Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-02-27

| Mr.. PULLEN moved that the petitions be
referred to the next legislature.
Mr.. HASKELL opposed the motion and in.
quired tie gentleman's reasons.
Mr.. MITCHELL said the matter had re-
ccived the fullest ventilation by the commit
tee and he saw no reason why its action
should not be endorsed by the House.
| Mr.. SwAsEY opposed the motion at length.
Mr.. PULLEN advocated his motion.
| Mr.. TALBoT opposed.
| The yeas and nays were taken on motion of
Mr. HAsKrLI, resulting in the negative, as
follows:
YEAs.-1lcssrs, Alirch, Black Fesscndcn, Files
ostcr, Leaytt Millilcn, pulcn, Rogers, Scrlbncr
SNOW stone, Thomas, Walden Warren, Wilson,
! 10.
| NAYs.-Mcssrs. Abbott, Bailey, Baker, Bartlett
| Blaisdei Elodgctt, Boardman, bradbury Of Old
| town, Bradbury OF king1cll, Drawn, Bryant, Bur
bank, Hurscy, Caldwell Campbell, Carl, Caryill
| Clark Cobb, Coffin, Conner, Cornish Corthei
| Crockett, Croswcl, Crowell. Cushman, Davis, Dea
iSon, Dowet, Drake, Eaton, Edes, Estes, Earring
Goodwin Cove, Grant, GuptilI, Hail, Harding
Haskell, Hatch, Hathorn, Hawkes., iiawcs, Hunter
| lIutehins, ilurd, Johnson Judd, Kecgan Kecne of
| Bremen, heene of Palmyra, Keith keloCh, KIM.
ball, Know ltOn, L9mson, Lane, LaWler, Lewis Lib
| by, Longl1llow, Lord, Loring, Mccartney, Mc.
Giivery, Mckinney, Meserye, Mitchell Moore,
Morse, Moulton OF Porter Moulton of scarboro',
| Morrow Mullin, Nckerson, North, Ouileite, Phlu-
ney, Pierce, Pinkham, Pillsbury, Porter, Presley,
| Richards, Robbins, Rowell, SanboIn Of Wales,
| Sanborn of Etna, Scammon, sherman, Silshy,
| small OF Lisbon Smith, Stuart, Sturgis, Swasey,
| rabbutt, Talbot Thurst0n, Tibbcts, Treat, Within,
Wentworth OF Bucksport, Whtemore, Wilder,
| Winslow, Woodbury., Woodman, Work, Yates,
| Young-ll9.
SO the House refused TO refer the petitions
to the next legislature.
The report giving the petitioners leave to
withdraw was then accepted, i'll concurrence
with the Senate.
The House proceeded to the consideration
Of the resolve in favor of a new insane hos
ptal, pending at the time of adjournment
yesterday, the question being on the adoption
of the amendment offered by the gentleman
| from Richmond, Mr.. LAMsoS.
| Mr.. NORTH hoped the amendment would
not prevail. It's object is TO adopt the ''cot-
tage system which it seemed to him, was
improperly before the House. The Commits
sioners on New Insane Hospital appointed by
resolve, were not authorized to consider the
system which should be adopted. But it
seemed to have found its way into the report,
and minority report. in favor of the cottage
SYSTEM comes in to divide the House. He
thought the pavilion SYSTEM from some
remarks he had heard upon the floor, was not
rightly understood. Ii is supposed by many
to be a system which is now in practice by
the State: bat it is an improved system.
somewhat analogous to the cottage system" !;
buildings that are separated, but connected
! tenn is said to be in the classification of pa
tients another advantage is ventilation, and
the free admission of sunlight. But the great
advantage of this arrangement over the ''cot-
tage system, is IN an economical point of
view. 1t must be apparent to every one, who
has given the subject any attention, that of
the two plans, the pavilion system" is the
superior. The speaker read from the report
OF the Commissioners, to show the advan-
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the cottage"
Mr.. DAVIS had no particular objections to
either of the systems, but he thought that at
present, the requirements of the State did not
demand any further outlay in this direction,
! When more accommo cations were needed,
we ought to have new hospital. But when
that time comes, we should have it in
another part of the State. He argued that
this should be so, as a sanitary measure, to
guard the patients against epidemics. and for
their general health.
Another argument why, Off a new hospital is
demanded) it should be built at distance
| from the existing one, was that there would
be healthy competition among the officers in
| the matter Of management although he re-
garded the management of the existing insti
tuition as admirable. He questioned the need
of any additional accommodations at pres
emit; for if the bill passed which had been re-
ferred to, about one quarter Of the present
inmates those who are idiotic will be sent
to their homes. This would give increased
accommodations, and he did not believe the in
terests of the State, or the interests of the in
sane, demanded this appropriation of $780,
900, or of $4,000 even, at this particular
time. II beginning was made in this mat
ter, and only 900 appropriated, there must
be an end, and it would require 100000 10
complete the structure, and that too, in this
particular locality. His object was to kill the
the resolve and the amendment. and it seemed
to him that such result would be for the in
terests of the State.
Mr.. SwAsEY said that upon the question of
necessity for enlarged accommodations, if
statistics were true, he took issue with the
gentleman from Corinth (Mr. Davis. AS
he (Mr. Swasey) had said, he was committed
to every scheme OF economy, and he was
therefore committed to the support Of the re-
solve without the amendment. If the pres
ent board of managers of the hospital can
manage 400 patients and give them proper
treatment, his Judgment vas that they could
manage 200 more very easily with very
slight addition of help. We have plenty of
land on which to build new hospital, and a
board of managers at Augusta, and he could
not see how the expense was going to be
lessened by carrying it elsewhere. There
might Dc Ilttlc VlhpCtltiOuy nub W 1S
the competition in the management of an in
sane asylum when that board Of management
are under the direction of the law, and are
obliged TO perform their duties without
any competition? He was as penurous as
any man when the money of the State was in
question, but he believed it to be in the
interests of economy to start upon a perma-
nent basis and build such building as. when
it is finished, will subserye the purposes for
which it is intended-not starting with q few
cottages that will be torn down when the sys-
TEN has proved failure. Nor did he deem
it good policy to vote an appropriation to
take the pews out of church this year and
replace them next, for a temporary purpose.
1t was his judgment that an appropriation
should be made as would start building that
we know will answer thepurpose. He thought
it was wrong idea to think of creating new
boards Of management which must necessarily
be attended with large expense. What is the
additional cost of an increase of fifty patients
in this hospital, compared with the cost to
keep them in another institution, in another
section of the State, under distinct board Of
managers? He hoped the Legislature would
take such action as would start a building on
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