Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-13

] lew lioiitblSs IfllS Dill Rouse l'otu-
ment No. 447, has been with us now
about six weeks and | think that every
body interested on both sides has been
here. The committee which was com
posed of 10 lawyers. seven on the part
| of the House, gave very fun hearing
on the matter. That hearing. as I re-
! member II, was perhaps three or four
weeks ago The outcome of that hearing
was that there has been an amendment
offered to this bill. 1t is true, perhaps
! that some members of the committee
! favored one side and some the other
, but an amendment has been offered to
/ this bill
! This amendment, as ] understand it,
! provides that each church in the diocese
j of Portland, may at any time incorpo-
rate by a board of trustees composed OF
the bishop of the diocese. the vicar gem
eral the parish priest and two laymen.
These two laSmen are to be chosen by
the bishop, the vicar general and the
parish priest. one of those laymen
serves for one year and the other for
two years and the board of trustees may
choose another layman Now. | claim
that that is absolutely fair to the church
( and absolutely fair to everybody con-
! cerned from the fact that the bishop
wishes, the vicar general wishes and
, the parish priests wish and everybody
! who is a member of that church wishes
to choose men who have the interest
of that church at heart. The bess
friends the Catholics have are the bishop.
the vicar general and the parish priest.
/ Those are the ones who will act for the
: best interests of the church.
! Now this committee considered this
/ matter carefully for TWO weeks, and
| they realize What it means and We
! realize what il means. Some of you
! people here possibly do not care. hut
| you want MS To settle il To the salts
faction of the church involved. Now it
| is not going TO work any hardship. but
| il is going to give them really what
| they have asked for and ii is going to
| give ten people perhaps in northern
| Maine or in southern Maine who do
not want To incorporate, the privilege
! OF staying in the corporation sole If
| Trey wish To. As | say, those are the
people Who are interested. and those
| are the people who have the interest
of the church at heart, and of that rea-
son | ask for the indefinite postpone
| ment of that amendment.
Nh. AUSTIN of Phillips: Mr.. Speak
er, may | ask what the pending ques-
ton is?
Tire SPEAKER: The Chair will state
that there is no pending question. The
| gentleman frcm Van Buren,, Mr.. Vio-
| lette, moved that this amendment be
laid upon the table for printing and.
| as the Chair is informed by the clerk,
the Chair declared the motion carried.
| Consequently. the matter now is on the
| table for the printing of the amend
| ment.
| Mr.. OConnell moved to take the
amendment from the table.
| Mr. VIOLETTE: Mr.. Speaker, my
intention in having this amendment
printed was to give chance fer mem
bers of the House to consider This new
draft and the amendment.
| The question being on the motion by
| Mr.. O'Connen, that the House take
this amendment from the table,
y viva voce vote being taken,
The motion was lost
| The SPEAKER. Tile matter lays up
on the table for The printing of the
| amendment.
Tie SPEAKER: The next matte,
for consideration is the motion of Mr.
| Piummer of Lisbon to reconsider the
vote whereby the bill. AN Act fOi
the better regulation of the practice OF
dentistry and to reorganiZe the Board
of Dental Examiners. was passed tc
be engrossed.
| Mr.. PLCMMER of Lisbon: Mr.
Speaker, l acknowledge now that
wish to withdraw the motion to re-
consider: bur in so doing, If the House
viii permit me. | would like to maka
a word of explanation. The BILL Sen
at, No. 3S1. An Act for the better
regulation Of the practice of dentistry
in the State OF Maine, and to reorgan-
iZe the Board of Dental Examiners
it seems to me is a vicious bill. | d.
rot think it ought TO pass; but. so fai
as / can observe, there is no particular
interest in the matter, and the House
| somehow or other. has a notion that
merely by the appointment of board
of examiners in any particular Inc
| that the matter is thereby settled and
there will he no further trouble-eVery-
thing will he carried on honestly.
think what / shall say apples IN a
| way. perhaps, To all of them. Not that
they are any more dishonest men than
the rest of us. but ii is dangerous to
nut an honest man in a position OF
| mower over another one. ! shall quote
| some words that are reported to nave
| been uttered in this room-not IN the
| Hodse of Representatives; but IN inns
| room-before a meeting of the Maine
| Medical Association. They were made,
or said to have been made. by mem
| Der of the medical profession. who is
SAID 10 h.. by member of this House
Ia gentleman in whose word have
the utmost Confidence-a man of abil-
ity and integrity. This gentleman. IN
the 1ourn.l cf the Maine Medical AS
| ISOLATION. the official organ OF the state
| and County Medical Societies, Jan. |,
| 1912, is reported to have said:
| 1t happens to be my sood fortune,
| or bad, as it may please, to have pass
| ed Il number Of these examining boards.
| my business being such at one time
| that ii led me from one state to anoth-
| or through the Union. and / can say