Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-03-03

State is NOT cntitle,i Al this time 70 build =
new hospital. The hospital may he some-
what crowded. but believe commission
appointed to weed out that hospital and
5, nd home some of the patients that are kept
there would do more good than building
two wings. believe that the present hos
pitsl should make the most Of ito present
accommodations, and that il can get along
far two years, until the State IL better
prepared to make an appropria-
ton for a hospital than ii 10 now. fur
ther believe that when An appropriation u
made ii should 20 to Bangor,
cannot support either Of the reports
here today, but If ii comes to vote be-
tween Bangor and an addition TO the present
hospital l must give my vote to Bangor.
do not think that the argument hero today
has developed the fact that the State IL
called upon in its present financial condi-
ton to appropriate either sum which has
been suggested and reported BY the COM
mittce.
do hope that instead of making this ap-
psepriation this Senate will see fit to de-
fer This matter for two wears.
Mr., Thatcher: will only say few
words. ami will be as brief as possible.
wish To refer to this message which has
been sent in here, probably with purpose.
We have legislative department a. well N
an executive department, Whether inten-
iionally or not will not say, but this docu-
nent is misleading. The Governor would
give us 10 understand that this State was
'.ecaly in dent, and that if VIC want TO 20
on appropriating Ms We have done We should
se something like Slso. 900 in debt. Now.
tho total amount of appropriations, accord
t.,x 40, ft -. ss,sA. .s = 4
say in passing that tried to get this state
ment yesterday, but could not. The county
of Penobseot has had to fight the treasury
department all through, and now it
seems MS il we had the executive depart
ment against us as well.l Adding TO this
the estimated regular expenses We get tho
total of 81 .5ai ,a35. There are appropri-
atoms asked fer nov pending before this
Legislature amounting to SlG9. 1875, making
n total of 81 .63 ,96i. and this includes
everything now before the Legislature. To
this amount is to be added the sum of $St.
500, appropriations asked for and now
pending before committees of the Icgisla-
tnre, making grand total of si,s50, idl.
This irrludcs everything, all expenses and
MI appropriations granted and asked for,
whether reported by the committee or not,
everything. The estimated amount OF re.
c,ips is st t6i $50, to this is added cash on
hand s3oi 500 making n total Of 81 sd9, iSl.
From this Is deducted 800, 900 necessary
to have on hani in cash on the tlr.t of Jam
uary, 1891, leaving net total of 81 ,dG9, l5l.
that would seem to show that IL I'LL these
appropriations we're made we should have
Il deficit of Slsl ,olo; that Is, If We grant
everything now pending before the ieai.-
latnre, whether reported by committees or
sill uurepoftel. We should have u deficit of
Sis0,0 900. But | notice in looking over this
estimate of the receipts that urcrc i. "no
l,ttlr item that has not been included, which
is u claim against the Grant Trunk Rail
road ni S2Ou 200, and the parties arc her"
Ia hay Offering TO pay that claim on the fret
lay of July They have offered to pay that
hill AMI to sc'tl1 it al I per cen
interest and pay the cash down on the iirst
of july. That itrm has been withh"h',
gentlemen, and you ran draw Your own in
rcnces ~ 10 the reason of this witlloli-
ing This ia a claim which We can collect
Icy Inv aud, as | say, the counsel for that
road is brrr nov with proposition to settle
that nj i.p,r cent aud to pay rn.h on the
first OF Iuly. You add that To thr amount
of Estimated receipt. and 1t gives u total of
3 .9Gg 600, md If We uk" ont of this
amount of the appropriations asked "rnni
expenses of The government, - $50 900,
and it leaves US Il balance of ~ - .OOn left
in the treasury. "vcn If We grant every
appropriation asked for, If wc grant every.
thing.
Mr. Grindlc8 II is amusing 10 think that
nobody should have discovered that tho
State was So hard up until sle,00o bad
been granted to the Maine Eve and Ear In
iirmary and Si5 900 To the Maine General
Hospital. When the two great Portland
institutions have been property looked
after it is suddenly discovered ,hat the
State of Maine is very short Of money!
Mr.. Soldiers; As representative Of til.
county of Cumberland I y islt ,o sRy Just
word In relation 10 ,lIr.c nppr ,prntions
which have been mentioned would simply
say that knowing We should have to BE- care
ful in our financing, requested several
senators from other counties during ihi,
s, eson 10 cooperate with me- III emitting
down the appropriations ail round as far "a
possible, sn that the appropriations might
i'e fair and equitable TO ali pats of the
Stnte.
On motion OF Mr.. Iicrsry of oxford a
YEA and nay vote Was taken on the motion
to adept the majority report and the motion
WAS lost by - to -
Yeas-Aitan, Ames, Clark, Griudle. Harper.
Libby. Lyons. MAYO NtctcrsGW. shaw, sponord.
lhacirf AND WiggHn
Nats--t9ilin. Coax. brofing, Iicrsry, Iiorsnn,,
u II. iolmnn, jackson. Mh ~. rc.ti. Hpiicfs
sw .uter, WniorhouS'. Wiu.ipN aEd wood.
.shscn,-BrndfOrd iitrri"h.
Mr.. Peaks of Pisca,aqpis moved the nc-
captance of the minority report nnd on mo-
iion of Mr.. Thatcher Of i'enohscot the vote
was taken by yeas and nays The motion
WAS l1st by lG to IL.
Ycqs--t toifin. Deering, Ilerscy Ii'rAotn. iinl.
iinihian jackson. Mailei, hWautoh, Wat"fhouse,
Win= ow, wood.
Nays-AIlnn, Ames, CLARK conk, Gtndlc, liar
=. r, iihhr, Lyons. Mavo. NpkrrsnH Fr rs, Sri
deFs, sIlaw. Si.ofiprd, Thatcher Wiggin.
Ab-e"t-~Eradferd, Htrret.
Jr Peaks Of Piscltnfui- moved to re-
consider the vote whereby the minority re-
port was rejected, as he wished 10 have IL
come into the Senate IN order that he might
amend the same, and that the Senate might
have something before II upon which to act.
Mr.. Tharcher Of Pepobscot and Mr..
Grinaie Of Hancock bod, objected to the re-
consideration. and On vote being taken
The motion was lost.
On motion Of Mr.. Shaw Of Aroostook the
Senate adjourned.
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