Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-22

can bc accomplished without injury
To- pr, synt my, stmcnts. y STATE which
does not protect the property OF it's
citizens tails of one of its important
purposes.
Now, when your Governor spoke those
words in his inaugural every business
man in the state of Maine applauded
them to the echo. Republican ana Demo-
crat alike. No bill introduced into this
Legislature which had for its purpose the
carrying ont of the state the power gem
Grated by the waters of our rivers would
have commanded Il single Not" in this
House. and Notwithstanding the cries Of
the newspapers that went out before this
bill was introduced, and notwithstanding
the cries that have been kept up since
this bill was introduced. there never was
a charter proposed before any Legislature
that had within it stronger provisions to
keep within the borders of this state ev-
cry ounce of electrical energy generated
under the charge of the company. Di-
reilly or indirectly the company was for
hidden to take lis power ont of the state
of Maine, forbidden to consolidate with
any other company that could take pow
or out of the state. forbidden to sell to
any company that took power out of the
State, and with all those restrictions
carefully written into tn" charter, written
in with as strong words as any person
could conceive, there has been constant
CRY in the papers even up TO today and
around this Legislature down TO the mo-
mcnt when I began to speak, that the
IF This pprnnr.tfipD Ia
carry power ont of the state of Maine,
when every lawyer and every law stu
dent Of three months standing knows
that if that company took charter tho
terms of which forbade il from carrying
power out of IN" state. il il did GO its
charter would be forfeited. Stronger
than your general law. placed within the
charter was a restriction which Governor
plaistcd demanded and which III" people
Of Maine demand. and vet that has been
constantly. steadily and Systematically
nlisreprcsented to the members of this
Legislature.
Following along tn" lin" OF Governor
plaisted's inaugural. a man who has been
h0nored by Republicans and Democrats
alike. the Hon. NIliam T. Ilaines. before
The Portland Board of Trade said the
other day, speaking Of the water powers
of Maine:
IF this power can be Kept within the
borders of our State and utilized here tor
manufacturing. no one can estimate It's
economic value for present and future
generations Selfish interests and Inonop-
DIV naturally see their opportunity, but
We are agreed as a people that THIS pow
,r shall not De transmitted beyond our
horl.rs With this assurance. whatever
condition NAV arise with regard TO its de-
velopment. or as 10 how IT snail be oe-
yeloped one thing remains certain that
il must be developed-if observation-disclosures
in and for the people Of Maine
Vow. that was the purpos" OF TINS Biti'
20 develop within the state and Tor the Leo
ME Of tho state Of Maine a power second
only TO that OF Niagara. which eoutd be
u ed il, turning The wheels OF industry ana
bringing abou, the employment OF 'hou-
sands OF laboring men here IN the heHhe-
bee valley. an absolutely legitimate proh9Ni-
ton. an absolutely fair and honest PROV
o.titon How haz il been met not ny
the members of the Legislature. for The
Legislature as whole has not gone INTO
detail At all hut by the men Who nave
sought TO influence your opinion. the men
who have sought 10 weld an influence
culpablc rather than Tor The Sood ~ tue
public and an influence that would be
irstlfed 10y their bushes, Judgment. Foi
the pas, six or eight weeks through Prde-
tirally every paper in the State OF Maine
with one exception. no reference ha! ben
made 10 thc company sought 10 bc or
gauized under this charter save by the
playful and humorous name OF beast 1t
has been the beast. People in Maine
and OUT Of Maine have Joined together,
owners OF land riparian owner, seekins an
opportunity TO como here and do business
for profit. THAT would do more towards
developing the State OF Maine and bringing
it, resources into fuh play than any one
thing ever presented To he people OF Maine
in fifty years. and instead OF being met 'dir-
ly and with fair and honest criticism they
have been met with a cheap cPith"t. an
epithct seeking 10 east cloud on the
Judgment OF every man whose duty it wa
to determine The rights OF thi+ matter.
have here in my hand copy Of the Morn
tug sentinel paper for which | have high
regard aud for everybody connected with
it have a high regard and that paper day
after day ever since this Legislature has
met has carried on its editorial page mis-
representations regarding this proposed
charter such as no intelligent man can
make and such as no honest man would
make and then has carried right alongside
of it two column advertisement OF the
Central Maine Power Company. the braZcn
badge OF its prostitution. tApplausci
You have road picturesque accounts
i'll the Lewiston papers and IN thc
Portland papers of the various things
COINS ctcd with the charter until 1t has
made Nou feel that no honest man has
a right to believe that anybody can go
up here on the Kcnnebcc and develop
n water power honestly. l know of no
man whose name has been mentioned
here i'll any way in connection with
this matter but who has met here
abuse and villification Of the press of
Maine from start to finish. The ad-
dress from which ! read to you here
few moments ago-how was that