Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-01

YOU feel If YOU lived down there" and
then | beg that You will consider that
| nobody else mas any interest i'll TINS
matter except the people of StoninS-
| ton. We of Knox county in a general
way would be glad to have them. it
would be a materiaf benefit TO our peo-
pie in Rockland, that is. to few no.
| tel keepers and to our lawyers. That is
| all the material interest that We have
| got in it; as the people of Knox
| county we do not ask anything of this
| Legislature only in behalf of Stoning-
ton. Their interests are to be consid-
cred entirely. don't want you to con-
slider ours or the outside towns of
Hancock county, 1t may be brought to
your attention as it was to that of the
committee that a large number of peo-
pic in Hancock county outside of Ston-
ington and Isle au Haul brought in
remonstrances. You might as we'll have
brought them from Calais, or from
San Francisco for that matter. for
they know nothing about it, 1t is none
OF their business. They have no mate
rial interest in it. and the sentimental
interest that they appear to have is a
mere "Reminiscences of loyalty to some
fixed government. like feeling of pat
riotism, which is all right but it dos
not apply TO counties. There is no rea-
son why we should have a feeling of
loyalty toward a county any more
than a legislative district which
changes every 10 wears, or toward
congressional district; and who would
think of bowling because We are going
to disintegrate the congressional and
legislative districts of this State?
And nov. gentlemen, I wish YOU
would take these things into consid-
Grafton. | am presenting them, I am
aware very badly. but think YOU can
get ut what / mean; and what I mean
is good common sense.
Mr.. PETERS of Ellsworth: Mr.
Speaker and gentlemen of the House.
] feel perfectly sure that this House
will not vote to divide Hancock coun-
ty against the wishes OF SO per cent
of the inhabitants of the county. I
would feel more certain of that -ac-
ton if the House could be thoroughly
informed as to the actual merits of
the question. but it is impossible in
the few moments that il is reason
able to discuss this matter to lay any
great detail before the House. The
matter was agitated and heard i'll de-
tail before tie committee very pa
tiently. and the report which we have
before US shows that the majority
of the committee may say, think
properly, the unanimous report OF the
disinterested members of the commit
tee. is against the proposed division.
] disclaim any attempt to inpute any
improper motives to either of the two
minority members of the committee.
They are actuated 1 have no doubt
by the highest Of motives Their To-
caticn and their surroundings. | think.
tend al least to prejudice them IN
their attitude towards the question.
The other eight members OF the COM
mittee are entirely unpreJudlced by
reason greatly upon the report OF the
committee which was able to get at
the details of the subject which is
more than we can do here.
Now this question of setting OFF these
two towns which has been agitated in
former years Is based upon the alleged
Inconvenience of the inhabitants OF Isle
au Haut and Stonington in getting from
their islands TO Ellsworth, the county
seat Stonington lies about % or Az miles
south of Ellsworth and has population
of 200 inhabitants by the last census. 1t
is part of an island called Deer Isle,
which is situated about one mile of from
the mainland of Hancock county and
across the beautiful reach which can be
d.
pecIally during the periods OF the year
when our courts arc in session. 1t lies
perhaps ten miles from the Northwestern
" end Of Deer Isle, it is a mile across the
reach. some ten miles to BiuehiN and IT
miles to Ellsworth. 1t was testified be-
fore the committee by the gentleman
who runs the stage route that the dis-
lance is about So miles The other island
the Isle au Haul. lies, as | think MI.
Harmon said. six miles southerly OF
Stonington. Now they say tiiey want to
be set off from Hancock county and an
ncxed to Knox county because of the fact
that if is inconvenient for them to come
to court 1t is inconvenient for them to
come to court, there is no question ABOUT
that One of their islands is a mile from
the mainland and the other Is SIX miles
beyond that, but their quarrel Is with
| their geography; they are an island and
| that cannot beNhelped, and no legislation
| will prevent their being surrounded by
water. If they prefer, as they doubtless
do. to live on this island they must ex-
| pect some Inconvenience due to their To-
cation. That cannot be helped. They say
| in coming to court they suffer hardships,
| that they suffer the hardships of Cook
and Peary. The sufferings of Cook and
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