Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-27

poratlon was attempting to defraud
the state of Maine out of Just fees, and
hat after the prepayment of this meas
IRE had made this statement which
was in line with the general idea of
the amendment upon Which he was
speaking, which was in favor of the
State of Maine going into the collec
ton business for individuals. after hay
ing stated that the corporation was at
tempting to defraud the state out of its
| Just fees, then the amendment as just
read was presented by Il gentleman in
order that that error might be cor
recJed.
| can hardly understand why the
| senator from Kennebec should give
| the Senate to understand that there
| was any inadvertence in relation to
! it, since il proceeded from The same
source with the original amendment,
which he stood here upon the floor of
! this Senate yesterday and argued to
this Senate was something that the
| state should do in order to protect it
| self from this corporation
Beyond that when the motion was
made by the senator from York that
| this Bill and amendment be indefinite
| ly postponed, the senator objected 10
It and the Senate denied the motion.
| cannot understand, Mr.. President
why il is that this Senate should und-
ertake to refuse to allow this bill and
| the amendment to be indefinitely post
poncd, If the proponents do not wish
his bill' with this obnoxious amend
ment attached. | see no reason why
| this Senate should refuse to indefinitely
postpone the bill. Is it in the mind of
the senator from kennebcc that this
froponent of the amendment can force
the corporation to pay the amount Of
s60e? The result is sin ply going to be
that they Will not increase their capital
| stock.
Now Mr.. President. in relation 10 this
| amendment, | feel that not only this
amendment. but that the bill itself to-
| gether with the amendment, should be
indefinitely postponed. and / desire to
amend the motion OF the senator from
| kennebee that The amendment and the
bill be indefinitely postponed.
| Mr.. DUTTON: Mr.. President, | am
not quite sure of my position but |
rise to point of order, we having
voted once upon the same motion.
practically the same motion as pre-
scented by the senator from oxford,
he cannot tack that motion upon this
amendment-the motion to indefinite
| ~ postpone the bill
The PRESIDENTS: The Chair will
state that in the opinion of the Chair
action must be had now upon the
amendment, and that a motion relat-
ing to the bill itself will not be in or
der until the amendment shall have
| been disposed of.
Mr.. BUTTON: Now Mr President,
| cannot understand why the senator
has shown so much apparent exercise
| of those functions of the mind that
| tend to arouse contending feelings
within the human breast. (Laughter)
He reminds me, Mr.. President, of in
| stances where a man through the
! kindness of his heart volunteers his
| good offices to stop a scrap between
two persons, and they both turn upon
him, thinking that he is interfering in
their particular fight.
My motion here relates entirely to
| the proposition of this corporations
| paying the same fees that other cor
porations are required to pay. Nov
| the prepayment of this measure. it is
true, the record discloses, made the
statement that was referred to be the
senator from oxford. but l so be-
lieve, and have his assurance for it,
| that it was through a momentary in
| advertence And while | am some
what familiar with the different class
| es of fees paid by corporations, / can
understand how any lawyer, however
| familiar he might be, might mad
vertently state the amount of fees
paid
Now this is no occasion for any ex-
tended discussion This corporation
| wants to be used just the same as all
other corporations in regard to fees.
| | move that We non-concur with the
House in the adoption of House
Amendment 3.
A viva voce vote was taken and the
motion was adopted.
The PRESIDENTS: The Chair will
now rule upon the point of order
raised by the senator from Kennebec
| with reference to the motion OF the
senator from oxford, if it is desired.
The point, as the Chair understands
it, was that the motion to indefinitely
postpone having been voted upon at
the session yesterday could not be
raised again today in connection with
this bill. The Chair will state that
the motion to indefinitely postpone
yesterday was while the bill was upon
it's first reading. if the Chairs recol-
lection is correct. The bill comes up
again in another stage of its passage,
on its second reading, and a motion to
indefinitely postpone is in order at
any stage of the bill, no matter if 1t
has been voted upon in connection
with another stage of the bill ana
voted down.
Mr.. BUTTON: Mr. President. If
the senator insists upon his motion, [
will ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr.. STEARNS: Mr.. President, | |
think that | do desire to insist upon |
the motion, if in order, for some of |
the reasons that | have attempted to |
state, without any desire upon my |
part to excite those feelings which the |
senator from Kennebee has referred |
to.
Upon the question ii seems to me |