Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-14

upon the matter, and what the decision
of that committee will be neither ], the
chairman of it, or any Of its members
know. This much it seems to me must
be evident to any fair-minded man.
| This convention Is composed of the
members Of the Senate and of the House
of Representatives: and being composed
of the members of the Senate and House
! of Representatives. no one should take
part In the deliberations Of either
| branch or take part In the deliberations
of this Convention, unless he has been
properly and in due manner elected to
| the House where both these contests are.
For that reason 1t seems to me per-
fectly proper that this Joint convention
should adjourn in order to enable the
election committee to have time to go
over these cases and decide what in
their judgment is proper, and, if there
| should be two reports, that these reports
may be prepared, and that the House
may take the matter under advisement
and proceed in a proper manner. 1t
seems to me thar this idea that we must
proceed to vote exactly according to the
certificates of the governor and council,
all members Of the party, that We must
proceed indefinitely to vote with a men,
bership made up on that basis Is abso-
lutely wrong and illogical. We should
proceed to vote. gentlemen, in proper
way. There is probably no matter which
to many people is SO important as the
duty which this legislature will have
to perform in the election Of these State
officials; and it seems to us proper, fair.
right and reasonable that the committee
On aloot}ops chould have a pronoy TINA
to make up it's report, and that the
House have a proper time to pass upon
that report and to decide whether or no
one or both of these gentlemen shall be
unseated In one case there is no con-
tention on the part of the contestant
that he is elected; he only contended it
was a tie: in the other case there are
two contentious. one. that on a certain
rule there is tie, and on another that
on a certain other rule which the con-
testant advocates and the sitting men,
Der repudiates, that the contestant is
elected.
Now. gentlemen, that is the reason
why this motion Is made in all fair
ness. that the question of the right Of
who should sit in this convention may
be settled decently. orderly and in
| SOOQ season.
1t is perfectly possible, if the men,
bers of the Democracy had been in
clincd to insist upon their right to
try and put anything through the
House because they had a majority
we could have had night sessions and
debated this question before now, and
we could have had these hearings be-
fore now if we had it in mind to go
ahead in other than a proper manner,
and if we had majority In the House
! we could unseat these two Republican
members. and we could have done that
long ago If we had been inclined to
proceed otherwise than in a decent
and orderly manner. The time has
come when this deadlock is unbreak-
able: we are not getting ahead on
this ballot and 1t seems to me proper
that we should adjourn and settle
once and for all time who are the men
that were elected to this House Of
Representatives nave a legal and a
moral right TO vote in this convention.
(Applause)
Senator THURSTON of Oxford: Mr..
Chairman, l rise to second the motion
of Senator Cole Of York.
Senator GARCELON Of Androscot-
gin: Mr.. Chairman, question his right
to second that motion.
Chairman HERSEY: The motion
does not require any seconding, any
way. The question is on the motion of
Senator Cole of York that we recon-
slider the vote whereby we voted to
| adjourn until tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
| Those in favor of the motion to recon-
slider that vote will say yes; those OPP
posed will say no.
A viva voce vote being taken,
The motion was lost.
Chairman JERSEY: The convention
stands adjourned until tomorrow at
10 o'clock. The House will remain in
the hall: the Senate will retire to the
Senate chamber.
Thereupon the Senate retired to the
Senate chamber
In The House
(The Speaker in the Chair.)
From the Senate: The joint commit
tee on reference Of bills came from the
Senate with the President of the SEN
ate. ex-officto, and Senator Boynton
of Lincoln named as members of the
committee in that branch. The COM
mittee in the House being composed
/ VI Tic SpSdheI, SA -OlilClO, anu AGSSIS
Gallagher of Bangor and Higgins of
Brewer.
On motion by Mr.. Comedian of Port
land,
Adjourned until o'clock this after
noon.
Afternoon Session
The House met according to adjourn
ment and was called to order by the
Speaker.
Journal of previous sessions read and
approved.
Papers from the Senate disposed of in
concurrence.
Orders
On motion of Mr.. Drun1mond of Wins
low. it was
Ordered: That the Maine Sportsmens
Fish and Game Association be granted
the use of Representatives hall for the
annual meeting OF said association on
Thursday afternoon. January 21st
Mr.. PIERCE of Houlton: Mr.. Speaker,
in behalf of the committee on elections
I wish to present two reports; first the
unanimous report of the committee on
elections in the case Of Peter Harmon