere
and there was not an objection made to
that motion.
Mr.. PARKHTRST: ! desire TO say 70
thn Senate and to the senator from
Cumberland that no man within my a'-
ouaintance as has a larger measure Vi
INV confidence than he has; and that pF
IA word or thought did / Intentionally
| a.crihe 10 him anything but the nigh
est and most honorable conduct. me
! in-roluction of this recess motion 1
| made solely to show that there dld tA-
| ist some doubt as TO this question an
| -ror doubt found expression IN me lho-
! ton. If I have conveyed any ldea l"
this Senate that in the slightest meas
,,re rcfiacts upon the senator from CuHl-
borlard most earnestly desire 10
withdraw il. .
! Nr IrFSELTON: Mr.. President, L
think that every senator who was pres
ont on Friday and Saturday last luiiy
! understood every progressive Step 'iii
III. measure took For one, I heard me
oracr which was a Joint order ASKING
that when this Senate adjourn, II al
;Curr to meet Monday afternoon at 4.5o
o'clock. For one, did not hear the sen,
ator from Cumberland use the "oiu
"recess." but the apt and open ears Vi
orr President received it so that IL wa"
m,iclly announced in the senate clidIii-
her here that the recess was tahei' ~.
| what purposeo For the sole purpose VI
arrcsting the time limit that the Stlla
| toy from Cumberland knew was peliS
attached to this motion when was PR
eented 70 the Senate when 1t was aSkeu
;f this matter should receive Its hrst
| ro,dino IT was made for the sole nur-
rose Of arresting the "a hours "ithlh
! which he could make n motion LOT re-
| consideration. Now, what Is the next
e+ano T did move to indefinitely post
| rona hacause. before this body, de-
I;herate assembly, it was possible 70
i,o,nediately put through motion 10
roconsider the vote whereby we refused
to Give this bill its first reading. Inc
senator from Cumberland, well ac-
ouaintel with parliamentary law ana
| parliamentary tactics, UNDERSTOOD INT.
rho motion to indefinitely postpone
,vas voted down. Then. for the purpose
of avoiding the limitation Of time Which
ba we'll understood and which time I'M
II he lightly brushes aside now and re-
considering that question, he asked Tor
= recess: and it was granted. But L
dorbt if there was a senator on the
aoor who understood that the word re
cees" and not adjournment was
asked for by the senator from Cumper-
land Now what is the position today!
He asks you not to decide the question
4
merits. but to decide the question
whether it is fair to choke OH TINS
rna,sur in this manner. l simply say
this: That this does not END the ques-
t;on II simply puts you upon record
Of deciding parliamentary law accoru-
,r, 10 precedent and practice 1t does
not destroy the opportunities that you
nv have for taking the original ques-
ton mp if, in the lower House the mat
ter receives o. majority vote 1t does
rot end if. in the lower House this orig
inal question does receive MAJORITY
vote.
Now. gentlemen, it is simply ques-
ton Of deciding right the rules that
govern this deliberative. body. | 90
not care whether you have been talked
with over the original measure and
changed your views on that SUBJECT.
The original subject is not before US
now. 1t is simply question OIL
whether the arbitrary ruling of the
Chair shall be the ruling of this body;
and it has not back of it either Cush-
Iing's Manual or Reeds Rules of Prac-
tice. 1t only has the reported verbal
statement Of Asher Kinds, who, if
he came here and told us what was
right or wrong, / would yield to with
out a question. But when he is looO
miles away and cannot be acquainted
with all the details of this matter l
do think we should proceed slowly
before we overturned the rules of prac-
tice which we have adopted and which
our predecessors adopted to guide this
body.
Mr. MERRILL: Mr.. President,
before the question is put I would like
to have you read your ruling in full
again to the Senate, if you would
please to do 50.
The President thereupon reread the
ruling already given.
The PRESIDENTS: Is the Senate
| ready for the question?
| Mr.. PARKHURST: Mr.. President
before the question is put will you be
good enough To give to the Senate the
| exact reference to that portion of
Gushing which you invoke rs to it's
ancient practice? l have here a copy
| Of Cushing.