Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-26
PROCEEDINGS
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etamped as worthy to be here as a
state, every man will vote as his sober
Judgment dictates and as his con-
science solemnly advises, because the
conjunction of judgment and con-
science produce the decision as to the
necessity. Political expediency we
will not touch upon any more!
. What Is the second? I have heard
& adverted to repeatedly. This year,
IN this chamber, today, have heard
ft adverted to. Two years ago ]
heard it adverted to--that thirty-three
states of this Federal Union have
adopted 1t. ergo, why not we? Wen'
now do you know that IS an attractive
argument, but like all arguments, us
force and value depends primarily
upon whether 1t Is true. And the law
syers in this body will bear me out m
1T is never entirely safe to take clta-
tion even from a supporter and Ger
tainly not from one who diners from
you, without examining the source
Now at considerable inconvenience
4 have been to the trouble OF examin-
ing the sources, and l have read tne
CONSTITUTIONAL
state in this Union, and when l nm
ished I didn't understand how the
4 statement ever happened to nave
, been made. and then it occurred 10
me that a reverend gentleman mace
a statement similar to that IN the
Massachusetts Constitutional Con-
. yention held at or about 1920, and L
looked that up and found where the
authority came for the statement,
because everybody who has been
talking about thirty-three states has
quoted literally the error the rev.
= erend gentleman made in the Mas
sachusetts Convention. The senator
from Penobscot this morning ao-
verified in general way to the pro-
position Of thirty-three states. he
then cited three, Illinois, New iorh
and. New Hampshire. He IS right.
will challenge him or any otneI
man to name thirty three states tnae
have this amendment. 1t canhot oe
done.
-. There have been three ways OF ap-
!. :nroaching this question in America.
one, such as we propose here TO-DAY
= straight, head.on. anti.sectaflan
amendment. And I will tell you how
MANY States have adopted this course
81 conduct, There are seventeen, NOT
thirty three.
There is a second course, and that
Is the comprehensive one, no sec
tartan and no private, so that 1t gives
no offence to any man, to any class,
or or to any creed. Quite q dlnerent
.nroposition. entirely different, and
NAV be pardoned here for adverting
to it, In the State Of Maine we nave
: been treated to the argument, from
two years ago down almost TO now
that our sister State-pardon the
bull, the mother commonwealth OF
Massachusetts,, - adopted, note tne
words, adopted a similar amend
ment," and a reference to the broad
minded liberality of a certain group
of gentlemen in the State or Mas
sachusetts. I have no particular
continents to make with reference TO
= some of them. AS a citation-it can
mot offend any of them nor do any
harm il they are mentioned casually,
and I mention with nothing but re-
-spect the citation of authority OF the
FORMER Junior Senator from Massa-
,,chusetts, the Hon. David /. Walsh,
who was cited as being in favor OF
. this amendment. The other out
standing authority was the Presi-
dent of the Hendricks Club. do not
know how many of you gentlemen
, have ever lived in Massachusetts; l
do not know how many of you
have ever lived in the metro
polls of Massachusetts,; do not know
how many of you have ever lived IN
the west end Of the metropolis OF Mas
sachusetts: but l have. lived there
for four years, and 1t Is the nrst Time
that l have ever heard Martin Lo-
cedent for forward looking, liberaliz-
ing, uplifting, highbrow legislation.
(LaughterO
But it Is wrong, it Is wrong 70
rnalign the absent Martin. I would
not dare do it. Mr.. President, II ne
were present. AS was spoken by a
former Executive with reference to
a former Scion, talking of bitter
tongues. Martin is some debater. But
he is not here, so it is perfectly safe
But neither Martin. nor Senator
Walsh, nor Billy Sullivan, ever sup
ported an amendment like that IN
the world, and the Commonwealth OF
Massachusetts never supported OF
endorsed or approved of an amend
ment like that. What they adopted
in Massachusetts is under the Sec
ond group. and 1 won't talk aside
from the question because l reallZe
that the so-termed-it is an error in
nomenclature-the so-termed MaheI
amendments do not like tie term
it is not, 1t is the Massachusetts
amendment-I know 1t is not under
discussion and so my remarks are
not applicable to that. Massachusetts
adopted the second method of pri.
waite, comprehensive, including the
word sectarian, including anthing
that was not state owned and state
controlled.
There Is third method. There are
only sixteen states that took thai
method and we have fort. -eigh'
state in the Union as I understand 1t
Seventeen and sixteen come pretty
near being thirty-three. Now there
are fifteen other states that are sim.
liar to Maine in method, and that 4:
public control. am not going t.
weary you with discussion Of Article
VIII. But Article VIII Of the con.
stitution of the State of Maine
means something and it won't do any
harm to have just your attention
called to it for one second, to on'
phase of it. mo donation, grant OF
endowment shall at any time be made
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