Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-26
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not be DnI lew years Wnen u poor
farmer, if he has two pieces of land
which he wants to cultivate will hav"
20 call in the county commissioners rG
say which he shall cultivate first; ard
II the. commissioners do not agree, they
will have to call in the commissioner OF
agriculture to go down and decide the
matter, and if the commissioners and
the Commissioner of Agriculture do not
agree, the Governor will have to send
down a Committee of the Council as
Board of Arbitration. I have confidence
in the common people.
Again, I object to 1t on the ground OF
concentration of public affairs. / serl-
iously object to it on the particular
ground Under it's operation, it would
only be few years before we should
not have any town meetings at all.
These are some of the objections
which 1 place before you for your con-
sideration.
Mr. DONIGAN: Mr.. President: Ac-
cording to the gentleman who has just
spoken, the Office of Road Commission
er should be abolished. The buildings
of highways by the State is failure.
Now, as to my brother down in Aroos-
took county. I have known him for
two years and have served on commit
tee with him for two years; and he is
a very ingenious gentleman. I believe
that, If he told this Senate there were
oranges out on these trees here, they
would go out there and pick that Cali
fornia fruit from those maple trees
The other bill reminds me of a man
living on the Kennebec River who was
an atheist. He died. He had three
daughters, and one of the daughters
went to get a minister. The minister
came. She told him that her father did
not believe in God; but he came to
preach the funeral sermon. He could
say hardly anything and talked against
time; and after he got through. he went
to the back part of the room and one
of the girls came out and met the one
who had engaged him, and said she:
What did you get such a minister as
that for? He talked against time, and
didn't say anything at all and I was
disguised with him" Said the other,
"You know that father was an atheist
of course" She says. "Yes"-And did
not believe in a. God-did not believe in
anything" She said. Yes when I went
out to find that minister, l tried to find
something that would come just as near
being nothing as I could" | compare
that to the other bill
Mr. THERIAULT of Aroostook: Mr.
President: would like to ask the gentle
man from Somerset if he will make his
remarks. directed at me, in plain English
I do not know these flowers of oratory
and am totally at a loss to know what
the gentleman meant. I have not beer
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where potatoes grow; and as for in
genuity if that has anything to do witt
engineers, / am out of it,
The question being pu, upon the mo
ton to substitute the minority for tn.
majority report, the Yeas and Nays
were called for and ordered.
Mr.. HAMILTON of York: Mr. Presi
dent: I inquire for information. 1 an
not in favor of either bill. How thel
shall vote?
Mr., WYMAN of Washington: Mr.
President: l will say that the Senate
from York. Mr. Hamilton, will have al
opportunity to do as he thinks best witt
the minority bill, if the report is ac
cepted. AS I suggested. VIXEN I spoke
I proposed to have it lie on the tabl
for at least a week.
should choose the least; and so 1 Ger
tainly choose the bill of the Senate
from Washington.
The vote being had resulted as fol
lows: Those voting Yea We're Messrs
Baxter, Eaton, GoweIl, Hamilton, Howes
Irving, Kellogg Looney. Macomber. Null
len Reynolds, Shaw, Smith, Theriault
Walker Warren, Wheeler Wyman US)
Those voting Nay were Messrs. Boynton
ColcOrd. Donigan, Emery. Hastings Hill
Lowe. Milliken. Minott. Osgood, Smitl
GD.
SO the motion to substitute the min
GRITTY for the majority report prevailed
and on further motion by Mr.. Wymal
Of Washington. it was voted that Fri
day, March 9Th, assigned for it's con
Sideration.
On motion by Mr.. Hastings of Oxford
Senate Document No. %, AN Act re
lating to the extension of the Fryebur,
Horse Railroad was taken from tn,
table; and on further motion by tn,
same Senator Was passed to be enacted
There was also passed. out of orde
An Act to incorporate the North Var
mouth Water Company.
On motion by Mr. Mnott of Sagada
hoe, Senate Document No 253 IAN Ac
to amend Section Is of Chapter 81 Of
the Revised Statutes in relation to til,
inspection of steamboats," was take,
from the table. On further motion b,
the same Senator the same was referre,
to the Committee on Legal Affairs
On motion by Mr. Milliken Of Aroos
took. Senate Document No. 1874 Re
solve relating to the documentary his
tory of Maine" was taken from the TIA
BILE; and on further motion was recon-
mitted to the committee.
On motion by the same Senat tor. IIous.
Document No. -, Resolve relating tC
York deeds was taken from the table
and on his further motion Senate Amend.
ment A was adopted and the bill as
amended took it's second reading anG
was passed to be engrossed.
On motion by Mr.. Emery of Franklin
the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.