Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-05

heeH II lneiHDeC OF the committee that
has been calling for money all alone
the line.
Ihere are number of things that
| intended to take up in connection
with this bill, and one was to intro
duce an amendment, but the time Is
short, and it does not seem to me that
rail is needed in this room. Sitting
back SO far as we have to from the
desk, the rail would narrow the room
in the rear. 1t is unnecessary. 1t
seems to me that no senator has been
interfered with. We are not children
that need TO be fenced in. l do not
think an Expenditure of $3.50 for 4
mahogany rail around the back row
of seats in this chamber is either
necessary or wanted. 1t seems to n
that the State of Maine can spend that
money in a good many other ways and
get more benefit from it.
/ 1 move that the bill be indefinitely
postponed.
Mr.. BOYNTON: Mr.. President, l
/ would like to rise to Il question of
personal privilege.
In the discussion yesterday relative
To the employees of the State House.
the senator from Kennebec, Senator
| button, made the statement that this
| had been the custom. | took the
ground that the custom WAS done
away with last year. l find that
| Chapter $50 of the resolves of last year
| appropriated $500 each to be paid TO
| the employees who had served under
the superintendent of public buildings
more than one year for extra services
rendered during the remodeling OF the
State House and during the session Of
the Legislature, eight i'll number,
| amounting to $500.
It was in my mind that the COM
mittee turned this down, which they
did do, and later Major keete came
! before the committee and stated the
work done by these employees Tor
nights and days for two months, and
| the committee reconsidered their vote,
and under those conditions, this bill
was reported and passed,
/ make this statement in justice to
the senator from Kennebee, who was
correct and | was wrong.
The PRESIDENT: The statement 81
the senator will be inserted in the
records.
The question being on the motion 81
the senator from York that the bill
providing for raj! in the Senate
Chamber be irdehaUely postponed,
viva voce vote was taken, and the
Chair being in doubt. a rising vote
vas taken, and twenty voting in the
affirmative and seven in the negative.
the motion prevailed. and the resolve
was indefinitely postponed.
On motion by Mr. Stearns of OK
ford, unanimous consent was given
and that senator presented out If or
der report of the conference commit
tee on the dsagreeing action of the
two branches of the Legislature, on an
Act to regulate the practice of the
system, method or science of healing
known as Osteopathy. creating board
of examination and registration for
those desiring to practice the same
and providing penalties for violation
of this act. reporting that the commit
tee was unable to agree.
The report was accepted.
on motion by Mr. Hersey of Aroes-
took, the rules were suspended. and
that senator presented Resolve in fa*-
or of Donald Gates, page to the Press.
tThe resolve appropriated $50 to he
paid to Donald Gates.)
Mr.. JERSEY: Mr.. President, ]
wish to state that Donald Gates is
an eleven-year old boy. the son of a
widowed mother with three small chit
dren, who attempts to support her
family by her labor, public washing,
and care of the home, and the little
fellow is trying to earn living ana
go to school.
During the session OF the Legislature,
! nc has been page to the reporters m
| the Press room. The reporters are a
part of the business of the Legislature,
| We could not get along without them.
| The members of the Legislature know
| that only as the business OF the State
| conducted through the reporters in the
Rim of He'll" as they call 1t, the
| characters, reputation and statesman
ship of the members are in the hands
| of the Press; that the editorials and
work of the Legislature is conducted
and handed out to the public through
| the Press room.
This little fellow has. worked faith
fully III the Press room. l understand
from the boys that he has been falth-
full in every way, has seen that nothing
was omitted and has conducted their
correspondence by taking it to the tele-
phone and telegraph offices and to the
MALL that he has worked there late at
night, and then gone to school i'll the
morning and has been up there at five
O'Clock in the morning looking after his
duties.
The little fellow ought to be looked
after. While the State is not ready
to look after some things, | think this
$50 ought to be given to him as re-
ward of merit, if nothing else.
| | move that the rules be suspended
and the resolve be given its several
readings at the present time and passed
| to be engfossed.
The molten was agreed to, the resolve
was read twice and passed to be en-
| crossed.
| On motion by Mr.. Hefsey of Aroes-
took, unanimous consent was given and
that senator presented the following
order, out of order.
| Ordered, the House concurring, thai