Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-21
Resolve in favor Of Annie iJoues..

'iiiH"hNs
An Act to amend Chapter 80 of the
Private Laws of 1909, entitled An Act to
abolish Rines hill grade crossing in An
gusta
An Act relating 10 the Mt. Desert Tran
sf Company.
An Act to regulate tho opening If
streets in cities.
An Act to provide for The weekly pay
mcnt Of wages
Mr.. Clearwater of HalloweIl moved that
the bill be recommlted TO the committee
lending its second reading.
Mr.. DOYLE of AIillinocket: Mr.. Speak
'r, as Il member Of the committee tina;
reported this bill | desire to briefly voice
my objection to a reassignment / am
not unmindful Of The fact thai in many
cases. under extraordinary circumstances.
it is cxpedient and very often necessary
to rocommit a bill; but do not believe
that in this case those circumstances ex-
list.
When this bill was introduced into the
House it was regularly referred TO a COM
mittee. The committee assigned n date
for hearing and it was properly advertis
ed. ~ that hearing a great many people
botn for and against the measure ap-
pcared before the committee and | think
between three and four hours were given
by the committee on the first DAY Of this
hearing and it was left open for another
hearing and practically the greater part
Of two days was given TO the considera-
ton of this measure. / do not believe
anybody has been injured by it, and |
think il is unfair To the committee and
unfair to a great many who are interest
ed in this measure that this should be
recommitted. II we have rules / think
We should consistently live up to them.
Therefore. Mr.. Speaker. / sincerely hope
that the motion Of the gentleman will not
prevail.
Mr.. CLEARWATER: Mr.. Speaker
would say to the gentlemen present and
also to the gentleman from Millinocket
that personally I am not particularly in
tcrested in this bill. As | understand it,
the bill before the House now is in a new
draft, and some of nay people simply ask
ed me TO hold the bill up temporarily
until some OF those who are interested
in il could be gotten at TO see if the bill
was all right from their point Of view;
and ] understood that the committee were
perfectly willing to go back TO them.
But if there is any question about it,
going back To the committee at this tine
from this House, all | ask is 4 little time
on ii, and instead of moving to recon-
nit it I would be perfectly willing 10
tahle it temporarily and assign date
for 4 hearing in regard to it. There may
be no change necessary l move that its
toDefHerltiI, "a
from. next Tuesday
Mr.. pLJ'MMER of Lisbon: Mr. Speak
or, | have no objection to the bill being
assigned fer week from tomorrow ii il
is proper to put it 50 far along, hut il
strikes me that by that time the work is
going TO be accommodating here and the
more of these matters that can be gotten
rid OF without unreasonable trouble 10
anybody at an earlier date than that
suggested, the more time We shall have
for the consideration of important mat
ters which will come along later. l would
like To suggest that the gentleman assign
an earlier date if it Is agreeable to him
Mr.. CLEARWATER: Mr.. Speaker
wish 10 be perfectly fair in the mat
ter. and in suggesting n week from
tomorrow it seemed To me very rea-
s"nablc 10 get AT the information
which We want. AS | say. l wish to
b" fair. ! feel that | really must in
siSt upon that date.
Mr.. DESC0TEAUN Of Biddeford:
Mr.. Speaker. the gentleman from Hal
lowell claims that his people wants To
have chanc" to look over this bill.
Th"rc were people from all parts al
the state n chat hearing and / don't
see why his people of Hallowell could
not nave been here as We'll as others:
and | as one OF the committee would
not be in favor Of having it laid over.
think the people of Hallowell had a
chance to come here if they wanted
10. People We're here from Portland
and Bangor; why couldn't they come
from Hallowell" | would not he in
favor Of dcferrinG action on this mat
ter.
Mr.. CLEARWATER; Mr.. Speaker.
| dislike To be taking up the time over
what seems to me really a very small
matter, but for the information of the
gentleman from Eidd, ford I will say
that ii is not my people in Hallowell
-HalloWell is only two mics down the
riVer-that | speak for entirely, but for
some other interests out of the State,
men l mean who are out of the State
and interested in this bill. and | do not
think it would be possible to get the
information from them to know what
their position would be. whether the
bill is all right from their viewpoint
or not. before that time. That is
simply why | suggested a week from
tomorrow.
The question being on the assign
ment of the bill for a week from to-
morrow.
The motion was agreed 10.
Resolve in favor Of 0. w. Cole
Resolve. in favor OF Helen e. Hobart
for State pension.
Resolve, in favor Of the town Of
Baileyville.
An Act to extend the provisions of
Chapter 3l5 of the Private and Special
Laws of 1909. being An Act to in
corporate the Penobscot Bay Water
Company" to March &c. 1913.
An Act To repeal Chapter 127 of the
Public Laws of 1909 relating to the
powers of the hoard of prison and
Jail inspectors.
An Act 10 amend Section "a. Chap
ta, Of tho Ray-ica5 StatufaS iona of