Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-02-25


following aaseusantens In the second line
hv striking out the wonis i've thousand
dollars saa Inserting the war,sS .4t~easy
i've hundred sIoilars. and ia iinss four ami
;ise strike snt Tia, words, fire thousand
dollars and insert twenty -fise hauareaf
dollars"
/ have always believed ,hat it was d
wrong policy on the part of tase STATE 10
scatter 50 many of these hospitals round
over the State tselieye Tn, true policy
should have been TO maintain generously
the Maine General Hospital At Portland
aud net 10 distribute These hospitals roaml
4, favor this locality or that, hat rs tais
policy has keen adopted, ~ thu State hal
adopted this ehilt. and - We eouil not J es-
ter,lay draw tire Inns. ut the SISTERS OF bar
ity, it seemed To me that il might Il. fair To
place them GA an equal feetIDg. ia,enle7i
10 frame my ainentHlent in that way. Ia
give them exactly the same sum, hut ont of
Difference 10 other members who also be-
heye that we ought to cat this apprepfia-
tlon some hat, drew the amendment in
that stay. The first appropriation
bill at this session is 81 ,ltS,U .ss 30. We
are already up very near the limits of both
appropriations of 1871 which were 81 ,sistl,-
..s6 A. for the general appropriation for
1881 Df course there is another appropri-
for ls94. | call attention To this so you
may understand ami realize that this ques-
ton of economy is not simply the fancy Of
one crank in this House. but That II is
serious question and one that we alil all
have to answer for. Cannot We draw the
line sontew here: | believe that this amend
ment is in accordance with sound policy.
Mr.. Shaw of Portland; The Central
Maine Hospital heretofore asked for slo,-
900, s1d,o0 for each year, and it was granted
on condition tlas they shouli make
an appropriation of $4,000 ont of tlieir
own iu,I'ls for each of the two wears. The
merits jf the subject were such that the
committee made the recommendation. This
year tfdy ask for a similar appropriation,
The supporters of the bill for the other hos
pital Yesterday urged that consideration
should Se gisen 10 this hospital. II We are
going ID do "A thing, let as do it we'll. be-
leve With the gentleman that we should
make our expenditures i'll the most economi-
cal manner. but there is an economy which
! is productive of good, ans: an economy
which produces no good results. | do not
believe that the people of Maine desire 10
dance on 4 l0-cent piece. | hope this mat
| ter will be decided on its merits and that
the report of the committee will be sus-
| tanned.
| Mr. Savage of Auburn Were it not for
| the fact that the matter now under consider
alton very seriously affects the interests OF
The people of Lewiston and Auburn who are
very much interested in the question of The
maintenance of this hospital, | should not
now occupy the floor; but feel, sir, that
| would not be performing my duty if did
not here say some few words in behalf OF
the Central Maine Hospital at Lewiston.
want to say now that there is no man on the
floor of this House who is more deslrous
that the record of this Legislature i'll the
| matter of proper economies shall be good
one, than and am ready to join hands
with the gentleman from Monson { Mr.
| Sprague) or with any other member
of this House for the promotion OF
| proper economies in our expenditures. The
gentleman from honsau " ant> draw the
| line. say let the linz be iraan, but moi
let it be drawn on hospital that is doing
the work and that has been doing the work
that the Central Maine General Hospital At
Lewiston has been doing for the last tive
years.
Two years ago the good citizens of Lew
iston and Auburn and the physicians Ut nui
county, came before the committee of thi,
Legislature, and represented the needs oil
our community, of our cities, of the out
| living towns and counties which surrpuuf
us, the needs of a general hospital, not q
city hospital, not Lewiston hospital, moi
m Auburn hospital, in particular, but q
hospital tina. should accommodate tn,
needs of our county ami the sur
rounding counties lh'y were
aware ana W" Legislature Two years age
MAS MAR, that mere were ether hospitals
ID the state AM sood hospitals, "hici
were d"iHg very excellent service; but they
were aware aiso' that there Is no coili'hd
n!'y IN iiir State OF Maine ;" ih"de up III
ITS population as 10 need a hospital sup
ported ny combinations o'i'shie OF It's own
hordrrs, as the communities OF Lewiston
ana Ahbirn' We are manufacturing
commnnit% We are made up very largely
OF men ana women who work IN shops ana
mills ana around machines and who are
peculiarly llabie to accident and more
than any other community IN III" state OF
Maize We are mate up % men ana women
who NV" IN boarding houses and
have no h"thcS among ne, AM
who II They become III "rdlSahled OF IN
lnred, have no home or place To which IL
I" ana no one TO care LOT 'hcih uhieSS 'het
send to distant friends. say that no com
mhi''Y ~ the STATE presents tlcse features
$" strongly AS d" tie Nv" cit'eS OF i'c"isf"i
ana A"otfh' ana having ''al popnh''l' On
made up IN a great many instances "t MGR
ami women Unable TO care Tor thehs"i'"'
II they become SICK or disabled Tor 'h"N'
reasons "'if people came mere TWO year
ago an'i fair'y presented All these question: