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

knowledge of that section, Dut dlrect-
lily to the contrary.
Mr. PUTNAM of Aroostook: Mr..
President, wish to say that with my
understanding Of the argument. wheth-
ler right or wrong, that l believe that
lihis ruling of the President today is
wrong; and while l regret very much
that this occasion has arisen, wish 10
| go on record as voting not to sustain
the ruling of the Chair.
Mr. SEWALL of Sagadahoc: Mr.
President, | move that the motion be
fore the House. which is to support the
ruling of the Chair, be Laid upon the
table
The PRESIDENT: The 81 nator
from Sagadahoc moves that the mo-
ton made by the senator from Ken
nebec TO appeal from the Chair be
laid upon the table.
Mr. CLARKE Of Lincoln: Was
there a motion made by the gentleman
from kennebec? | intended to make
a motion.
The presidents: The senator
from Kennebec appealed.
Mr.. CLARKE: / intend al to make
a motion that we sustain the ruling of
the Chair.
The PRESIDENT: The Chair made
a ruling TO which the senator from
kennebec took an appeal. The motion
of the senator from Sagadahoc is that
the appeal lie upon the table.
Mr.. HESELTOE: The Chair then
puts the statement to the Senate:
Shall the decision Of the Chair or the
ruling of the Chair be the ruling Of the
Senate? And that is not what the
senator wishes to put upon the table
with my appeal?
Mr.. SEWALL: My motion is to
table the appeal of the senator from
kennebec from the decision of the
Chair
Mr.. PARKHURST: VIII the Presi-
dent state the exact question. ! be
lieve there is a parliamentary which
REQUIRES it to be put in certain :an-
lguage. What is the exact question?
The PRESIDENTS: The exact Ian
guage is: Shall the decision Of the
Chair stand as the Judgment of the
Senate?
Mr.. PARKHURST: Mr.. President
lit seems as if this matter might be
properly acted upon now.
| Mr.. MERRILL: l rise to point of
order. Is the motion to lay on the
table dcbatable?
The PRESIDENT: 1t is not debat-
able
| Question, question:.
| The PRESIDENT: The Chair will
state the question once more.
| Mr.. HESELTON: l ask for infOr-
nation. ! wish to know just where
we would be in case that got upon the
table, whether it would be before the
House?
The PRESIDENT: The question
before the Senate is this: Shall the
decision Of the Chair stand as judg-
ment of the Senate? To this the sena-
tor from Kennebec takes an appeal
Mr.. HELELTON: The Chair made
its ruling and 1 took an appeal from
the Chairs ruling
The PRESIDENT: The senator
from Kennebec takes an appeal from
the ruling Of the Chair; and the sena-
tor from Sagadahoc, Mr.. Sewall, move,
/ that the appeal lie upon the table.
Mr.. HESELTON: If that is 50 il
the question before the House?
Mr.. MERRILL: Mr.. President, ae
I understand it if that motion pre-
walls, that carries the whole matter,
which lies on the table until it comes
off the table and the question then to
be considered is the question of the
motion on the appeal of the senator
from kennebec.
The presidents: The Chair rules
that that is correct. The question is.
shall the whole matter lie upon the
table? Are YOU ready for the question?
Those in favor will say yes and those
against no.
The vote being taken the Chair de-
clared itself in Goubt. a second vote
being taken the President declared
that the motion did not prevail
The yeas and nays being called for
the same We're ordered and vote being
had in favor Of sustaining the Chair,
the same resulted as follows: Those
voting yea We're Messrs. Clarke, Curtis
Deasy, Foss, Garcclon, Hastings, Hous-
ton. Irving, Merrill. Page, Philoor,
Proctor. Sewall, Staples, Tatrc. Their
Iault, Wylnan 40. Those voting nay
lwere Messrs. Aver, Bailey, Barrows,
Brown, Eaton, Heselton, Libby, Mills,
Parkhurst. Putnam. Rice, simpson
Stcarns G3). The President declared
Itnat II had voted in the affirmative and
Is in the negative and that the motidn
of the senator from Kennebec was lost
and the ruling Of the Chair sustained.
| The PRESIDENT: The question is
now upon the first reading Of the print
ed bill
| Mr.. HASTINGS: Before the vote up
on the main question | desire To make
H. statement to the Senate. Last week
lrelying upon my Judgment and what ]
understood to be the wishes of my con-
lstituents in oxford county I voted
lagainst the bill. Since that time I have
become FIRMLY convinced | mistook the
wishes Of my constituents and ! am
lalso firmly convinced that the county
is IN favor unanimously of the submis-
lsion of this matter to the people. For
this reason. because | wish to be fair
with my constituents, | shall vote in
favor Of its reference 10 the people.
| Mr.. EATON Of Washington: Mr.
President when 1 voted last week /
lvOted against the removal of the State
House. I had a telegram from my pen-
pie asking me to vote in that way but
ii seems. through some mistake, that it
intended n 1clt mo To x-ota IL, "a