Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-26

what tnaI means. i COnSlQeT THAT
this bill is one of the most important
bills that has come before this House
or that may come before this House
in the next fifty years. We have had
since the institution of this State Il
divorce law. You go back to the in
ception of the State as State and
you will find a divorce law on the
statute books. What, / ask you, have
been the fruits of that law? The
State Of Maine stands first in insan-
ity and feeble mindedness. Trace it
back, if you wish. and where do you
find the origin? You find 1t in the
hearts that have been rent with des-
pair by law that is contradictory to
the Divine law. The same God that
created the universe, placed love in
the hearts of the men and women fo,.
His alteration, and is it proper that
contemplate men and miserable men
as we are should interfere with this
Divine law and say that we will de-
stroy this Divine law?
I cannot find words, Mr. Speaker
and gentlemen of the House--I can
not find words to bring the import
ance of this question so that it will
sink deep into your hearts. BY desc
lation, is the State of Maine to be
made desolate by committee on ju-
dietary that will force through this
House measure which is contradic-
tory to the Divine Will of Almighty
God. and try to stif1ie it in this
House? Gentlemen, we have all
sworn by that God that is sometime
to judge us that we would come in
here as servants of sour State, SER
! wants of the people of our State, serv-
ing to the best of our ability the in
i terests of those people: and, gentle
men, l want to tell you now that
while l was born on a foreign shore,
on the shore of country that love.
yet. nevertheless, I love the country
and the State of my adoption, and
feel that it is true that you can mea-
sure mans patriotism by his love
for his God. / love the people of
the State of Maine to such an extent
that l am willing to stand here fol.
the people of the State Of Maine and
plead for their welfare, and I plead
for their decency. and I plead for the
dignity of the American citizen
plead for their morals that is what I
am pleading for. The motto of our
State is "Dirigo," meaning 1--WE
| lead" Will the gentleman from
Belfast (Mr. BuzzelD, get up and
tell the members of this House that
we live in immortality? God forbid
that he should attempt to assume any
such courage as to get up and tell
the members of this House that we
want, as State, to live in immoral
ity. and that it should follow that
AS Maine goes. so goes the Union"
VIII he dare to get up and face the
members of this House, you gentle
men who have pledged yourselves be-
fore God on your oath that you will
do Justice to the citizens of this State
and that you will raise up the stand
ard of morality of the State? Will he
dare to get up on the floor of this
House and try to stiffle that biup r.
ne does and If he cares to assume the
responsibility, he may do it.
The SPEAKER: The gentleman
from Lewiston, Mr.. McIlheron
doubts the declaration of the vote
whereby the report of the committee
on the bill was accepted. All those
in favor of accepting the report of
the committee, reporting Ought not
TO pass" will rise and stand in their
places until counted. The monitors
will return the count.
A division being had,
lightweight voted in the affirma-
tive, and two in the negative.
80 the report was accepted.
The SPEAKER: The Chair will
state that on the list of tabled and
unassigned matters upon the calen-i
dar for today, the gentlemen of the
House interested in measures, will
find several bills tabled practically
for the purpose of being submitted to
the committee on appropriations and
financial affairs. Under the sugges-
ton contained on page 81 Of our rules,
If any gentlemen interested in any
of these measures have attended to
the formality, those matters probably
can be taken from the table at this
time and disposed of.
On motion by Mr.. Tilden of Hal
lowell, House Doc. No. s, Resolve
in favor Of Frank s. Wingate for
material furnished by him in con-
struction of central school building
for Maine State School for Girls, was
taken from the table.
The pending question being the
second reading of the resolve,
On further motion by the same gen
tleman, the resolve received its Sec
ond reading and was passed to be
engrossed.
On motion of Mr.. Davis Of Free
port,
Adjourned until Monday afternoon.
February 2Sth. at 4.a0 o'clock In the
afternoon.
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