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

and I move that the report of the
committee be accepted. that the
! amendment be adopted. and that un-
, der suspension of the rules, the re-
Z solve have its two several readings
and passed to be engrossed.
Thereupon the report was accepted,
and the resolve had its first reading.
| The SPEAKER: Pending its sec
/ ond reading. the gentleman from
/ Fort Fairfield. Mr. Houghton. moves
the adoption of House Amendment
a The House will note that as
( originally drafted it did not carry the
] emergency clause.
House Amendment "A 10 resolve
iii favor Of the University of Maine:
Amend resolve in favor of the Uni
versity of Maine by striking out all
/ of said resolve subsequent to the title
thereof, and substituting in place of
tie portion striker out the following:
Whereas the continuance of the
courses OF instruction in the Univer-
sitE of Maine will cease until a date
90 days after the recess of the present
! session OF the Legislature unless
moneys are appropriated for the eX-
I pCnse of the continuance OF such
courses of instruction, and
Whereas the continuance of the
course of instruction at the Univer-
sity of Maine for the ensuing three
months is an emergency and such
! continuance Immediately necessary
FOR the peace, health and safety of
the State.
=; Now therefore be it resolved:
Section /. That there be and here
" is appropriated for the mainten-
ance and for payment of indebted
hess for the University OF Maine the
following amounts. namely:
For maintenance from January l,
1927 to June 80. 1921. the sum of
$125000; for the period from July l.
1921 to June 80. 1922. the sum of
900; for the period from July I,
1922 10 June 30, 1923. the sum of
k$22500G"
The SPEAKER: The Chair would
inquiIe of the gentleman from Fort
Fairfield Mr. Houghton whether
there is any change in the figures.
Mr.. HOUGHTON; There is no
change in the figures, Mr.. Speaker
The SPEAKER: So, as the Chair
understands the amendment, it simp-
~ makes il an emergency measure.
IT makes the funds specifically APP
| rropriated for the first six months OF
this year available before the ath OF
July. II ii the pleasure of the House
10 accept the amendment
The amendment was accepted.
The resolve then received its sec
I end reading and was passed to be en-
crossed as amended by House
7 Amendment a.
\ The Chair presents House Docu-
ment No. 1872. report Of committee on
! Legal Affairs on Bill. An Act relating
70 Portland Pier, tabled on March %
by the gentleman from F'reeport, Mr..
Davis. pending acceptance of the re-
port, which was the unanimous re
+. port of the committee on Legal At
fairs ought not TO pass. II is q re-
solve to repeal what is commonly
known as the Portland Pier Act
Mr.. DAVIS of F'reeport: move
tthat il be retabled and specially as
Signed for next Friday.
\ viva yUce vote being taken, the
motion was lost
Nj. DAVIS: ] move that the bill
be substituted FOR the report.
IN, SPEAKER: The Chair will
state the parliamentary situation Us
il ronceivcs il tn he it's duty There
is on the Statutes an act known as
I the Portland Pier Act This resolve
is to repeal that act The report Of
The committee is that the resolve
should not pass, that is that the law
should stand as il is. The motion of
the gentleman from F'reeport fN1r
Davis is that the resolve be substi-
tuted for the report. which in effect
would repeal the Portland Pier Act
/ Tn" Char recognizes the gentleman
from Portland, Mr.. Warren
Mr.. WARREN: Mr. Speaker and
gentlemen: | sincerely hope that his
motion Will not prevail. OF course
a stated by the Speaker. we all realize
what il means. 1t would mean the
repeal Of this Act passed two years
ago. We know something of the his
tory OF that Act. 1t was not an Act
that WAS put into this House and
passed without consideration. This
movement TO establish n State pieI
has been under way for four years al
least TO my knowledge. 1t was pre-
scented TO the Seventy Ninth Legisla
tttre. was considered in committee
and very carefully considere6 We
had O very lengthy hearing which
resulted in a unanimous report fol
the passage of the Act. 1t was dis
cussed some here on the floor of the
House with very little opposition and
passed by a good majority vote. The
bill had referendum clause attach
ed to it, and at an election held in
the fall of 1919. the matter was
brought before the people of the
State for d referendum and was pass
ed by the voters in every county in
the State, The vote being more than
three to one in favor of the passage
o fthe Act. Further than that it is
a movement that has been endorsed
! think. by every Chamber of Com
MERGE in the State. It has been en-
dorsed by that powerful and strong
organization the State Grange. Sew
eral labor organizations throughout
the State have endorsed it. and as
a last resort, there is a slight move
ment on the part Of a very few peo-
pie in the State to defeat this meas
ure in spite of the endorsement that
lNs been given it by the people of the
State. That movement is headed by
one man. + do not need to call his
name: he appeared here at the hear
ing of the committee AS last re-