Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-28

merly Muscle Ridge Plantation in
the County OF Knox.
BY Mr.. Putnam OF Washington:
An Act to authorize the construction
Of weir in the tidewaters of Rogue
.Harbor in the town Of Jonespcrt.
Taxation
BY Mr.. Baxter of Sagadahoc: An
Act relating to taxation of street
railroad corporations during the
years nineteen twenty-one, nineteen
twenty-five and nineteen twenty
three. $500 ordered printed)
Towns
BY Mr.. Sprague of Piscataauis: An
Act to amend section nine of Chap
ter one hundred and one of the Priv
ate and Special Laws OF Nineteen
hundred and flfteen providing for the
union of the towns Of Dover and Fox
croft an one municipality. extending
the time In which said act may be-
come effective.
Ways and Bridges
By Mr.. Holt OF Hancock: Resolve
In favor of the town of Gouldsboro
for improving road.
The PRESIDENT: The Chair is
pleased to announce the presence of
the presiding officer of the 10th Leg
islature, and the secretary will con-
duct Senator Higgins to the Chair.
The secretary conducted former
President Higgins to a seat by the
side of the President {Applause.)
On motion by Mr. Quincy Of Cum
berland it was
Ordered, that the use Of the Senate
Chamber be granted to the committee
on judiciary for Thursday, January
9th in the afternoon.
Passed to Be Engrossed
House Is. An Act to amend Chap
ter Ill of the Private and Special
Laws of 1879 entitled IAN act amen
datory to an amended act incorporat-
ing the Kennebec Log Driving Com
Fany," approved March S, 1869, as
amended by Chapter IA Of the Private
and Special Laws of 1917.
House 10. An act to authorize The
Moose River Log Driving Company
and to provide for the dissolution Of
said corporation.
House 20. An act to amend the
charter of the Kennebec Log Driving
Company, as amended by Chapter
40" of the Private and Special Laws
of 1885. and by Chapter 10 of the
Private and Special Laws of 1917.
Orders Of the Day
Mr.. Clark of Lincoln, under suspen-
sion OF the rules, introduced An Act
to better protect the lobster industry
within two miles of the shore of Mon
hogan island between the first day Of
June and the 25th day of November
Of each year.
On further motion by the same Sem
ator the bill was referred to the COM
mittee ON sea and shore fisheries and
SOC copies ordered printed.
Sent down for concurrence.
The PRESIDENT: The Senate is
fortunate this morning in having with
us the Hon. William Widgery Thorn
as of Portland, Maine, who some
years ago was the presiding officer in
the House.
l believe the Senate will be much
pleased to listen to few remarks
from Minister Thomas. and I present
him to you. (Applause)
Mr.. THOMAS: Mr. President and
Honorable Senator'S of Maine, as the
President must know thisis entirely
unexpected and any remarks / make
to You will be very short and perhaps
disconnected. But as I stand here
and look at you my ship of life 3eaics
to have drifted backward and 1 am
again on the pleasant seas OF my
youth. l was once a member Of this
body and also member of the House.
We thought and we knew that we
were men of Maine. and being men
o. Maine that we We're the equals *
any men in our Nation or on Gods
pleasant earth.
Looking at you here, and my sight
has not grown dim, I am happy to
carry away the conviction that the
mer. of Maine have not deterioralcd;
they have progressed, and it gives me
joy and hope that we shall CONT lua
~ progress in the future.
Great questions are pressing upon
us as men of Maine and men of Amer
lea. Insidious doctrines are working
to level and destroy our Nation and
our principles. There was tire
when a man could say Of his lille
farm ut is mine; there was a zine
when a man could say of the coat
on his back 1T is mine" Now the
laggards and the sluggards and tie
lazy come up and say Give me your
coat. ! need 1t. I never did a days
work in my life, but want a ,oar.".
And they will say the same Of your
farm
We must go back to the old integri-
ty and stick by our principles that
right is right, that property is prop
erty, and the man who with hard
work and toll has achieved his little
farm and his home, that it is his to-
day as much as our forefathers could
say of their little clearings ut Is
mine." in the long ago.
We need to Amerioanize the TO-
eigners that come in upon us, and
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