Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-08

the frocerymcn. and the tailor and
everybody all through. You may say
; that it affects only til" dishonest man.
; coed heavens. If YOU put all of th.
:, dishonest men in this country in jail
yon VIII have to have bigger Jail
| than the new State Cauitol.
| l have no personal feeling in regard
TO this matter, because | know as yet
| ther" is no criminal Law by which my
landlord can put me in Jail becausa |
90 not pay my rent, or because ! do
| not PAY M tailor for the suit o.
clothes he Loaned me when I came up
here. ] DO have'a feeling that the re-
| port of the committee should be ;c-
cepted. 1t seems to me the report OF II
| coninit:ee ought to mean sometime
| We give notices and have hearing.
| and then some parties run for luck
| and Il the report is against them they
| lobby and undertake to break down
| the report. The committee listens to
the !org stories and then sits down
and carefully makes up the thing the
best they can. do have the feeling to
| have this report accepted. that the
committees may understand tha: their
reports do mean something; that they
are not mere farce: that We do not
spend all this time to hear these
Things and then have the report turn
ed down. Do YOU believe that those
men signed report they did not be-
lieve was honest and right?
Il" not say that | hop" the motion
VIII Prevail; | do say that | do not be-
licv" i will prevail
Mr.. KELLOGG. Mr. President.
can ste. OF course. Where the Senator
from kennebcc wants his report ac-
ceptcd. We all do. but we must re-
member there are lots Of reports of
committees turned down in these two
bodies. BY the remarks of the Senator
'iiihk ne wants to open the door So
the employment agents can go into
th"S" cities and say, Here. boys, am
getting dollar out of this you will
get Your fare paid down into Maine.
I"u can go down there and when YOU
get there You can jump the job. 7
say that this bill works no hardship
on any man who wishes To do right.
nope the motion to indefinitely
postpone will prevail
Mr. MILLIkEN of Aroostook: Mr.
President: | want to emphasizes ;he
statement made by the Senator from
Franklin as to the small percent OF
men who work in the woods to whom
this matter has any interest whatever.
Because | think it ought to be said in
fairness to them. as well as to those Of
us vino employ labor. that most of the
mon who work in the woods are as
good "a class OF men as you will fin
working at any other trade or profess
sion of the same kind, and most o.
them l believe try t. use their en-
ployers well and fairly. | like to think
that most o. the men who employ
these Lumber Jacks" as We call
them, Try to use them fairly.
| want to say that personally l be
lieve as the senator from Pcnobscot
has stated, that the present laW work
no hardship on any honest nan Se,k-
ing employment in the woods. ! also
believe as the Senator from Franklin
stated that very few men seeking
employment, and perhaps very fcw o:
The men who nave occasion to employ
men in the woods, have any interest
in tie matter whatever.
Fer myself, while neither ! nor any
OLE with whom have been connected
use this present law. | am person
all, Interested in the matter ana shall
ask to Dc excused from voting upon it
The question being upon the indeil-
nate stponement of the bill, Mr, FAR
rington of Kennehec moved that the
vote be taken by the yeas and nays.
sufficient number having arisen. the
yeas and nays We're ordered and the
secretary called the roll. Those voting
yea were: Messrs. Blanchard, boni-
gan. Foss of .Androscoggin, FosS OF
Gun .berland. Fulton, Hill, Irving, kei-
logs. Pendleton. Staples. Stearns, TAe-
riault. Winslow,-l3. Those voting nay
were: Messrs Allan. Boynton. Chani-
Ter, Dodge. Edwards, Harrington Null
len. %oyes Osborn. Sanborn. smith,
H. Absentees, Gowell, Hamilton,
Leach. Mayo, Moulton.-5. CMr. MIL
liken was excused from votingo
So the motion IL indefinitely post
none the bill was adopted.
on motion by Mr.. Stcarns oi oN-
ford,
Adjourned.