Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-03-10

>SA DoSS * eOutQ FOTtIduQ 1OE pel1Qd-
nent improvements and insurance
Resolve in favor Of the State School
Tor Boys at South Portland for general
maintenance.
Resolve reimbursing the town Of Lu-
bee for monies expended for the care
and burial Of State pauper.
Resolve in favor Of the Maine State
Museum.
Resolve in favor Of the Eastern State
Normal School at Castine for the con-
struction Of gymnasium building and
Tor repairs and permanent improve
nents.
Resolve in favor Of the Board Of Den
tai Examiners for the purchase of GER
tain equipment. and for the prosecu-
ton Of violators of the provisions of
Chapter SO Of the Public Laws Of 1913.
Orders Of the Day
| The SPEAKER: The Chair lays
| before the House the reports of the
| committee on State School for Bots
! and Industrial School for Girls. to
which was referred Resolve to provide
for the construction and equipment of
a central building at the Maine Indus
majority reporting ought to pass" and
the minority reporting ought not to
pass"
Mr.. futile Of Caribou moved that
the majority report be accepted in
concurrence.
| Mr.. Greedy Of Portland moved that
the reports be again laid upon the ia
| Bile. pending the acceptance of either
report, and be specially assigned for
consideration a week from today,
March 18th.
On motion by Mr.. McCarty Of Lewis .
ton, House Doc. No. 355. bill, An Act
to provide a police commissioner and
an examining board for the appoint
ment and administration of the police
force of Lewiston, Maine, was taken
from the table. and on further motion
by the same gentleman the bill was re-
committed to the committee.
The SPEAKER: The Chair lays be-
fore the House, Order notifying the
| Senate that Resolves appropriatine
| money in, favor OF Moscow, Pleasant
Ridge plantation and Caratunk plan
! tation, vetoed by the Governor, failed
| to receive a two thirds affirmative
vote, the same being tabled by the
| gentleman from Calais, Mr.. st. Clair
| Mr.. St Clair moved that the orde,
be Indefinitely postponed.
| Mr.. PIERCE Of Houlton: Mr.
| Speaker. 1 can not understand the
| purpose of the motion of the gentleman
| from Calais. Mr.. St. Clair. This is
simply d pro forrna matter I can no,
see why the House should absolutely
| disregard all precedents and refuse
to notify the Senate that these re-
! solves have failed to receive a two.
| thirds affirmative vote; l can not SET
! the purpose. ! am not very familiar
with precedents. myself, but I under.
| stand this to be the custom, thai
! whenever this has happened as Il
| has in this case, where the House
! refuses to pass a matter over the vett
| Of the Governor, that they should no.
| tify the Senate of that fact. l do mo-
| particularly object, but it seems K
me that the motion to Indefinitely post
pone the order is not the proper pro.
! ceeding.
Mr.. St. Clair: Mr. Speaker, I d.
not see any need Of such an order. l.
the gentleman from Houlton, Mr.
! Pierce thinks an order of that ma
| ture is necessary, / will withdraw my
| motion.
Mr.. FIERCE: Mr.. Speaker. with re.
| gard to that, Will say that l pre-.
| sumo it is necessary, in order thai
the Senate may have some record t.
| show why these particular resolves Dc
/ not become a law and why they are
! not returned to them. The veto mes
| sages upon those measures came rron
| the Governor into the House and mo-
| into the Senate; and it seems to mt
| it is necessary that the Senate should
have record Of such action and thai
| the order should receive a passage.
| Mr.. PLUMMER of Lisbon: Mr.
Speaker, I hesitate to disagree with
| my friend from Houlton, Mr.. Pierce
| but il seems to me that this order is
| wholly gratuitous. The Senate, as fal
as that goes. has no final knowledge
! that the Governor has not signed tbs
| documents, as far as know The Con-
stitution provides as to the method
| of procedure in cases where an Ac,
| OF resolve is vetoed, ana the CCnStl-
| tuition provides that in cases of thai
nature, supposing the measure was
returned to this House, in case this
House should pass it by a two thirds
| vote, it shall notify the other branch
| by sending the measure to tina,
branch, and it shall also proceed te
reconsider it; but in the absence oil
our doing anything about it, the Sen.
ate has nothing to do in regard to i,
and the matter appears upon the Leg.
| islative Record of this House; and &C
it seems to me such action is wholly
! gratuitous.
Mr.. PIERCE: Mr.. Speaker, as ]
| say. l presented this as q matter OF
| form, and I understand it to be a
| proper parliamentary proceeding IL
| such a matter. DO not care ANYTHING
about it; if the Senate is satisfied, i,
| is all right; If they are not, 1t is al
right. The gentleman from Lisbon
Mr.. Plummer. has had more expert.
ence in legislative proceedings than ]
have, and if he thinks it is unneces.
sary, I am perfectly willing to with
draw any opposition 1 may have, and
let it be indefinitely postponed.
The question being on the motion
OF the gentleman from Calais, Mr.. St
Clair, that the order be indefinitely
| postponed,