Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-04

As of the Revised Statutes relating 70
the powers of savings banks.
An Act regulating the duties of the
commissioner of agriculture in rela-
ton and sale of dairy products and
their limitations.
Finally Passed.
Resolve in favor of the city of Au-
burn.
Resolve in favor of the commission
appointed to investigate the methods
Of sealing logs and lumber.
Resolve in favor of the town OF
Phippsburg.
Resolve to correct certain errors in
the books of the State treasurer.
Resolve to amend Chapter 80 of the
Resolves of 1905 relating to dairyins
interests of the State OF Maine.
Resolve providing for an epidemic
or emergency fund.
Resolve in favor of Eastern STATE
Normal School at CASTING.
Resolve authorizing the compilation
and publication of the insurance laws
of Maine.
Resolve in favor Of the Old Town
hospital.
Resolve relating to the collection of
statistics of summer residential prop
erty.
Orders of the Day.
On motion by Mr.. Eaton OF Wash
ington. Senate Document No. 2S5, Re
.oves providing for an amendment to
The Constitution empowering the
Governor to remove sheriffs," majority
tor M in n ~
and minority report Of the same Com
nittee. reporting bill AN Act to re-
zeal Chapter % of the Public Laws
# 1905. re.ating to the better enforce
?lent OF the laws against the manufac-
-ure and sale of intoxicating liquors,
was taken from the table.
Mr.. EATON of Washington: MIR.
President: l move that the majority
report be accepted.
Two years ago, as a member of this
Senate, l introduced a resolve calling
fer an amendment to the Constitution
giving the Governor the power to re-
move delinquent sheriffs. That Re-
solve went to the Committee on judi
ciary; and was acted upon there, and
came back accompanied by divided
report, eight members of the Com
mittee being in favor of the Resolve
and two members being against its
adoption, the reports being made
strictly on party lines.
1 have, at the beginning of this ses-
sion, introduced another resolve, which
is the one just taken from the table
giving executive power to the Cover
nor.
This resolve, in the Judiciary Com
mittee, passed after full hearing
and at that hearing, the Temperance
Committee were represented by the
author of the Sturgis Bill, Mrs
Stevens, Mr.. Berry and Mr.. Owen.
Mr. Sturgis, before that Committee
said that the Resolve which | had in
troduced was not a substitute but
subterfuge for this measure.
Mrs. Stevens objected to the Re-
solve. Mr. Berry also objected to the
resolve, and Mr.. Owen objected, all
If them saving that it was ineffective
and unsatisfactory.
Prior to the hearing before thai
Committee, Mr.. owen had sent out tC
the temperance people. or to the
people of the State of Maine. l2Ot
letters, 100 of them to clergymen and
500 to laymen.
From the replies which he received
to those letters he tabuiated 200 OF
them: and the result showed that D.
If them favored the Eaton Resolve, SC
called; 4S favored the SturgiS Bill
and Is favored the Eaton Bill and the
Sturgis Bill together
So that, you see, Mr.. President ano
Senator's, that these temperance
people, the people who either pre-
tended to, or who did represent the
temperance peope of the state, ignored
this fact altogether: they then ano
there decided that they would oppose
he resolve to the utmost. and YET
frcm those letters sent out by MT
Owen. 90 of the letters. as against as
favored the Eaton Resolve rather thal
the Sturgis measure: so that they aft
putting themselves on record IN OPP
position to the letters given by those
fnmDerarCe people Of the State
When I introduced this resolve tWt
lars ago, | did not introduce 1t as
substitute or a pretencc or Snam bu'
in sincere carnestness. I fully helleTt
that that resolve is a good measure ~
the time introduced it, had received
letters from the temperance people IL
over the state. endorsing it. 1t hat
the endorsement of one Of the Judges
of the supreme court; and since tha'
time it has had the endorsement OF
another of those judges. 1t is. endors-
ed by some of the ablest lawyers We
have in the state; and this resolve Is
put in, gentlemen. in good faith
This resolve is not an untried meas
ure 1t is a measure that has beer
tried and proved, not only in oul
State, but in other states. This pow
cr OF the Governor to remove sheriffs'
was 4 part of our Constitution and OF
the history of our State. from 1920 I'M
til 1885, when under Governor Morril
that law was changed; and wish here
to correct a statement l made tWf
years ago, in which ! gave the credit
of that to Governor Dingley. Cover
nor Dingley was not at that time. ant
did not become Governor until 1S4I'
but he was instrumental in makinE