Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-17
pose of printing. and referred to the
Committee on Judiciary.

From the Senate: The report Of
the committee on appropriations and
financial affairs on the three bonds
| or State Treasurer Joseph w. Simp-
son came from the Senate, read and
accepted.
The report was accepted in conc ur-
! renee.
| Tie SPEAKER: Is there anything
further to come up under orders of
the day?
! Mr.. Cowan Of Winterport then
presented the following resolution:
Resolution requesting the Maine
delegation in Congress to undertake
some appropriate action. to prevent,
| II possible. the debarkation Of home
coming troops at the port of New
YORK. Willie William r. Hearst re-
mains member Of the committee of
welcome to homecoming troops.
| Resolved That whereas. the I'M
perlai German government, in the
year 1914, undertook to subjugate
Europe and the world by means of
| which included the breaking of SOL
emn treaties. the deliberate inflic-
| ton of brutal crimes on the helpless
civilian populations of invaded lands,
and the sinking of unarmed passen-
ger steamships by torpedoes i'm mid :
ocean without warning. all in vio-
! iat'on Of the rules and uSages of war
! rare among civilized nations:
! And whereas, one William r.
! Hearst. by means of editorials pub
! lished IN the New York American,
, the Boston American, and other
newspapers owned and circulated by
! him throughout the United States.
commended and encouraged Ger
many in her wanton disregard of
private and neutral rights. especial
| ly in the sinking of the Lusitania.
whereby ia American men, women
and children were deliberately
/ drowned. and has, Furthermore. so
! condutcd himself, at intervals, since
! the entry of the United States into
! the war. as to excite reasonable
| doubts. in the minds of the Ameri-
can people. as to his whole hearted
personal loyalty to his government:
And Whereas. the soil of France
was drenclcd with the blood of men
Of Maine. and of her sister states,
whose lives were sacrificed by thous-
ands without stint or regret that an
outlaw among nations might receive
| her Just deserts for the commission
of those wicked deeds in which she
received the active, moral support
! of said William r. Hearst, be it
! therefore
! Resolved, by the people of Maine,
through their representatives in
! Legislature assembled, that the ac-
| ton of the present mayor of the city
of New York in appointing said Will
| liam r. Hearst to membership on
the Committee of Welcome to home
coming troops. is a positive insult to
| these soldiers who have SO honorably
upheld the principles Of true Ameri-
canism. and particularly. to those
who nobly died in foreign lands that
those principles might live.
| And it is further resolved, that the
, members of the Maine delegation in
| Congress be, and hereby are, re-
| quested to undertake appropriate
action to prevent. if possible, the
use of the port of New York as a
debarkation point for troops return
! ing home from over seas. while said
William r. Hearst remains n MEM
hcr of said committee. in order that
! men Of Maine may recnter their
native land without enduring the
humiliation and mockery of an Of
| fetal reception at the hands Of 4
committee on which conspicuous
place is given to one whose SYM
pathy for their cause is Of such
doubtful character as to be still the
subject of official Investigations.
Mr.. COWAN: Mr.. Speaker, I would
, like TO address the House for a few
| minutes on the matter Of this resolu-
ton.
The SPEAKER: The gentleman from
Winterport. Mr.. Cowan.
Mr.. cOWAN: Gentlemen. we. of