Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-24

we TAKE anu many. Oh tnem plan 10 so
home tomorrow.
Mr.. ALLAN: Mr.. Speaker, may 1
Inquire If it will be in order to with
draw all these motions and allow the
matter to lie on the table temporarily
until l can prepare an amendment
The SPEAKER pro tenn: The Chair
thinks it would and suggest that you
prepare the amendment as soon as
possible. 81
Mr.. SAWYER of Madison: Mr.,
Speaker, l move that we take from the
table House report of the committee
on salaries and fees reporting Ought
not to pass" on bill, An Act to amend
Section 2S of Chapter lit of the Re-
vised Statutes relating to the COM
pensation of the judge of probate for
Somerset county. This came from the
committee yesterday with report
Ought not to pass" and move you
that the bill be substituted for the re-
port and that it have it's first and Sec
ond readings at this time
The SPEAKER pro TEN: The Chair
would ask the gentleman from Madi-
son, Mr. Sawyer, to take that up I'M
der orders of the day.
Mr. SAWYER: l thought, Mr..
Speaker, we were under the proper
heading at this time, if not, will with
draw.
Mr.. BUTTON of Bingham: Mr..
Speaker. | can see no reason why the
rules should not be suspended and al
low Mr.. Sawyer's motion to come be-
fore the House at this time. This is a
matter ralafps ha
Somerset county delegation and con-
Germs us. alone, and we would be very
much in favor of the rules being sus-
pended at the present time and that
Mr.. Sawyer's motion prevail He may
desire to return to his home. and, if
this l., dragged out until this after
noon. he may not be- able to be here
to act on the matter. | move that the
rules be suspended to enable Mr. Saw
Yer to present his motion
The SPEAKER pro TEN: This re-
quires two-thirds vote. Those in ia
vor will please rise and will the moni-
tors please attend to their duties.
4 division Of the House being had,
The motion was unanimously car
ried.
On motion by Mr.. Sawyer of Madi-
son, the bill was substituted for the
report.
On motion by Mr. Dutton of Bing-
ham the bill received its three several
readings. under a suspension of the
rules, and was passed to be engrossed.
MIR. ALLAN Of Portland: Mr.. Speak
er, if it is in order, l would like to
move YOU to take from the table the
order for an adjournment to Monday
March c6. at 10 o'clock.
The motion prevailed
MIR. ALLAN: Mr.. Speaker | move
the following amendment: Strike out
the words MONDAY. March 20, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon" and insert the
words saturday, March "a, at
O'Clock in the forenoon
Mr. HARRINGTON Of Augusta: Mr..
Speaker, ] hope that this amendment
will prevail. | believe that we should
have a session tomorrow morning. 1t
is getting along pretty well towards
the end of things and we can do quite
a lot of routine work which may make
q difference to US as to getting away
next week. [ think the amendment
oGSht to be adopted and | hope it Will
be.
The SPEAKER pro tenn: The motion
before the House is the motion to
adopt the amendment about adjourn
ment. Is it the pleasure that the mo-
tion be carried?
MI. ROUNDS of Portland: Mr..
Speaker, as l understand it this win
ter, they do not want to give any OK
ira time; they are very economical in
certain ways. The printers cannot keep
up the way things are flying their way
with this suSpe rSion of the rules and
first. second and third readings, and so
on. Many OF the members would like to
go ag+ay this afternoon and not come
back here until Monday-I think the
majority Of them. | will stay here until
tomorrow, but if there are not 76 here,
l Will make the point that there is no
quorum and move that we adjourn. /
would like to GO home. but if it comes
in th@t way. l will stay here and make
the point of no quorum if there are not
lG present There are many who would
like to so home and 90 business over
Sunday and come back Monday morn
ing. I have heard a dozen say right
here in the House this morning that
they would like to do that
The SPEAKER pro TEN: 7 will say
for the benefit OF the gentleman from
Portland (Mr. Eounds) that the clerk
states that the printer is all caught
uD.
Mr.. BASSARARGER of I.ubec: Mr..
Speaker some of you gentlemen who
have good memories may recaller that
the frSt week of this legislative session
the gentleman from Lubec took about
10 minutes TO debate a proposition that
would have saved the State OF Elaine
in the coming years thousands of dol
lars. My big-hearted brother, the gen
tleman from Portland -
Mr.. WILSON of Portland Mr.
Speaker. ! rise to a point of order. -
The SPEAKER pro tenn: The gentle
man will state his point
Mr.. WILSON: The gentleman from
Lubec is not ccnfining his remarks to
the question before the House.
The SPEAKER pro TEN; The point
is well taken.
Mr.. BTSSABA RGER: I was going to
second the motion of the gentleman
from Augusta (Mr. Farrington) and
give my reasons therefor. The gentle
man from Portland (Mr. Rounds) has
said that he wanted to go home I
wish to state that in the first week of
this session. when we attempted to