Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-12


Ought not to pass"
On motion of Mr.. Marshall of Port
land this matter was passed Temporal
rily.
Unfinished business: An Act to au-
thorize the Bar Harbor & Union River
Power Co. to acquire property and
franchise of the Ellsworth Power Sup
ply Co.
On motion of Mr.. Peters of Ellis
worth the further consideration of this
bill was postponed until tomorrow
morning.
Unfinished business: Report OF the
committee on legal affairs to which
was referred the BILL comforting upon
married women the right to enter into
partnership relations with her hus-
band, reporting ought to pass
On motion of Mr.. Marshall of Port
land this bill was again tabled and as
signed for next Tuesday.
Unfinished business: An Act to reg
ulate fishing in the town of Durham
On motion of Mr.. Rounds of Portland
this bill was passed to be enacted
Bills Relating to Holidays.
An Act relating to holidays.
The pending question being the pas
sage TO be engrossed----
Mr.. ROUNDS of Portland: Mr..
Speaker, as | understand it, this bill
provides that we shall send our chill
dren 10 school whether we have a
school session or not to talk on Lin
coln not for one year but forever and
ever SO l think if we had q lot of pat
riots that they would all want to have
holiday or a school day to talk upon
them, and some of the towns or cities
do not have a school term at that time.
Therefore, l move that the bill be in
definitely postponed
Mr. HALL Of Caribou: Mr. Speak
er, l trust that the motion of the gem
tcman from Portland will not prevail
The bill, or that section of it to which
he refers, could not apply if it was dur
ing the vacation period of any school,
ard if it does apply then there is no
grander character in American history
than Abraham Lincoln. and it would
dc the school children of this country
nc harm to study his life and character
and acts upon one day in the year.
The practical application of it might
be seen here Mr.. Speaker If we had
had the benefit of such study for one
day Of our school year, with the brev-
ity OF that gentleman's speeches be-
fore us, we could undoubtedly do the
business of this House much more eX-
peditiously; and with the good that
may come from such a bill as that l
trust that it will be given it's passage
this morning.
Mr.. ROUNDS of Portland: Mr..
Speaker, when we went to school we
didn't have public libraries in almost
every town and city in the State where
you could go at any time and read
those books that the children today
term, under this law as / understand
it, Won would have to call the school
together and talk about Lincoln on
that day. I think as, a number of them
have said that if you are going to have
holidays, which are now getting too
numerous, and that we had better not
60 to school but just talk about one
man. Next thing somebody VIII come
up and want Grant to be talked about,
ard then Washington, and the chill
dren will have to go to school on
Wash!ngtons birthday. Down our way
the children used to have Tar bucket
night that night. and we could tell it
was Washington's birthday because it
was Tar bucket night. and every child
from one end of the city to the other
would have a tar bucket and we would
have good time.
Mr.. COOLIDGE of Lisbon: Mr..
Speaker. | believe this bill should have
passage for this reason We have
now in this State something like -
holidays. They don't all come in school
term, and if this bill is passed there
will lie one of two things, either our
school children will be turned out into
the streets on that day or else they may
have school and have a chance to learn
something that l think will be for their
benefit No scholar is in school for
many years, and he won't hear this
talk moro than four or five times in
the ordinary course of life, and if it
isn't worth our time to spend four or
five days to study the life of Lincoln
than | dent know how we can put the
time in to any better advantage. Per-
sonally | wish that Washington's
birthday was the same way. / believe
our schools should have something to
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the scholars turned loose upon the
streets. [ don't believe the holidays
should be entirely devoted to that pur-
pose, hut | think when we have holi-
days which are in honor of such men
as Lincoln and Washington that it is
worth while that our children should
know something about the lives of
those men, l think if in the wisdom of
our Legislature that holidays are to
be devoted to the honor of these men,
these days should be devoted to the
study of their lives and their charac-
ter and it is for that reason that
trust this bill may pass.
The question being on the indefinite
postponement of the BILL the motion
was lost.
Mr. BOGUE of East Machias: Mr..
Speaker: / wish to offer an amend
ment This matter was brought up
by the Knights of Columbus and they
have asked me to introduce this amend
ment.
The SPEAKER: The amendment
offered by the gentleman from East
Machias is as follows ITO amend
House Document No. 62 by adding af-
ter the word September in the 18th
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