Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-13


] the summer. and that the wealthy man
! may know whether he can go with his
| automobile or must leave 1T at homo
| 1t is only fair as man to man, and as
| business proposition. And simply
| because we stand here comparing the
| peace and prosperity of the State of
| Maine to a little bank in Caribou or
| to the aspirations of the gentleman
| from Augusta is no comparison what
| ever One is an individual matter and
| the other is a matter which affects the
| whole State of Maine.
/ An emergency clause is what the
| Legislature believes is an emergency
and not the Interpretation put upon
| it by anyone here.
| We have in the great state of Ore
/ gon, state to which we have looked
for examples in our modern legislation
| something we can read with profit.
| (Here the senator read from So Ore
gon 333)
l do not know of any argument that
any man can make against this except
that technical argument that we do not
do il ordinarily, and therefore should
not do it in this case. But interpreting
| the Constitution in its broadcast sense,
that the peace, safety and health of the
| people, meaning that the public welfare
of the people is at stake, and when the
public welfare of any section of the
State is at stake, the whole interest of
the people of the State is at stake.
do not see under the legislative power
given us why we cannot pass this bill
/ | am sorry to take issue with the Judi
ciary, but / have seen the judiciary take
issue with the legal affairs | do believe
that any committee is greater than tile
| Legislature, and if any committee of
| which / am a member should report a
bill which the Senate did not believe was
for the best interests of the State of
Maine. / believe it is the duty of the
Senate to pass its judgment upon it. If
it does not, there is no need of these
morning sessions. We might as well
grind our matters through the committee.
and say that they are sacred matters
and should not be discussed or interpret
ed and should not be passed upon
/ 1 certainly hope this measure will
go through l do not know of any
agreement except gentlema n s
agreement which could bind the rep
resentatiye from Bar Harbor to any
arrangement he might have made
1
heard from home. He may have
changed his mind. Circumstances
may have changed. I have not to
answer for his personal actions. / do
not make any apologies for any man.
except to say that l think it is a
matter that is worthy of the consid-
| Grafton of this Senate.
/ If the ban upon automobiles is to
H.
Bar Harhor this season, then it seems
TO me we should make it so that au-i
tomobles should come without any
| restriction or hamper whatever.
You and 1 may talk about the God
| given privilege of the referendum, but
the God given right is made up of
/ three-cent purchases of votes. Many
i times it is a God given power welded
by the wealthy for their own benefit.
When il is invoked by the honest peo-
! pie in an honest cause it is something
/ To rejoice in. When the referendum
| is invoked in a dishonest cause. it is
| something to be feared. The best law
/ may be abused, and the worst law
| may work out for a good purpose.
! | do not believe. If this emergency
clause is passed, that any man will be
/
While would not take my views from
the body at the other end of the State
| House. yet when they pass matter
| unanimously, l think it is worthy of
our respectful consideration, as was
| this matter.
Mr.. President, believe we can hon
| estly vote for this measure, believing
/ We are honestly improving the pros
/ If hn Stut r Mai shalf
that this village at Bar Harbor is en-
titled to some rights and to know
| where it's rights are. Their peace is
certainly at stake, if no ones else is
There is no emergency, there is no
| referendum. there is nothing that can
| be invoked that viii affect all alike
| There is always an interested Nparty
and there is always disinterested
| party. Every tax payer and every
] guest going to Bar Harbor wants to
know his rights and have them estab-
lshed. Every person in the State of
Maine, who is dependent directly or
/ indirectly upon the summer business.
is interested in this measure. for when
you open a matter like this in Bar
| Harbor, you are opening it equally to
! the people in other parts of the State
1
| Their needs will be supplied and every
place where they stop will be mate
rally benefited and improved, and
someone will be enriched.
| Mr.. PATTEN of Hancock: Mr..
President, il seems necessary in this
case that | should say a few words
here. today, especially after the very
4 eloquent words from the senator from
| Aroostook, in which he refers to the
parties engaged in an agreement
/ about these matters.
| Will state to you, gentlemen, that
| am supposed to be interested one
way and another in this amendment,
/ in this referendum. ! am supposed to
| be understood and known to be in
| favor of it, and | will state to you
my individual position in it and the
part / have played in it. Early in the
| session / introduced into this body an
| Act relating to automobiles in Bar
| Harbor. / appeared before the COM
mittee advocating a substitute for
| that bill. A bill of my own draft and
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