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

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was tabled subsequently on motion
| by Tic same senator. the bin was taken
from the table and vote whereby the
tin was passed to be engrossed was
reconsidered. ON his further motion.
Senate Amendment A was adopted,
the bill as amended was passed to he
engroSscd).
| An Act to establish the Old Orchard
/ park system. Ton motion by Mr.. MILL
| ken of AroOstOok, this bill was tabloid.
Finally Passed.
! Resolve, in favor of Herbert l.. Kim
| ball.
| Resolve. in favor of the town Of South
| Berwick.
Resolve in favor of the State Board
of Veterinary Examiners
| Resolve. for renewal of insurance
| policies on State property.
Resolve. in favor of repairing the road
between SeboomooI and PittStOn farm
| Resolve. in favor of aiding the build
ing of bridge in the town of Frank
| lin. Hancock county.
Resolve to amend a resolve passed for
the purpose of establishing fish hatch
cry in Knox county.
Resolve authorizing the State land
agent to sell certain lots in the towns
Of ST. Agatha and Madawaska in
AroostoolS county.
Resolve. in favor of VI. II. Iiodgkins.
| clerk and Stenographer and messenger
to the committee on inland fisheries and
game.
Resolve, in favor of the Senate post
! master.
nlva i'm 1 nf a ri a
oint-special committee on salaries and
fees.
Resolve. in favor of screening Biscay
pond. sO-called. in the town of Bristol.
in Lincoln county.
Resolve. in favor of the committee on
bills in second reading for clerical as
siStance
Resolve, in favor of F. II. Hoar. spe-
cial messenger TO the Speaker of the
House.
| Resolve. in favor of the clerk. the
stenographer. and the messenger to the
judiciary committee.
Resolve. to aid in the extension of
the kineo road from the Smith farm to
the North East Carry.
Resolve, in favor of Susan Baker
Resolve. IN favor of Jefferson C. Smith
of Waterville, Me, State secretary of
the Young Mems Christian Association
Resolve in favor of Parker Pineo.
Orders Of the Day.
The President announced as unfiniSh-
ed business, bill AN Act to prevent the
dissertation of the thirtieth day of May
commonly known as Memorial Day anC
. providing penalty for violation" which
| was assigned for Yesterday.
, Mr. WARREN of Cumberland: Mr.
President: / don't know who the mover
or movers for this bill were. With theil
motive | am much in sympathy. I car
readily understand why the opponents
would appear before that committee.
can understand why the committee. not
having this bill opposed. should fee
that the right way was to present it to
the Senate or to the House for its deci
! sion. When it came before us day
I or two ago. / was somewhat in doubh
rs to whether it should be passed. or be
amended. ." indefinitely postponed.
Memorial Day is. I believe a perman
ent memorial of the war, innaugurateC
at time when the events of that wal
were fresh in the minds of all and whel
| out of many homes had gone those VIII,
|
been observed with almost religious
G iOlemnty What will be its fate wher
those who had to do with that war di
rectly or indirectly have passed away
don't know. | do not believe the day
will ever come when it will not bea
some tribute to those who died in tina,
war. | believe. however. that it's ira
ditions will be enriched by the memory
e of those who, in other ways, have giver
their lives for their fellowmen II will
continue to be a day set apart for thu
: remembrance Of the dead.
g 1t is natural. fortunately. in the ma
!. ture of things, that me should not Civ.
: the whole day to mourning. In TIL,
| words of the wise man SORROW may en-
dure for the night. but JOY cometh will
the morrow" Having paid their tribut,
: of love and respect. what is more ma
tural than that they should turn to rec
reation and to sport: and when we com,
: 10 decide what may be done and wha
may not be done in the way of sport W.
y find it hard TO draw the line because
: that which may seem right and prope
to one man. does not to another. I don
see but that we would best relegat.
this question to where we shall leave ST
| many ether things. and where we mus
! leave them. in great measure to tn,
| Eood sense and public sentiment of tn,
communities. only asking that on tina
day nothing shall be done that shall
i transgress against good order or goot
: morals.
! do not know what will become OF
| the day in the future. but this I know
that we shall sooner or later lose d;l,
out OF the calender entirely if we loa(
it with arbitrary enactments that viii
not appeal to those that are to came af
ter W. We should remember that we
have among us, and will have in the
| future. large alien population [,
whom this day does not mean so mucI
$ as it does to us, and. if we impose upor
u those people. as it We're. a holiday We
must leave them great freedom in The
way that they shall use ii; and | think
l that We should be content if they catcI
from the exercises on that Gay some
thought of what it is to us of the ma.
tive population and get some idea tina
we have country which has great
$ and glorious history. | therefore shall