Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-17
ALLEN OF J0NESBORO LEADS
THE RESUBMISS|ON FORCES,
HerSey of Houlton Makes Eloquent Plea
Against the Res0lve--Another Act Coming
for Distribution OF the School Mill
Fund Tax=-The Gardiner Bridges.

hat there as a strong sentiment
among the members of the Rcpubli
can party for taking the question of
resubmlssion out of politics and Sc
curing a NCte upon it, for tic pur
pose not of repeating but of the re-
affirmation Of :hc prohibitory amend
mont To the constitution, was made
manifest Thursday by the vote of re-
submission upon tn floor of the House
when II Republicans voted with thr
Democrats to reSubmit the prohibit
tory amendment to the people oI
Maine for their votes upon it at an
election to be held i'll September 1911.
The gallery Of thA House was crowd
ed TO its utmost capacity and the
spectators standing on the floor of
the House were SO numerous that one
could hardly force his way through
them after the great debate for resub-
mission began Thursday morning on
the floor of the House. y new fea-
ture III resuhmisSion debates was in
troluced this TIM IL the appointment
by the Speaker, upon motion OF Rep-
rcsentatiXc Packard of Rockport of
tile committee on resolutions of one
man upon each side Of tho question
20 have charge of the time which
speakers should 9ccupy which was
limited TO one hour for the majority
report (ought tc p,ss) and one hour
for the minority report leught not to
pass) upon the rcsubmission resolve.
Speaker Morey appointed Represent.
ative Allen of Jonesboro to have
charge OF the speakers in favor Of
IT t., ; to l., =
eey of Houlton to have charge of the
opposition resolve. y resubmission dc
bate led by 1 clergyman for those
in favor of The resolve with placti-
cally all Of the speakers on beth sizes
of the question Republicans was l.
unique spectacle but 1t proved IN
teusely interesting and hardly one or
the great crowd Of spectators ltft the
gallery or hail Of tie House until the
hearing WAS end ID.
The sneakers in favor ot the resolve
were Repre- sentative Peters of ELS
worth, Austin of Phillips, Clearwater !
If Hallowell. Trimtlc of Calais and
i}isbcc # RumfCrd Falls. Those Who
spoke in opposition were Representa-
tivcs Hcrscy of Hculton amt Qui,hby
of Turn,r,
"A little pleasantly was introduced
into the hearing By the filing by Rep
resentative Goodwin of Blddetord OF
CHAPTER 10 of Holman Days novel,
THE Ramrodlers," Which contains an
alleged interview between Repupn-
can llaGer and members OF als party
WHO come TO nina urging honesty III
notifies as we'll as business. Repre-
sentative Davies OF Yarmouth did not
speak but obtained leave to illo
statement of his opinions upon the
questions at issue.
No one lodged the vote on reSuo-
mission. Every one of the 1i9 mem
her, OF the House qualified to vote
was present and voted with the tN-
ception of two pairs. Berry Of ray
cite. who would have voted no. WIN
nf;,lar of Hartland. who would have
voted YES. and Morse Of Belfast VINO
would have voted no. with mart" -,
of Old Town, who would have Noleu
YES. Ncwcomb OF Bridgton was dp-
sent when the roll was frst caiieo'
but voted before the vote was lii'dhS
declared.
The Democrats iavinS been pre-
viouslv whipped INTO line ut the eau
cus Tuesday night stood IKE Soi!o
n,,a1anx for the resolve, notWithstanu-
inc. mat several of them h4d carrier
IN the session led their constituents
10 believe that thoy would OPPOSE It,
ON the other hand the Eepooiica"9
v,ted and expressed their opinions
with the utmost freedom.
Thc whole number of votes cast 40
AZ and the number voting ior ..ie
measure was 10l. six more thah tne
nocossarv two-thirds. while 40 votes
were cast in opposition to resupmis-
sion.
Th, Republicans voting for the
measure were: Austin OF Phillips, Bis
bne of Rumford, Campbell of Cherry
field. Clearwater of Hallowel. Doyle
of Millinocket. Dufour of st. Agatha
uodgman of Camden, Kelley of Booth
bav, Knight of Monroe, Macomber OF
winthrop, Mallett of Freeport. Mitch
ell of Kittery, Perkins of Mechanic
Falls. Peters of Ellsworth. Porter OF
Pembroke, Smith of Newport. SNOW
of Bucksport, Trimble of Calais. Wood
side of Webster, Newcomb OF Bridg-
ton, Robinson of Peru.
Not satisfied with cracking the par
ty lash over his associates of the DEM
ocratir partv in the caucuSeS over the