Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-26

'-plNt'itt dDl' 'A'li'Iltiit Nd'' tit "a
about the Stat" House Wednesday
evening by the statement printed IN
an evening paper to the erect thar
| there had been a conference of Demo
cratic leaders at which he was present
| to consider ways and means for Secur-
| ing the passage of the so called water
power monopoly measure in order that
the Democratic party might keep a
| promise it had made the water power
company in return for campaign
| fund of $4,000. contributed by the
water power company.
Governor Plaisted was asked if there
was any truth in the statement and he
replied:
The statement that l ever made any
promise. either expressed or implied
To any water power company or any
other company as to what | would do
or would not do before my election as
Governor, or that / ever directly or in
directly ever promised anything TO any
corporation of any kind is utterly
false The statement that any cam
paign fund was ever contributed to by
any water power company or other
corporation is also false and to my
knowledge no conference of any Demo-
cratic leaders has ever been held to
consider any such matter. You may
say in addition that | was not present
last night at any conference but was
in my office at the State House all the
evening and | know of no conference
OF the kind which was held In my in
augural address | said all that was
necessary, it seems to me about water
Gr INN
granting charters, however TO COM
panies desiring to develop water pow
ers YOU should insist on certain re-
strictions. The power should not be
carried out of the state Maine should
be a great manufacturing state, not
lmerely a power station.
The many important measures in
troduced Wednesday in the House. in
| cluding the bill incorporating the Ken
nebec Dam x Reservoir Co, for the
development of a great electrical pow
| er at the headwaters Of the kennebec.
| were tabled for printing practically
without debate and in the Senate
measures went along in the usual rou-
| tine. among them the Davies resolve
introduced in the House on the pre-
cetling day against granting the right
OF eminent domain to water power
companies. which was agreed To by
the Senate without anything being
said.
Contrary to expectation, Represen-
tative Colby of Bingham did not in
sist that the House non concur with
the Senate in the reference of his au-
tomobile bill to the committee on
highways and refer it to the commit
tee on judiciary. He simply asked for
a change in the designation of the bill,
which had been previously marked
Senate document, in order that 1t
might indicate in which branch II
originated. which was voted by the
| House.
The Senate set apart Wcdncsday
Feb. /, beginning at II A NJ. as time
| for the presentation Of resolutions ana
memorials for the late Senator James
Il. Mullen Of Penobscot, Il member OF
that body, whose death occurred on
the opening week of the Legislature,
Senator Hamilton of York. VINO SUI
| fered a severe i'll turn Tuesday III the
| Senate chamber, was reported We'd
nesdav morning to be quite eomforta-
! BILE. although he will be unable to at
| tend the senate sessions for few
davs. His daughter, Mrs Arthur
Hamilton of Blddeford. is with him at
| his boarding place in Augusta and is
expected to remain for few days.