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

of Belfast and Murray of Bangor.
Subsequently Senator Davies from the
committee reported that the Governor
conveyed his thanks to the convention
and desired the committee to say that
be will wait upon the convention forth
4 with.
The report was accepted.
rhe Governor and Council then entered
the hall of the House OF RepresehtaliNe'
The Governors address VIII pe iouiiu
| IN another part OF the paper
/ The Governor and Council then retired
| Tho purpose for which the convention
was assembled having been accomplish
"A the convention was dissolved ana the
senate retired 10 the Senate chamber.
| In the House
| ,rbs Sneaker in the chair.)
III, SPEAKER: The House VIII
come TO order. The motion before the
House is on the motion or the gehtle-
man from Portland. Mr.. ROUNDS, that
the resolve be tabled pending an as
sisumcn, for it's second reading. Is II
,hn pl,asuro OF the House that this
motion prevail
Mr.. BANTER OF Portland: MT.
Sneaker. would II be in order for me
20 continue the remarks which was
making al the time of the calling OF
the Joint convention?
The SPEAKER: \ motion to table
MS the gentleman knows, Is not de-
batable.
Mr.. BREWSTER OF Portland: Mr..
Speaker. I would inquire of the Chair
what would be the effect of vote up
on this question?
The SPEAKER: The effect or the
vote would be simply this. that the re-
solve would lie on the table pending
its second reading. 1t simply postpones
the second reading of the resolve.
Mr.. BREWSTER: If we should vote
not to lay it upon the table, what
would be the effect?
The SPEAKER: The House then
would assign a time for its second
reading.
The question being on the motion of
the gentleman from Portland tMr.
Rounds) that the resolve be tabled
nending its assignment for its second
reading,
A viva voce vote being taken,
The motion was lost
The SPEAKER: When shall we
assign the resolve for it's second read
ing?
Mr.. ALAN of Portland: l move you,
Mr.. Speaker, that we assign 1t LOT
hearing on next Wednesday, Feb. u.
Mr.. BAXTER of Portland: Mr.
Speaker. ! should like to offer an
amendment to the motion made by MI
Allan of Portland to the effect that TO-
morrow morning be assigned Tor the
second reading of the resolve. Ihat
would give us a chance to have II en-
crossed, and we could assign next
Wednesday, week from today, for &C
ton on it's final passage. l would IKE
to ask the gentleman from Portland
(Mr Allan, if he will accept that as
an amendment. l am not asking for a
suspension of the rules, Mr., Speaker.
I understand tomorrow morning would
be the regular time.
The SPEAKER: The Chair so I'M
derstands it,
Mr.. ROUNDS of Portland: Mr..
Speaker, | would like to say here now.
at the present time, that L expect to
be in the minority, but | hate to be
rolled over as with a steam roller here
in this House, and I shall expect fair
treatment of the minority party and OF
the minority of the majority. l have
been quoted in this House in caucus
as saying that | ought to get out, al
most, by some of the members, and |
did say ] would get out of this eau
Gus and not vote if man from ArooS-
took, and a few other men, can get to-
gether in the Falmouth hotel and make
a platform about as long as that Gn-
dicating), as it was told me, and then
thirteen hundred members the next day
get up and vote on it. Therefore I want
to have this thing threshed out, and
threshed out intelligently, and to know
what 1 am going to vote on before
| vote. But it seems that the majority
want to railroad this thing right through.
Here is something that has been before
the people for years. At the present
time this House is overwhelmingly Re
publican and overwhelmingly, not for
woman suffrage, but in favor of allowing
someone to vote on woman suffrage
about 10 per cent, we Will say, OF thr
women in the State of Maine, but not the
majority. If the gentleman who wants
to railroad this thing through VII make
an amendment to this bill saying that 1t
shall be the ladies of the State Of Maine
who shall go there and register and vote
upon it, | have no objection. l think
then we would know better whether the
ladies wanted this or not, or whether the
would-be majority, which consider TO
be about 10 per cent. would get IL.
Therefore | would like to have time to
look this thing over.
Mr. MURRAY of Bangor: Mr.. Speak
or. | hold in my hand telephone ticket;
I do not know what it is, but | presume
it is a call to Bangor that / must accept.
I would like very much to be here when
this thing is discussed. Like the gentle
man from Portland / am really in the
minority as to party, and | realize that
I. and possibly my party. if it becomes
party measure, are in your hands, an |
I | appeal to the spirit of fairness and ASK
that the gentemans motion be not
passed.
The SPEAKER: OF course the gentle
4 man from Bangor understands that this
motion is simply for second reading.
The final passage will come next week.
Mr. MURRAY: Mr.. Speaker, l shall
be unable to be here tomorrow morning