Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-31
slElOeRAPHIc REPORT


lunR - one of the things the commit
~ lBand FAINT with. 1t is not enough
- aay I have done 1t In good faith.
IL - not everyone who says Lord,
.IMd,~ Who enters into the kingdom
Suf heaven. He must do what the law
roouires. The committee we're not
satisfied, and I think Senator Emery
bars me out in that conclusion. that
they have not done what the Law said
they should do. 1 want to say further
that we are satisfied that we dealt
fairly and literally in the matter Of
these animals that were killed as al
legged by wild animals. We were sat-
isfed that that thing was done, that
the proper investigation was made.
Now we took that matter as whole.
We acted upon it, as 1 say, judicially
in accordance with the good intention
Of the parties and in accordance with
the requirements of the law. We ar
rived at the result which we did, and
if, as the senator suggests, We dis
agreed in some things in the matter #
the executive sessions of our commit
tee, we talked them over in good faith
and tried to arrive at results.
And | do not know as it is very
reprehensible on the part of the COM
mitree if they seek discussion. l do
not know that it is a reproach We
have felt in our committee that we
were acting for the interests of the
State, that free discussion in q COM
mittee of the matters under consider
alton were proper methods of arrlv-
ing at results. We are not here with
q string around our neckS to go
through certain formalitieS. We are
here with a purpose. We have tried
to perform that purpose, and l am
sorry that any Senator goes so tar
as to say that the committee in its
wranglinSS, and for that reason per-
haps unwarranted bring reports in
here perhaps as the result of those
wranslings. We have had differences
We talked them over. We parted in
good friendship after having talked
the ms and outs of the questions all
over | understand that is what We
are there for l do not understand
that we should be reproached if we
don't go just according to Hoyle, or
arrive at results through certain par
liamentary rules. l am sure that
the committee has acted in way
that they thought was for the inter-
ests of the State, giving each party
4 fair opportunity to be heard.
Now if the Senate sees fit on ac-
count of what has happened here to
take this from the hands of the COM
mittee, | have no objection to their
doing it. | have simply done my part
and have tried to do it fairly. Now
there is another inference put out
here He says your agent wishes he
might have found some evidence of
absolute fraud but is not warranted
in casting any cloud on this bill from
present information other than that
it is a mighty slack way of doing bus
mess" That is what we say. Simply
because there is an absence of fraud
it does not follow that we accuse
them. There is no such accusation
there. We submit the inference is
unfair that by denying this bill in the
way we did, and to the extent we did,
we have found the other party guilty
of fraud
No such inference follows. And /
say that SO far as the standing of
the gentleman who represented the
Patten district in the House two
years ago is impugned by the find
ings of that committee and that we
are really attacking him, l confess
that l do not see the point. l do not
think the logical result follows that
is suggested by the Senator from
the committee. Senator Emery says,
If l understand him, that there was
no testimony of any consequence, and
that only as to a very small amount,
as to the manner in which the poultry
here sought to be paid for was killed.
Now We will put it another way. You
may put the word of Senator Emery
against the word of the gentleman
who represented the Patten district
in the House two years ago. l do not
think either one follows, so far as
that feature of it is concerned AS
say, if the Senate wants to vote under
these circumstances to pay this bill.
/ am content.
Mr.. COBB of Kennebec: Mr.. Pres
ident, ! wish to say that / have the
greatest respect for this committee
and ! believe their work has been
faithful. 1t may be that they do not
feel the way that the State may feel
in this matter, or the way l feel And
while l have respect for this commit
tee / also have respect for the cit
izenship of Maine.
| wish to say also that l am sick
of this bill. The honorable gentle
men and senator who spoke before
me, said that they itemizcd the cattle,
sheep and those things and that they
should be paid, but that the hens
that property, that has not ever been
taxed, that is quite sore hen for
me. AS far as ] can understand the
selectmen of that town have done
very similar TO what the selectmen
in the other towns have done, when
they come to q small item as regards
hens, so that l feel the selectmen
were not amiss in doing what they
did.
Now, gentlemen, the inhabitants of
this State, have this problem, and we
have law that does protect them in
regard to this property. Are they 60
ing to. raise this property if we do
not protect them? AS long as we
have such a law l say that these bills
should be paid.
They say there is a suspicion, but.
gentlemen, there may have been such