Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-15

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| lars. so that the same shall read as
| follows:
THAT the Secretary of State be
| directed to furnish each member
| and officer of the House with post
age stamps to the amount of five
dollars"
MIR. CUMMINGS of Portland: Mr.
! Speaker, it seems to me. in view of
, the fact that members of this Legis-
! laturc only receive four hundred dol
; lars for their services here. it is en-
| tirCly unnecessary to deprive them
, of ten dollars worth of postage
stamps. There are many members
who come here at considerable
| sacrifice-sacriiice of time, money
and business--and you are : all
| aware that the compensation we re-
ceive is indeed very small. In the
| state of Massachusetts I believe it
! Is fifteen hundred dollars. At the
present time. as you are all well
aware, expenses Of all sorts con-
Rected with living on this planet
are very much higher than they used
| to be. The four hundred dollars was
very small then and it looks very
much smaller now. 1t seems to me
! that the ten dollars that the order
calls for is thing there is no nee
essity of cutting down. For myself.
| personally. have been spending
postage and money, money for
books that | need to inform myself
in regard TO matters that are COM
! ing up before this Legislature.
will guarantee that ! have already
spent IN that way--Go not mis-
understand me, not wholly for
postagc.-but what | have bought to
/ Try to inform myself, | have already
spent more than ten dollars. A
! Great many of us are not born with
silver spoon in our mouths. and I
think that we are entitled to ten
/ dollars worth of postage. and / hope
! that the amount will not he reduced
| DO not regard il as n petty graft:
do not think thai at all. think
! II Is merely small item which the
/ state allows us owing to the fact
! of the extremely small amount
/ which we receive for our services.
! (Applause).
MR.. BOODY Of Windham: Mr..
Speaker and members: The town
that represent considers the money
IN the treasury as a sacred trust.
EVERY dollar and every penny is
carefully guarded in the protection of
the taxpayers of my town. and YOU
VIII ind with me the same methods
| Wlil be extended as to State expendi-
lures as IN the town | represent.
When l saw these things going
through. ! was ready to get on nv
feet and table this thing that the
gentlemen from Portland (Mr. Hale)
has tabled. | come here. and you
are come here. sacrificing no doubt
! financial interests: but / hope that
| Whcn we pass through those doors
we may be able To say that we have
eliminated unnecessary expenditures
to the utmost. You will find nv
! mind reaching to the farthest points
OF the State in my liherality Mark
thcse words. But YOU will find my
hands clean from the things that |
VIII take FOR myself. | am surprised
that this thing has been going on,
although habit Is great factor in
this world. | am radically opposed
TO such things, and. therefore. | shall
oppose this to the utmost: and when
pass through those doors. I shall
endeavor to do so with as clean a
record as 1 have been able to keen
IN my town for the past forty years.
l have had a conference with the
gentleman who introduced this order.
and with the gentleman who laid 1t
on the table, and for fear that there
may be some of You who may need
the things pertaining to the admin
lstration of the State and the post
age. | am willing to concede the
things that he has claimed, but know
ttat l shall not use one dollars
worth OF them. l believe that five
uollars taken from the State Treas
urS-and nobody knows from what
labor contributed-al Though | shall
nor receive ~
any way, Is enough. l am here TO
devote my thoughts and interests to
the state of Maine, and | sustain the
gentlemen who asks for five dollars
On motion by Mr.. Stitham of
Pltslield, the amendment was tabled
pending adoption.
The SPEAKER: The Chair pre-
sents the communication from the
Ex-Governor. tabled by the gentle
man from Portland. Mr.. Cakes.
Mr.. CAKES of Portland: l move.
MI Speaker, that the veto take its
ordinary course, and in doing SO |
thlnk | should explain why | asked
that 1t be laid on the table. The
reason was largely a matter of pro-
ceuurc. one veto was on bill pro-
Nlulng for an appropriation of tWen-
lorna tory. The amount was deemed
insufficient by Governor Baxter and
ne therefore. did not use the appro-
prlatlon. and, as / understand, it
iarsed; so that the veto is merely a
matter OF clearing up record.
Inc other veto was for an engine
Tor motor boat for the Sea and
shore Fisheries. but this was proyid-
Ell Tor from some other fund; so that
measure Is unimportant.
The question of procedure was
Wnether under the Constitution, the
veto, which was new matter was
properly before the House. Several
Oh me lawyers spent considerable
Tune on it, and. differences of opin-
ION developing, it seemed wise to Law
IL on the table until the matter could
be sifted out and a decision arrived
al among the various lawyers who
mad been working on the matter. The
procedure might, in some Instances.
be Of farreaching importance. I now
move that the veto be sustained and
the matter take it's ordinary course. !
Mr. HAMILTON Of Caribou: Mr.. |
Speaker, it seems proper that we |
should understand Just what we are !
voting on. Perhaps two years ago.
when we did not sustain some of the |