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

than ne are giving to the Maine General
Hosr,issl al Portland As At present al
sisesl shah feel ehiigci 70 vote for the
amendment ararapsiatiug Sastsi.
Mr.. Brown of waicrsslle. Wlsen tttesi
gentleman frosa Anbara was describing the
condition his locality was IN, could net
help thinking Of N, e~n city, FROM the fact /
that a pesisios came down isosa my locality |
signed BY gentlemen fraat all the surround /
lay towns prssing ssmals for a s,l,sfts'r for
4 haspstal The Judiciary committee of |
WHICH ana a member, sa,st me, because |
ii ne grant soa ! charter ssn siis II com |
lag lsefe asking for menss 10 supper, itae /
hospital. We are sisuatsa le.se 10 Water |
vile goai deal as they arr III .taharn; we |
have ar,e Gotten niiiis and manufactures, /
where men aal se,its u are ea fsesesl 10 siait- |
ger. NC thought We isgsi claim on the |
State, bat xaen We were ,eia
tina, the peiiey was to have cse |
general hos rifai AMI no more, We acqHiseed. |
The petitioners stfe CREATED ls'sfc 10 with |
draw. slec..iea Yesterday t'4at | weuli |
vote 10 give tbs Central Matte tsensral
Hospital tide sanie Amount, Sia5o, which We
gave TO the Sisters of Charity and can see
no good reason why ttsi, ewiSsen hospital
should have any i.urs a,ohey thaa the os'c
we hal under consideration yesterday. do
no, understand THAT the fri uis of the
Lewiston institution claiaa that they are
more deserving than thu. Sisters of Charity
was disappointed wien ih,. amendment
as Offered of S2ioo--it stceld have heen
$3.50. believe the Legislature of Maine
will regret it ii they 90 on squandering-
think must use that wor,l--squanierins
Ia tt.t
of appropriations, in the middle of the
session, staring HIS in the face almost as
| large AS the gross one of the last Legisla-
ture. think We should cry halt ON Il
| hospital or anything else.
| Mr.. Parker Of Danforth: was one of
the committee dissenting from the majority
report. The caHniitee stood four to SIX.
| The last Legislature said 10 this institution,
III you show us q bona fide subscription
| list of $40 900 tina, you guarantee shall he
paid, We will give you 5000 this year, and
on your raising $40, 900 more we will give
you another s5uoo. They raised the first
slo, 900 very quickly. am not prepared
to say how, whether it was on note or
otherwise They give list of subscribers.
The amount is Ss9lS.1s. Their finance
committees report shows that they received
by subscription and donations slo,b3l SO,
and that they owed a note in the savings
bank of $4,000. while the treasurer
and finance committee say in their
report that they owe the savings bank a
note for $500. making a difference of
| $1,000. The treasurer of this corporation
was before us. He made his statement and
went home without waiting To see wha,
questions might be asked. 1t was after
wards suggested to DR.. Hill, who is tie
head of that hospital. that his treasurer
should come with his books and explain the
! difference between these reports. Instead
of his coming, | understand they sent a lob
bsist down. believe that this institution
did not keep faith with the State. am in
favor of this amendment,
Mr.. Shaw of Portland In regard to the
comparison between the Maine General
Hospital at Portland and this one, you
must remember that the former is much
older and has been very literally endowed
so that its income enables il to get along
with very little assistance from the State.
Ii is hardly fair To compare such an institu
ton AS that with n young one like this only
two years old. The committee two years
ago looked this matter over carefully, AMI
the House endorsed their action.
Mr. Roberts of Norway: This matter
was laid on the table by my motion
but not because | was opposed to
it. After fair consideration of the matter
believe il my duty 10 vote in favor of this
appropriation rs reported by the commit
tee.
Mr. Savage of Auburn; | desire to add
one word The gentleman from Portland
Mr.. Shaw, has shown the unfairncss of
comparing an old institution and IA new one
one winch has been endowed literally
heretofore by the State, by private citizens
and which is receiving year by year ANIMAL
riits to large amount, and another iusti-
tuition which has Just started, endowed
only with debt and having all it can 40 to
get along and pay its running expense and
do the work. If this Institution receives
any less for the next year than 1t has re
ceiyetl IN the last two Years, il will bc Sc
riousiy crippled in carrying out its work.
| desire to say that the figures | gave the
House when was on my feet before in re-
gard to the total receipts of the institution
for the two Years, was the amount not end
ing last July when the report was male up,
but ending January list, making the two
years from the time the institution has
been in pcration-Si0, iSs. What has
been received from the State and the pres
cnt debt taken ont leaves 500 which
has been received by the institution.
A. To the matter of good faith,
the insinuation which has been
thrown out that the Central Maine Hostital
has been tying to cheat the State, the
Legislature and the Governor and Council,
do not believe it is necessary to % into
that matter here. The bill of 1891 sgro-
,ided that the State stipend should b. paid
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