Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-29

proposition, why he does not indict these
men separately.
Now | have been here all winter. l
don't know what the sheriff of Fehonscot
county may be doing, as an actual Iacl'
in the city of Bangor ! do kho" ifoin
| reports that in the country toWHs the
law is being enforced. ] am glad 10
know that the gentleman does nave III
mind two men who might ne possipie
witnesses one the eX-mayor OF Bangor
whose duty it was the last TWO OF three
| years, while he was mayor TO enforce
the law; and l am glad to know he pro-
poses to summon another eX-ohelal 10
| show how bad the conditions are in Ban
gor; but let him put it in in an orderly
| way, and not ask me to put IN an amend
ment here which he must know, ana eN-
cry man knows, is disorderly procedure.
Mr.. NEWBERT of Augusta: MI,
! Speaker, | am not an attorney do not
know anything about procedure In THESE
! matters; but it seems 10 me, as praeii
cal member of this House IL is gooo
way to get at it, We do not want TO SIT
! here all summer, We have no session
| tomorrow The hearing on the Moultoh
! case will come on Tuesday, why not
| inco1 porate the whole thing now put
| them all together? This House will do
| the work as we'll as the Civic League OF
Maine or anybody else outside of TINS
! House.
Mr. KEHOE of Portland: Mr.. Speak
er. | want 10 call attention To one of the
signers of this petition here, Mr.. Walter
II. Dresser. the chief of police of the
| city of Portland appointed for term
| of five years, and whose duty it would
| be today to enforce this law.
Nv brother speaks about procedure
| There are no charges here and there is
no Indictment and this is the proper
time to bring up this question. This
| committee gets out and frames the
charges. and why can't they include the
other two sheriffs? 1t is practically the
: me offence and the same law is being
nullified as in the other counties This Is
Ike trying three men for a felony who
are concerned in the same felony. 1t is
cnly question of good faith. If the
Governor and parties behind this pro-
ceeding desire TO go ahead in good faith
We have shown them the way to do 1t.
and | hope the amendment will be
adopted.
The SPEAKER The gentleman from
Patten Mr. Smith, raises the point OF
order that this amendment is not in or
der. At the first consideration the CHAIR |
was of the same opinion, but upon read
ing the original resolve it is clear that
it is simply an expression of a plan or
purpose of the Legislature to do GER
tain thing at a certain time. 1t is not q
proceeding now against the sheriff: ii Is
a resolution that on certain day both
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XIV en-. will proceed to consider the adop-
ton Of an address to the Governor Tor
the removal of certain official.
The proposition is to add to that an
amendment whereby they shall at the
same time also proceed to consider the
adoption Of another address against an
other official. The Chair thinks that IN
a case of doubt the doubt should be re-
solved in favor of such amendments,
because the Chair would not care to pre-
vent the House from considering these
things and on the whole the Chair is Of
the opinion that while at nrst 1t would
seem to be not germane, it is not after
all an indictment which We have before
us but, as the Chair stated. an express
sion Of a plan or purpose to proceed on
certain day against a certain official.
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er. the point had IN MIND was TINS;
that 1t would not seem To layman a /
practical procedure ut all 10 male these
three officers before the bar OF TINS
House at the same time, |
do not think any one here has any
objection To cleaning this thing up and
letting il go to its natural end In other |
words. | think it is the wish Of all of
us that it should go 10 its natural termi- :
nation, let the consequences he whatever
they are. | want to say now that |
have 10 objection neither do | believe