Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
Continued from Page Four.)

We nave done good deal of work
besides that. though. We did not
pass a public utility bill, and III"
gentleman from Houlton ought not to
complain about that because he voted
against the passage of that himself He
WIS part and parcel of the failure to
pass that bill. Take the platform which
We put before the people and see how
lrach of il has been carried out We
promised resubmisSon. They have it.
W" promised to repeal the Sturgis
law. We repealed it. We promised 10
abolish the state liquor agencies. They
are abolished. We carried out every
thing in that line of legislation which
u "" agreed to. We promised a corrupt
+ practice act. 1t is passed. We prom
iscd the direct promary. 1t Will be
passed: 1t is ready to pass. on the in
come tax matter we differed and Ca
acted yesterday a State income tax.
Whether the Senate adopts that or
not. don't know. but this Legislature
viii pass either q State income tax ar
tie resolve in favor of national tax.
That was all that was contained in
orr platform except a promise of econ
onY and a general promise in tho
equalization of taxation. We
have raised the taxes on steam
railroads SO that the roN,nu"
from that source will be S124 600 more
ntNt year than last. The gentleman says
there is no way TO get revenue except hy
indirect taxation We found a way. We
got $12l ZOO additional tax from the steam
railroads We raised the tax telephone
and telegraph companies so that they will
yield revenue of S25 900 a year more
next year than last. The express companies
viii bring in from $4,000 tn $4,000
more than last year. We have an in
surance tax bill which will make $4,000
more coming from those companies. In
other words. from the public service cor
poTatiOn and the insurance companies we
have levied tax that the revenue will
BE- from $lJU,Oo6 TO 100000 more in 1912
Than in 1910 by reason of the changes in
the law Which We have made. Isn't that
constructive legislation? We have passed
some other laws. When you consider the
program which This Legislature has car
ried out believe YOU will be as proud
TO have been q member Of the Seventy Fifth
Legislature as the gentleman from IIoulton
could possibly be of having been a mem
Der al the Seventy Fourth. But so far
I am concerned speaking as one mem
btr here and one who has toiled as
hand as | was capable of toiing all win
Ter. not for any measures in which | was
ptI unally interested but 10 bring about so
FAR Is | could see II that which was good
Tor my party and my State, | want 10 say
thai | shall 80 from this Hall feeling that
The StNenly-Fifth Legislature of Maine de-
serve vote OF confidence from the peo-
pie Of this State, and that it has fought
through its dsagrerabIe duty in a man
ner must crcditablc 10 II, most creitable to
all OF its members as and most cred
table TO the party which has had the
responsibility of conducting its affairs. CAP
plauseJ
Mr. Peters offered House Amendment
a, 10y striking out the words two
years in the fourth line of the re-
solve and inserting in place thereof the
words six months
Mr.. PETERS: Mr.. Speaker it seems
by an arrangement between the Legis
lature and the Seminary they Were
given two Years III which to raise
the money. Perhaps two years is an
mre asnnahle, time, but inasmuch as
they have collected together the sum
of $4,000 it seems to me only reason
able that they should have an extern
sion Of six months for this purpose
The question being on the adoption
of the amendment,
a division was had and the amend
ment was adopted by a vote of 90 to So
MI PATTANGALL: Mr.. Speaker. the
Legislature two years age made the
appropriation available at any time
after the resolve took effect The re-
h.,l a
therefore took effect on the second day
of July. Under the old resolve the
Seminary could get 100000 from the
State provided it raised between now
ana the second day Of July $4,000, or
$40 COO more than the gentleman from
Bucksport said they had already raised
Now, il seems to me- that resolve hav-
ing passed the last Legislature in
March, the Seminary would have alto
gether two years and three months In
which to raise this money; and 1t does
seem to me as though if the friends
of the institution energiZrd themselves
as Eard among the alumni as they have
encrgized over here during this session
of the Legislature TO raise the money.
they could succeed in doing that If
the proposition was a COOL one. Should
this bill pe indefinitely postponed il
would still leave the old resolve under
which the seminary could receive this
money if it raised this part of the
money which they refer to between now
and July first. Therefore, Mr.. Speaker,
! hope the motion to indefinitely post
pone will prevail and leave the mat
ter just as the last Legislature left it.
The question being on the indefinite
postponemcnt of the resolve, division
was had and the motion prevailed by a
vote of 20 to 80.
SO the resolve was indefinitely post
poned
An Act relating to sentence in Grim
inal cases.
che pending question being concur
renee with the Senate in the indefinite
postponement of the BILL
The House voted TO concur with the
Senate in its action.
An Act relating to the sale OF the
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