Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-03

On motion by Mr.. Sanborn of Pis-
| cataquis, House Document No. 2t6. An
Act to incorporate the Carleton Stream
| Dam Company. was taken from the
table.
| Upon further motion by the same
senator Senate Amendments y and Il
| We're adopted.
| Mr.. S'ANBORN: Mr. President:
| wish to state that these amendments
have been agreed upon by both parties
T now move that the bill receive it's
second reading as amended, and be
passed TO be cngrossed.
| The motion was agreed to. and the
| bin received its second reading and
was passed to be cngrosSed.
On motion by Mr.. Milliken of troos-
took. Senate Document No. 135, An Act
| to amend An Act entitled "Nn Act to
tauthoriZe extensions Of the Bangor n
AIoostool Railroad in -lroGstook, Pis-
cataquis and Penobscot counties, be-
ing Chapter 80 of the Private and
Special Laws of 1903. as amended by
Chapter 20 of the Private and Special
Laws of 1907, was taken from the
ia BILE
Mr. MILLIkEN: Before proceeding,
Mr. President and gentlemen. to It dis
cussion of the merits of the PROPOSE
tion contained in the amendment. for
this Senate Document No. l35. contains
the original document. which was
tHouse No. 80, together with the
lamendncnt it seems proper to dis
pose of some considerations at the out
| set which have no bearing on the mer-
| its of the case, but which may have
| at. .,f
| the senators have had upon this sub
ject.
| In the first place it is my duty. as
| it is the duty of each of YOU, to ap-
proach any question that involves 4
| railroad in the same spirit Of fair
ness with which We approach qucs-
| ton involving interests Of any other
| constituent Of ours. The Bangor and
| Aroostook Railroad is my constituent
| just as truly as any other citizen
of Aroostook county, and is entitled
| from - INC to the sam" consideration
to which any, other of my constituents
are entitled. And l would not advU-
| cate here any measure which seems
| TO me to be unfair to the Bangor
| and Aroostook railroad. if all the rest
Of my constituents i'll the county
asked me to do it. any more than l
would advocate here any measure that
seems unfair TO my other constituents.
| if the Bangor and ArooStook asked me
| to do it.
1t has been my desire III Offering
the amendment In be perfectly fair
| in every May; it is not fair to the
railroad, it would not be fair for me
| to have offered this amendment. Which
has not been presented to them and
not presented to the committee and
Eattempt to pass it here without notice
and without giving thom an opportun-
ity to look into it. For that reason,
us | said in tie Senate last Friday.
when | gaze notice OF the Offering Of
the amendmcnt-thc amendment was
offered on Monday, WAS tabled for
printing auG assigned for today, for
the express purpose of giving counsel
for the railroad an opportunity to talk
witt members or to have the amend
ment referred to the committee. if
they So desired.
I want Sou TO bear me witness fur
tier. gentlemen. that on this ques-
tiUu ] haNc not lobbed with you, eX-
ccpt to say this 10 you personally.
that asked you to bear the matter
fairly and fully and decide it upon
what You believe to be right on the
merits of the question involved. Neith-
cr ], nor anyone else has any right
TO present to you on any public queS-
ton Of this sort. any other considera-
tion. either personally on your part.
or any consideration involving any
other measure pending before this
Legislature. And any member of the
Senate who has, or believes he has,
any personal interest i'll the matter,
is III honor bound. when the question
comes to a vote. to vote on the pub
lie necessity involved and not on his
personal interest.
Now. ordinarily. gentlemen. in the
discussion of u question of this kind
it would not be competent for me to
enter into the question of personal
motives on my part or to the consid-
| Grafton that led up TO this amendment,
but because OF some misunderstanding
which think has arisen. | am going
TO state fully and frankly here the
whole situation which led up to the in
PRODUCTION of the amendment, and cs-
peciaily what prevented the amend
mcnt being presented before the COM
mittcc When the bill was considercd
| an going to say to YOU frankly
| That when this bill vas introduced |
supposed it TO be what l understand
| counsel for the railroad asserted it to
| be, simply proposition to extend the
| authority to build Il railroad in the
| Allagash section. l do not mean to
say that counsel intended to deceive
anyone. | mean to say I did not,
| think. apprchcn1 tho fun purport of
| this bill ut that time Nobody has, or
can have any reasonable objection to
| the Bangor and ArooStook Railroad
| having authority to build in the Alla-
cash section. and on that question !
was not interested and did not appear
| before the committee. do not know
| that anyone appeared in opposition or
| otherwise, except counsel TO explain
the bill
| There is Il condition, gentlemen, in
| connection with the Bangor and
Aroostook Railroad which believe
needs to hc rcmeuicd. and which I
| think is working u very serious in
| Justice to the public that rnjlrno1