Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-07

Reservoir charter that no bill be re-
Ceived, or passed, if received. that
repealed that act or attempted to
create a substitute therefor.
Governor Baxter Explains His
Position
Late in the afternoon the House
received a message from the Cover
nor bearing on the Dead river rcscr-
voir agreement, in which the eXecu-
tive stated that he acted in good faith
and in behalf of the people of the
State of Maine and was animated by
desire to harmonic conflicting
views. He told of the conference ar
ranged at which he himself, Senator
Brewster and three outside persons
were present, and he asserted that
one of these three was the registered
agent of the incorporators, while
another was one of the incorDOrators
himself.
The registered agent. the Cover
nor stated, definitely that he had the
authority to agree upon Il COmprOm-
Use and the last conference was held
edncsday night. Governor Baxter
sad he was assured that the Dead
river reservoir bill would be intro
duced Thursday morning. and when
ho,c of tha .:ii. "a I"H H'tLi-
s',i,, " .'4e Lcs iSIiturc had pcen con
that they had not been
10 me otlieI parties TO INC agreement,
ne continued, informed him that they
had mad the bill printed and cngroSS
cd ana ne and Senator Brewster dc
INJURED at this. as they feared that
1t might Interfere with the prcroga
tive of the Legislature. The engrosscd
| Governor poxta, -, t, no' anu
that he dcIivcred Ia ..ae iiou 49,,
! THURSDAY. cvnoctipa +ha. ~ o,i
| would be presented to tHe n..;,.I ',''
) turc that day.
| In every way. he stated no had
| lived up to his agreement and ras
| ready to sign the Dead Riycr I'm IF
| it We're passed by the Legislatures IN
| conclusion he referred to tho recent
! of the letter from Walter S. Wyman
treasurer of the Central Maine Power
J Co, refusing to become party to the
/ agreement, and he said: when the
! Governor of Maine enters into an ar
| rangomcnt. it is to be expected that
ne VIII hold to it, and others should
90 the same
NJ lhe request of Representative
Manner OF Augusta, the Wyman letter
Vas READ INTO the record and the
| rouse voted to have 300 copies of
o onG message ana the letter printed in
o1io pam A.. piliet;
A., w oNe'eon Letter
ohet'oil, III LIS letter, which
80 a' , Ieuu a. me executive session of
~ i i asserted mat several of
| the lndustflal companies whose reD
4eoeii'a'lIeS are named as corpora
S w tile henhepec reservoir Co.
- l'u "hosc businesses are subject to
~ eoii'petltion inside and outside
ds 49,, 49,, ieei ,nat the terms and
cautious t';. Oh the proposed Dead
IiNef reservoir act are too burden
,r Um.. anu ollerWlse unsatisfactory to
Mai'aht them IN making the great
Ill'Ial investment ana assuming the
colitlil''ihS charges contemplated
ellereln' ana that they would there
Iple' not oe justified in permitting
ule LEGISLATURE TO include their
h".. ,,'1 III the plli II enacted into law
Inns would mean, the letter con :
.inueu' 'hat development under the
~ o'oseo Deao River charter would
us ilnposslple' ana Its passage an
Snip't Ieicilory except that it would
ueilhltelv repeal the kcnnebcc char
~, utuei WHICH sucn development
Niil ne maze as soon as it is per-
i". -.
II Is. therefore, my wish and the
wish OF the corporators named in
the kennebec Reservoir charter. that
no blil he received or passed, if re
ceived, that repeals that act or at
tempts to create a substitute there
for.
Il deeply regret that this situation
should have arisen, and freely assume
! the responsibility for nv mart in
creating it. Unquestionablv tho text
of the bill recommended in tho Gov
errors MESSAGE Yesterday Tho nod
River bill, ought to have been snh-
mitted to the homogeneous of m