Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-01
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
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cur with the House. and upon that
question I ask that the Yeas and Nays
be taken.
The PRESIDENTS: The pariamer-
tary situation is this: The Committee
on Temperance to which this bill was
referred. submitted two reports. the
majority report being ought not to
pass" and the minority report being
ought to pass" In the Senate the
majority report was accepted. The
House refused to concur with tn"
Senate in the acceptance of the
majority report, and by that branch
the minority report was substituted
for the majority report and the bill
accompanying the minority report WAS
passed to be engrossed.
Mr.. STAPLES Of Knox: / mOTe
that the Senate recede and concur
with the House in the substitution Of
the minority for the majority report.
Mr.. LOONEY of Cumberland: Mr.
President: trust the motion of the
Senator from Knox will not prevail
do not at this time desire to say any
thing in addition to what | said when
this matter was before the Senate a
few days ago, except that subsequen.
reflection has only deepened my con-
,viction that my position at that time
against the repeal OF the Sturgis Law
was well founded. and that | an
stronger now in my convictions that
the law ought to remain than ! was
before
The question being put upon the mo-
ton that Senate recede and concur
with the House in the substitution Of
the minority report for the majority
report, the Yeas and Nays were
ordered, and the vote being had re-
suited as follows: Those voting va
were Messers Baxter. Donigan Hill,
Kellogg. Lowe, Mullen, Osgond. staples
so. Those voting Nay wer" M"ssrs.
Roynton, Colcord, Eaton. Emery.
Gowell, Hamilton. Hastings. I'owes.
Irving, Looney. Macomber. Milikan.
Minott. Reynolds, Smith, Walker. War
rem. Wheeler. Wyman 90
SO the motion was lost.
Ga motion by Mr.. Milliken Of Aroos-
took, the Senate voted to adhere.
ON motion by Mr.. Staples of Knox.
House Document No. 100. An Act t"
abolish liquor agencies" was taken
from the table.
tFor debate on the foregoing bill. see
Legislative ltetOTu)
Mr.. Staples having moved that the
bill be indefinitely postponed. Senator
Hamilton of York moved that the bin
he laid or the table. y iicb molten took
precedence.
The question being put on the motion
TO lay on the table II Senators voted
in the negative and 4 in the aftirma-
tive. so the motion was lost.
The pending question being upon the
motion that the bin be indefinitely post
poned, the Yeas and Nays were called
for and ordered, and the vote being had
resulted as follows: Those voting Yea
were Messrs. Baxter. Eaton, Emery.
Gowell Hamilton. Hastings. Looney.
Love. Macomher. Osgocd. Smith. Sta
pies. Walker. Warren, Wheeler 80.
Those voting Nay were Messrs. Boyn-
ton, Colcord. Donigan. Hill. Howcs lrv-
ing, Kellogg. Milliken. Minott, Mullen,
REYNOLDS. Shaw. Wyman U3).
So the motion to indefinitely postpone
prevailed.
On motion by Mr.. Loney Of Cumber
land. House Document 716. An ACT to
regulate fishing in Royals River and
tributaries in Cumberland County
was taken from the table. The same
Senator moved that the bill be indcli-
nitely postponed.
Mr. LOONEY Of Cumberland: Mr..
President and Gentlemen of the Senate
This bill provides for the stocking, if
i. is enacted. of Royals river. which is
a river emptyng into the Atlantic
Ocean just below Yarmouth, with trout.
The river Is already stocked with pick
erel and bass. and. if this bill becomes
q law and the policy Is carried out.
then this river. which is already
stocked with pickerel and bass. will be
stocked with trout. New every man
who knows anything about this sub
jet Knows that the pickercl and bass
are mortal eeir les of the trout. and the
effect will be that all the small trout
which are placed In the river will be
destroyed by the pickerel and bass
that are already there. Not only that.
but the bottom of this river is black
and noisnn,e with mud and slime. 50
that the trout could not live in the
stream if they were placed there: and.
for that reason, Gentlemen of the Sem
ate. the leading people of the town of
Yarmouth are opposed to this measure.
and l have in my hands petition to
this Legislature requesting that the bill
be defeated. This petition is signed by
the Chairman Of the Selectmen and by
the Town Clerk and Town Treasurer and
the Superintendent of schools. and by
the President ard Vice President of
the Board and many others; and the
petitioners are men who have for over
a quarter OF a century been identified
with the business. social and education
life of that town. and are men who
nnntter than anybody else the re-
of the town. And. whom
ion comes here. ! feel that
i'll give it the consideration
tier before the Com
kherieS and Game
and, voicing as
THE best element
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