Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-31

they may do and what they may not.
I know that the bill let's out those who
are already at work. but I believe there
are other water powers along our Dor
ders that we may like to get chance
to sell electricity from; and, if you
enact bill of this kind, it will make
| it inexpedient and prevent their doing
| it until they can come to the Leglsla-
ture and get that right. l believe that
after all the work that is done in the
State of Maine that can be done here
| to advantage, there will still be cleo
| tricity to sell, and / do not know
| where we can sell except to our neigh
bors; and it will do no good once it is
set at work, and therefore 1 hope that
I this bill will be indefinitely postponed.
Mr. MILLIkEN of Aroostook: Mr..
President, / must differ from the SEN
ator from Cumberland when he says
that it is a limitation upon legislation.
1t in no way prevents any Legislature
from giving that authority. 1t simply
says that no corporation shall do this
without authority. 1t says that in the
future if a charter is silent on the SUBJ
ject, and if that authority is not given
il. it shall not be considered that it is
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that, if they want to do it, they shall
come to the Legislature ana ask the
privilege to do it.
1t is an open secret that an attempt
is being made to secure the water
powers in this State. 1t is an open Sc
c-et with some that set of men be-
hind the Standard Oil Co. are trying
in this State and in other states to
gain the possession of water powers
for development l haven't any objec-
ton to that l am not an alarmist OF
the Standard Oil matter, that they
shall get control of the State. or any
thing of that sort, but / do submit
that it is a reasonable precautlon
against the establishment of power
companies i'm this State and such Il
final arrangement of those companies
by the setting up of q trunk line as Will
1 transmit the electricity out OF the
State with any authority from any
body. 1t means that they shall come
here and ask us to let the Legislature
say whether it shall be granted to
them or not.
Mr.. WARREN: Mr.. President, ] am
not quite sure that 1 am right, but SO
far as l can see, if the Standard Oil
i Co. want to come here and organize
a great electric company in order that
they may wire that electricity beyond
the borders of the State, they will have
to come to the Legislature for their
charter-will they not? They cannot do
it under the general law; and when
they come will be the time for us to
saw whether we will restrict them or
not
Mr. MILLIKEN: They will have to
come and ask for authority If this bill
passes. And if this bill does not pass,
all they will have to get will be the au-
thority of different places in the State
where they may develop power, and then,
by combination companies, they will have
right to set poles from there to the Dor
der of the State. That is all. They will
have to come to the Legislature, but they
won't have to be consulted on the ques-
ton of transmitting power outside of the
State. The distinct proposition of this
bill is to provide that they will not do
that without the consent of the Legsla-
ture.
Mr. GOWELL of York: Mr.. President,
heartily concur with what Senator Ma
comber has said in regard to this bill.
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would be detrimental to the interests 0.
York county and l hope that the motion
to indefinitely postponed will prevail.
The question being put upon the motion
to indefinitely postpone, the yeas and
nays We're called for and ordered, and
the vote being had resulted as follows:
Those voting yea were Messrs. Eaton,
Gowell, Gowell, HILL Kellogg, Macomber.
Mullen, Osgood, Reynolds, Shaw, Staples.
Warren, Wyman 02). Those voting nay
were Messrs. Baxter, Boynton, Colcord.
Donigan, Emery, Hastings, Howes, Irv-
ing, Looney. Lowe, Milliken, Minott,
Smith, Walker. Wheeler Q5).
So the motion was lost.
Thereupon upon motion by Mr. Hast
ings of oxford the bill was passed to be
| engrossed.
On motion by Mr.. Staples of Knox,
| House Doc. No. 327, IAN Act empowering
the Governor to remove county attor-
| neys,' was taken from the table, with
accompanying aiority fought
to pass" minority. fought not to pass"
Mr. STAPLES of Knox: Mr.. President,
l am not strenuous in this matter but |
can conceive. while 1 do not believe there
any county attorney under this BILL why
| it might be n matter of great expense and
| annoyance, as the bill provides that if 20
adults move the Governor to have him
remove, and he has n hearing upon that
| matter, that it would be q great expense
| and inconvenience to the county attor-
ney. 1 believe there are none of them in
the State but do their duty faithfully and
we'll; and for them to be at the behest of
so fanatics of the State of Mamie, while
l do not believe the Governor would re-
move them, I do not think it is just or
right. We have many fanatics in the
State who by petition to the Governor
could cause great annoyance. That is my
objection to the bill. l move that the mi
nority report be substituted for the ma
jorlty report.
The PRESIDENT: The majority report
has been accepted. The bill had its first
reading and was tabled pending second
reading
Mr.. STAPLES: Mr.. President, I with
draw the motion to substitute the minor
ity report and 1 move that the bill be in
| definitely postpOned