Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-22
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
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An Act to amend Chapter 212 of the
Private and Special Laws of 1903 as
amended by Chapter 139 of the Fri
waite and Special Laws of 1905 relating
to the Searsport Water Co.
An Act to amend Section 9 of Chapter
400 OF the Private and Special Laws OF
iobS, providing for the election of su-
lperintending school committee and su
perintendent of schools in the city of
Lewiston.
An Act authorizing the erection and
maintenance of piers and booms in the
west Branch of the Penobscot river,
Resolve providing for preventing con-
tagious diseases among cattle and
horses.
Resolve in favor Of the Madawaska
Training School.
Resolve providing for an epidemic or
emergency fund.
! Passed to Be Enacted.
An Act to ratify the action Of the
committee appointed to build a bridge
across York river.
4 An Act to change the name of the
/, plantation of Hill.
An Act to incorporate the Bingham
Electrical Co.
An Act to extend the charter of the
Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
An Act in relation to reports of hear
| ings in vacation in law OR equity.
An Act to amend the charter Of the
| Messalonskee Electric Co.
An Act to make valid the incorpora-
| ton and corporate acts of Fort Fair
| field Grange.
| An Act TO authorize the Twin State
Gas & Electric 60. to exercise certain
powers in this State.
! An Act to repeal Chapter of the
Private and Special Laws of 1891, en-
titled An Act additional to and
amcndatory of AN Act granting a new
charter TO Bates College,"
An Act to amend Chapter 145 of the
| Private and Special laws of 1887 enti-
| titled AN Act to provide sewerage in
the town of Houlton.
Au Act to amend Chapter 81 of the
Private and Special Laws of 1905, enti-
tied AN Act to authorize the Eoulton
| Water Co. to generate, sell and distrib-
ute electricity"
| An Act to amend Chapter POT Of TIT
| Private and Special Laws of 1880, ell
! titled An Act to supply the people of
| Houlton with pure water" as amended
| by Chapter 49, of the Private and Spe-
| ciai Laws Of 1889, and as amended by
| Chapter AS of the Private and Special
laws of 1903, and as amended by Chap
ter of the Private and Special Laws
of 1905.
Finally Passed.
| Resolve in favor of the Maine Schoo,
| for the Deaf.
| Resolve in favor of the bridge on the
| St. John river at Van Buren,.
| Orders Of the Day.
| Unfinished business: Majority and
| minority reports of committee on cleo
| tons, reporting on remonstrance of
| Winfield S. Brown, contesting seat Of
Lafayette B. Waldron.
| Mr.. Hadlock of Cranberry Isles
| withdrew his motion to accept the ma
| jority report.
| MIR Johnson OF Waterville then NOV
| cd that the minority report be sub
| stituted for the majority report.
| Mr.. JOHNSON: Before the motion
| is put, Mr. Speaker. l would like to al :
dress the Douse on the motion. l be-
| lieve l can bring this matter before
| You in concise manner SO that you
| will all understand the points at issue
! or the points upon which the mem
| hers of the committee have differed in
| these two reports which have been
| made [ think / can COnfine my re-
| marks almost entirely to a discussion
| of four ballots. Fortunately for con-
sideration Of this case there are no al
| legations of fraud, Of Illegal voting or
misconduct on the part of election Off
| cers 1t comes down simply to a legal
| count Of the ballots which were cast i'll
| the class of towns of Dexter and Car
| land for representative at the last cleo
! ton. | am very sorry that the COM
mittee upon elections has divided up
| on this question and there should be
| no marty politics in it. I believe | anu
| n strong party man, but | believe that
| when the ballot boxes have been clos
cd and the ballots have been cast. op-
| portunitics for party work have
| cnrdad, that thereafter the bal
lots which have been thrown to
| cxtress the will of the voters
| should be counted according to Ia"
| and with the utmost impartiality ana
| fairness. | believe you all agree with
| mo in that. that there should not be IN
|
| any partisan politics but simply an
attempt to get at the will of the voters
as declared by those ballots under the
| law as it exists.
Now. there is something more in
this, l will say, in preface to what L
may say further-a great deal more IN
this than the question of whether u
Republican or whether Democrat
shall occupy q seat in this House
There is nothing personal, either in
the matter. Mr.. Waldron, the sitting
member of this House, is my friend
whom | have known for years. Both
] gentlemen who were candidates for the
office of Representative at this last
election are honorable and respectable
gentlemen. The votes cast for these two
gentlemen were not divided in their
class towns upon party lines. Many
Democrats voted for the sitting mem
Der. Mr.. Waldron; many Republcans
voted for the contestant, Mr. Brown.
Tho question here is how to count the