Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-03-21

to returns from towns showing ex-
penditure for high school tuition.
Finally Passed
Resolve in favor OF the Augusta State
hospital. for the construction of new
building :,r patients.
Resolve to reimburse c. H. Robinson
| Company of Portland, Maine. for goods
sold and delivered to the State, and foi
which purchased failed to file with the
State auditor copy of the order.
Resolve to reimburse certain cities
and towns for money expended for the
support of dependent families of mem
bers of the National Guard.
Resolve providing for the compila-
ton, printing and distribution of an
index to the Private and Special Laws
and to the Resolves of the State of
Maine.
Resolve providing for the payment of
certain deficiencies that accrued prior
to January first. 1918.
Resolve In favor OF Mary r. Fernald
for military pension.
Orders Of the Day
On motion,by Mr.. Rounds Of Port
land it was voted to take from the
table, Senate Document 2l3. An Act
to amend Section 21 of Chapter l27
of the Revised Statutes. relating to
sale of intoxicating liquors prohib-
tied.
Mr.. ROUNDS of Portland: ] move.
MIR. Speaker, that we concur in the
indefinite postponement of the bill.
Mr.. COCHRANE of Monmouth:
Mr.. Speaker, may l inquire what Dill
is now under consideration?
The SPEAKER: The bill is Sen
ate Document 2l3, An Act to amend
Section 81 of Chapter 1877 Of the Re
vised Statutes, relating to sale OF
intoxicating liquors prohibited.
Mr.. COCHRANE: Mr.. Speaker
and gentlemen of the House: l have
no desire to speak on this question,
and I certainly will not attempt to
make a formal speech. We are all 100
anxious to reach our homes now 10
consider for moment any gentle
man who wishes TO unload rhetoric
on this body. l was told before l
came into this Legislature that l
would get into a set OF cut-throats'
7 did not give this matter full cred
ence. but I was led to believe tha'
the members of the Maine LcSlsla- :
ture was here to get something and
to carry a scalp home. l was led to
believe that the only reason that lhe
gold was ever put on the hgure tnat
surmounts the dome of this building
was to get it so high that the Legs
lature could not reach it. But since
coming into this body ! nave mace
up my mind that you could not WIN
the aid Of a fine tooth COMB nnd d
more honorable and sensible body OF
men than sit in the House of Repre-
sentatiyes in Augusta today. we
differ in opinion concerning some es-
sential things. but it is an honest uii- :
ference Of opinion every Tune. "ne.'
we approach a matter of this KIND
NO ,nnroach it sincerely, and l be-
,ieve that we shall approach TINS
o,,estion with the utmost sincerity
this morning.
Those who are trying to honestly
enforce the laws of the State OF
Maine tell us that they cannot do SO
with this three per cent. clause IN
the statute, and there have been ap-
peals from men who are trying TO
enforce the law honestly and impair :
tally. We are faced with something
TODAY, gentlemen. that we cannon
dodge. There is a certain noatins
factor in our politics today that de-
tcrmincs positively which side shail
win. The Democratic party and inc
Republican party must take INTO con
sideration this fact. Two or three
years ago we had certain over
throw in our political system. ana
how did that come about? Only iaSt
night I heard gentleman say that
the last Democratic administration
could mot be criticized except on one
point, and that was its financial pol
icv. We'll. now, I do not think that
gentleman was joking. The matter
we was then considering was mat
ter of too great importance to allow
any man to indulge in leVity. buI
YOU cannot expect that, having oniy
three years In which to recover from
the effects of that administration
.ycu cannot expect any man to be
verv sober. We all know that the
reason why we turned from a Demo-
cratic administration to Repuoh-
can administration was because we
felt that we had man as our leader
who would do his utmost to enforce
the law and who is sincere IN MS
purpose; and you know that a 1e"
months ago when we went into the
last contest. We came pretty near
losing as Republicans. because the
Democrats put up man who was
absolutely beyond criticism. and
every last man of us. Republicans as
we'll as Democrats. had absolute con-
tidence in that man, and felt that
he, too. if placed in the portion OF
chief Executive, would enforce the
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