Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

| so that | say the gentleman from Wa
! tervilie while opposing this resolve is
| consistent. My friend from Ellsworth
| is consistent, speaking from the mi
| nority. that this state should disregard
| those matters: and il this school needs
| money tC carry on its work, it is our
| policy to give il To the school. but 1t
| is not tie policy of the gentleman from
| Waterville. l state these things with
| the kindeSt feelings towards the Dem
ocrats of this House. | simply say that
| the Demoo rate party of this Legisla
ture has carried out the policy of its
| leaders and has been consistent. You
| have done The work YOU have laid out
t. do. The only question is, whether
tie people of Maine will endorse the
policy OF the 18th Legislature inaugu-
| rated fy the Democratic party of
! Main and return you two years from
now. II they do so, | shall be satisfied.
/ nave only tried to bring before YOU
yO1r policy and the policy of the mi
rority party of the Legislature. Which
one the people accept is ali right. !
say YOU have done your work Well. |
am simply praisng you for it, the way
and manner in which you have done
Your work. If the people approve 1t,
all right: if they don't approve it.
| don't blame me. tApplause)
Mr.. PATTANGALL: MIR. Speaker,
| infer from some Things the gentleman
from Houlton has sand that lie is not
| entirely satisfied with the work of this
| Legislature | did not raise any point
o. order with regard To the gentleman's
discussing matters so far foreign to
. Cd ;S,,r,
that point of order for two reasons.
| one was that | knew, after the gen
tleman had talked four or five min
utes, that he had evolved out of his IN
| ner consciousness another stump
! speech and we would have to listen
to it sometime before we adjourned
and | thought We had just as soon
| have the agony over this afternoon as
any other time. Another thing, | knew
that lie was c"nstitutionally nable to
di 5cuss the subject which was at hand.
anyway; lie always discusses some
thing not before the House when he
attempts it. This morning perhaps he
has gone farther atield than usual: but
he has entertained and interested us.
So far as the matter before the House
is concerned, ii is question of lndeti-
mite postponcment OF the resolve IN fla
vor Of the Eastern Maine Conference
Seminary. The gentleman's speech re-
minded me of Artemus Wards lecture
on Africa. 1t is said that .Artemus
Ward in the course of his tour OF the
world advertised in London to deiiv-
er a lecture on Africa. When the audi
ence assembled ne addressed item in
his inmitable way, entertained them
and amused them for couple of hours.
saving Eothing whatever about AIri-
ca and when he had finished lie held
up 4 little map of Africa, seven by
nne. and said to the audience: If any
OF you will examine that map for five
minutes you Will know more about AZ
rica than | do" U.aughterD That is
al! he said about Africa.
Now as | understand the difficulty
with the gentleman from Houlton. 1t
is not in regard TO this resolve which
We are discussing. | believe that la
agrees with ME that it is part Of the
consistent work of this Legislature t.
refrain from making an appropriation
OF this sort. The difficulty he com
plains the most about is that some-
body or some men, having looked over
the situation which confronted the
state and the party, mapped
out definite program ard
that the Democratic party fol-
lowed that program. That seems
to be the real trouble with the gentleman
from Houlton. In other words in spite
of his effort and the efforts of his party
associates in the House and Senate, and
the efforts of the Republican press. no.
l.l IN, 1t,
ocratic members of this House believe
that it was the part of wisdom for them
to divide the party anu permit the Demo-
cratic party to be conducted along the
road to ruin by the eloquence of the gen.
tleman from Houlton. That seems to be
the thing that disturbs him. He says we
have really had a policy and have pur-
sued it consistently. We have gone along
together | think the first remarks which
the gentleman made in addressing this
House consisted very largely of picturing
to the Democratic members the great
danger of supporting any measure 1 made
because | was the man whom you We're
going to be bossed by. Now | have lis
tened to that kind of rot all winter, not
only listened to it but l have read some
of it. There has not been any good sense
in il. There has not been any good ar
gument in it. There mas not been any,
thing in it except a little cheap attempt
to divide the Democrats. 1t has not sue
ceeded. The gentleman from Houlton in
common with some of his associates re-
grets ii.
The 74th Legislature was great Legs-
lature. Without any hesitation at all it
voted from its generous heart money to
anybody that asked for 1t. Committees
reported any bill that came before them
for an appropriation of money. The Leg
isature with almost a unanimous vote
passed any appropriation of money. The
gentleman from Houlton did not stand up
in his place in the Seventy-fourth Leg
sature and say that the State of Maine
must pay its bills Just contract the
bill. that was 1t was all. great
Legislature. When its work was complet
ed and we found that better than a mil
lion dollars had been appropriated than
the state could hope to receive in rev. /
enue, come of us in the minority party
made the fact public; and what did the
members of the Seventy-fourth Legis-