Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-22

things that the American, people can
do. 1t is An insult upon the volun-
teers of our country, and do not want
| to go upon record, in view of the
memories OF the hardships of 81 to 'G5
that these men went through. as be-
grudging them a small pittance for
their declining years. I think that we
| should memorialiZe Congress after the
IA years that these men have suffered
and 1 desire to put myself on record
as in favor of this resolve.
Mr. MILLIkEN of Aroostook: Mr..
President, it seems to me that the
question before the Senate is a ques-
| ton Of whCth or not we shall proceed
| in this matter in accordance with the
regular order of business, and no
other question. I do not wish to be I'M
derstood having just voted mo- on the
proposition of the senator from Cum
berland that this matter should be
passed without reference to commit
tee, as being opposed to the matter it
self. 7 do wish to be understood as
believing that this should go to a COM
mittee in the regular order of bust
ness, as every matter of that kind, 50
| have been in the Legislature, when
a matter of that sort has come up, 1t
has been referred as matter OF
course 10 the committee on Feder@!
Relations | do not believe that this
Senate is prepared this morning I"
vote or the merits OF this measure. l
DO not believe, even If we were Pre-
rared, that it is a proper precedent to
Iii wifi h..
out reference to a committee l do not
agree therefore with the senator from
Cumberland and cannot find myself in
agreement with the senator from Ken
nabcc that this should be taken up ana
postponed without reference. And I.
therefore move that the matter be re
ferred to the committee on Federal
Relations.
TIE PRESIDENTS: The senator from
Aroost6ok, Mr.. Milliken, moves that
| this memorial be referred to the COM
mittee on Federal Relations and as
a motion to commit takes precedence
over a motion to indefinitely postponA.
the motion to commit is now before
the Senate.
Mr.. kNOWLTON of Piscataquis:
Mr. President, if it is in order, l would
like to say word before I vote. full
ly agree with the honorable senator
from Cumberland that we have taken
the best out of this when we refer it
to a committee.
Those gentlemen in this House today
that lived, as I did. in '6f when the
land was full of wailing, when de-
struction looked us in the face, when
at every station the old mother bid
goodbye to her boys-those of us that
saw those things do not stand here to-
day to vote to commit this to a COM
mittee. 1t is a spontaneous emotion of
the human soul that the gentleman
from Cumberland was looking to when
he presented this resolution. / shall
vote eyes, on this motion before the
House because it is the best can do
and yet do it under protest.
Mr.. Looney Of Cumberland thereupon
called for the yeas and nays, and a
sufficient number having voted there
for, the years and nays We're ordered
and had and the vote resulted as fol-
lows: Those voting yea were Messrs.
Baxter, Donigan, Eaton, Emery, Cow
ell, Hamilton, Hastings, Irving, KEEL
logg, Know lton, Lowe, Macomber, Mil
liken, Minott, Mullen. Osgood. Rey
nolds, Shaw, Smith, Staples, Theriault.
Walker, Warren, Wheeler, Wyman
(25). Those voting nay were Messrs.
Boynton, Colcord, Howes, Looney az,
so the motion prevailed.
Orders.
On motion by Mr.. Irving of Aroos-
took it was
Ordered: The House concurring, that
when the Senate and House adjourn,
they adjourn to meet on Friday, the
22d day of January, 1909, at 9 o'clock
A. M. This order was subsequently re-
turned from the House, that branch
concurring in it's passage.
Orders Of the Day.
On motion by Mr.. Milliken Of Aroos-
took, Senate Doc. No. 40, "An Act au-
thorizing the Governor to issue his
proclamation to prevent the use of
firearms in the forests during dam
gerously dry time" was taken from
the table; and on further motion by
the same senator, the bill was referred
to the committee on Forest Preser-
walton and Water Supply. in concur
renee.
On motion by the same senator, Sem
ate Doc. No. 80, ,"An Act regulating the
duties of the commissioner of Agricul-
ture in relation to the manufacture,