The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-03-01
Thu FILIBUSTER.


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! roofs. He had visited the stables and
; found lthem in bad sanitary condition.
| The trustees recommended the removal
| of bestables and other out buildings to
greater distance from the hospital. DR..
Murch thought that all the funds of the
present institution were needed for
| these purposes leaving none for fitting
| up new buildings. He also referred to
the crowded condition of the present
hospital and the trouble recently caused
there by an outbreak of contagious
disease.
Mr.. Woodbury. of Deering said that
he was glad the legislature
doing favor to either of two cities,
both of which = he should be glad to ao-
commodate and especially the eastern
city. 1t was true that the immediate
appropriations asked for were not SO
greatly different, although $4,000 was
not light sum for the state to provide.
But it was not the present which troub-
led Mr.. Woodbury. SO much as the here
after.
This remark reminding members of
pulpit references to this world and the
next was greeted with much laughter
an applause.
Continuing, Mr.. Woodbury. said that
the plan proposed at Bangor called for
the
Expediture of All of Over 100000,
It was this which made him pause. He
believed that plain, fire-proof buildings
could be erected at Augusta to answer
all requirements. If the present hospit-
al was not in proper sanitary condition
it should be made so whether a new hos,
pital was built or was not. There was
another reason for accepting the minoris
| ty report which had presented itself to
| Mr.. Woodbury., and it was good one.
He said that besides the first cost
of the hospital proposed at Bangor, there
would be the increased expense of main
tanning another corps of officials. Here
the addition of new buildings would re-
auire more physicians and attendants,
but the heads of departments could
manage the enlarged hospital as well as
they do the present institution.
Hon. Llewellyn Powers said that it
seemed there was consensus of opinion
that something was needed. He said
| that perhaps in one sense, as already
| pointed out, the question of locality did
not enter into this question, but if this
| state was to follow the example of other
states, and build a new hospital, then it
| was proper to consider the claims of To-
| cality. It was not proposed to take from
| the Augusta institution any of its beau
| tiful surroundings, or its conveniences
| and luxuries. But in building at Bangor
| there would be great saving in expense
| in the transportation of patients and also
in the expenses of poor people whom
love and a sense of duty impelled to go
to the hospital to see their unfortunate
relatives and friends.
Mr.. Powers spoke of the marvellous
growth of the Aroostook region
which, Notwithstanding the fact
| that its only means of
communication with other portions of
the state was through foreign territory
had by it's increasing population kept the
state from going backward. The people
of his section were entitled to consider
alton.
III 1t was said that at the hospital at Ban
gor there would be more of those allevi-
ations found at Augusta but there were
unfortunates enough who might be sent
there to fill two wards who were not
capable of approaching music and
| flowers and in time, as the institution
grew, these things could be provided.
| Mr.. Powers referred to the fact that in
times past he had stood on this floor and
fought for appropriations for the
Maine General Hospital at Portland
and other institutions without regard to
locality. He believed the people were
willing to be taxed for this purpose and
appealed for the settlement of the ques-
ton without prejudice and with due re-
gard to what was due the people of the
section which he represented.
DR.. Morrill, of Madison believed that
| both humanity and economy would be
conserved by the building of an addition
to the Augusta hospital.
Mr.. Sylvester Of Lisbon spoke in favor
| of economy while doing what was best
| for the insane.
Major Dickey of Fort Kent spoke in
favor of the majority report, earnestly
advocating the erection of the Bangor
| hospital.
| Mr.. Marston of Skowhegan said like
his friend Woodbury. he had been think
ing of the hereafter. He believed that it
was time to begin the new hospital, in
stead of adding to the present Anticipated
| fire-trap, as wings added there now must,
in view of the rapid increase in the num-
Der of the insane, be duplicated in four
or six years.
Mr.. Scott of Patten favored new hos
pital although he belonged to a party
which, in theory at least, favored econo-
my when the other party were in power.
He represented many poor people who
lived so far north that he was often sup
posed to come from Aroostook, and he
wished he had when he heard the bril-
liant speech of the gentleman from that
county But he should be ashamed to
| go back to his home and tell the people
| there that he had not voted to treat this
unfortunate class Of people generously.
| The gentleman from East Machias had
said that we were sent here to spend the
| peoples money and nobody would deny
that they had done it well, but he. did
not believe this was the time to talk of
| cutting down the expenses.
Messrs. Garcelon and Parker followed,
and then the filibpsiering occurred as
above reported. The yea and nay vote
adopting the report in favor of the new