Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-13

Daigle, Danforth, Davis, Descoteaux.
billing, Douglass, Drapeau, Drum
| mond, Sen. Dunton. Durgain. Sen. Dur
gin, Dutton, Edwards, Ellis, Sen. EN-
cry, Erksine. Evans. Fay, Sen. F1aher-
| ty, Ford, Fossett, Sen. Fulton. Gala
CHER, Sen. ,Garcelon. Gerrish, Glmour,
Goldthwait Gooding. Goodwin, Gould,
Grant, Creation, Greeley, Greenlaw,
| Greenleaf, Hanson, Saco, Hanson. San
| ford, Haraden. Harper Hart, Haskell,
Sen. Hastings, Sen. Herrick Sen. Her
| sey, Higgins, Hill, Hobbs, Hodgkins,
| Holt. Goldsboro; Holt, Skowhegan,
Jameson, Sen. Jillson, Jordan. Law
| renee, Leader, Sen. Leary, Lewis, Lib
by, Littlefeld, Lombard. Lord, Man
| sir, Maxwell. McCarty. McCorrisor,
McCurdy, McIntire, Mckinley. McNal-
| ly. Meader. Millett, Mitchell, Morrison,
Morse. Sen. Moulton, Mulligan. MulIin,
Sen. Murphy, Mellon, Newell Nichol-
| as. Noyes, O'Connell, Peabbles, Sen.
Peacock. Perham, Perkins, Peterson.
| Picher. Pierce, Pennington, Pierce,
| Houlton, Plummer, Pollard, Sen. Price,
| Ranney. Kicker, Roberts, Robinson,
| Russell, Alfred, Russell, Lewiston, Ry-
| der. st. Clair, Calais, St. Clair, Rock
land. Sanborn, Sen. Scammon, Small,
| Smith. Snow. Sen. Swift, Tabbutt,
Tate, Thibodeau, Fl. Kent, Thibodeau,
| Van Buren,. Thombs, Sen. Thurston,
Tooey, Towle. Traitor. Turner, Tuttle,
| Narney. Sen Walker, Ward, Wasgatt.
| Washburn Waterhouse Watts, Webb,
| WEIGH. Sen. Weld, Wescott, Wheeler,
| Wilkins, Wilson. Wise, Woodman,
| Wyman.
Present: 1s2.
| Absent: 0.
| Chairman HERSEY: The chair I'M
derstands that all the members OF the
convention are present. The Chair
| lays before the convention the unfin-
isned business in connection with the
election Of a secretary of State.
| MIR. SANBORN of South Portland:
Mr.. Chairman, l move that the unfin-
! ishe6 business of the convention, to
wit, the election of secretary of State,
be laid upon the table and that the
convention now proceed to the election
| OF seven Executive Councillors; and
l will say. Mr. Chairman, by way of
! explanation. that it has seemed to all
who have given consideration to the
matter that the Constitution contem-
| plates the order Of procedure, ana that
1t is by way Of obedience to what seems
to be a constitutional matter that this
motion is made.
Senator Roynton of Lincoln second
ed the motion
| The motion was agreed TO-
Senator BOYNTON of Lincoln: Mr.
Chairman. l move that the mode of
procedure in the balloting for seven
Executive Councillors be the same as
when we voted for secretary Of State
on Friday last.
| Senator COLE of York: MIR. Chair
man, 1t seems to me at this time that
We ought 70 stop a moment and con-
slider that motion, and ponder whether
we are carrying out the spirit of our
laws as they are enacted today upon
our statute books. There is no question
but that the laws of the State of Maine
contemplate secret ballot for every
elecror II the State of Maine for every
o!!ce connected with the State When
we go to the polls in cur various ci-
ties and towns we are circumscribed
Of voting, and that law contempla,es
!: that every man shall vote by a sec
ret ballot.
Now, I want to ask You. gentlemen,
every one of you, through the chair
man, whether We should make one
law unto the people Of our State and
another law unto ourselves. or wheth-
er we should be governed by the same
spirit in this body which we expect
other people to follow when they go
20 the various voting places through
out the State. My idea is that each man
here is the peer Of every other man,
and that we have been called here TO
DO the business of the State accord
ing to our own ideas of the business
; and to. do what is right just and prop
, er, belonging TO whatever party we
: may belong. l care not to what party
man may belong~ or what vote ne
may cast. l believe he has a right to
cast that vote unmatched. untram-
elled and unpunished by any man or
any body Of men. know Of no reason
why any man here should be afraid to
cast q ballot in the box that was car
ried around. / see no reason why this
motion should receive a passage here
unless it has a sinister purpose behind
it. There must be some reason why we
should change our method Of ballot
ting from the established custom
which has been in vogue in this body
for many years so that every man who
comes to that ballot box must hold up
his ballot for inspection before some
party leader or boss or group Of men
who have been designated for that
purpose. / don't believe any man
here wants to put himself on record
for such a vote. nor do I believe any
man here wants to so back to his con-
stituents saying that he was not an
honest man and that ne had to be
watched.
Gentlemen. I do not believe this mo-
ton should be carried: I do not be-
Geye it conforms to the laws Of the
State Of Maine: 1 do not believe it
conforms to the spirit of the State of
Maine, and I believe it is an injustice
to the dignity Of every member Of this
body as we are in session here today
to do the business Of the State, the
highest body in the State of Maine
circumscriting itself by a law regard