Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-26

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ton. 7 had supposed, when Senate.
Hamilton said that he had posed as
a go-between between the opposing
factions. that l had occupied that po-
sition: hutsI believe it is fair state
ment that we have tried to avoid con-
tention in this matter and have tried
! to keep this internal complication in
York county and not cmbarrass people
in other sections of the State.
| I believe it is a fair proposition to
submit to the people of York county
and we do ask to have this taken out
of politics and kept out of politics. and
voted upon as 4 business proposition,
and we believe that that Will be &C
| complished at the general election.
with a better and a falrer expression
| of the whole people, than it would at
| a special election: and l hope that the
amendment offered by my colleague,
| Mr. Smith. will prevail.
Mr.. SMITH Of York: Mr.. President:
I move that. when the vote be taken. 1t
| be by the Yeas and Nays.
Mr.. HAMILTON of York: Mr. Presi-
dent: Just one word as to the expense,
| as that is to be taken inro consideration,
| for a moment because the expense will
| be extremely light. Another fact should
| be taken into consideration: and | want
| to submit this to your judgment as
representative men and as men who
| have been interested in politics if the
| proposition which 7 have stated to you
! is not Il correct proposition; that bad
feeling will grow out of this if it is
| submitted at the State election; but
when you have special election-and
| this is the only question to be submitted
to the people,-they will go there to
vote and we shall get a fair. honest
expression: and there can be no talk
| of political measures or political trades.
| as there will surely be at the State cleo
ton.
The question being upon the ad"p-
| ton of Senate Amendment y. the Yeas
and Nays being called for and ordered,
the vote being had resulted as follows:
Those voting Yea were. McSsrS. BaX-
ter. Colcord, Eaton. Emery. Gowell.
Hastings. HoweS. Irving. Kellogg.
Knowlton. Looncy. Mllliken. Minott,
Reynolds. Shaw. Smith. Theriault, Walk
ker Warren, Wheeler, Wyman cd.
or. Warren, Wheeler. Wyman CID.
ton, Dongan, Hamilton. Hill, Lowe Ma
comber. Mullen. .Osgood. staples go.
50 the amendment was adopted and
on further motion of Mr.. Smith of York
| Senate Amendments +, c, y and f were
| sevcrally adopted
On motion by Mr. Hamilton of York.
| the bill as amended, under suspension Of
, the rules. took its second reading and
| was passed to be cngrosscd.
On motion by Mr. Wyman of Wash
| ington. Senate Document No. 3oS. Mi
! iority and Minority Reports of the Com
| mittee on Ways and BRIGGS. each sub
| hitting new drafts on bills relating to
| State ownership and maintenance Of
| highway bridges was taken from the
| table.
Mr.. WYMAN of Washington: Mr.
| President: | move the substitution of
| the minority for the majority report;
| and | will say that the minority report
| of the Committee after hearing on the
| so-callcd Donigan Bridge Bill. made and
| formulated a bill which We called Il
| county bridge bill. In this bill we have
no objects Of notoricty. We have draft
| ed it only upon business proposition.
! as think: and if tho Senate sees fit
| to adopt that bill, or that report. 7 would
suggest that it lie on the table until
| sometime next week. that the Senators
! may have opportunity to investigate j.:
and to discuss it at that time on it's
| merits and do what they, i'm their iudg-
| ment SOC fit.
| We drafted it because we had before
| the Bridge Committee appropriations
amounting to nearly 100000 in matters
| that are calling for assistance. We
drafted 1t because We believed that. as
| Il business proposition the State or the
! county should first know in what they
| are cmbarking.-wha II is going to
| cost in the venture. The first question
| q business man asks himself is-how
| much money will it require. and if he
| has tho money to make tho inves tmcnt
| ] will leave this bill and not discuss
| the merits of it. I will say in regard
| to the majority report. that the bin
| seems to be drafted anc made for ONLY
| one object. and that is for an immortal
namo. i is carelesslv arranged, or has
| boon carelessly presented. AS to it's
construction I have no comments to
make; but when we first had hearing
| before the Bridge Committee we discov-
| cred that the first thing we had no
| against rs was a bill which SAYS that
| tho municipal officers of tho several
| towns and counties of the State shall
| make Il list of all the highway and rail
road bridges that are fifty-three feet
or more in length. constructed prior to
the first day of January, 1909. Now
| this bill. taking railroad bridges over
| fifty feet in length. was circulated
| through the State of Maine as under
stand; and the people commenced to
| send in petitions. not only for the Doni-
gan Bridge Bill but bridge bill similar
to the Donigan Bridge Bill I can on
| ~ construe it in one way and that is:
| that they Were sent in to express their
| desire for some sort of a bridge bill.
| and I believe that. is the sentiment
through the State' This bridge bill. the
Senator from Somerset, Mr. Donigan.
said. was a model bll.--no one could
make any comments upon it. because
+, he had presented it two years ago to the
Legislature. and he lad thought over
it all that time. and he had it very near.
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