Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-24

Of the Revised Statutes Of Maine. as
amended by Chapter IL of the Public
Laws Of 1911, relating to regular ses-
sions of the county commissioners in
Oxford county.
House 203: An Act to repeal Chap
ter 326 of the Private and Special
Laws Of 1905, entitled AN Act to reg
ulate the use of the roads in the town
Of Castine.'
House 212: An Act additional to
Chapter 80 of the Revised Statutes. as
amended by Chapter FOG Of the Pub
lie Laws of 1918 relating to fishing
in Fresh Pond, so called in the town
Of North Haven, in the county Of
Knox.
Senate 101: Resolve appropriating
money for the reconstruction of Lord
bridge over Marsh Stream, in the town
of Frankfort
Senate 102: Resolve appropriating
money to aid in repairing a highway
IL the town of Otisfield, and providing
for the future maintenance thereof
Senate 1913: Resolve appropriating
money TO aid in the construction Of
the west channel Of Sebec river, in
the town of Milo.
Senate f04: Resolve appropriating
money to aid in the reconstruction Of
bridge in the town of Montville
House POI: Resolve to Congress IA
voring movement for permanent in
terna tional peace.
House 204: Resolve in favor of ap-
propriating money to aid in the con-
struction of a bridge across Malta
soodus Stream. in the town of Webs
ter, Penobscot county.
House POS; Resolve appropriating
money TO aid in the rebuilding of a
road through LsWell's Woods, so call
ed in the town Of Penobscot.
Finally Passed
Resolve appropriating money TO aid
in the repairing and altering of the
River Road IN Pleasant Ridge Plan
tation, in the county OF Somerset.
Resolve appropriating money to aid
, in the Improvement Of highway in
Carratunk Plantation.
Orders Of the Day
The SPEAKER: The Chair will
now deliver to the Clerk q MESA ee
conveying to the Senate the resolve
IN favor OF preserving the life of the
fish in the several fish hatcheries and
for the temporary operation of the
hatcheries and feeding stations for
fish III this state and for the protec-
tlon Of fish, game and birds, which
was finally passed in the House this
morning.
/ Subsequently the Clerk of the House
reported that he had performed the
/ duty assigned him.
On motion by Mr.. Plummer Of Lis
Dor, House Document, No l23, bill
An Act 10 enlarge the purposes and
powers of the Cleveland Concrete
Building Block Company, was taken
from the table, and on further mo-
ton by the same gentleman the bill
received its third reading and was
passed to be engrossed
On motion by Mr.. Plummer of Lis
bon, the order into inquiry into chang
ing Of date of ending fiscal year, was
taken from the table, and on further
motion by the same gentleman the
order received a passage.
/ On motion OF Mr.. Brown Of Auburn
bill. An Act 10 provide for the conven.
4 lence Of travellers on Electric Roads
was taken from the table
The pending question being the &C.
certance of the report by the committee
reporting Ought not 10 pass" Mr.
. mn hof pa u
for the report OF the committee
+ Mr.. BROWN: Mr.. Speaker and Gen.
tlenen: This is a bill that has beer
before you all in some form or other
that is, you have all heard more or less
talk about il, undoubtedly. II is un.
fortunate that it is peoples bill with
no lobby behind il and no paid attorney
behind it II comes TO you here simply
as q bill from the people asking YOU
for hep, this being the only authorized
court i'll which they can appear. l come
before You This morning with this bill
and ask your support. | ask it for the
reason that il is the most humane bill
that has been presented for your CON
sideT2tion this season. ] ask il for the
reason that il calls for no appropriation
il is simply the people on one side and
the corporation-the electric road on
the other; and, as ! have said you seem
to me to be the peoples court ] doubt
whether you can find two men who will
stand up here and be recognized as be-
longing TO the corporations or the trusts.
We all put in the claim that we came
here for the people, to do business for
the people. and the people simply ask
this at your hands
The steam railroads provide ample
toilet convenienees not only on their
cars al you travel in them, but in every
small station wherever that train stops
They even GO further than that for our
comfort They supply us with water AMI
in the summer time we are furnished
with ice water: but these electric roads
whom the people have helped build and
10 whom the people have given IN many
OF their rights, step IN and try to usurp
the whole power. saying to the people
you are helpless. When they appeared
before the committee they cid not come
with any argument, hut they simply
came in with mirth and laughter and
scorn and contempt that the people
should ask for such a thing. In the
first place the people have given the
electric road rights and privileges that
they never would think of giving to a
steam road; and no steam road would
ever ask for such privileges as has been