Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-05
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that Stcn was tho fact. do not claim
any great honesty about this matter,
but IL you are going to have. an honest
ballot-if you are going to have a true
ballot. the only ballot you can have
Il the old ballot which we formerly had
ana the man who goes and votes under
that ballot is proud Of his vote and
OF his rights of sovereignty and feels
a sense Of his obligations, not only
to himself but to his party, his State
and his country. l am opposed to this
bill because for nearly 20 years + have
been trying to educate the people to
vote under the ballot as 1t now
Ii. We nave not yet got them
educated: but for Heavens name
We don't want to go back and educate
them under a new ballot, because we
will never SO get square and honest
ballot The people now pretty well
Know how to vote. OF course, the
voters are not all as intelligent as they
ought to be, but let us take them as
they are. They cannot go and sit down
under the Massachusetts ballot with
group after group and vote as they
wish to- intelligently. They cannot do
It. You (thessenator from Cumberland)
may do it. A majority may do it, but
take the ordinary voter and under the
Massachusetts ballot he does not know
and cannot tell, and it is impossible
for him to vote fntelligently. He has
not had the experience or the inclina-
tlon that leads up to it. We have now,
under this ballot, for the last 20 years.
80 educated the people, as Brother
Looney says, that they vote dishonest
". Bat we have educated them under
this law and therefore let 1t remain. It
Il always better to go by the same old
road which you know. even if you can
ret there nearer through a road you
don't know. l am opposed to his bill
and in favor of the ballot as it now
stands am not in favor Of it. Now as
to the door business. am certainly in
favor Of an open place. He has called
your attention to what occurred in
York county and I have no doubt but
what it occurs in all counties-some-
thing of that kind. I do not think that
was invented or sent from Australia.
Mr.. STAPLES: 1t was invented in
York county.
Mr.. HAMILTON: Yes-by the DEM
ocratic party.
I do not know where it was invented
We have not had an invention of that
kind to my knowledge that came from
Australia; and I don't know whether
that place that he talked about (Tas-
mania) was in Australia or up in OK
ford county was in doubt about it, No
matter. He says it was in York coun-
ty and that it came from the Demo-
Gratis; and we will acknowledge it; but
that will occur and does occur every
where. With this door shut they can
change q ballot, and not only change
ballot but they have what they put
underneath the ballot and when they
mark it, the mark will show whether
they were bought or not. They use
that great deal more particularly in
the Massachusetts ballot as I am told.
Gentlemen. I am in favor Of the open
door, believe that is essential to this
ballot. if you can make it ballot that
should be called ballot. am in IA
vor Of the open door; and I am in ia
vor II we have got to have a Kan
CARGO. to have the Kangaroo we have
n0w-tamed.
The question being upon the motion
to accept Report fought to pass"
Upon Bill, IAN Act to amend Chapter
6 of the Revised Statutes relating to
the regulation and conduct of cleo
tons, the yeas and nays were called
for and ordered and the vote being
had resulted as follows: Those voting
yea We're Messrs. Baxter, Boynton,
Dongan, Irving, Looney, Milliken,
Mullen, Warren. Wheeler (9). Those
voting nay were Messrs. Colcord, Eat
on. Emery, Gowell, Hamilton, Hast
irss. Howes, Kellogg, Lowe. Maeom-
ber Minott. Reynolds, Shaw, Smith.
Staples, Walker u6). .H
So The motion was lost
Thereupon, upon motion OF Mr..
Hastings of Oxford, Report Ought
not to pass" upon the same bill was
accepted.
Mr.. Looney of Cumberland there
upon moved that the minority report
be substituted for the majority report
upon Senate Document No. 2S6 IAN
Act to amend Section % of Chapter 6
of the Revised Statutes. relating to the
regulation and conduct of elections"
Mr.. HASTINGS of oxford: Mr..
President: In fairness to the Senate, l
think the senator from Cumberland,
'S"oI'' L<oOicy, SllOuIO Captain 49,
motion
Mr.. LQONEY: The minority report
is substantially that the Morey booth
law be repealed. The minority report
in favor of repeating that law, while
the majority report is in favor of keep
ing it as it is.
The question being upon the motion
to substitute the minority for the ma
Jority report. the yeas and nays were
called for and ordered.
Mr.. HAMILTON Of York: Mr..
President: This is very important
matter. think that is the fundamen-
tai part of all these reports. If you
are to have the Australian ballot In
any form. This amendment, or TINS
minority report on Senate Document
2S6 does away with the door. 1t rs
worth your while. gentlemen. to read
that bill if you wish to vote Intelligent"
~ on It, From the time the voter
Comes. in until he casts his ballot ne
issin sight of those outside of the rail
and has no chance to add what sem
ator Looney says they did in the coun-
ty where l reside and probably in other
counties--no chance to change their
1t, n