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

THE HOUSE SESSION.

as far as the 18th Maine Legislature
is concerned.
| Wednesday morning. in the House
| proponents of The resolve providing
| for Submission To the people of tile
| constitutional amendment, encouraged
| by final paseage in the Senate, asked
| reconsideration Of the vote whereby
| the resolve was rejected by the House
| Rep. Sanhorn Of South Portland
| moved ikatFthe rules be suspended and
| the action OF the House in refusing
passagsto the resolve be reconsidcred
ThisAroupht Air. NeWhert of Angus
| Ia promptly 10 his feet and he argued
| that this matter was not properly be-
I fore The House. ought not to come ia
this way, and objected to the ccmbi-
nation Of motions to suspend the rules
ana reconsider.
| Rep. Ecman of Ninalhaven, also a
| Democrat, spoke in opposition to any
| reconsideration Of this measure.
| tbs vote was taken b. a division OF
| the House and defeated. - voting in
| favor Of suspension and Il against IT,
| So the motion To suspend the rules was
| lost. Mr.. Newbert inquired If this prop
| ositi6n was likely to come up in any
| form again. lie said he might want to
| be down town voting for himself for
| MAYOR. some day, and he wanted to
| feel that reference o. the woman suf.
| frag6 resolve to the people might not
| be sprung upon in his absence. lie
wanted to know lie said, If this dead
woman was likely TO come TO life again
| or vas going 10 stay buried under six
| feet ef earth.
The Speaker assured him that It
seemed unlikely the resolve could come
up again.
Wednesday Evening Rumors.
Rumors were current, Wednesday
evening, however, that another fight
would ensue. on Thursday Some con-
tend that the rule invoked by Mr..
Newbert gives the proponents OF equal
suffrage the right 10 demand recon-
sideration of the vote as majority.
But il is the opinion of the leaders
that the rule. though specifying any
| member who voted with the majority .
will be interpreted b. the Speaker as
| intending the prevailing side.
The rule Number 40, is as follows:
.sWhen a motion has once been made
| and carried in the affirmative or mega
| tive, 1t shall not be in order for any
| member who voted in the minority to
move reconsideration thereof; but
any member who voted with the ma
| iority. or in the negative on tie vote,
may move to reconsider on the same
or succeeding day.
| The vote by which the resolve had
been defeated gave the losing side a
i lx trxrt,
| thirds for such an amendment.
Two Republicans. Messrs. Eastman
of Benton and jenkins of Wales, and
one Progressive, Mr.. Sanderson of
| Greene. were absent at the time the
vote was taken. 1t has been stated
| that a motion to reconsider by any of
| these members would be in order.
| Several of the leaders of the fight,
| however, declared, Wednesday, that the
| Democratic ranks were believed to be
| still in the control of Mr.. Newbert and
| that little hope was entertained of
| success in any further contest. Six
| votes were needed, one week ago.
| Massachusetts Ballot.
The composite mind of the House
| showed startling change over night,
| reversing their action of Tuesday in
favoring the Massachusetts ballot law
in preference to the present system OF
voting. The vote. Tuesday, was be-
fore the first reading of the bill on
motion of Judge Smith to indefinitely
postpone The motion was defeated by
| Il to So many members being absent
Pending the second reading of the
bill. Wednesday, Judge Smith again
took up the fight and won out by Il
to sc.
Date of Elections.
big vote in favor of changing the
date of state elections from Septem
Der to November was recorded, So
to 46
Representative Horace Mitchell
forced peculiar amendment into the
bill which seeks to permit the Attain
tic Shore Railroad to increase it's cap
itaI stock $1500,0 900. His amendment
makes such issue dependent upon the
payment by the road to Joseph f. Dorf
of Kittery the sum of 500, damages
awarded him for the death of his son
run over by a car of this road, several
years ago.
| REPRESENTATIVE Plummer carried
through the House his first victory OF
the session, another amendment to the
railroads bill, making the regular
state tax of 500 the payment in
stead of SIS as stipulated in the bill
Prolonged applause was INDUCED II
for Mr.. Plummers behalf as the vote
in favor of his proposition was unani-
nous.
Corporation Sole
Corporation sole dissolution, in new
draft. came into the House where Rep
resentative Violette moved severa
! amendments, the substance of which
is to permit each parish to name it:
laymen members of the board of trus
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