Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-17


should dispose OF this bill now, and when
the other comes along We will try to dis
pose of that
Mr.. WINSLOW: Mr.. President, think
it is quite possible Senator Staples has
got these two bills mixed up in some
way. Certainly we had nothing before
us in regard to his amendment, and it is
an entirely foreign matter to this bill,
. and for that reason ] shall oppose
Amendment Il.
! Mr.. STAPLES: Mr.. President, if the
Senate will allow me. if you will lay this
matter on the table until tomorrow 1 will
| get from the State treasurer the exact
| condition and the figures showing what
we get from the automobile licenses and
| fees. 1t seems to me that you should
| not take the States money and build q
| trunk line through the state. and that
| the state highway commissioner may
| take any money that he thinks is avail
able. and then il is "good-by'' to the other
| towns that want State highways. If you
| carry this bill through there will be q
| large amount considered available every
| year by the highway commissioner. do
not think this ought to be: do not think
| there is n demand for il. This seems to
| be- the day of economy: let US keep that
| money in the treasury until We are ready.
| to build a State highway. | would be
| the last man To vote against it if the peo-
| pie demanded it. and If W. were in a f.
| naneial condition to do it. do not think
| our constituents would wish 10 have it
| DONE and hope the amendment Will not
| be adopted.
l / lyp fn ha l;n
| the table until tomorrow, and | SO move
| Mr. KELLOGG: Mr.. President do
| not like 10 be on my feet here all the
| time, but it surprised me that such men
as Senator's Staples and Osborn seem to
| think this money put on the trunk lines
would take anything away from the
towns. Under our law every town that
raises from s100 to $500 to be expended on
the State highway receives their stipend
from the state and it makes no difference
| how much they have AS To having this
| money lie in the treasury, perhaps it
would go as it Went last year. If we have
any surplus let us put ii out OH the State
| highway and We will get some benefit
from it.
| Mr. OSBORN: Mr. President under
stood the senator from Knox to make Il
| motion.
The PRESIDENT: The senator from
Knox moved to table the bill unit, to-
morrow.
The motion was agreed to.
| On motion by Mr.. Chandler of Wash
ington. House Document No. 2S1. Re
solve in favor of state aid for the sup
port OF the Eastport bridge, was TAX
en- from tl. table.
or further motion by the same SEN
;,tar the senate non-concurred with
the action Of the House, and the bill
WIS ,Hcn referred to the next i.esisia-
ture
| ON motion by Mr.. Staples OF Knox.
| Report of the committee on judiciary
| on Bill An Act To incorporate the
| Knox County Power and Transmission
! Company, ought not 10 pass" was
| taken from the table.
| On further motion by the same Sen
| ator the report of the committee was
| accepted in concurrence.
| On motion by Mr.. Moulton of Cum
| bcrland, the majority and minority
| reports of the committee on agricul-
| ture on Resolve i'll favor Of the Sag
a1ahoc Agricultural Society, Wero
taken from the table.
ON further motion by the same SEM
| ator the majority report Of the COM
mittec was accepted.
T. ON motion by Mr.. Millken of Aroos-
| took House Document No. 25o. Bill.
An Act to establish the Houiton nlu-
| nicipal court, WAS taken from the ia
| BILE.
| MIR. MII.LIkEN: Mr.. President. | do
| not intend TO offer any further obiec-
| ton to the report of the committee,
hut to put my self right with my own
| CO nstituents / wish to say a word
| about this matter,
In the first place | asked the chair
! man Of the committee before which
| this matter was to be heard il he
| would have il referred to the Aroos-
| took county delegation. | intended to
| be there in person and present the re-
quest before the committee, but anoth-
| er hearing prevented my being in at
| Il ndance, and the chairman forgot to
| have the matter referred. | speak of
| that. not to criticize him, for We all
| have a great many of these things on
| our minds. ana il was my fault that l
| did not present the request in person
| before the comittee.
| | speak OF that to show why no one
was present to object when this mat
| ter was heard before the committee.
| feel that the movement for the estab-
| lshrnent of this court was caused
| perhaps more from desire to create
! an Office than for particular desire
| for the court. l know that there Is
| considerable feeling in this section in
/ which the court will be. l believe the
greet majority of the people IN that
| section are either opposed to the court
or Indifferent about it, Some OF them
object to il because of the expense TO
| tn, county; some of them object to ii
because they believe it would hinder
' the efficient enforcement of the pro-
| hibitory law: and that is the most inn
| portant objection.
| ! have asked some of those VINO
! nave charge of things in this Lesisla-
| ture il this might be referred to the
| Aroostook county delegation. l have
| also suggested that Il referendum might
be added and the people given chance
| tn ,.ato ,i,,,n Roth rpplpStS We're