Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-01

! shall be in a little while and for that
reason | ask that it be laid aside until
We reach orders Of the Day.
| Mr.. ADDITION: Mr.. Speaker. when
| T came her. | certainly was not ac-
| ouainted with the town OF YORK, Dut
| nave come to feel very familiar WIN
the town We have heard so mheh
about il, and it has taken up son mncn
| of The time of the House. that we an
must be very familiar with the town OF
| York When men and women are
Obliged to quarrel and continue 10
quarrel to such an extent that 'ney
| cannot live in peace and harmony theS
usually go to the courts and our )uoses
consider it wise to divorce them: dho
now it seems that the people cannot
agree, and they have come mere ASKING
this LEGISLATURE to settle their dif1scul-
tes and if | understand it there are
something like 135-- >,
Mr.. PATTANGALL of WaterVliie:
Mir. Speaker, l raise point OF oroer.
| The SPEAKER. The gentleman from
| Vatcrvillo will state his point OF or
| der.
| Mr.. PATTANGALL:(What is the mo-
| ton now before the House
| TIE SPEAKER: The pending ques-
| tion before the House is on the motion
of the gentleman from York. MI
| chase that this bill be laid on the ia
| bic ).
! Mr.. PATTANGALL: Mr.. Speaker Is
| that motion debatable:
| The SPEAKER: 1t is not.
| a division was had and ~ voted IN
the affirmative and G2 in the mega
| tive.
| So the motion was lost
| Mr.. ALLEN Of Jonesboro: Mr.:
| Speaker: This is rather an unusnai
! performance in the last few days. ana
| il reminds me OF q story which l neard
, while ago. and if you will bear with
| ne a moment will repeat it. 1t seems
| hat {, couple Of Irishnen. and by the
| Nay they are. most always lriShmeil.
wer. walking through certain cene-
| terry noting ths inscriptions on the
| .nrlhstonce. and they came to one tf'at
| vas inscribed with the name of the
| individual whose remains were there
| interr,d d. and on the stone We're theSe
| words einb!ematic Of Christian falth:
| + still live" The Irishman stood back
and viewed the inscription and then
| said IL his companion: BE Jabers'
| an if | was dead l wouldn't deny It,
| U.aughtcr). Now it seems to me MT.
| Speaker that iris sentiment of the
| Irshman might apply to the conduct
! If this bill. In the first place the bill
| vas brought up before the committee
| md complete and exhaustive nearing
| vas held, the result of which was that
| he committee with the exception OF
| one man was entirely satisfied that
| there was no reasonable ground pre-
| sented for the division of the town OF
| York One man reserved to himself
| he right to bring in minority report.
and we had what / think has seldom
| taken place befOre-I do not remember
| I parallel case during the present ses-
| sion Of the Legislature-that one man
! without consulting any other member
| Of the committee brought in an entirely
new bill. the provisions of which were
| so different from the original that it
| seems as though it was sort of one
man rule: and this new bill without
| any reference to any committee. with
| ont giving the people of the town who
We're more interested in the case than
| anybody else could POSSIBLY be by ma
| ture or by honesty, without giving
| those people any opportunity whatever
| 70 express themselves in the matter.
! ,hiS bill WAS brought into the House
and acted upon. and the House voted
| to accept the report of the minority,
| report to divide the town of York on
altogether different lines from those
| which, were suggested in the beginning.
The representative from that town,
| understanding better than the most
do he fh,sra fppl
ing that those people had a sacred
right to be heard upon that matter. a
right that I think no man here would
care to cue StiOn---the representative
from that town asked permission that
these people be heard from
Now. Mr.. Speaker, | may be narrow
but it seems to NE that that PROPOSE
ton was a Just and fair one can
conceive OF nothing more .easopable
than that down there in the south
western corner of Maine the people
"hu are interested and vitally in
terestcd in that question have a sacred
right u be heard on the matter l
say. ! cannot conceive of anything
more unjust. more outrageous. than
to so to work and separate that town
without hearing from the people them
StINtS. i ne dHleItuIIpnt SIMPLY gives
those people 4 chance to be heard
There was no opportunity for a meet
ing here before the committee: that
was the only way that it seemed pos
sibl" for them to register their desires
in the matter, and my fellow seat
mate. the representative from York
submitted his amendment and the pro-
visions Of that amendment have been
seriously criticised. But I thinl: / am
authorized to say for that gentleman
that he would be willing to have any
meeting called by any men at any time
that was reasonable under any cir
cumstances, that would give those peo-
pie chance to say what they wanted
in this particular matter. That is all
he asks, and that is all he wants; and
l shall be very much surprised and
very much disappointed if in my sx-
ing Up Of the character of the men of
the 1ith Legislature I find that YOU
ar" unwilling TO give him that right.
| will have misjudged the men who
are here and with whom I have assoc
clated 50 pleasantly during the last
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