Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-11
NAME COMMITTEES

NAME COMMITTEES
| Announcement of the standing
| committees in both branches of the
| Legislature and the presentation of
the report of the Cole committee in
| the House were the high spots of
the Wednesday session, which like
! that Of the preceding day was brief
and to the point. The business in
| House and Senate was transacted in
! about an hour and adjournment was
| taken to 10 o'clock this Thursday
morning.
The Cole committee report was
read in introduction only, copies be-
| ing distributed in the House to
| which body it had been sent by Gov
ernor Baxter. The report was tabled
| to be acted on at a later date.
Some surprise was manifest by
| members of the Senate and House
| by the fact that the committees were
| named so quickly-complete list of
| the legislative committees names to
! be found in the stenographic repol t
| of the days proceedings, in the
| Journal.
AS was rumorcd the preceding day,
Representative Douglas of Lamoine
| introduced Wednesday morning a
resolution relative to the Summer
| White House for Maine. asking that
| the Senators and Representatives in
! Congress from this State appear be-
| fore the Congressional committee
and present to them the great natural
resources that Maine possesses for a
| summer residence for the President.
| and notify the S1st Legislature when
| the time is opportune for them to be
heard.
| Compensation Order Tabled
! Representative Rounds of Portland
i jumped on an order taking from the
! Legislature the power of fixing COM
pensation for its employees introduce
ed in the Senate Tuesday afternoon
| by Mr.. Adams of Kennebec. when it
| reached the House Wednesday NOM
, ing. This order read:
l. Ordered. the House concurring,
the salaries paid far clerks. steno-
grapilers and messengers to the sew
i eral committees of the LEGISLATURE be
| fixed by the Governor and Council"
Clerk Chapman had barely stopped
| reading the order when it came in
! for concurrence. when Rounds of
Portland was up.
MIR. Speaker" said he. "ever since
have known anything about the
Legislature it has fixed the compen-
! sation of these employees and. in
order that new members and old
ones. too, may have a full under
standing of what this means, ! move
! that it lay upon the table until we
+ can give it more careful considera-
| ton before passing it in concur
renee" The motion prevailed.
In the past. the pay of these work
| crs has been adjusted by the Legisla-
ture and has been determined by the
amount of work which the committee
/ had. Before the House had reached an
adjournment Wednesday there was a
pronounced buzz of dissatisfaction and
comments that the Legislature was
competent to attend to matters Of this
| kind itself.
Representative Phillips of Orrington
! also tabled the Wadsworth order intro
duced in the Senate Tuesday after
! noon. forbidding the committee on f.
nancial affairs to make changes in
amounts of appropriations recommend
cd by other committees. Heretofore
| the finance committee has frequently
chopped great hunks off recommended
Justice RddeiI of Ontario Speaks
Senator's and representatives had the
privilege yesterday morning Of listen
ing to Justice William r. Riddell Of
the supreme court of Ontario, who was
| in Augusta as one of the principal
speakers at the annual meeting of the
Maine Bar Association held at the
State House.
Justice Riddell dwelt particularly
| upon the fine relationship and friendly
feeling existing between the United
States and Canada. The peace of the
! world rests with the English speaking
people," he said. France cannot keep
it. for she is looking to the Rhine.
Italy cannot do it. and tho smaller ma
tions of Europe amount to little"
House Democrats Name Leader
Democrats of the House held eau
Gus Wednesday noon. choosing Repre-
sentative Mark J. Bartlett of Water
vile as permanent chairman of the
caucus. which choice carries with it
also the leadership of his party men,
bers on the floor of the House. Every
! one of the 35 House Democrats was
present at the gathering.
| Representative Bartlett Is serving
his second term in the House. He is a
| lawyer and former city solicitor of
Watervillc.
Republicans to Meet
The Republican leadership Of the
House has not yet been determined, but
it is expected that caucus will be held
, today or early next week. The choice
! is said to lie between Harvey d. Gram
Vile of Parsonsfield. Col. William T.
Gardiner of Gardiner, Mark A. Bar
wise of Bangor and George A. Wing,
Jr.. of Auburn.
Adjourn Today to Next Tuesday
The Legislature will meet again at
10 o'clock this morning and, as little
business is scheduled. it is expected
that after brief session adjournment
will be taken to 4.30 next Tuesday aft
ernoon.