Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-14
House Bills in First Reading ICON
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tiouse Bills in First Reading tCon-
tlnued).
An Act Tor the better protection Of
! shell fish within the town of Kenne-
hunkport in the county of York.
! An Act to regulate the sale Of NOR
| phine and other hypnotic or narcotic
drugs. con motion by Mr.. Murphy of
Cumberland, tabled pending commit
ment To the committee on bills in
| second reading.)
An Act 10 establish a uniform poll
tax. Un the House this bin was in-
definitely postponed. ON motion by
Mr.. Wing of Franklin. the bill was
tabled)
An Act to enlarge the powers and
jurisdiction Of the Western Somerset
municipal court. Gn the House this
bill was indefinitely postponed. ON
motion by Mr.. Walker of Somerset,
the bill was tabled. pending action on
the disaereeing action of the Two
branches)
An Act requiring the report of the
State Board of Health Of certain oe-
cnpational diseases due to poisoning
or other causes.
Resolve in favor Of the Maine School
for Feeble Minded.
Resolve in favor of the Maine School
for the Feeble Minded.
Resolve in favor OF the Maine School
for the Feeble Minded
Resolve in favor. of the Maine School
for the Feeble Minded
Resolve in favor OF lothian stevens
of Embden
Resolve in favor Of the town of Bel
mont,
An Act to amend Chapter G of the
Revised Statutes, relating to the regu
latinn and conduct Of elections.
In the Senate this bill was passed 10
he engrossed, and came from the House
Indefinitely postponed by that branch.
Mr.. HERSEY Of Aroosteok: Mr.
President, I had supposed when this
Massachusetts, bill. o-called. had pass
ed this Senate almost unanimously,
had gone 10 the House. had there been
fully debated and passed the House By
a large ma jority. that one public meas
ure for the benefit of the people of the
State had finally succeeded in passing
this Legislature. Ii shows what poor,
insignificant sort of an amateur poll
tician I am. / then believed that this
matter was standing on its merits, was
treated in the Senate on it's merits,
and in the House on its merits. and
the great press of the state had en-
dorsed il before it passed these two
Houses and congratulated the people
that they had ballot. reform ballot
for which the people had been lighting
a hot of Ian
islation of benefit to the people of the
state had finally passed.
And | strutted some. 1t has been called
my pet measure, although ! haNetno pet
measures | put the bill in many years
ago and have been lighting it through
different Legislatures up to the present
time as a matter Of principle, not that
| have any more interest in the matter
than the people have. ! thank God
have no pet schemes and that nobody
has any strings on me. | thank God,
senator's, that what little | do in this
legislature. | do because l believe what
| am doing is right, and not because
there is some little private interest be-
hind the thing or because / am trying
to play politics or because | want To re-
turn 10 the old times and the old time
boil and politician.
Naturally | received great many tel
egrams, and lots Of congratulations.
After the massage of this measure in the
House, nearly every business man in
Portland wrote me, | had kilograms from
all over the state. from business men,
stating me that they congratulated ne
because this grand bill had finally be-
come law
That was after the bill had passed
The House and everybody thought cv-
crything was safe and | was congrat-
nlating myself that | was somewhat
of a statesman, you know. Ha. |
did not know anything about the mat
teri That night | took little trip
over to Lewiston with Legislative
party from the Augusta House, and
we had a quiet, restful evening, the
first one / have had for many weeks.
| came back and went to bed.
friend of mine met me in the morn
ing and said, DO you know what they
have done TO YOU" | said, WHAT
He said, They are going to kill your
ballot bill 1t is all fixed. Mr.. SO and
SO was here, last night, at the Au-
gusta House and there was a little
gathering" The old sores and bosses
of the Democratic party, and the old
Republican barnacles that we scraped
off the ship of State, last fall, were
going to fix it, So | looked in the
Morning Waterville Sentinel and il
gave a very good account. 1t says
"The Massachusetts ballot law, one
of Senator Hersey's pet measures
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