Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-01-16


"A proposition to require the opinion
of the judges of the supreme court. as
provided by the Constitution, shall not
be acted upon until the next day after
such proposition is made"
Now, there is no great haste, gentle
men, and we shall be here Tomorrow
and we shall consider this matter to-
morrow, and / oppose the motion of the
gentleman from Skowhegan. to sus-
pend the rules; and / sincerely hope
that the motion will be voted down.
The SPEAKER: The question is up
on the adoption of the order offered by
the gentleman from Skowhegan, Mr..
Marston, which has been read. Is the
House ready for the question?
Mr.. NEWBERT: Mr.. Speaker, is the
question before the House on the mo-
ton to suspend the rules or on the
passage of the order?
The SPEAKER: 1t is one question,
whether the rules shall be suspended
and the order have a passage.
Mr.. NEWBERT: Can the House act
intelligently upon that order in that
way, Mr.. Speaker? Does not the pas
sage of the order require a majority
vote, and a motion to suspend the
rules require a two thirds vote? 1t
seems to me it is strange mixture.
The SPEAKER: The Chair rules
that the order cannot have apassage at
all without the consent of two-thirds
of this body because the rule referred
to by the gentleman from Augusta
makes it mandatory, in the absence of
a suspension of it, to postpone consid
GRAFTON one day. The Chair rules that
mere motion to suspend the rules
without something upon which it can
act has no effect, and is not in order,
and the proper motion is as made, that
the rules he suspended and that this
order have passage under suspension
of the rules.
Mr. NEWBERT: l hope the motion
will be voted down.
Mr. SCATES: Mr. Speaker, | would
move to lay the matter upon the table
until tomorrow.
The SPEAKER The gentleman
from Westbrook, Mr.. Scates, moves
that this order lie upon the table,
which month has precedence and is not
debatable. All those in favor of the
motion to lay upon the table will say
yes; those opposed will say no.
The vote being doubted,
Mr.. Scates moved that the yeas and
nays be called.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER: All those in favor
of laying this order upon the table
when their names are called will ans
wer yes; those opposed will answer no.
The clerk will call the roll.
YEA:-Boland Roman brennan
Brown, Bucklin, Chadbourne. Churchill.
Clark of Portland, Clark of New Port
Cyr, Davis. Descoteaux. Doherty, Dono-
van, Dresser, Dunbar, Dunton, Eaton,
Eldridge, Elliott, Estes, Farnham,
ra6ek; G9il ngSae Gamaehe Gsrdner
Hartman, Haskell, Hodsdon, Hogan.
Jennings, Kehoe. kelleher of Portland,
Kelleher of Waterville, kimball, Lawry.
Leader. Leary, LeBeI, Leveille, Libby.
Mason, Mathieson, Maxwell, Maybury.
Mldon, Morgan, Morneau, Newbert,
Packard. Pitcher, Plummer, Price, Put
nam. Quinn, Reynolds, Richardson, Rob-
inson, Rolfe, Sanderson, Sargent, Scates.
Sherman, Snow, Sprague, Stanley. Stet-
son, SWEET, Wheeler, Winchenbaugb,
NAY:-Allen. Austin, Bass, Benn, Ben
ton, Bither. Bowler. Bragdon of Sullivan,
Bragdon OF York, Butler, Chick. Cook,
Durgin, Eastman, Emerson, Folsom,
Greenleaf of Auburn, Greenleaf of Otis
field, Haines, Harper Higgins, Hutchins,
Irving, Jenkins. Johnson. Jones, Marston,
Mcbride, McFadden,. Merrill, Metcalf,
Mitchell Of Kittery, Mitchell of Newport.
Mooers, Morrison, Morse, Mute. O'Con-
nell, Peacock, Peaks, Pendleton. Peter
son, Ramsay, Kicker, Roberts. Rousseau
Sanborn, SHELTON, Skillin, Smith of Au-
burn, Smith of Patten, Smith of Pitts
field, Smith of Presque Isle, Spencer, Ste
yens, Stuart, Sturgis, Swift, Taylor,
Thombs, Thompson, Tobey Trimble,
Tryon, Twombly. Umphrey, Violette,
Washburn, Waterhouse-69.
ABSENT:-Wise--1.
After the call of the roll, Mr. Boman
of Vinalhaven, asked and was granted
permission to change his vote from no
to yes.
The SPEAKER: Seventy-nine hav-
| ing voted in the affirmative and sixty
nine having voted in the negative, the
| motion prevails and the order intro
duced by the gentleman from Skowhe-
gan, Mr.. Marston, lies upon the table.
Reports of Committees.
Mr.. Spencer from the House commit