Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-10

county would have the right to fine
or imprison him. You cannot assume
that judge Connolly would not honest
| ly do his duty; no man darcs to as
| sumo that Of Judge Connolly; you
| cannot assume that Samuel +. Bates
| won't do his duty because the sworn
| testimony in the case is that he viii
/ and is doing that. You must assume
that. if there is any virtue in this case
at all against Sheriff Moulton, that
there WAS provided by the law IF 1897
a proper tribunal to Try that case be
fore. in which no political prejudice
could enter. where he would be trit"i
by II jury of his peers, where the
/ jury that tried the case would sit IN
i its seats during the entire trial. where
the rulings of the trial judge if WRONG
in law might be excepted to, where
the ease could be fully. honestly and
impartially tried; you did4not need
TO be impanelled here to Try the case
under the lau. and. with all due re-
spcct to you, you are not the proper
tribunal To try such ease before, be
cause ii is Impossible for many OF you
to hear the evidence even As witnesses
utter il in this large room.
| say To you that should YOU fall
to remove Sheriff Moultop, should you
vote not To remove him, rs you ought
in my opinion to vote if there Is any
Virtue in this ease AT AL. and II the
Governor of Maine even thinks he has
n ease. and if the attorney general be-
lieves that in law and fact he has
4 n case. the courts of Cumberland cour-
ty are open To them and we will be
only too glad to try before a jury q
Cumberland cauaty the question
whether Lewis Mnulton is honest, the
county in which he has lived MS
life in the open light of day before
all men and kept an untarnished rep
utation: we would be glad To go down
into that court and make our deiensH
in law before il.
/ Tell me, my friends. you who are
anxious To 80 home and who are hccu
! ed ut home. you who have gwen 20
the state all the service that II mas Il
right to demand of you, why YOU
should stay here and try case aite.
case where under the statutes Of inns
/ State the case exactly described Ill
yolIr resolve is made a case Tor ire
GRAND iury and the criminal court? j
impeachment, why it is desirable u
renaove from office men guilty of high
crimes and misdemcanors; l can un-
derstand how corrupt oflcial shou'o
be removed, even though there Wa
some penal offense for when ne hld'
he also prosecuted: but Wheh YOU
are asked to base your request ioi
removal upon evidence of nothlnS pu'
wiIfnl neglect. and the statute say
for that wilful neglect Lewis
afoulton may be fairly and honeStiN
land decentiy tried in court htteu u
Try him and made up for that pur
noca and orcaniZcd for that purpose
a,a not for legislative work, l cannot
understand why any honest man
should hesitate To say-we Will mo-
! drive the Governor TO remove MN p''
wn will say to counsel Tor the prose-
cution and to the Governor oil Maine
Il von have a case against this MAJ
take II to a proper tribunal present II
there Mace him under the protectioi
af tho constitution and 90 the" laws
snarantee him n fair trial ana CIV
hin, the same right that we wouid ASH
were we in his place.
asks no favors of this body or oil any
other body of men, or oil any man "'
has no need TO, he stands on ms ."
feet. fair and square TO Inc WlhuS "
Heaven, n man who has lived oecch'
manly. honest life all his lie long h
asks no favorS but he has Il right u
demand something, and ne oeriah"S ."
Won that no one of you ny your N".'
place against his name on the recoro'
of this House that he he removed iron
office for corruptly administering TN
affairs of his office when no living hu
man being, from Doughty up 10 the GOV
ernor. has intimated any cofruptio'
against him.
thank you, gentlemen, very muci
for having listened to me so patiently
felt when began that ought no
to talk at all to you, and that you woui'
be impatient OF argument, and that yo'
might even believe l was talking Simply
for the purpose of delay. l ala no
know how you might feel about ii; bu
YOU have been kind to me and you nave
listened to me fairly and fully, ana
believe you are giving the case IN you
mind and are going to continue TO give
il that honest, fair and square consid
Grafton that such case demands ah'
that when you have decided what to az
Won won't say: II did so and so, but
regret it, but whatever you do trus
il will have the approval of your con
sciences, and that you won't be lookinl
for anything but the approval OF your
conscience and that You won't p'
swayed in making your decision by any
feeling of politics or prejudice: ina
YOU will treat Lewis w. Moulton as you
Yourselves would desire to be treated
were YOU in his place ! thank you
nv friends (Applause)
On motion by Mr. Smith of Presque
Isle the convention at this point loon
n recess of five minutes.
After Recess.
Attorney General Wilson then ah-
dressed the convention by way OF ar
gument as follows:
Mr. President and gentlemen or the
convention, / realize the lateness or the
hour and the great stress under wnlch
! YOU have all been during the course OF