Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-01-04

l am unalterably opposed to special CLASS
legislation Of any kind whatsoever-or
any subsidy--and this is subsidy-to a
special class Of three per cent. out OF one
thousand. when s7 per cent. are the peo-
pie who have to pay for it. I oppose the
resolution for that reason.
The SPEAKER:s The question is on the
passage Of the order. gentlemen.
Mr.. HARRINGTON of Augusta: Mr.
Speaker, whether or not the members OF
this Legislature need three papers to read
or whether or not they will read them,
believe the State of Maine is not SO mig
gardly in its view of things that 1t Is
not willing to help educate the public II
it has to, or that it will say that If We do
not read the papers we can not send them
to our friends.
Mr. BOMAN of Vinalhaven: Mr.. Speak
remarks made by the gentleman from Lu-
bee (Mr. Bussabarger) and before taking
a vote about this matter I hope that the
members of the House will not take this
as a political move because 1t is not so
intended. l think. Mr.. Speaker, that
three papers is one too many for the
State to pay for. The gentleman from
Augusta (Mr Farrington) spoke about
educating the people. l think every mem
Der of this House takes from one
to five papers when at home.
local paper or county paper.
Now the Kennebec Journal gives the
details of everything that transpires
in this Legislature. Now when we go
outside of that and give them another
paper I think that the State ought not
to pay for a third one. Half of these
papers are never read at all but. are
thrown in the waste basket; and
move an amendment substituting the
word two" for the word three
The SPEAKER: i will ask the gen.
tleman from Vinalhaven (Mr. .Boman)
to submit that amendment in writing
Mr.. ROUNDS of PortlaDd Mr.
Speaker, if anybody wants three pa
pers or five. l think We are 'haggling
over so cents and letting a thousand
dollars go by. I for one say that they
should have three papers if they want
them and l am willing to so vote. Here
we are sitting here, and our time is
worth something, hagglng over this
small matter. and | think in all due
respect to the gentlemen who have
spoken before that we should pass this
without any amendment. (Applause)
The SPEAKER: The question, gen
tlemen. is on the adoption of the
amendment, the amendment having
been offered in proper form unless
the gentleman from Vinalhave wishes
to withdraw his amendment.
MIR. BOMAN; / see the House is
largely in favor of three papers and l
withdraw my amendment.
The question being on the adoption
of the order offered by the gentleman
from Augusta, Mr. harrington,
A viva voce vote being taken, the
order received a passage
On motion by Mr.. Barnes of Houl-
ton,
Ordered, That the clerk of the House
furnish a catalog containing the names
Of members alpha arranged,
with the residence, postoffice address.
boarding place, occupation, politics and
number Of seat Of each, with a dia-
gram of the House, and that the usual
number of copies be printed and dis
tributed.
On motion by Mr. Holt of Skowhe-
gan.
Ordered: That the Secretary of
State be directed to furnish each
member and officer Of the House with
postage stamps to the same amount as
furnished the members and officers of
the nth Legislature.
On motion by Mr.. Packard Of New
burgh. -
Ordered: That the Secretary of State
be directed to deliver to the clerk of
the House one copy of the Holy Bible
one copy of Webster's Unabridged Die
tionary, one copy Of the Standard Die
tionary, one copy of Lippincott's Pro-
nouncing Gazetteer and one copy Of
Cushing's Manual.
Mr.. Cole Of Eliot presented the fol-
lowing order:
Ordered: That the rules and orders
of the last House Of Representatives
be adopted for the government of this
House until otherwise ordered
Mr.. Baxter of Portland: Mr.. Speak.
er, before that is put want to offer
an amendment as follows: Smoking
is not allowed while the House is in
session" In explanation of this I
would like to say that in my opinion it
detracts a good deal from the dignity
of this House if the members smoke
while In session. I also think it les
sens the efficiency Of the House. We
are going to have serious work here
and we need clear heads. One of the
first requisites for a clear head is pure
air; and l believe we will do better
work and that our health will be bet
ter. if we refrain from smoking. AL
so, we often have ladies present as our
guests. and it seems to me it is not
quite courteous to smoke in their pres
ence. l do not wish to interfere with
the personal liberty of any member of
this House. but except during the time
When votes are in progress, any MEM
Der may leave the House and retire to
the corridors or to the smoking room
AS l recall it, the only session of the
Legislature in recent years where
smoking was allowed was the nth
Legislature. I think we would all he
better satisfied at the end of the ses-
sion II those who smoke refrain while
the sessions are in progress, and Of
fer that as an amendment to the House
Rules. (Applause.)
Mr.. BARNES of Houlton: Mr. Speak