Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-17
M.ir.'s presiden. and Speaker.

Names President and Speaker.
Unsurpassed in executive ability, al
wavs in control of every situation, TAR
seeing ana With an amazing capacity
for work. the record of the presidins
officers of tile 10th Maine Legislature
stand cut as prominently as any othei
featrre cf the fifteen remarkable weeks
of law making.
fn,o the Senate in the first of the
wear came tail man with broad
shoulders and the assured bearing Oh
youth. DESPITE this lack OF Years, fouf
nrevious terms. without marrins CIR
snn,s;ance, had given him precedence
over mis- Fellows. Into the House, at 'ife
same time, came a man of legal tram
ing and the experience of assoeiat ton
wifi the men whom he was to direct
Few in the lower branch dared pro-
phesy trouble for the veteran pariia-
mentarian. Down the corridor how
eyer there MAS shaking OF heads AMI
direltiI predictions. Hunters gathered
IN those first days to he in nj the death
as il were, ana heed the first break
dswns.
Pat time wore ON ard they wearied
of waiting. Expectations slowly dissi-
mated. and. finally. were replaced by
wonder and admiration And his reel
inc grew as the session advanced, at
the end according full tribute TO the
genius OF the two leaders who had so
efficiently carried their charges over
the rough places and around the pit
falls. In these closing DAYS ali parties
found one common ground-the only
onnortunity of the Legisla ture,-and
united in paving tribute to their able
officers.
The Senate ieader OF the opposition
party appropriately expressed the SEN
timents of bis colleagues. In presenting
President M.lliken with gold watch,
Mercy OF Androscoggin, declared the
upr,er house took thai method Of show
ing its appreciation of your many
sterling qualities as a man and as
presiding officer He averred the ex-
uensiye mechanism could not surpass
in accuracy the rulings of it's recipient
and stated his belief that the Presi-
dents heart was as untarnished as the
beautiful case. He anticipated higher
giories for their leader. and, with the
aift. rendered the admiration and re-
spect Of every senator.
4 like demonstration ensaed IN the
lower branch when the Democratic
spokesman, admitting himself to be the
.bsd man of the House." brought
message Of Difference and regard frem
himself and fellow members of the
Speaker. only once he said. @did the
exiaency occur for an appeal to the
House. and then 1t was the Speaker
and not the gentleman from Augusta
who was sustained: no other question
has been raised when you have made
decisions here. because the House mas
seen the fairness of your attitude ano
the ability behind your rulings.
Not a mistake by either officer II
three and one-half months, and not
decision to question as partisan or az
influenced by other than wholesome
interest in the welfare of the state
which they served. This was theii
course and with that understanding
they found no reason to estate. Inc
peculiar conditions arising probably
brought more difficult problems ana
more varied demand upon their abilities
than has been cast upon any Presiden'
or Speaker since Maine has been q
State-sit,iations in which no preceden
coulG be discovered--yet rulings wer;
instant, and, with the one exception
mentioned by MIR. Newbert, nncontest
ed in the slightest degree.
President Carl E. Miliiken Of Islam,
Falls; Speaker John a. Peters of Els
worth-long will their fame endure In
the minds Of the citizens of Maine. ant
longer will their memories be enshrinet
in the hearts of the men over whom
they presided.