Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-14

A, 1875.
| ponement. and Il certainly hope that
| the motion Of the gentleman from
Bridgton. Mr.. Plummer. will not pre-
vail.
MIR. CUMMINGS OF Portland: Mr..
| Speaker. the question here is only
whether this House had right to
| introduce bill or not. There never
has been any bill like this presented
to this House. The bill that they
| refer to was bill to repeal an ex-
listing law. This is merely and only
a bill to increase. the rate Of taxa
ton on bank stock. Now 1t does lot
interest me particularly whether the
! rate should be increased or not. The
thing that does. interest me is the
fact that 1t is a, proper bill and that
1t is an astonishing discourtesy on
the part Of the Senate to indefinitely
postpone bill that is properly pre-
scented and assigned by this House
to q committee. cannot understand
why they should do such q thing.
1T this bill is wrong, the committee
would undoubtedly report ought not
to pass on it,; but to say that this bill
shall die and shall not be referred
to committee. seems to me a very
arbitrary proceeding. and l cannot
understand it.
The SPEAKER: The Chair at this
time Will call the attention Of the
members to the fact that under the
rules when discussing q question vol,
are not allowed the privilege of dis
cussing the action OF the .othe,
branch or remarks MADE In the Other
! oranch. The Chair has not called
several members to order on the
question. hoping that the members
YOU'D realize the situation The
Cnalr now recognizes the gentleman
from Lamoine. Mr.. Douglas.
MIR. DOUGLAS Of Lamoine: NJ,
! Speaker. l was rising on that same
question. and to move that the re-
marks in regard to the discourtesy of
Ihe senate by stricken from the
4, Record.
| Mr.. HAMILTON Of Caribou: Mr.
Speaker. | feel that in this matter
we have certainly taken a wrong
stand. There is no reason in my mind
why matter like this should not be
De discussed and taken up by the
committee in it's regular order. The
mann argument put forth by those
VINO dlQ not wish to repeal the law
OF 1921 whereby we took away the
self government Of our little towns
! and brought it up here to Augusta
was that they wanted the rate stable
Ihey were willing to pay the tax, but
they wanted it uniform. Now this
Goes not make it different
from the other ones In
my own town it takes s2.500
out OF the people and puts it into
these banks there, banks that arc
prosperous and have been for the la ST
thirty years under local SELF govern
ment. And 1t seems to me that when
you smut off matters like this, YOU
must account later on to the people
you represent. and it seems to me
right and fair that a matter like this
should be referred to the proper
committee. l have no comment ia
make on what others might do in
| other places but it seems to be that
the fair-minded men Of this House
and l have found you to be such
VIII take this matter into considera-
tioh. let this bill take it's natural
course. and its results we will abide
by. l thank you. -
Mr.. ARCHIBALD Of Houlton. Mr.
npeaher, l wish to say very. very
little. In the first place it is ex.
tremely significant that while it Is
claimed that there is no similarity
, between this bill and the prior bill
considered by this House, vet II Y
very difficult to see any difference
I between the personnel of the pro-
| pohehts OF this one and that of the
former. 1t seems to me as if in thei,
minds they are more or less inter.
woven. Now that former bill was
discussed and it was disposed of: and
while the gentleman from Portland
SMr. Cummings). thinks this should
nave the consideration, of q commit.
Tee II was not but very few nom.
chts ago when he was willing &c
state that the consideration tina,
some committee had in relation r.
the report on a bill of which he die
ala not entirely approve could be
very easily gotten away from by the
members of that COMMITTEE them.
selves If they were willing to depar,
from the committee report which thew
had previously signed. Now this
matter is in everybody's mind. There
IS no need Of discussing it. We know
Just exactly what the provision OF
this bill is, and. so far as the county
or Aroostook is concerned. with the
interests there and in the condition
that they are. with the necessity OF
stablizing banking conditions. and
with the dependence that particular
| 'NS SSNuS upoH our UdnklnS
institutions. ! feel it very unwise al
this time to agitate this question
further. and ! feel that we should
sustain the action of the Senate and
! concur with them
The SPEAKER: The question Is on
the motion of the gentleman from
Bridgton. Mr.. Plummer. that this bill
be indefinitely postponed. AS many
as are in favor of the indefinite post
ponement Of the bill will say aye;
those opposed. no.
viva voce vote being doubted.
A division of the House was had
| Forty-five having voted in the af-
firmative and GO in the negative. the
motion to Indefinitely postpone was
| lost.
On motion by Mr. Stitham of Pitts
| field. the vote to insist upon it's for
mer action. and that committee OF
conference be appointed.
| Thereupon the Chair appointed az
conferees on the partsof the House
| Messrs. Stitham of Pittsfield, Winn OF
Lisbon. and Hamilton of Caribou.
! On motion by Mr. Reed of Harmony.
| Adjourned until tomorrow morning
! at nine o'clock.