Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-10


! every member of this Senate.
| 10 not believe. and ] stand here IN
behalf of every member of this SEN
ate, that there is any lobby, any couH-
sci. that can influence any member Of
this hody contrary To his own con-
science. / have a right to vote and he
has q right to vote. ,Very member OF
this body has a right to vote. accord
ing to the light he has.
| do not know anything about this
Allaeash railroad. ] WAS opposed To the
granting Of the charter two years ago
because they asked the rebate upon 1t.
/ can see no earthly reason why. if
tlat company, whether it be a con-
Struction company or whether it is not
Il construction company. If theS are
willing to put their hands into their
pockets and build ]0o mites of railroad
up the Allegash. We should no. Civ
them a charter to do il. roted for Il,
land believe that tho 1000 Democrat
ic voters in the state Of Maine and
moro. will say 10 tnC Senate nf the
state of Maine: You are developing
III" state OF Maine. and YOU need not
allow your friend from AroOstook to
bother about the 130oO Democrats VINO
| voted last fall We Will take care Of
ourselves. If YOU have any grievances
against that road. you nave no right
to bring them in here And when sou
attempt t" insinuatr tHat one single
memDer of this Scnat" Las been mtld-
cncpd by the lobby, il l. uncalled for
ard you ought to take it back and
apGlusize to this Senate.
political situation" You ought to
| have thought of that long ago when
| yo,r party gave back to the y. 4 4. 4.
X. "a per cent. Of the taxes upon II.
They do not ask anything like that in
this charter. If they had there is no
| Democrat in this body who would hay.
| voted for this charter. There is no
| question about that. Do not borrow
| any trouble about the D. mocratic par
| T.. You have all You can do to take
/ care of your own party and YOU" o"n
| In.n in it.
| | did not propose to discuss this mat
ter, but | felt it WAS unkind. unfair
unjust and unmaniy for the senator
from Aroostook to undertake to insin-
uate that these men We're influenced
| by the lobby or by counsel to vote for
/ that bill. believe that every man
| voted according to the dictates of his
owr conscience. and am not going TO
| stand here and be criticized by the
1 gentleman from Aroostook. 1t was your
| own agreement and YOU should take
tie mote cut of Your own eye before
You trg to criticize anyone else.
| Mr.. MILLIkFN: NJ President /
| think | distinctly stated that it vas
not my intention to criticize the mo-
! tivvs Of any member Of this Senate.
| IT is not nv belief that any member
| oi this Senate voted upon this, or
| upon any other question. upon i'm
| proper motives The only Way l. NJ
any other member has to obtain IN
| formation upon any matter is - hear
| the arguments for and against it. The
| argument for this rangor 4 Aroos-
| took Railroad charter has been pre-
| saEtcd repeatedly and astutely by lob
| byists. The argument for til" amend
intnt was presented by myself in my
f., bic way | did intend to criticize,
ara do criticize here the attitude Of
tho lobbyists themselves. l think their
attitude has bocn deliberately unfait
and intended tn m.srrpreSent.
| As for what the senator has said
in regard I" the construction COM
l
pockets and building this road them
selves. il was toe ludicrous To- require
on answer. Nobody objects to uloir
putting their uands into their own
pockets and building this road. but
everybody does object Ia their put
ting their hands further into the
pockets of the public they now serv".
Mr.. KELLOGG Of Penobscot: Mr..
| Prcsid ant: ! did not intend |" say
anythirg upon this matter and per-
| hspS it would b, better il did :ot,
but as long as the senator from knox
has made the statement he has. !
| want TO say just one word.
This is the second time | have been
here in the Senate. Before I came
here ! used t read the papers some
and all through the session .! the
Legislature YOU would see in the paper
where Senator Staples from Knox Was
ltrving to get ~ the railroads of This
country And the last tWo years he
has introduced bills along that line.
| Nov ! would challenge any man to
find one Jlact where h., has been sue
cessful i'll any OF them. Here is a
chance where he could have helped us
i'll this matter: where he could have
come in and stopped the z. ~ y. l..
j. from taking any tighter grasp on
tile people of Aroostook county, but
10. he steps one side. onto the rail-
roal's side of this proposition and
against the people Of Aroostooh coun-
IT, ] say it is unfair When this
vote is taken ! wish it to b. taken
by The yeas and nays.
Mr STAPLES: Mr. President: Just
(; word in reply. have always been
lighting the railroads and am fighting
tlcm vet. ! never was in favn" Of
airy rebate. I have always voted
against rebates, but ! cannot conceive
for my life. when those men put their
| hands into their own pockets and
build that raiiroad.-the money, most
| Of il. coming from outside the STATE
| and open that country there, where
the great graft is upon that. l know
| that people do not build railroads for
| fun. but they build them to make
! money, and ! presume that they will
| make money If they could not make
some money they would not build it
Ny course has always been con-