Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-02-20

Hartford " SniIn % 90 Tue tlilC Dinuin- lpT llc
current year The report was accepted, and the
contract approved.
Bl an 5et 90 antho,ize the inhabitants Of ITur-
iicsnc Island TO meet on said island for the pur-
pose Of the cuicc Of officers and for other purposes,
was taken up. amended on motion Of NJ. MAR
on the voting list.
1t was further amended on notion Of Mr..
POWERS. so as to compel the solectmcn to correct
and revise the list within five days Of election.
The bill was then passed to be engrossed.
Bal an act giving the right Of suffrage to wom-
en-, was taken from the table on melton Of Mr..
LEAvIrT.
Mr. TALBOT said the bill reads, ''cvely person,
male and female, who is otherwise qualified by the
constitution of this State to vote for governor,
tors and representatives in the town in which he
resides" lie moved to amend ny adding the words
'or She"
Mr. WILSON hoped the bill, which had been
carefully drawn, would not be tinktred
The amendment was re iected.
On motion of Mr.. SNOW, the bill was laid on the
table, and Monday, at 80 p NJ, assigned.
READ AND ASSIGNED.
An act to amend chap. Is OF the K. s., relating
10 way.
PASSED 10 re ENaKossEp.
Resolve in favor Of bridge over Oulctt stream.
PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
An at 10 incorporate the Rockpcrt Ice c.
FINALLY PASSED.
Resolve in favor Of Shepherd J. Higgins.
Resolve appropraing {s24 800 for the Maine
State College and the Mechanic Arts was taken
up, tde question being upon passing the sane 10
he orgrossed.
Mr. TAtpor moved, end the House ordered
that when The question DC taken, it be hv yeas and
NAYS.
Mr. Conu moved to ameud so as TO make the
amount appropriated $40 500
Mr. ROGEns stated some facts in regard 10 the
Indebtedness OF the college.
Mir. BARRON moved to amend the amendment
by substituting -, 500 for So 800.
Mr. WHEELwRIGIIr opposed the amendment
lie thought it much more to the cIedi. o. the
State to sell cut and close up the institution than
10 attempt TO feed ii along from hand 10 mouth,
and lei 1t suffer for actual daily wants.
Mr.. WHITNEY of DiXmont advocate thelesolve
without amendment. As member of the com
lntee, he could say that the matter had been
thoroughly investigated and the committee had
cut the amount Down as low as possible. lie
believed Il actually necessary thai the amount
named in the resolve should be appropriated, IN
order that the college may be run successfully.
He DID not believe the State was yet ready 10
close up the institution and LEI the property given
bv the general government revert back again
Mr.. HUBBARD slid that If in the opinion Of the
Legislature it was better TO abandon the iu,ttu-
ton, then it had better lot vote to make any a?-
preparation whatever.
Mr.. TEFFT advocated the resolve and opposed
the amendments. The ame ndments meant simply
& s.aEYatlQn system IOT the lHsltutlOE he sluhp
Of the good the college was doing and Of the good
results TO follow, IN the future. He termed it an
institution for the poor boys where they can gain
an education at moderate expense.
Mr.. LITTLE said that he was member Of the
committee that reported the resolve. They had
visited the institution fer the purpose Of reporting
upon the wants of the college, and not with u
view Of reporting whether II was eXpedient to
abandon it. The committee ka1 asce,taned its
wants AMI reported accordingly. lie was not
fraiI hiatt bp n 40 ~
would suffer if the institution was abandoned He
did not wish to be understood that he advised the
appropriation because he looked 10 that institution
alone for the future development OF the aglicutu-
raj interests of Maine. II the agricultural inter-
est Of the State is TO be raised to high standard
we must look 20 ourselves principally. If this IN
stution can aid in educating the youth Of our state
lie was for its support. He believed it had in il
the germs of future good for the State. He could
not see how the college could be run with less
sum than asked for.
Mr.. POWERS warmly advocated the passage OF
the resolve without amendment.
Mr.. TALBOT advocated the amendment offered
by Mr. Barron, and contended that the college
could get along with that amount The State has
paid out for this college the sum of $4,000, and
there have been nineteen graduates from the in
sttution, four OF whom are farmers, $4,000
apiece from the State, besides what il has cost The
student. lie declared himself q friend to TIE
cause of education but questioned the management
OF the college in It's farming department. He did
not believe in the $4,000 barn, nor the blood
stock, and thought such things could be no al
vantage tc the students.
Mr.. WILSON advocated the resolve. He did
not think the abandonment of the institution was
seriously contemplated. lie had visited the instI-
tuition, and knew something about it. He knew il
to be school where the poor boy can gain an ed
ucaton in many branches equal to any college IN
the State. He was in favor Of the appropriation
because the experiment Of the college had
been tried, and is a fixed fact He relied
upon the good judgment and good sense OF
the trustees in the management of the institution.
They are careful men, and he believed that the
necessities of the college demanded the appropl;a-
ton.
Mr.. CoBB said that there was provision in
every appropriation that had been granted TO the
college for the last two three years that it
should contract no debts beyond the amount
granted vet that provision had been disregarded
every year. The question now arises whether the
State is not going to be pauperized by this means.
Mr.. GILMORE said that in other States these
agricultural colleges work tavorably and well +;
they arc regarded as, and arc model schools for the
few. Who are to be teachers for many, as this is
destined to be: This is a school where poor boys
may obtain an education which they could in no
other way 1t is school calculated TO elevate the in
dustral pursuits Of the State, and is well worthy
Of our patronage and support. l speak as one OF
the forty-fivc thousand farmers of Maine, and not
as one interested from friendship or locality.
Mr. Powers spoke further in reply 10 the gen.
tleman from East Machias, (TalbotD 1t had cost
great deal to start the institution, but the ex-
penses were to be less of course in the future, at
ter the buildings had been erected and everything
pertaining to an agricultural college had been pro-
cured.
Mr. TrrTLE replied to the gentleman from East
Machas, (Talbot.) The $4,000 barn had been
referred to. He said il is well known that good
farmer always has barn that costs more than his
house but poor farmer has house which costs
more than his barn. In his section, where the
people were so poor that they could hardly stand
alone, people had barns that cost $1,000. lie hop
ed the amendment would be rejected.
The House voted down the proposition to make
the appropriation 5000, by q vote Of As to 81.
The amendment TO make the amount $4,000
was then adopted.
The yeas and nays were then taken on passing
the resolve to be engrossed, resulting in the aflim-
alive, as follows
YEAs-Nlessrs Allen of Brooklyn, Anderson,
Baker, Barker, Barnard, Bcarce, Blanchard,
Bracket, Drawn, Bray, Buck, Burnham, Bur
pee, Butler of Hancock, Clark Of Lincoln,
| Clark of Wiscasset, Cleaves, Cobb, Colson, Gun
ningham Davis, Dodge, Doten, Durell, button,
Eastman, Eaton, Edes, Ferguson, Frost Gile, Gil
| more, Grindle, Gleason, Haley, Hanson, lIar-
mon, Halves Hoyt, johnson, Keegan, Lamb,
Lane, Little. Locke, Iyford, Lyman, Macomber,