Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-02-14
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MIR. Weeks then took up each item of the
resolve, and explained WHY the committee
had recommended it.
| MIR. Young of Cumberland said that the
Senator from Kennebec Inexperienced the
scope of his inquiry. The only item of the
resolve which he questioned was the first,
which appropriates $1,000 to pay the debt in
CURED during the last two years. How do
the trustees justify themselves in contracting
this debt? They exceed the appropriation
with perfect recklessness, and then come up
| here in the calmest manner imaginable and
ask us to make up the deficit.
Mr.. Lebroke of Piscataquis said that,
owing to some dispute among the members
of the Committee on State College of the last
legislature. an appropriation of $500 for two
years had been granted, instead of $1,000 ask
ed for by the officers of the institution. 1t
was absolutely necessary for the welfare of
the college that it be kept running, and the
trustees were obliged to make inroads upon
their endowment fund. After very
thorough examination my Judgment is.
that we must restore the $1,000, or
we infringe upon the endow ment act of the
United States. whereby we hold $l32, 900,
and shall be in danger of forfeiting that sum
| do not see how the first item of the appro-
priation can be dropped ont believe if the
State shows proper interest in the college.
there is now n wealthy and benevolent gen.
tleman in Somerset county who will make
large donation to the institution.
Mr.. Young of Cumberland What guaranty
have we that this amount is sufficient, and
that the trustees will not run into debt again?
My proposition is, that the State annually
appropriate certain sum for this college,
inside of which the trustees must bring their
expenses. They must learn to live within
fhnir 9th Aa,,l.
have to do. Do the trustees give us
any assurance that $4,000 will satisfy their
wants for the next two years, and that there
will not be deficit again?
Mr.. Lebroke of Piscataquis said, in reply.
that the officers of the college had assured
the committee that this appropriation was
commensurate with the expenses of the in
stitution, and that they would not have to
encroach upon their fund again; il will be
full and final for two years. The president
of the college assured us that it would not
have been necessary to resort to borrowing,
if they could have had the appropriation
asked for two years ago.
Mr.. Weeks of Kennebcc said that it cost
something to run one of these institutions of
learning, as the gentleman from Cumberland
Mr.. Young well knew. The only alterna-
tive for the trustees of the college, was to
close the institution and send the students
home or incur a debt of $1,000. They chose
the latter, relying upon the honor of this
legislature to make good the deficit.
Mr.. Mclaughlin of Cumberland The debt
must be paid, of course. The trustees can
not use the permanent fund for current ex-
penses, and the legislature should appropriate
the sum asked for. If economy is to be prac-
ticed in the future, I see no occasion for con
testing this appropriation, and shall vote to
q u
Mr.. Kimball of Sagadahoc SAID that if he
recollected Alright, the same thing occurred
in the history of the college several years
ago, and the legislature was called upon to
make up the deficiency. The trustees should
have closed the school, and not taken upon
themselves the responsibility of incurring this
debt. The only way for men to do, is to obey
the law.
Mr.. Young of Cumberland: 81 only want
to know whether, if we pay this debt of $4,000.
the next legislature will be called upon to
make good another deficit5"
Mr.. Parkhurst of Aroostook, ch airmap of
the Committee on Agriculture, said that his
committee visited the State College with the
Committee on State College, and looked into
the wants of the institution. His committee
unanimously endorsed the resolve which is
n ow before the Senate, appropriating Sl3,-
900 for the college.
On motion of Mr. Rust Of Waldo, the re-
solve was laid on the table until tomorrow at
IL o'clock.
On melton of Mr. Lebroke of Piscataquis,
bill an act for the protection of moose, carl
bou and deer, pending its passage to be en-
crossed was laid on the table.
Mr.. Young of Cumberland called from the
table Senate document. No. 2S, ian act to
provide in part for the expenditures of gov
eminent" He moved to amend so that the
appropriation for binding and stitching shall
be increased from $500 to $500, with cor
responding change in the footing. The bill,
as amended, was then passed to be engrossed.
On motion of Mr.. Heath of Kennebec, an
act to extend the charter Of the Livermore
Bridge corporation, coming up on its passage
to be engressed, was laid on the table.
On motion Of Mr.. Stubbs of Franklin, the
vote whereby bill an act to prohibit the
throwing of coal tar gas water and other resid-
uum into the Saco river was passed to be
engrossed. was reconsidered. On motion of
same Senator, the bill was recommitted to the
Committee on Legal Affairs.
On motion of Mr.. Young Of Cumberland,
House document No. IL, resolves providing
for an amendment Of the constitution forever
prohibiting the manufacture Of intoxicating
liquors, and prohibiting their sale except for
medicinal and mechanical purposes and the
arts, was taken from the table.
Mr.. Rust of Waldo moved to amend so
that when the resolves arc submitted to the
people for ratification they shall not be con-
sidered as adopted unless it shall appear
that number OF votes equal to a majority
of votes cast at the last gubernatorial cleo
ton are recorded in their favor.
Mr.. Young of Cumberland called attention
to the provisions of the second section of ar
ticle Y. of the constition of Maine, which says
that ''if it shall appear that a majority of the
inhabitants rotiag on the question are in favor
of such amendments, it shall become part of
this constitution. He did not think the
amendment offered by the gentleman from
Waldo was competent.
Mr.. Rust then spoke at length as follows
This is the first time in the history of this
State that a constitutional amendment has
been proposed by a political party. Several
amendments have been proposed and adopted
! within the past eight years, but they were
formulated by commission, composed of
members of both political parties, who rigor-
ously excluded political partizanship from
| their deliberations On the contrary, this
proposed amendment had its origin in po-
litical party caucus; and it will pass this
branch as it has already passed the other as
a measure of party expediency. 1t is neces-
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