Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-08


lroads want to issue mileageS, afte
the utilities commission is organized
let them issue mileage fer conven
ienee as the Boston K Maine does
but you buy them at the same rate.
Now. Mr.. President. another thing
There is NJ question but what this j
THE same subject matter covered b.
the enc vetoed by the Governor,
followed the bill very carefully, and
lcaH the attention of the Senate Il
Rule Ii of the Joint Rules of this Leg
Iislature which reads: when an,
measure shall be finally rejected. i
shall not be revived except by recon
sileraticn; and no measure containin:
tile same subject matter shall be in
4 troduced during the session unles.
three days notice is given to tht
House of which the mover IS a mem
Der"
/ | have searched Gle record very
carefully and | find no record of any
notice given the House of Representa-
tives by the mover of this matter thai
any three days notice has been giver
J the House taat he would introduce
this BILL and therefore l move that
| the measure be not received by us.
The PRESIDENTS: In regard TO the
suggestion of the senator from ArOos-
took, that unGer the rifles this bill
Cannot be received except by unani-
nous consent or in the absence oil
| that. by formal motion to suspend tht
rules the Chair will state that thS
senator is right.
Mr.. MOREY of Androseoggin: Mr.
President, DO not understand thai
this is the same bill, in substance OF
in form with the bill introduced be-
fore If my understanding of it is
correct, the bill introduced before and
vetoed by the Governor related solely
to mileage on steam railroads; ex-
pressly limited to steam railroads
This bill is not limited to steam rail-
roads. but covers any motive power
and steam or electric roads. 1t is
therefore essentially different.
With reference 10 the passage O
the hill in the hover House and the
matter of notice that must be re-
eeiyed We will say the notice wa
served where the bill was received
and the lower House is the sole judge
of whether they shall; receive the bill
or not. We have no right to say thai
the House did not have three days
notice.
When YOU examine the bill and iinC
it is different, of course the question
is in no way tena5le even in the lower
House. If it was the same BILL if the
House determined that they had 6
right to receive the bill, We 1canno
look through their records and Sc,
whether it was. 1t was received, ant
| it was passed to be engrosse1 and ther
came to this Body.
|sAThere is another thing. While
was sitting here. member of The
House told me that the railroad mer
appeared in the committee in opposi-
ton to sthis bill. In regard to the
fact. I do not know.
Now then. why should not this mil2
age blu be entertained by this Sen.
ate? The lower Body nave determin-
| ed that it was a different measure
and undera the rules, they had RICH
| to receive 1T.
There is another reason why We
should entertain this bill. If it hat
not been for "a mistake the other DAY
when the bill scame up, several sena'
| tors that wereA absent would have
been present, and so far as / am con
cerned for one. I went to Senator
| Maxwell or Wednesday night before
geing home and asked him if thC
mileage bill was coming up the mex
morning. He told me that he hat
made arrangements for it to come III
FRIDAY morning and be laid on the
| table with the Governors veto. / I'M
derstand he did state his wishes. hut
for some reason the matter was over
looked and there were at least thres
or four votes that would have beer
against this bill, that went away
| thinking it was coming up Friday.
/ do not know whether the Govern
or would veto this bill or not, but il
SHOULD have an opportunity of being
considered. 1t went through the
House and is now simply up to get the
opinion of the two Bodies. and it seems
that all should have an opportunity to
vote upon it. If it is rejected after
members have had an opportunity tc
consider it, then like any other mat
ter, 1t should die and nothing more be
said about it. 1t seems to me that il
does not require suspension of the
rules to consider this matter when il
is applied to both electric and steam
roads for it is an entirely different
question, and it seems to me that a
majority vote is sufficient to author
ize its consideration.
Mr. RICHARDSON of Penobscot
Mr. President. in view of the fact that
there are number of the senators
who are interested in this measure
who are not present this morning,
move that further consideration OF
this hill he postponed until tomorrow
morning at nine o'clock.
The motion was agreed to and the
bill was tabled and assigned for to-
morrow morning.
Committee Report.
Mr.. Emery from the committee or
appropriations and financial affairs or
Resolve in favor of Fred L. Lawrence
| for services AS stenographer to the
| joint special committee on Public Utl
| tiles reported that the same ough
| to pass.
The report was accepted.
On motion by Mr.. Boynton of Lin
| coin, under suspension of the rules
| The resolve was given its readings am
| Was passed to be engrossed, withou
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