Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-15

terworks. something like that. a bill
deal Of importance. and don't dasire
to sec the amendment indefinitely post.
ponsd because somebody has made O
mistake. simply a mistake in following
the procedure that we have laid down.
] want 20 give him chance to correct
his mistake the same rs would expect
Of him u I should make a mistake. That
IL all desire to say.
Mr. G1LLIN: Mr.. President Just
wish to say that 1 heartily indorse the
position taken by Senator Deering after
he gave me his explanation. That is all
I wish to say.
like to give a word of explanation about
that bill. Coming from that county. al
though not in that immediate vicinity,
have learned from the representative
from that section that this is "A matter
Of considerable Importance TO the town
Of Caribou. They have a water supply
there at present which is not good. and
they are endeavoring to get a pure water
supply. And there have been several
times, and l think at present there -
quite an epidemic of typhoid fever In
the vicinity caused. no doubt. by the i'm
pure water of their present supply And
why the emergency clause or amend
ment was attached was because they
wished to have it so they could have
immediate action in the matter, as Il is "a
matter of very great importance to the
village. And if the member has made a
mistake, l do not feel il would be doing
justice to him or that section To have
it indefinitely postponed simply because
he was unacquainted with the matter
and made mistake. And | hope 1t will
not be indefinitely postponed. as | can
say that 1t is a matter of great import
ance to that town that they have this
matter arranged so that they can I'M
prove their present water SUNNY.
Mr.. DAVIES: May ! ask the senator
from Aroostook a question? | wonder II
the senator from Aroostook. Senator
fuiton, realized that there were going
to be many opportunities after this for
the purpose of putting on the amend
ment. This is by no means final action.
The only question pending here is the
question of whether we are going to
support the rule that has been made In
the House and has been made IN the
Senate. That is the only question here
The question Of pure water enters into IL
in no way. Every single right under this
bill Is being preserved. 1t seems TO me
that 1t Is best for us to consider solely
whether we desire at the present time TO
entirely overthrow the rule made I'm tho
o,,I
in regard to amendments upon the offer
Ing OF the first amendment made since
the rule was instituted. This amendment
may be offered before the committee.
and the Senate will please bear In mind
that thus far this bill has not been 20
the committee. 1t is referred TO the COM
mittee on legal affairs for a hearing.
You will all agree with me that the
amendment can be added to the
bill there. The amendment can be
added to the bill as soon as II gets into
the House, under the rule adopted. af-
ter three readings. Are we going to
make 1t the practice to add amend
ments to bills before they are referred
to committees when we have q rule In
the House and a rule in the Senate that
they shall not be offered at that time?
If there was any possible chance, Mr..
President, that the people who were
going to have the benefit under this
bin were to be deprived of any right.
I should not think of the motion to in
definitely postpone. but / think that
the general order of business as laid
out by the Chair for the conducting of
business In the Senate should be main
tanned. and we may very safely trust
the Chair for that
Mr.. MARSHALL of Cumberland:
was fully aware when I made the mo-
ton to recommit to the committee that
the amendment adopted in the House
was not in order, but 1t seemed TO me
that it being before us now in the Sem
ate, it is the simplest and most expe-
ditious way to get the whole matter
back to the committee where there
may be given speedy hearing. ms I
understand circumstances may demand
and require and have the whole mat
ter acted upon and the emergency
clause there attached in due form. and
the bill reported back to the House in
due course. 1t is only for the matter of
expediting and simplifying the matter
that l offered, and now present again
my IlOllOll llldl II Dt l'iOIililANt''s
Mr.. BURLEIGH of Aroostook: /
would inquire If, as it comes from tho
House, if it provides for its being
printed?
! The PRESIDENT: II has been
printed.
| Mr. BURLEIGH: Now ! move that
we suspend the rules and pass the
amendment, If l am in order.
| The PRESIDENT: The Senator is
not in order just at present. The ques-
ton before the Senate is either on the
adoption or doing away with the
amendment. If they had followed the
rules of the House as laid down by the
Speaker we would not have had this
discussion this morning. 1t would have
all come before the committee.
| Mr. FULTON of Aroostook: Mr..
! President, may l answer the senator
. from Cumberland? i have no objection
! to the indefinite postponement of the
amendment if 1t does not cut 1t out
entirely, If it can be added at some
other stage of the proceedings so that
they will not be deprived of the bene-
Ats to be attained by the amendment,