Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-28
IN THE HOUSE
(Continuad from Pace, Cne)

land at the opening of the House
session asked permission to address
the Chair upon a matter not before
the House. This particular permits
sion was granted.
MIR. Speaker and gentlemen of the
House, the Portland Press Herald of
March "a contained q KNOCK to'the
Portland delegation, to the chairman
of the whole delegation, to the whole
Legislature of Maine," said Mr..
Rounds. 1t kept it up on March rs
and March. q, q spirit of animosity
against the Legislature and the Exc
cutive."
1T says that Rounds has a scheme
to block the Portland delegation and
demands that the Portland delegation
present the Pennell Charter Plan
that he threatens to take the Pennell
Plan before the Legislature.
This paper told that l would not
get the Committee tOgether-last
week tried three times and we fin
ally formulated a plan. whereby a
unanimous report was presented,
signed by myself as well as the other
members of the Committee, submits
ting the charters we were asked to
submit by the Mayor and by those
in favor of the City Manager form of
government"
1T is the custom of this paper to
belittle everybody" continued Mr..
Rounds. Men from out of the State
are hired for that purpose"
Don't Want Yellow journalism" /
1--WE do not want yellow journalism
know our business" insisted Repre-
sentative Rounds. 1--WE do not want
anybody from New York or any man
who has been City Manager of a
place of 5000 inhabitants to tell us
what to do. This man was in the
Augusta House writing stories telling
us how we should vote"
Mr.. Rounds charged that one of the
owners of the paper complained that
the raising of the tax of $125.000 on
his stock to $275.00O would drive him
out of the city. yet in January this
man said that he had $4,000 loss on
an 100000 stock of goods" Mr..
Rounds continued, land this IL one
of the men who is hollering for a
commission form of government.
Representative Rounds referred to
the editorial in the Press Herald of
March 26 as "belittling the Chief Exec
utive." II have no quarrel with the
I do not think anybody who comes
from New York and tries to vote and
Is turned down and goes to the su-
preme court and is turned down should
try to tell us how to vote"
ut is time to assert our indepen-
dence, and | wish to go on record as
| opposed to anything Of, the kind" said
Representative Rounds.
II was told in this House two years
ago by one Of the most estimable ladies
Of Maine that I could never come again
to the Legislature. and never got
such a vote as in the last election.
was the highest man of them all.
II wear no mans collar: / vote as
| think" representative Rounds went on
Turning again to the subject of the
Governor. Representative Rounds said:
II think it is too bad to let these things
go blythe Governor of Maine is oul
Governor. your Governor and mine
we should respect the office of Gov.
ernor'
y Representative Rounds made no re.
quest or motion of the House and when
he had concluded. after slight applause
routine business went on without q
ripple.
Veto on Maternity Bill Sustained
The veto message of the Governor
on the act for the accepta 0e of the
provisions of the Sheppard-Tbwneri la "
for aid in maternity and infancy, then
came up for considera ton. having been
tabled Marcel, 90 by Mrs. Pinkham, rep
resentative from Fort Kent, who intro
duced the bill. ~
In brief address Mrs Pinkhan
pointed out her reasons why this act
should be passed over the Governors
veto, stating that she was sorry that
it was necessary to go over the matter
again, but that she felt sure some as.
poets of the case were not clearly UNI
derstood. She answered the various OBJ
jections to the maternity act. stating
that this was not an invasion of the
States rights by the federal govern.
ment, but rather an offer by the gov.
ernment: that il it infers that Maine
cannot take care Of such matters itself
it infers the same about other states
and that if it pauperizes our State
there are plenty Of other states in the
poorhouse with US.
No one spoke in favor of sustaining
the Governors veto and no such
speech was necessary. for by a large
majority the House went on record as
sustaining the veto.
While many felt that the veto would
be sustained. almost all were surprised
al the size of the vote. At the close of
the session one of the members of the
House, being questioned by a reporte,
on the matter, said that there was a
big feeling against any 5000 PROPOSE
ton between the State and the fedora
government; that under such an ar
rangement citizens of the State are
taxed for the State and federal shares
and then the State is told by the fed
eEal government how the work must
be done. 1T is not business propo-
sition," he said.
Another representative referred to
the fact that the act in the first pla ce
was not passed by the House by large
majority.
Portland Water District Act Post
poned
Representative Rounds of Portland
took from the table and spoke in fav-
or of the bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Cummings of Portland.
limiting the powers Of the trustees of
the portland Water District and re-
curing a vote of the people in tak-
ing over new territory.
Following some discussion Of the
matter. by vote Of Sc to Al, Repre-
sentative Rounds motion that the
House recede and concur with the
Senate, was lost.
representative Cummings OF Port
land, moved that the House insist
and ask for a committee Of confer
ence, but his motion was l.. 81 to
81.
Representative Jordan Of Cape
Elizabeth moved that the House ad-
here to its former action which was
to indefinitely postpone the bill and
amendment. This motion prevailed
by vote Of "A to IS.
Fight for Intangible Tax
The next matter to hold tie atten-