Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-11
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
CONTINUED from Page Five.)


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House Resolve, No. 465. in favor o
town of Waltham.
Grabbed pending second reading ant
assigned for Wednesday Of next weei
on motion OF Mr.. Tucker Of Wiscas
set.)
House Resolve, No. 295, in favor q
The Maine state prison.
House Resolve, No. 30, relating L
State Survey Commission.
House Resolve, No. $40 relating Il
sale of certain public lots.
House Resolve. No Ala. favor free
High school precinct in town Of Dix
mont.
House Resolve. No, AZ. relating Il
appointment of delegates.
House Resolve, No. AIS, providing iol
protection of trees.
Grabbed pending second reading and as
signed for Wednesday Of next week on
motion of Mr.. Allen of Columbia Faiis)
House Resolve No 419. providing for
protection of trees.
Mr. Allen Of Columbia Falls moved that
the resolve be tabled and assigned for
next Wednesday,
Mr.. CHASE of York: Mr.. Speaker, !
would suggest tildl oIlt VI t'''SS iNSC'NN
contains an emergency clause
The SPEAKER That is House Resolve
No. 419, the one now under consideration.
Mr.. CHASE: Mr.. Speaker. | wish To
call the attention of the House to the fact
that this resolve contains an emergency
clause and il is important that II should
receive its passage as soon as possible
for the reason that we are now getting
close to the season when the gypsy moth
may be moving. Really, so far as am
concerned in this matter. I will say thai
] have no special interest in it, intro
duced these resolves at the request OF the
commissioner of agriculture and nave
looked out for them little, and it is on
that account that call the matter to the
attention of the House. and next Wednes-
day is all right as far as am concerned.
The two resolves seem to be alike, one
provides for the year 1911 and the other
for the year 1912, and the one for 1911 has
the emergency clause attached to IT and
the House will understand it. SO l have
nothing further to say. ! think next
Wednesday is all right, but | would SIM
ply add that the gypsy moth is spreading
in this state according TO the reports
which have been received from the sew
eral towns, towns where they have not
appeared before, and so if the House un-
derstands what ii is dealing with that
is all ! have to say.
Mr. DAVIES of Yarmouth: May in
uuire of the gentleman from Columbia
Falls. through the Chair, if there is any
special reason for having the matter 50
over until next Wednesday?
e N, alt n,,1,,
that it may be possible to cut it down
little and get along with a little less
money. That is the only reason | have.
Mr.. DAVIES: Mr.. Speaker, l under |
stand the reason of the gentleman from |
Columbia Falls is that in his opinion the |
amount of the appropriation is too large. |
and that as we are going to consider the |
matter of appropriations on that day he |
would prefer to have it 20 over until |
that time. Am l correct in that?
Mr.. ALLEN of Columbia Falls: Yes.
Mr.. CHASE: Mr.. Speaker, if that is |
fhe case l wish to suggest that the orig |
inal resolve which was approved by the |
agricultural committee was for the sum |
OF $25 000 and it seemed to be approved |
by everybody here, but after the resolve
was divided on motion of the gentleman |
from Watervile so as to make the mat
ter consistent as the part applying to the
year 1872 of course would not be matter
for an emergency clause, and after that
the resolve got into the hands of some
body, | don't know who, and they had it
cut down 5000. Now don't think, as far |
as j am concerned. if you cut the appro-
priation out altogether-t won't hurt my
feelings anyway. only i want the House
TO know what it is dealing with. This in
sect broke out first, as everybody knows. |
in the state of Massachusetts and they
appropriated money for 1t there for the |
purpose of Suppressing 1t for several
years and then some people thought that
the work was not being done effectually
and so in order to make it effective they
took away all appropriation and let the
moth have its own way for four or five
years, and the result is that it has gone
all over the country. Now, if we want to
pursue that course il won't make any
difference to me. / can take care of my
self, ] think, but I am simply throwing
out these suggestions SO that the House
will know what they are dealing with and
all about the matter, and. as ] said be-
fore it won't hurt my feelings a particle
if you cut out every dollar of that re-
solve. only you will take your chances
with the gypsy moth, that is all.
The SPEAKER: The question before
the House is whether this matter shall be
assigned for Wednesday of next week.
Mr. PATTANGALL of Waterville: Mr..
Speaker, / would like to offer an amend
rnent TO House Resolve No 4l9, by strik-
ing out the word twenty" in the sixth
line thereof and substituting therefor the |
word .fifteen;" and | move that the |
amendment lie upon the table and be |
printed and considered at the same time
that the resolve is considered.
The amendment was adopted
Mr. CHASE: Mr.. Speaker would
Suggest that the motion be made so as
to apply to both resolves.