Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18


the table Resolve in favor OF Austin
w. Jones Company. % =
The motion was agreed to-.
/ The PRESIDENTS. The Chair
will state for the Information of
the Senate that thesmatter has been
referred to the committee on Judic-
larry who made a divided report. The
ma ority report Ought to pass was
signed by Messrs. Gillin and Parent
on the part OF the Senate, and by
Messrs. Buzzell. Cole and Murcilie on
the part OF the House. The minor
ity report fought NOT to pass'' was
signed by Messrs. Harrington on the
, part of the Senate and :. Hinckley.
Gardiner and Wing on the, part of
the House. The pending question
is the acceptance Of either report.
Mr.. GILLIN: Mr.. President.
might I ask the Secretary to; read
the resolve? -ssee,ss>ssre
The !, PRESIDENT: win the
Senator from Penobscot kindly in
dictate whether he wishes both re-
solves, the new draft and the old
draft. .se~.
Mr. GILLIN: No, just the new
draft. go ~ az - ar
The PRESIDENT: !. The Secretary
will read.
{Resolve read by the Secretary
Mr.. GIIIIN: May I ask, Mr..
President, that the Secretary real
the resolve to the Senate? sgs
The PRESIDENT: The Secretary
will new read the resolve.
(Resolve read by the Secretary
Mr.. GfLLIN: Mr.. President and
Honorable Members OF the Senate:
I not only beg your attention, but I
beg your indulgence. as + place be-
fore you the reasons which induced
majority lof the committee OF the
judiciary to'sign the majority report.
I challenge your attention, gen
tlemen, as well as your indulgence.
purpose to proceed in presenting to
you this cause in the same manner
in which I would proceed before a
court of. last resort, for the reason,
gentlemen, that you are component
part of the peoples tribunal of JUS
tice which makes laws to protect
them and deals out Justice. ''
I beg your attention for a moment
to the resolve which has been signed
by distinguished member of the
Senate who is at little distance
from me, the minority report. In it
there breeathes forth that fairness
which will ever characterize that
distinguished member of your Sen
ate and distinguished lawyer in
whatever position the people of his
State may place him. I claim, gen
tlemen. before I get through, that
shall show that the very resolve
which is signed by the minority is an
endorsement in its fairness of the
position taken by the majority. Be
fore I proceed with tl,e facts and
will proceed with them. gentlemen,
as they We're proceeded, with before
our committee beg my learned
colleague to pass this picture along
that each member of the Senate may
see the character of the herd of
cows that was destroyed in a con-
f1agratiop which We say the State
through the grossest negligence of
parties in charge of our institutions
is liable for. liable for. gentlemen,
in an equitable cause before a court
of claims. / do not wish the MEM
bers of the Senate to look at any
thing except the picture of this COW
and, pass it along, for / am going to
hurry, gentlemen: through what
have to; say e., .-,...<s'f %
Let me say to you. AR. President
and gentlemen of the Senate. that
two young men in the city of Ban
gor went through a college inEyour
State to fit themselves to GO into
agriculture And let me read the
testimony of one of those young men
as it was given before the Judiciary
committee. and also call the atten-
ton of my learn ed and distinguished
brother Senator. ff7I am incorrect in
anything that read to this Senate
for him to correct it when he gets
upon his feet I wish to read to you
gentlemen, a summary of the testi-
mony Of Austin W. Jones. ''
Austin w. Jones testified that he
was president and manager of the
Austin w. Jones Company: that he
was a graduate of the University Of
Maine, having taken the agricultural
course; that the Austin w. Jones
Company was q corporation, the
stock of which was owned by him.
self his brother and his father: that
he had been farming about six or
seven years; that the barn which
Stanchfield burned had been built
in 1915; that at that time 10 cost
over $500, together with the three
silos which were built of wood; that
10000 feet Of lumber was used in the
construction of the building; that he
was engaged in the raising of Hol-
stein cattle--that is a picture of one
of them which is being passed to the
members of the Senate-and that at
the date of the fire he had about
call YOUR attention to the number
10 pureb red Holsteins; that he lost
in the fire 27 mich cows, all in the
advanced registry of Holstein cattle:
that these composed practically all
his mich cows; that the stock
which remained was mostly. young
stock. that the destruction. of his
milk herd has obliged him to pur-
chase milk for his milk route
even I'D to the present time, that all
the stock which was destroyed by the
fire was in the process of develop
ment. He then explained what he
meant by "in process of Development
by telling of the COW Avalon, stating
that at the time. she was purchased
she produced nine pounds of butter
in seven days; that at the time of
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