Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-27

furnish catalogue of the members of
the House, with the names and boarding
places of the same, together with a dia-
gram of the House, in accordance with
the order passed January 4th.
Now. Mr.. Speaker the order was pass
| ed more than three weeks ago, and so far
| no one has seen anything of the kind. 1t
would seem AS though reasonable
time had elapsed If we are going to
have anything of this kind we want it
now. not after we adjourn and go home
and ! Move the passage of the order,
and that the clerk be instructed to con-
vey the order to the auditor of State
printing.
The question being, SHAH the order re-
ccive a passage,
The motion was agreed to
The SPEAKER: The orde, III he sent,
to the auditor of state printing
Reports of Committees.
Mr.. Dunn from the commttea on le-
gal affairs reported ought TO pass on
Dill, An Act to amend Section / OF
ChapteI l69 of the Private and Spccial
Laws of 1903. IS amended by Chapter
3bl OF the Private and Special Laws
oil 1909, relating to the Young Women's
Cnristian Association of Portland.
Maine.
air. Pelleticr from the same co,nmit
tee reported ought OF pass on bin An
Act to empower the county commits
si2nels Of tIennebec county TO act ,,r
Ger Chapter 119 of the Laws of 1907
entitled An Act to provide way to
free ton bridges"
Mr.
mittee reported ought to pass on bill.
an Act TO abolish the office of assist
ant attorney general
Mr' JERSEY of Houlton: Mr.. Speak,
err thlnk that report of this commit
Tee ought not 10 be approved. and
wish to move at this time that the bill
be- Indefinitely postponed; and in sup
port OF M motion I wish TO say a
word to this House.
III may seem strange that a Renubli-
can should oppose the Establishment OF
an Office to be filled by q Democrat. il
the Office is retained, but I fear from
something that has been brought out
early IN this session that we are here
ior polltlca! purposes and not for the
business of this State. AS a member
Oh thlS House / wish, as far as | am
concerned, to put myself on record that
my constituents did not send mo here
To do business for the Republican mar
". They did not send me here tn mao,
inc Speaker. to put any distractions
IN the progress o. the state by hinder
ing TIE work Of the Governor or 20 use
this LEGISLATURE, or nv privileges; IN
the Legislature. to return to bower if
| C6ll1
away from power for the tina being
but my constituents sent me kere to
do business for the State OF Maine
ana they ask me to forget my politics
Iof little while; ana / ask this Houst
ara the members of this House that we
forget our politics for few moments
and sec if we cannot do business for
the State of Maine
Now understand how il is that this
report comes in approved by the COM
m:'tee. Two Years ago the gentleman
from Watcrville tAir PattanealD in
tIpduced 4 bill to abolish the oifee ~
assistant attorney general of Maine.
1t was not received by the House i'll Il
serious manner. II was not treated as a
serious consideration. The gentleman
from Natarviilc in presenting the
measure. used the Wit and irony and
sarcasm ot which he is q master in adj
Nocating the bill; hut it received not
much attention in the Legislature of
Maine. Now since that time matters
nave changed. and the gentlemen from
W aterNllle. have no doubt. feels that
to put himself on record all right. To
show that he is consistent early in the
session introduces the same bill again.
although he is the prospective candi-
date for attorney general of Maine. lie
has that bill referred to his own COM
mittee. of which he is chairman on
the part ot the House: and whatever
arguments he used before that
committee understand were ar
euments used in executive Ses-
SIGN. ard tho committee makes
report to this House in favor Of abol-
ishng the office. Now l say with that
understanding of how this report
comes before this House we ought to
lay aside cur political feelings in the
matter and tor a moment look at the
business of the State of Maine.
If YOU will bear with me moment.
let us look at the history of it. The Of
flee of attorney general is great Of
flee. will not put ii second to that OF
the Executive of the State. 1t is an
office that has great. honors attached
to it, great history in the State OF
Maine, it has been held by great men.
We expect to have that Office honoreo.
and held by able men in Maine The
business of the Office has increased. /.
is one of the most important offices in
the state. In the Legislature or 1906
an investigation of that office was had
By committee of that Legislature
and the office of assistant attorney
general was Created 1t was thought
necessary n that time to have assist
ance in the office, To have help in that
office to carry on the business of that
office: and that assistant was the able
attorney general who has lately left
the office, MI. Philbrook. 1t was ne
cessary for that assistant to leave his
office at home. to leave his work. TO
leave his private business, and as an
assistant devote his entire attention to
that office; and so we'll did he do his
work that ne was exalted to that high
office, the attorney general of Maine,
and at the Legislature of 1909 the able