Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-11-07


Us the least amount .of cr31iclsn
Personally 7 an Of the opinion -aa-
when the State Of Maine by author
2-y of the Governor mas gone ID the
expense If conveuiag the Legislature
Of Maine that II Is proper and rigaI
TOR thai Legislature -p consider n Il
reasonable manner those Things tina:
are presented 70 Il
Now ! quite agree aaa would hc
been perfectly willing I'd have ac-
cepled anu acted II accordance VII,
the desire Of the Governor. as sx-
pressed II his ca-I. = certain other
things hac not entered INTO TINS
matter Now the Governor in the Is
suance Of the call defines specttcaIlv
certain things. but. gentlemen Of the
Senate, long previous - the Tine
when you had received q cou-uui-
ca-lnn rum the Governor, winch :
think might be fairy construed as
Al Inv1ra-or 70 The r1embs Of ms
Legislature q present n Ills body
suCS matters as they deem wise. 7
dC noI know now the rest IF Won cou-
sr-us THAI ls--s-. ou1 1ha- IS certainly
1as Tnp-esslon : gor rom Z. There
were IL letters that weu- into every
seclon OF me STATE Of Maine.
KNOW -aa- some Of Us took -ner11
seriously and acted upon the sa-res-
non. Now following rha. n order :,
hasten lie business far which w
were gathered here and to get alons
as expedi-lousIy as pussinie = was
deemed wise IN invite certain mem
oe~s If the Legislature. e. q -,rn47-,i-
nay conference. We dld meet here
1aC We LOOK consideration. d-sL
those -la-tsrs that grew OUT If ne
amendments chE- were voted 17on
IN september We also rnok cn--7z-
ance Of certain other -iar-ers. auG Ia
hasten procedure while We were
working without au-hur.-- II IS --1lr
ana was 81 understood - eve-7-one
o. yoC, i was deemed WISE 70 PRINT
II lie newspa aers Of tie STATE ~
Maine advertisements th2- hearings
would DC held On the seve-a-l matters
therein referred IT,
Senators. I sly n all serlnusness
-aat : believe this -.egIsla-.l,,e mas
committed Itself 70 i pn4lcv. :. NAV
pc unwIsely- and an not gong 70
dlscuss r1at particular phase OF the
question. bur 1 repeat That : believe
THAI We are now c0rri--ac ra a poi
IcT u gong ahead and dealing with
-aese -h-ngs tha- we have received
Are we going 70 be the laughing STOCK
Of the whole State and an object Of
rldicule as vel. after having gone
through la4s performance
If we nov say 70 these men VINO
have been here, and : venture u say
there lave been 500 men or more from
ciIereuL pITts Of the STATE. vino have
come here ana appeared before com
EIllrleas. And II has encailed n add
Ion Il the time and expense that
these particular men have been 10,
MANY otler people Of the St4te have
spent -lule and money N the prepar-
a-lou u bills. ana n preparing TOR
-le.- presentation X SIMPLY seems
To me tha- Il Is q question Of good
1a--A WI. Eng people Of this Stata.
under tbs peculiar circumstances IN
der which We find ourselves u 80
ahead and take care of those things
thai we have not only implicitly bu-
exDresslv invited them 70 present for
our consideration
/ seems 70 ne. = YOU please maj
We may hope for less criticism by
pursuing 10 the END N regular
and orderly manner the course which
hu
and ! trust. fellow senator's. that the
resolution now before Us may not
have the sanction Of THIS b0cy.
Nj CEAET5 Of Pen0bscot. Nj
President. 1t does not seem as though
L is necessarv TOR Us ID get pa--lcu-
larry excited over this matter
M DAVIES; am not going :.
get excited
NJ TH0MBS: No one is excited
except YOU, Senator Oea--h.
Mr.. DEAR-E: : an not exc:-nd
now We are supposed Il De acrine
win calm deIiberauon. I 60 no
think We need r. be governed IN on,
acts by any fear of rldicule o,
! laughter
L IS a question for Us 70 exa-rjs.
our BEST judgment, discretion anc
wisdom n these matters The Gov.
nor II his message spoke of certain
matters that he thought proper r
considered a. This session. He dir
not intend. and ne mas SO stated ma
Dy stating those matters he DID m,
intend 70 give the impression TIA.
other matters could be excluded
re expected, as each Of rs would 81
pect under these conditions. that i
matters were presented here tina,
were really enerrent and lrpnor-an-
tnat we II our sound Judgment anc
discretion would act property uoor
such matters.
! feel there are certain --,a-+,-s
That were nor mentioned IN me
message tra- certainly deserve eII-
attention. and one Of them IS me
matter coming rom Lewiston. -be
State stepped n there N d way. and
rook that matter out Of the hands Of
rne city OF lewiston. L Is our duty
10 consider that matter
My position IS TINS; we are under
no obligation 10 consider any mat
ra-s except those that have been ad-
veTtIsed and upon which there mas
been hearing, and matters Of IN
pnrtance and emergent matters.
! am willing 70 stay here 70 cor
slider those. 7 DO not wish to STAY