Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-04

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you have accomplished nothing In the
way of enforcement unit! your people are
| ready to enforce the laws themselves and
then they will enforce them. Now | say
that you will probably not vote for this
| motion although I think you ought to.
! but 1 do beg this of you, to take this
law into consideration as law and think
| for yourselves and not let the gentlemen
who have framed the law do all the
thinking for you, and hold that law in
this House long enough to make Of it a
statute that at least will read respect
ably and will sound decently to the ears
of some lawyers other than those on the
judiciary committee of this Legislature.
| (Applause.)
Mr.. DAVIES of Yarmouth: Mr..
| Speaker, the gentleman from Camden
said, if l remember correctly, that the
Republican party was oVer-rlShteouS.
Now the gentleman from WaterVillc
says that the Republican. party is not
righteous enough. AS matter of fact
there is a happy medium between the
| two and the electors Of this State at
! the last election thought the Republic
can party was Just about the right
party to govern the affairs of the State
| of Maine for the next two years at
least; and |, as a member of that par
| ty, by no means intend to surrender
any right or any privilege that was
given to the members of that party in
the last election at the present time
| even IN the face of so brilliant and so
subtle an argument as that which has
been advanced by the gentleman from
| Waterville.
| Among other things in the Republi-
can party it was stated that we stood
for the enforcement of the law. You
will remember that we made the cam
paign Oil the enforcement of the pro-
fibitory law; and the measure which
is offered here today is for the purpose
of making that promise good. Now the
bill is criticized by the gentleman from
Wateryille, first, on the ground that 1T
provides for the signatures of 80 adult
| citizens attached to a petition address
| ed to the Governor for the purpose of
| consideration of the removing from Of
| flee of county attorney. What better
| way could VIC DO? Do any of you know
of any better system of bringing the
| matter before the Governor? Did it &C.
| cur to you what the gentleman might
|
| bill? lie says that we did not dare to
| trust the Governor himself, if we had
VIC would have given him the abso-
| lutte authority 1t seems to me the bill
| woull be very much open to criticism
| indeed provided no such way had been
| brought before this Legislature. I de-
| sire to say to the House that a COM
mittce was appointed by the Republi
I, lie.
matter with the utmost care, which il
| die. and reported to meeting of the
Republicans that in their opinion this
bill would carry out the provisions of
the last platform and would put us in
| a proper position with the people of the
State. What man is there i'll this House
that would wish to have any official
removed from Office without a hearing,
| brought into sem" kind of star cham
Der proceeding and be ousted from his
office? Then. as to the matter of the
appointment of county attorney from
the same political party. Now 7 don't
suppose that any Democrat would ever
find himself in any such position; UNI
dcuhtcdly Mr.. Connolly Of Cumberland
or Mr.. Beane of Kennebec would never
find themselves in any such position;
and I doubt very much indeed wheth-
CT any Republican would ever find him
self in such q position; but it gives
Tic Governor a certain rower to carry
out the functions of the office to which
he is elected, that is, to enforce the
law.
The gentleman has stated something
about dealing less with politics and
more with legislation. l disagree with
al &1,<>
line Of duty that this bill has been pre-
seated to this House. We have put the
power up to the Governor in the mat
ter Of delinquent county attorneys by
the provisions of this act. and I be-
licvc that that is where the power be-
longs. not only under our Constitution
but as a matter of right; and I sin
ccrcly hone that this bill will have a
passage.
Mr. Rigelow of Portland moved the
previous question.
The motion was agreed to-
Tho question being, shall the main
question be now put
The motion was agreed to.
The SPEAKER: The question is on
the acceptance of the minority report.
As many as are in favor of accepting
the minority report Will. Wnen thclr
names are called. answer yes: those
opposed will answer no. The clerk will
cali the roll
YEA:-Alien of Joneshoro. Bearce of
Eddineton. Bogue. Bourassa. Chase of
York, Corners. Cook Day. Duncan. Dunn,
Edwards. Farnham, Forticr. Frost. Har-
mon. Harrington. Hines. Hodgkins of
Damariscotta. Mace, Merrill of Durham.
Miller. Montgomery. Orff, Packard Pat
tan2all. Patten. Pike. Pinkham, Putnam.
Quinn Robbins, Ross. Sanborn. Sawyer.
Sleeper. Smith of Bddeford. Snow ole
Brunswick. Spear of Warren. Slower,
Strickland. Thompson, Thulloush, Weld
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NAY:-Additon. Allen of Richmond An
drews. Bartlett of Eliot, Bartlett of
Stonehan, Beals, Benis. Boyer. Bigelow.
Bieney. Bisbee. Blake, Blanchard. Brad
ford. Bragdon. Burleigh, Burse of Pitts
field. Russell. Boswell, Campbell of Cher
ryfeld. Campbell of kineman. Charles.
Chase of Sebec. Clark. Colby. Cole. Cool
idse Cousins. Cummings. Davies. DonneI.
Dorr, Drake. Dufour, Emery. Ferguson.
Gilbert. Grant. Hall, Hamlin. HANNAH ford,
Hanson. Hartman. Harris. Jersey. tlig-
gins. Hill. Hodgkins of Temple, Holt.
Hussey. Jones. Jordan. Kavanough, kel-
ley. Lane. Libby. Lombard. Lord. Mar
shall. M"rcier. Merrill of Buehill Millett.
Morse. Moulton. Nelson, Nickerson. Pat
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