Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-03-03

" - :. Telephone 2Opi 10
Is - '' Express .. 20 90
q - Insurance :" S0ap on
a. Savings Banks, lsll go 90
Couaty Taxes on Wild Lands, atuse 90
Secretary of state fees, 1850 90
Insurance Commissioner, 1900 ca
Pedders' Lie nse Fees, g000 %
New Corporations, a5,uOp %
Increase IN Capi al Stock. $40 90
ptty on Commissions, aS1n 90
Interest, ltn0 90
renobseoi indlans-Share rents, g. is. 90
Railroads TO pa? Commissioners, lo,co %
t.aud Agent, 1, ,tsH 60
Liquor Commissioner, 900 %
i.4Gi ~. N
Cash on haini January /, lsIl 31t s69 ts
l,1Gaial is
Necessary TO have on hand Jan. ispi loaG 90
Amoun' available during the year 1898, t6aa,i5 is
In SENATE, March =, 1888.
Read, and on motion by Mr.. Hersey OF oxford
laid ON the table TO be printed.
Kendall NJ. DUNBAR, Secretary.
On motion of Mr.. Hersey of Oxford this
message and the various papers sent there
with was laid on the table to be printed.
On motion of MIR. Seiders of Cumber-
land the Senate reconsidered the votes
whereby it passed to be enacted and passed
to be engrossed, bill an act relating to pro-
bate appeals, and the same was reconmitted
to the committee on judiciary.
On motion of Mr.. Seiders of Cumber-
land House document No. l07, an act re-
lating to corporate franchises, assigned for
today, was re-assigned for Wednesday next,
on the request of the chairman of the com
mittee on taxation, who was unavoidably
absent
On motion of Mr.. Wood of kennebec
House document No. III, an act to enable
the city of Calais to maintain free bridges
across the St. Croix river. was taken from
the table.
Mr. Allan of Washington offered Senate
amendment A to this bill, which was adopt
ed. and the bill read second time and passed
to be engrossed as amended.
On motion of Mr.. Peaks of Piscataquis,
the consideration of the acceptance of the
majority or minority reports of the commit
tee on judiciary on the druggists bill was
assigned for Thursday next
On motion of Mr.. Hersey of Oxford,
Senate document No. 96, an act relating to
the compensation of members of the Legis-
lature, was taken from the table, and the
consideration thereof assigned for Thursday
next.
EASTERN MAINE INSANE HosrrTAL.
On motion of Mr.. Thatcher House docu-
ment No. lG2, resolve in favor of the
Eastern Maine Insane Hospital was t,ken
from the table, and the same senator moved
the adoption of the majority report.
MIR Mallet of Cumberland am not in
favor of concurring with the House on this
natter. The special committee on this mat
ter have had many bearings, and had G.
fore them members of the board of trustees
of the Insane Hospital and of the commits
sion appointed four years ago, also the sup
erinfendont of the Insane Hospital. and n
great many physicians from different parts
of the State. The object of that special
committee was to take into consideration
the state of affairs at the present Insane
Hospital, and provide remedy therefor.
IL had been claimed that the hospital was
over-crowtled, and that its sanitary condi-
tons were not good. 1t was suggested that
something ought to be done TO relieve it.
The question now is what is the best thing
to do? 1t is not a question of locating the
hospital in Bangor or anywhere else; it is
simply question of what can be done to
improve the present condition of affairs at
the hospital.
The State of Maine has at present a hos
pital standing on grounds some 400 acres in
extent, with good water supply, good
drainage, and a good superintendent who
thoroughly understands the wants of the
institution. He testified before the conn
mittee that there were 700 patients now in
the hospital, and the trustees in their
report says there are only 6s5. Now, let
US see what is the true state of the thing.
They say the hospital is over crowded.
Why don't they fix up the rooms they have
vacant, which they used in the epidemic
they had there some time ago:
We have over there at the hospital a
number of States prison patients. Why
Shouldn't they be taken ont and put in their
proper place. Docs the time and the con-
dition of the finances of the State warrant
the builiiug of another hospital at the pres
ent ,imes II seems TO me that there are
patients in that hospital nov that do not be-
long there. do not allow any man to go
beyond me in my sympatbies for these poor
unfortunates across the river, bat We must
consider this thing reasonably.
There is no recommendation in this ma
iority report that the hospital across the
river be enlarged. All the frienis of the
majority report are very anxious that an
other hospital at Bangor should be estab-
lished. They want to make il local in
stitution. and go So far as 10 say that it has
been promised them. | don't care about
Bangor or Augusta when this matter is
taken into consideration. But we have thi.
hospital across the river, and there Is no
reason why it shouldn't be enlarged They
say it xiil cost as much to enlsrge il as il
will TO erect another at Bangor. But look
at what they want in Bangor. They have a
piece of Ianl, nicely situated They want
to erect two wings. How long does this
Senate think they would be satisfied with
the appropriation named in this resolyes
Gentlemen, il seems to me that this uue s.
lion is of too serious nature to consiler
1ishtiy. don't want to take any chance
with our insane. don't want to send the Sc
POOR unfortunates adrift into the worlI.
But il seems to me that we will do wrong
if we pass this appropriation of $50, 900 to
establish another hospital in the city OF
Bangor. What are we bere.for! Are We
here TO appropriate money right and left, 10
scatter money broadcast over the State
without any regard TO the existing eondi-
ton Of affairs II il all very well for men
to stand up in this Legislature and say that
the people of this State will bear us out il
we appropriate money right and left. We
are not here for that purpose II there is
any legitimate way of reducing our expenses
and increasing onr income let it be done,
don't care whom j. hits. You appropriate
sl50. 900 for hospital in the city Of Ban
gor, and the people Of the western part Of
the State have got to be taxed for their
share Of it.
This is measure which Is worthy Of
much consideration, AMI that ought not u
be passed without mature de!ib+ra;ion. I,
seems to me that il wouLi be wrong thing
10 establish 'llis hospital in Bangor. not thar
have any thing 10 say against Bangor:
wouli vote sgainst it just as quickly If II
were in Portland.
Mr.. Thatcher of Penobscot: The sena-
tor from Cumberland has attacked the f1x
ures of the superintendent Of the insane
hospital. In the printed report Of the
trustees find there are I5f2 insane people
in the Stste. 6s5 Of whom were in the hos
pital ss the time of the reports being male,
leaving ~ many more TO Be provided for Ia
some other way. The superintendent testi-
fed there were 200 st the time of the hear
ing; that 10, Is more we're added fince the
report was made up. There IL no discfep.
ancy in the thing IT al.
He further said there were several rooms
uuoccupied. It il we'll known fact thai