Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
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say of the Republican party, that tn
people of this State woke up to tn
extravaganza of that party, and on ae
count of malfeasance in office, turned
them down so deep that l hope God il
Heaven will never resurrect them.
Now. Mr.. President, ! don't wonder
that the CALLED ,ade winces. ] should
vince if | belonged to the Republican
party today, because you, with all the
revenue you had, bequeathed TO the
party you are now undertaking to rid
icule because they have cut down eX'
penSeS within the amount OF
the revenue To support it. What
would you have MS dO@ You gave us
deficit of million doifar,,
YES, 81 800, 600. given TO us by this Re-
publican party of the state of Maine.
and you know it. The Democratic
party when they came here came in the
interest of economy. We regret that
We cannot better take care of tn bene-
ficiaries of the State, and that we can
not do greater things, but we cannot
do them because the Republican party
have bankrupt the State.
What great things have the Republic
can party OF the State of Maine done?
Two thirds of the legislation has been
upon the temperance question. You
never in your party have done any
thing that has been for the interest of
the State of Maine. All these measures
that we are agreed upon We're intro
duced and conceived by the Democrats
in the State of Maine. Show me Re
publican that for the last 10 years has
brought forward any grand scheme for
the good people of the State of Maine.
] start first with this temperance leg
islation. Why. he says they have not
given us anything in return-we do
not need anything in return. The sta
tute book is replete with all kinds of
laws to enforce the liquor law, and the
Democrats of the State of Maine, in
the several counties, have commenced
to carry out what the Governor said
in his message. We propose to en-
force the liquor law. You say we will
not do it. You watch us We will.
There is law enough on the statute
book and we will give you all the en-
forcement you want as long as il re-
mains on the statute book, but we take
away the monstrosity You put on the
statute book, the Sturgis law. Are
you hurt and do you object to the re-
peal of the State liquor agencies? Do
you stand here and object that the
good people Of the State of Maine shall
have the right to vote whether YOU
shall take that out of the Constitution
or keep it in? Why, the only question
is whether you should take it out of
tl1a.f ;t,,t;
cratic party will see to it at this time
what you Will have in the future. Let
us wait and See whether it goes out
OF the Constitution. 1t comes with
very i'll grace from you, sir, to say that
we should undertake to introduce any
other kind of bill before this is taken
out of the Constitution of the State of
Maine. The Democratic party came
here in the interests of economy. and
You tell me, sir, united as we are in
this matter, that the Democratic party
has pruned down everything in the in
terests Of the State of Maine. Wei
have promised the people that. and we
nave carried ii out to the letter. and
propose to as long as we are in power
dld not, and do not undertake to de- |
hne this as a political matter. | am |
sorry that | was obliged to stand upon
my feet and defend the Governor from |
your Insinuations against him when
ne came into the joint convention and |
the people We're groaning to know how
We We're getting along. and he felt il |
10 De ms duty to let the people of the |
state of Maine know how we were get
ting on. and / say, amen to that. And
1t went up from every fireside that |
our Governor is practicing what he |
preached, and you need not think that |
TINS partisan speech of yours will do |
away with it,.
am not in the habit of making
political speeches in the Senate of !
Maine. | regret that we could NOT |
nave got through this session without |
making It, but / was surprised, | say, |
at this time that the senator from
Aroostook took this general utilities
bill off the table, and has he given us
any light upon it? He only took it |
OFF the table for the purpose of abusing
The Democratic party and to saw that
the Governor WIS not making good Ii |
comes from every part of Maine that
the Democratic party is to be con-
graduated for the manner in which they
have handled this matter. feel sure.
lhat the people of Maine are not meanly
economical. know that the Republican
party OF Maine, those who are not eaten
up by craftsmanship. are in favor of the
democratic party for what they have done |
since they took the rens of power 1t is |
a good campaign speech and | am proud |
of the record that the Democratic party
has made in this Legislature We propose
TO practice what preach We told the |
people we would keep expenditures within
the revenue of the State, and We have done
ii, and we were obliged TO cut down all |
these matters. Don't you suppose that the
tax payers of the State of Maine are
pleased with II? l do not expect the Re-
publican party would be pleased with il
What will you have in Heavens name
two years from now? You will find the
treasury with money in it. You will find
US with our bills paid. and it will be done
on account Of the economy that is prac-
ticed by the Democratic party In the State
Of Maine.
Oh. no, my friends, the issue has been
met. the issue between extravaganza on one
hand and economy on the other. and the