Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-13

! TN NetkS CT til2 present ItGlSIdtlNe
! session have passed and still but ono
measure, the temporary loan resolve
las received the signature Of Cover
nor Piai5tcd. No other measure has
received final passage and is ready
for his signature, although & num-
ber II measures have passed 10 bt
engroSsed during the week Those who
were inclined Il week ago to laugh ut
the Flea that this session would he
. one Of the longest on record are now
iccotning rtcOncilcd to the idea and
one member of the dominant party
was heard to say last week: "Are
we doing anything at ALL Il We get
home before the first of May y" shall
be lucky
1t was expected that resubmission
would have been disposed OF by the
close Of last week but the death Of
the mother of senator Irving made
Necessary the postponement of the
senate action upon this measure rs
Senator Irving is To be one of the
sneakers upon the unfaYorahle minor
fty report. The Senate debate upon
tho measure comes up Tuesday Of this
wccl; and il ~ill easily ycceire the
required two-thrds vote in the Sen
atn. In the House il is understood
that there are some members Of both
parties who will not vote upon the
measure and It viii be necessary for
Sneaker Morey to rule that tWo-thTds
al the House. which is necessary Tor
the passage Of the constitutional
amendment means twn-thirdS of those
present and voting in order tor the
resolve to pass the House.
Resubmiesion is the only part Of the
Democratic liquor legislation in regard
to which there is likely 70 b9 opn9sl-
ton of serious nature The uhahI-
mons passage in the Senate of The pills
to repeal the Sturgis law and ahollSh
the state liquor agency system nave
demonstrated that the minority party
is inclined to let the Democratic party
have their own Way in regard To these
two features of tn" Democratic hqu"i
urograrn and make whatever He'it
tbcra is to be made wholly upon the
issue Of rosubmissiCn. The more Sc
rious minded of the members Oh .l'e
majority party are already beginning
~ figure rs to what their attitude
is 10 be upon the stump alter the pas
sage of the rcsuhmission resolve by
the LEGISLATURE and when they came
hack 10 Augusta last Monday some
of tho leaders were full of ideas ABOUT
some sort of n county option law when
they said had been favored by temper
ancc organizations in the Western
states In fact. if resubmission passes
rho I.reislature, the Democrats are
likely 10 sDend all their tim between
an F.
on the prohihitorE amendmeht III IL!
attcnpt to convince the people ~
Maine that they are NOT the rum
partv." but are really the party "t
true temperance. The success W'HcH
they will meet with in this ehdeaN"i
will depend largely upon row llu'"
truth there is in the hom,lN old a4agr
nj Abrahnm Lincoln. You can fo"l
nart of tie people all the time ana
all of the people part of the time
hut YOU can't fonl all Of tn" people
al the time"
But it is upon the issue of ballot
reform that the Democratic party IS
likely to suffer . serious DIVISION
within its ranks. Three caucuses nav"
already been held upon this matter
and the only result has been t" MAKE
plain the fact that the matter WI
have to be fought out upon the 'ionr
of the House With two Such ihllu-
cntiai Democrats as Senator D4nlgah
and Representative Otis in favor OF
ballot reform the leadership OF repre-
entatiye Tattangall of NaterHliie Is
likely to suffer a serious shock in the
House when he attempts Ia turn GOWN
All measures culculatCd to chanSc the
nrcsent form of ballot. except the MI
nor amendment of his own which has
ia do With the distinguishing marks
nron the ballot. The Osborn amend
n,..nt 10 the school mill tax act. doing
away with The distribution of portion
of the school fund according to valua-
ton is another measure, when Will
divide the majority party and Wheh
Mr.. pattangall and the Grange leader
Roydsn Bcaree of Eddington meet III
onposition over the bill on the ioor
Of the House a great deal of Demo
cratic dirty linen is likely to be Wi's"-
ed out for the ediiication and iiiuiiiiia-
ton of. the members of the miiiGri.s
marty. The Grange members or oot"
parties of which there are over oo are
likely tn be found practically u.ii'
Ia favorFnf Senator Osborn $ bill,