Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

| President | have Just tabled the other
| amendment to the constitution. Accord
[ ing to the light l have so far. L do not
feel like voting for either | would like
to have the senator from Cumberland as
signsths resolve for. sometime certain.
Oh motion by Mr.. Winslow of Cumber-
lant the resolve was tabled to be taken
from the table after the recess, pending
second reading
| An Act 10 incorporate the Rumford and
and Mexico Water District.
| The report of the committee was ac-
cepted in concurrence. and under suspen-
| sion of the rules. the bill was given its
| two readings and was passed to be On
crossed.
Resolve to amend Article - of the con-
stitution. relating to cities of 1900 in
habitants or more. to increase their mu-
nicipal indebtedness to IL per cent.
| Mr.. MILLIkEN of Aroostook: Mr.
| President | thought there were two. Are
| there three?
The PRESIDENT: There are two of
these.
i On motion by Mr.. Winsow of Cumber-
| land the resolve was tabled until after
the recess.
! The report eff the committee on eoun-
| sellor apportionment was received and
accepted.
| Majority and minority reports of the
committee on education, on Resolve in ia
vor of the Pennington State Normal
school.
The ma iority report OF the committee
was accepted in concurrence and under
suspension of the rules, the resolve was
given two readings and was passed TO be
engrossed.
Majority and minority reports of
| the COMMITTEES on education. on Resolve
| in favor of the Western State Normal
school at Gorham.
The majority report of the commit
| tee was accepted in concurrence and
under suspension of the rules, the bill
was given its two readings and was
| passed to be engrosse9.
| Resolve in favor of the erection of
| a monument to Commodore Samuel
Tucker.
This resolve came from the House
| indefinitely postponed.
| ident: ] move that we nonceneur with
| the House and that the hill be given
| its several readings.
Perhaps it will be well fer me to
state the case to the Senate. Two years
ago an appropriation Of $1,000 was made
by the Legislature to erect suitable
monument for Commodorr Tucker. OF
course every member of thc Senate is
| familiar with the record of the COM
| modore in the War of 1912. com
| mission was formed and did the work,
and OH the pedestal they placed the
statute of a soldier of the War of 1851
The people III that community are nat
urally indigant An attempt was made
to raise among the citizens of that
county sufficient funds to replace this
with a suitable bust of Commodore
Tucker. That failed, and they came
to the Legislature and have asked for
an appropriation of $1,000 tn put some
thing there that is comineudable and
that will not be disgrace. The Lin
coin delegation heard the case. and
allowed il could be done for 500. and
reported the bill ought 20 pass" This
is not exactly the record that some
members of the Senate have taken in
such matters. | do not press this mat
ter at all, and do this at the request
of the members of the Society of Lin
coin who have asked me to SO.
Mr.. MILLIkEN of Aroostook: Mr.
President: This is matter that UNI
der any conditions any man would feel
delicate about Directing 10. but l wish
to remind the Senate that Yesterday
oil
priation $4,000 which deprived so chill
dren for the next two years of treat
me.r for deformities With all due
respect to any hero of any war. say
that if such appropriations as that are
Obliged to wait. that this is matter
4" wait also To the memory Cf Com.
m9dore Tucker, or any other hero, or
soldier, or sailor. We can add moth.
ing. Our first duty is to the living, and
unless we can perform that duty fully
ami go home with our consciences clear
believe these matters should wait
and believe if any man could be con
suited as to whether a monument should
be placed somewhere to his memory
or let an appropriation for crippled
children wait. that he would not ask
for the monument at all
| move that the Senate concur with
| the House.
The question being on the motion to
| concur with tn" action of the House
"a Not" was taken and the motion to
concur was lost
On motion b. Mr.. Boynton. the Sen
ate then non-coucurrcd N the action
of the House
| The resolve ludor s,sn,rsiop of tla