Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-01-15


til this morning that this attack was
to be made upon them. They are
placed ON trial here and YOU are be-
ing asked to Gust them from their
seats without any facts being pre-
1 sented to the House beyond the state
ment of the gentleman who stands as
sponsor for this drastic order | say,
in view of that. my purpose Is in NOV
ing to reconsider, that this matter may
be discussed and that the claims of
these gentlemen and the rights and
| privileges of these men may he made
| known 10 the members of this House.
so that this House will not act bindly
! upon so grave matter as excluding
these members from their councils.
and that they will act with a full UNI
| derSta,iding of oil the facts. There has
| been made n statement on the other
| side chat these men are sitting here
| IN violation of the Constitution of this
| State. | think perhaps from the plaus-
| ible way of my Brother Newbert some
| of the members of this House may
have gotten that impression; but | do
| not believe, Mr.. Speaker and oentle-
| men OF the House, that the members
| of this House or the members who
| have been balloting for the expulsion
| of these gentlemen want to eXpel them
unless they are Illegally sitting in their
| seats upon this floor; and the only
| evidence that they have up To date of
their Illegal sitting is the statement
of my friend Newbert from Augusta.
| It is toe serious a matter, Mr.. Speak
er, to pass upon so lightly.
| Now the Constitution has been in
| yoked and q construction has been
placed upon ii by the gentleman from
| Augusta, Il construction that for more
| than 90 years nobody ever before
| dreamed of placing upon it, con-
| struction so absurd that to state 1t
fairly carries with it all the ridicule
| that can be heaped upon such con-
| struction. Now, Mr.. Speaker the Ian
| guage of the Constitution is
| Mr.. NEWBERT: Mr. Speaker, |
| think I am within my rights again in
asking that this discussion of the main
question at this stage stop.
| Nh. SMITH of Patten: I don't
| blame them. (Applause)
| Mr.. NEWBERT: We are within the
| order and within the law.
| The SPEAKER; Tho gentleman from
| Augusta makes the rCint OF order as
| the Chair understands it. that the
| gentleman from Pataten, Mr{ smith,
has no right to debate the main ques-
| ton upon a molten TO reconsider, Can
| the gentleman point out any author-
| ity FOR the proposition
| Mr.. NEWBERT: 1t is only my epln-
| ion. Mr.. Speaker. / don't care to raise
| the point of order. | think II IS unusu-
| al to do it, to say nothing else, AFTER
| the vote has been taken that ire main
| question can be debated ar lehSth
| without action of the House
| The SPEAKER: The Chalr CANNOT
take into consideration the unusuainess
| or otherwise of the proceedings. no
| Chair is bound. so far as II Is apie 10
rule. in accordance with the fales oi
tho House: and the latter, as the
! Chair understands 1t, II IS aelhs us
| best 20 do.
Mr.. NEWBERT: make no point of
order.
The SPEAKER: Ara II the point is
made the Chair will .o-ar-rule it me
i Chair rules that the Gentleman from
Patten is in order.
MIR. SMITH of Patten: Mr.. Speaker,
as remarked while the gentleman
from Augusta was on his feet, am
not surprised that he does not like to
!
all surprised, and neither am I sur
prised that in his frankress he says
this is an unusual proceeding. 1t GER
tainly is an unusual proceeding. Here
are three gentlemen who have been
| sitting on the floor of this House with
us for over two weeks. and they have
been recognized as members of the
House, and they have been serving or
| ha Of
the House, and important matters have
been referred TO them and l have no
doubt will or have been referred to
them by the gentleman from Augusta.
He did not deem it necessary 10 call the
attention of the House to the fact that
on the various votes that have been
taken in the House for the past two
weeks that there were three members
of the House who were stultifying
themselves and voting in violation of
law as well. He assures this House
that this is not partisan matter Oh.
no; of course not; he is not inspired by
any political motive in the matter oh,
no; of course not. His whole desire is
| to see what we proceed in an orderly
manner, and that We no longer stultify
ourselves by sitting with these awful
| men, my BfOtHef MlIcnelf from h1ttery
and the other two gentlemen that he
has been assoeiating with / am sur
prised at these extreme seruples of my
| Brother Newbert I am very much
lsnrprsed that his conscience has not
troubled him; perhaps II has, and per-
haps that is the reason he is asking
here
| The SPEAKER: The Chair will in
form the gentleman from Patten and
the House that the hour has arrived at
which it is necessary to vote for United
states Senator. Under the law the roll
will be called, and each member as his
name is called Will rise in his place and
name person for whom he votes for
Senator in Congress from the State of
Maine for the term of six years begin
ming March 4th next. The clerk will
call the roll.
Those voting for Edwin C. Burleigh
were:
: Allen, Austin, Bass, Bonn, Benton,
. Bither, Bowler, Bragdon of Sullivan,