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


90 voted in the Affirmative and IS
against.
So the motion prevailed.
Senator COLE Of York: Mr.. Chair
man: I rule that we reconsider the vote
whereby we voted to adjourn until
tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
Chairman HERSEY: Did the gentle
man vote to adjourn?
Senator COLE: l did.
Chairman HERSEY: The senator
from York, Senator. Cole, now moves
that we reconsider the vote whereby
we voted to adjourn until tomorrow
at 10 o'clock.
Senator COLE: Mr.. Chairman,
believe that is debatable, is it not?
Chairman HERSEY: A motion to
reconsider a motion to adjourn to
time certain is debatable, yes.
Senator COLE: Mr.. Chairman, do
not know what motive prompts this
early adjournment after one ballot has
been taken, but apparently there
must be some motive behind 1t. when
one party unitedly votes in favor OF
thing and another party unitedly
votes against it. We are here to DO
business Of the State in a joint con-
vention, to elect the State officials. l
believe it is our duty to ourselves and
to our State to appear to be doing bus
mess in a logical and orderly manner,
and that the adjournment which Is
being voted for here Is being carried
through not for the sake Of expecting
the business of this joint convention
Mr.. PLUMMER of Lisbon: Mr..
Chairman, rise to a point of order.
Chairman HERSEY: The gentleman
from Lisbon, MIR. Plummer. will state
his point of order.
Mr.. PLUMMER: Mr.. Chairman, I
think the motion to reconsider mo-
ton to adjourn is not debatable ex-
cept as to the time to which adjourn
ment shall be taken.
Chairman HERSEY: The Chair I'M
derstands that is what we are debat-
ing. The point of order raised by the
gentleman from Lisbon, Mr.. Plum
mer. is overruled. The gentleman from
York, Senator Cole, will proceed.
Senator COLE: Mr.. Chairman, as
say. we are here today to do BUSINESS
of the State in the election of State
treasurer; and when this Convention
adjourns, so far as / know, at this
time in the session of the Legislature
there is not very much business for
either branch of the Legislature to at"
tend to. know of no good reason WHY,
If this joint convention should want TO
take a recess for half an hour in or
der to patch up something, or II IL
should desire to take a recess for an
hour. it could not do so; but is there
any reason which any member OF this
Joint convention can advance why we
should sit around here all day and
waste our time and waste the money
Of the State and not attend to the
business which we are sent here to at
tend to? These State officials need TO
be elected: this joint convention needs
to be adjourned without day, in order
that the business Of the Legislature
NAV proceed, but as long as we are
in session here from day to day We
know that the business of both
branches of the Legislature is being
stagnated and that nothing is being
done. and that nothing will be ac-
complished. and that it will simply
prolong the session. Whenever this
session is prolonged it means bur-
densome expense to the people OF the
State of Maine, and we are held ac-
countable to the people of the State
of Maine for that expense.
Mr.. Chairman, ] see no reason, ana
I believe there is no reason which any
individual member here can advance
for adjourning after one solitary pal
lot for one official in one day. II we
had ballotted here for a few hours un-
til there was need of a change or or
rest. there might be a good reason ad-
vanced, but there is no man here who
is physically debilitated on account CT
the action of This convention this
morning; there is no man here who IS
suffering and who needs a change,
rest or food at the/present time; and
for that reason, Mr.. Chairman, II
1 seems to me useless. unwise and un-
polite for this State to be held up to
contempt, to the charge that we are
playing little, low, petty, partisan pol
tics We ought 10 rise above 1t; IL
either side can win in an open con-
vention by open and honorable meth
DDS then let the best side win or the
side that has the votes. but II we are
simply here jockeying along from day
to day in order to gain some advant-
age, and wasting the time and money
of the State, then / believe we are
not worthy representatives of 100000
people. We are 1872 men chosen from
the whole body of the people of this
State, sent here to do business for
those people, and 1 believe they ex-
pect us to do business and that the
record which we are making here is
not a record of which we shall be
proud unless we stop here and attend
to business. For that reason, Mr..
Chairman, I make the motion that we
reconsider the vote wehereby we Vot-
ed to adjourn, hoping that it will be
carried and that we shall at least cast
two more ballots and have show OF
decency.
Mr.. HILL of Corinth: Mr.. Chair
man. rise to a point Of order.
Chairman HERSEY: The gentleman
will state his point Of order.
Mr. HILL: Did the gentleman last
speaking (Senator Cole Of York; vote
to adjourn?
Chairman HERSEY: He says so.
The Chair has to take his word for It..
Mr.. PIERCE of Houlton: Mr.. Chair
man, the senator from York. Mr.. Cole,
asks what sensible reason can We as
sign why Senator Boynton should have
made his motion that this joint conven-
ton should be adjourned until tomor-