Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-02

desires to understand their complex
ity. They are found. somewhat, in the
multitudinous bills. resolves, amend
ments and petitions which you have
so patiently announced to this House
each morning, and which you have so
ti'elessly put through their readings
each day And. l may say. too. with
some feeling of pride, which we have
50 extensively and at times, 50 ex-
haustively and eXhaustngly discussed
ard considered
These desires of the people for laws
often so diversified as to bear no sym
pathy With one another-are frequent
" the antagOnlSmS that arouse indi-
Vldual resentment, sometimes so radi-
cal that they engender party strife. yet
necessarily here as matters for con-
81 Iteration, SO that there never seems
a moment when delberating upon
them but that the tact and fairness of
the presiding officer is required to di
rect all the clements of contention into
harmonious and intelligent action.
Such have been your duties. And
when closing our labors here We
unltedly bring to you this expression
Of our appreciation of your part as
Speaker. and ask you to accept it, and
wear it. we trust You may be able
to find in it a satisfaction far beyond
the pride of Office. or any material
cmolument. For it will always speak to
YOU OF friendship-the product of faith
full public conduct
We do not know what's famous quite,
We only know that friendships ties
Are rare
And if acquaintance careless sought
But grows
To lasting sympathy in thought
There flows,
In ways may not fully see
Nor vet divine.
A stronger, surer hope that there will he
A happier time.
Mr.. DANIES of Yarmouth: Mr.. Speak
En- we should be unobServing. which |
know we are not. if we failed to appre-
ciate the marked ability. dignity and alb
solute fairness which you have displayed
in presiding over this House. No MEM
Der of ii is your peer as a presiding Of
ficer. Your spirit of patience and ac-
comodation made manifest on every oc-
rasion have won our greatest admiration
and pride The timepiece which We pre-
sent to YOU is only the slightest token
of our regard and rare affection for
yOu. Every time YOU look at its crystal
face I hope your thoughts will beckon
back to the members of the 18th 14egiS-
nature; and each day may it renew to
You Il message of our affectionate es-
TEEN. Heartily do We wish YOU well.
ana may the future bring YOU only
trimming measures of those things
which go to make life sweet. Cap
plause).
Mr. BTRLEIGH of Augusta: Mr.
Speaker and gentlemen of the House.
my distinguished friend from Camden
has said in his happy way that he rose
| to a question of personal privilege, a
personal privilege not only of the gem
| tleman himself; not only of the minority
| party for whom he is spokesman, but
| q personal and lightful privilege of
every member of this House. In that
| acceptation of the expression we of the
| majority party heartily concur: and if
F, you should rule against us on that prop
| osItion. Mr. Speaker. | say to YOU in ad-
| vance that your ruling would be unani-
| mously rejected on in appeal to the
| House. Nv.
We are performing no merely perfume
| tory duties this afternoon; we are not
! merely paying Il deserved tribute to Il
| most courteous. patient and impartial
| presiding officer, but to brilliant
| parliamentarian. We are doing all that
and we are doing something more, some
| thing which, Mr.. Speaker, l trust will
| be of far greater Significance to Won
when We ask you to accept this little
gift as an expression, 4 sincere and
| heartfelt expression of the esteem and
affection of every member of this House
our laborS are nearly over. II is in
evitable in that healthy friction of mind
aba,nSt mind and interest against inter-
est which is 4 necessary and indispenSa-
BILE feature of the deliberations of q
Representative body, that we should
have our little skirmisheS and battles
win our victories, suffer our defeats.
But when all is said and done there is
| one bright fact shining through it all
which this little testimonial is deSig-
| mated to emphasize and perpetuate. and
this session to the last the Honorable
George G. Weeks has been in the House
of his friends IApplallse).
The SPEAKER: Gentlemen Of the
House of Representatives.. for this beau
tiful and useful gift thank YOU beyond
the power of language to express A
great poet in the age just gone has
said that words like nature oft revealed
and oft concealed the soul within. If
could be assured that amy uttcrances of
mine would reveal even Il small part of
nv feelings llpOn this occasion | ShO1l11