Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-18

and lat2iter. whereas it has It serious
pup and can accomplish solis-
thing
IN ioHbt .dly the investigation Of tho
departments and institutions Of this
stat MI BE- accomplished b* some
eXpense, and without any question that
that expense viii be kept within GER
tain bounds by action Of tn" commit
to. aad If not BY their action then
sur.lN !,A conference with the Cover
nor and Council. TO add an amend
ment that that expense should not eN-
eecG thc sum Of SO would De t.
make Il Joke and farce OF the whole
proccs ding, because nobody would
undertake to say that am such eX-
pcnsc as that could be reasonably OF
justly incurred nor anything approach
ing that We are an investigating les
ISla,iNe committee which must scrH1t
without salary. II is absolutely out
side at tht law for any member q that
committee Ia receive aHR pay r&a"Pt
ing possibly actual expenses incurred.
A. far as tie employment of counsel
goes. chat uds inserted simply be
eau-a the original 0rdci' said tint t."
committee should have the assiStane"
of the attorney general if they needed
il bere in tie House, and Mi. TuppsF
assisted us. and if the ORDER had not
been amended in that respect and the
committee had found it necessary To
york in vacation that would haze
imposed upon the office of attorney
9. neral an additional duty. and III"
htl'lhai lfo'n fiouil'H dIrt,9 ~
me 'lldt u tte "I'lt' u assistant "t'o'
h'N Stl'fa! i ao"iiSlifu' me "''"i ~
SUhefai VIII nave ''l ne ''h u" '''.
Out ldhliG -" any mn WI ~ 80
conliSel as "ohld het't u 't e''i'''S
N"hid De thl'lo>'u. OF 'ours'' dt i'I''
crate pay. Ie'ail 'i't 'iiS'a.Iee W
when tHt gentleman from ii'ui'''i
Sl'oh" NIt'l' "ilo ~ tt'' i'"' ','' it'' M
p"rS OF our pre- i'SSloh C''3l yea t.'' '"N
81 lot'iai" e''fV'o 'oi MS ''9S'1 an
III tl'lf wafer con PAM tdN'' iu'
Noulu suggest l" t"' E'l''e"''" it'''
ti"uitol' Niat litll a'Io''''N va -
luoiic'th 'i'u 'i"'i' - no p'F9IDi'i'H -
'IllS co'ilH]'''' ''HI'''H ing - pun
mean law I, :" we Won 80 tii'' ''hA
scrip" Ike tId' 'i'iu1H''i'
1t seems t. me- seriously. that the
work of that committee would he inn
'5""tant. not in party ScuSr wholly
but in the sense Of producing good TO
TIN. STATE ct Nainr. and that the order
rs presented after considerable work
ought to IA through this House with
ont any attachment that viii cause
he upper body To think that We were
making a joke ol IT. 4 Sel
\uV Nh. Su,al.r Tor p, numhcr of
wears. thor" has been pending before
inns LEGISLATURE Just Sllch Il PROPOSE
non as mat order lnN"iNtd. IN t9"'
'ilS House passed AN ofdef Tor JuSt
Such an investigation as Is lnNolNed
h'r'' ANA when IL got INTO the senate
one ~ Inc @'Ht"'in'h tliolo' l'eI'hs
some d"uot about lilc result "l >" II
;h Investigations put ON an "l"'hH-
meht amt that amendment was titN
no department or institution teu'd d."
investigated until after Sohtnil" hI'1
written charges oi frauh or WONG
u"lhE against the department OF III
Stltutl"h. ahd tho "rdtr came P'''N l"
the House win tnal a'h'h1i'''ht ~
t"ch'd To IT. ana the House aa"if'"
IN" amendment anu ;" 'iio matter
dropped. instead nj th'h c"h''|'"ihS
d'tt'tiN as Inc Gth'Plldll ii'iEh1 nay
cone thal no lhNtS'E"ti"H "dN proper
or necessary every f'''iA SAM Jo9' ~
the gentleman from tt"u''oil l'"S S"i"
'llS morning mat tloN approved "l
the ''V'S'lS''i"I ana "PPr"Ncd "'
looking INTO tn"@r tI''hSS' nut TN
a''it'h'd an amendment I" '"r 'Fa''
that would stop any investigation GO
ine on