Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-03

be- Now your committee of conference
have come to this conclusion, that not
only shall three sheriffs be investigat-
cd bat that five shall be Investigated
or else none. l believe that will meet
with the approval Of the people Of his
| state.
| confess thai many of us eongrat
dlated ourselves that there would he
one session Of lie Maine Legislature
when This perennial rum question
| would not be the principal measure
| before the Legislature. We were doom
| Cd To disappointment, and we probably
shall be just So long as the present
| pfohibtory law is allowed To remain
on the statute hooks Of this state. In
| the closing hours of this Legislature
| when we are tired worn out and lrri-
| table and Wanting to 50 home this eter-
| nal rum question was forced upon
| this House end this Legislature. Now
rs long as il has been ii me. gentlemen
! iot US stay mere and d. chr duty. and
| It there Is evidence pre- scented To this
! legislature whereby five sheriffs Of
! his State should he removed nm
| doufted!y three more will be added TO
the list, in order that We may have n
general house cleaning, and 50. Mr.
Speaker. 1 present the report Of the
committee and ask tho olesk 10 read t.
The clerk then read the report of
the committee as follows:
The committee of conference on the
disaGreeins action Of the Senate and
House on resolution for the removal
from office b. address To the Governor
tot LAWS W. Moulton, as amended by
al ant 4
| same und.r consideration and beg
leave 10 report rs follows: We recon-
mend hat the House recede and con-
cur with the Senate in the indefinite
postrohemcnt Of House Amendment A;
and further rccomms nd thnt said res
outien lac amended So "A To fix the
date for appearance and hearing for
Satnrda". April 9Th. 1912. at half past
tiinc O'Clock \. Nj: aud further recon-
mend that in the case of John W. Bal
lou. the resolution be amended So as
70 fix the time @! his e.ppearance and
hearing FOR Friday. April 4th. at halt
uast nine o'clock \. NJ; and In the
matter Of Adelbert j. Tolman. that the
resolution be amended SO as 20 fix the
time FOR his appearance and hearing
FOR Monday, April eth, at half past
nine o'clock A. NJ. and that in the
matter of Wilbert wv Emerson. the
resolution be amended SO as to fix the
appearance and hearing for Tuesday.
April Sth, at half past nine o'clock A.
M: and in the matter of Hewett NJ.
Lowe the resolution be amended SO as
to fix the time Of his appearance and
hearing Tor Wednesday, April 9th. Mt
half past nine o'clock A. NJ; and in the
matter Of William II. Hines the reso-
luton lie amended so as To fix the time
of his appearance and hearing for
Wednesday. April 9th, at half past nine
O'Clock a. NJ. Signed, Albert J. Stearns.
II. $, Wing, IRA G.. Hersey. John c.
Scates. Bertram r. Smith and e. E.
Newbert.
Mr.. NEWBERT. Of Augusta: MI.
| Speaker. | Wish to second the motion
of the gentleman, from Westbroek (Mr.
! Scates) that this report of the COM
mittee of conference be accepted by
| the House. This matter was consid-
cred at the regular session, yesterday
| which lasted more than an hour, and
in the conference committee If there
| is to be agreement both sides must
concede something. You have the re-
/
part of the House, | think it is safe
to say did as we'll as they could; they
/ insisted upon the action Of the House
as long as they could, and in view of
Il failure of the whole proposition
they were willing to concede to tho
Senate that much and agreed ia, re-
cede and concur with the Senate aa
TO the amendment which We passed lin
the House; but we did insist uponssi
schedule being made up which has
been read To the House, schedule
which now gives he Legislature eon-
| troll Of all these matters, and Ii seems.
only fair that there being four .Den,s
ocrats named and two Republicans
that Republican officer Should sbe
placed on trial first. That is the com
clusion of the committees. and L,aln
very sure ii will be satisfactory to
this House. Like my brother Scates
| had hoped that We should end this
session without a discussion of the
liquor business IN this State.
My position in this State is we'll
known upon this liquor question. I
have no use for liquor. and have M
use for rum seller. / give way TO
| io ifldll on TINS moor IN my respect
for law and in my demand for lab
and III my desire for clean towns
clean cities, clean men and sober inch.
| should say nothing further wereG It
not for the fact that some man here
in this House. and | think he should
be Democrat, should say a word In
answer to the mud sllnglng which
| tock place in the Senate, Yesterday,
when Lord Jersey said in the House
OF Lords. Lord Hersey of Aroostooi..
who exceeded all records that vert
made by him in mud singing. |
would like to take up his charge, tina t
some of the leaders in this House are
playing dirty politics with this qles-
ton, that we are peanut politicians
playing peanut politics on this solemn
question. 3'r
l submit. gentlemen, that no man
in this House has played dirty poll
ties yet with this question and no man
will. ! submit there has been no pea
nut politics played in this House in
relation to this question. This House
has its rights and it will stand upon
those rights. l am sorry that the ex-
igpncV of the ncp1 sion cDItR for a crit +