Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-19
Hon. Asher c. Kinds De-
scribes Its Work
At Annual Banquet Of Augusta
Unitarian Club.
Dr.. Sylvester Judd Beach Chosen
President Of Organization.

The annual meeting and banquet of
the Unitarian Club was held Thursday
evening at the Augusta House The
| speaker of the evening was Hon. Asher
| G. Kinds of Portland, clerk to the
| Speaker of the National House OF Rep
rescntatives Supper was served from
10 to 80, followed by the business
meeting and at S o'clock the banouet
nall was thrown open in order to give
all who wished an opportunity to hear
the distinguished speaker of the even
ing.
An excellent banquet was provided.
served in Landlord Emerson's usual
satisfactory manner. Seated at the
tables were Hon. Asher G. Kinds. Gen.
Selden Common. w. II. Norcross, Nor
man l.. Bassett, c. r. Hall. W. II.
Davis, f. r. Purinton, Rev. f.. NJ. Slo-
combe, DR.. @. w Turner, Otis c. Hay
FORD. Warren +. Sanborn, Thomas
Leigh. G. w. Griffin. John r. Gould.
Frank r. Partridge, Robert Partridge.
f. p. Morton, y. c. Cooper. Nj. S. Hul-
way, f. r. Libby
The following officers We're chosen
at the business session
President-Sylvester Judd Beach.
Vice President-Daniel W. LaRue.
Secretary-Norman l.. Rassett.
Treasurer-O. W. Turner
Executive COmmittee-S J. Beach.
d. w. LaRue, n. L. Ba@seGt, o. ". Tur-
n"r Rev. T.. NJ. Slocombe.
Gen. Selden Conner presided in han-
py vein and Introduced the distinguish.
ed parliamentarian. Hon. Asher G.
Kinds. who gave an interesting and
Instructive address upon the subjcc.:
some Aspects of the Work d the Ma
tional House Of representatives."
Mr.. Kinds began by speaking of the
place which the House Of Representa-
tiNes occupies in the plan of govern
ment of the United States. The mod
en- theory OF government" said the
speaker, differs widely from the an
cient anG primitive theory. which was
founded on the analogy Of the parental
authority. Thus the early kings Of
Isr2el like David and solomon, were at
once legislators who made the law.
judges who interpreted and applied it.
and executives, Who entorced it.
IN small country like the Holy
Lana, where the interests OF the State
were not larSA, great and wise man
IKE David or solomon could leave the
iamc of Golden age but under the
Laws of chance i David OF Solomon
came rarely. and greater part Of the
Old Testament writings are taken up
with the troubles coming from bad
kings. The system OF combining an
head came to its most terrible ci',oax
al CHI re do
ness under the Bourbon klnyS o.
France, when il was possible for Louis
Nv. acting at the solicitation OF cour-
tiers. vino might have cnml,-cS of their
own or plans of their own to carry out
anI Could solicit from the king a let
ter, 20 order any citizen into cOnfinc-
ment III the HaStlc toi limited or tnr
an indefinite term. In such a case the
king as legislator virtually maze a
law establishing the offence as Il crime.
o" establishing imprisonment for no OF
fence. AS Judge he found the person
guilty and as the executive sent his
agents to arrest and imrrison him.
The lntolcrablc expressions of
Suc1 system caused the political
philosophers of England to come To the
conclusion that the three great powers
of government should be separate and
coordinate, each independent of the
other 50 that if the citizens should fail
Undc" animadversion or or niuGioo =
he eyes of the officers of one depart.
ment he might still have an opporlun-
ty for impartial treatment at the
hands of the other departments When
our government was formed in 1879
the theory of the three functions OF
government, separate and independent.
received its fullest expression and the
liberties which we now enjoy are due
largely to this happy result
so we have in our National govern
ment a President, who executes the
law, a court, which interprets and ap-
plies the laws and q Congress- which