Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-04
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never more clearly and succinctly
stated than by that model Democrat,
that learned and able jurist, William
l.. Putnam, judge of our United States
circuit court, in that address which he
Delivered in the city of Indianapolis
last June; and I desire to call the at
tention OF my Democratic friends to
this utterance of that distinguished
and learned Democratic jurist Judge
Putnam said in this address: There
should be but one prosecutor he should
be the Governor. The Governor should
appoint all of the executive officers
Who enforce the law. They should be
responsible to him and he should be
responsible to the people"
So this principle is observed in the
structure of our national government.
The President is the supreme execu-
tive officer of the nation He is the
head-tne commander-in-ch chief of the
army and the navy AS commander-in-
chief Of the army and navy, he pro-
tects the country from invasion from
without and from rebellion from with.
in; and in order that he may enforce
the national laws and the national con-
st;tution in every state of the Union,
the United States marshals and the
CEited States deputies and the United
States district attorneys who enforce
the laws in the different states and
territories of the country are not
elected by those different states, but
they are appointed directly by the
President, and are responsible to him
for the faithful enforcement of the
law.
Therefore, 1 say, Gentlemen of the
Senate, that, until the Governor is
armed with sufficient authority to en-
force the laws of this state. we shall
never have honest, uniform enforce
mcnr of the prohibitory law, but we
shall have in the future, what we have
had in the past, long. dreary, and
weary history of non enforcement and
disgraceful violation of the law.
The question being upon the motion
of the senator from Washington, Mr.
Eaton, that the majority report be ac-
cepted, the yeas and nays We're called
for and ordered.
TIE PRESIDENT: The question is
upon the motion of the senator from
Washington, Mr., Eaton, that the ma
jority report Ought to pass" upon two
papers Resolve amending the Consti-
tuition authorizing the Governor to re-
move sheriffs," and bill conditionally
repeating the Sturgis law, so-called,
the repeating act to take effect upon
the ratification of the constitutional
amendment. The minority report re-
ports Ought to pass upon a bill alb
solutely repeating Chapter 90 of the
Public Laws of 1905, namely, the So
called Sturgis law. Those who are in
favor OF acceptance of the majority
report will, when their names are call
ed, vote yes; those opposed no.
| Mr. STAPLES of Knox: Mr.. Presi-
Gent: I Understood that if a majority
vote yes. it sustains the ,Sturgis law
and carries the amendment.
The President: The Chair does not
FULLY agree with the senator. The
Chair will restate what he understands
to be the. effect of the two reports The
ma jority reports ought to pass" upon
TWO papers, one a resolve providing fol-
Il constitutional amendment authoriZ-
ing the Governor to remove sherlffs;
and it also reports fought to pass up-
on a bill which repeats the Sturgis law,
the rcpcaling act to take effect upon
The ratification of the constitutional
amendment. Tho minority report re-
ports also a bill, and reports ought to
pass upon the bill absolutely repeal
ing, at once, the so-called Sturgis
law.
At the request of Senator Osgood of
Androscoggin, the secretary read the
names of the members of the commit
tee signing the majority and minority
reports, as follows:
Majority report of the committee on
judiciary, to which was referred the
bill, entitled IAN Act to repeal Chap
ter 80 of the Public Laws of 1905, en-
titled AN Act to provide for the bet
ter enforcement of the laws against the
manufacture and sale of Intoxicating
liquors." have had the same under
consideration and ask leave to report a
resolve. and an Act in new draft, as
follows, to wit: "A resolve providing
for an amendment of the Constitu-
ton, empowering the Governor to re-
move sheriffs," and "An Act condi
tionally repeating Chapter 50 of the
Public Laws of 1905, relating to the
better enforcement of the laws against
tie manufacture and sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors" and asked leave to report
that the same ought to pass.
LOONEY,
BAXTER,
| DAVIES,
WING,
PETERS,
| HERSEY,
| ANDREWS,
| BURLEIGH.'
Minority report of the committee on
judiciary, to which was referred an Act
entitled AN Act to repeal Chapter 81
of the Public Laws of 1905, entitled An
Act to provide for the better enforce
ment Of the laws against the manu-
facture and sale of intoxicating liq-
uors,'" have had the same under con-
sideration, and ask leave to report a
| bill in a new draft for the following
reasons:
The purposes of this legislation is to
set rid of the Sturgis bill, so-called,
and to the arnoyances it's attempted
enforcement produces on the public