Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-02-21

agreement; can see very well, gentle
men how this thing has been arrange
but propose to stand here and exercise
my rights as an individual senator, not
only as representative of Washington
county, but also as a representative OF all
the people of the State Of Maine, and |
do not subscribe to any agreements or
understandings.
| have been looking over some figures
of late in regard to this institution. In
the last 10 years we have appropriated for
the use of this college the sum of Sll2,-
400 giving yearly average of Sll,240.
! BY this amendment we shall grant them
| S25, 900 year, an overplus of $l3, $50
year | say that the condition of things
! does not demand this great advance. l
am a friend Of this institution, Mr.. Presi-
dent ] realize that this young man.
whom we all respect, and whom we wish
might not have appeared in the Hobbies OF
I this State House, desires to build this in
stitution up at once. He asks for $4,000
every year for his library. | appreciate
his zeal. Let lis look at the other
| similar institutions in our State. How
do they get on? They have not attempted
| to spring at once into great power; they
| have worked up by degrees. At BOwdoin
the trustees appropriated about $500 last
year for the library, and the librarians
salary amounted to about $l100, C,ak-
| ing total appropriation for the library
last wear at Bowdoin of $2G0i. The aver
age appropriation for the library at
Bowdotn during the last 20 years has been
s6l7. How is it with the library at
Colby: Last year they expcaded for the
purchase of books, $613, making the total
expenses for books and care of library,
about $3.50 per annum. How is it at
Lewiston, at Bates College? The ex
pensos Of the library there last year We're
s473.2 20 Does anyone dispute the fact
that these institutions are llou ishing?
We would be glad to see this institution
spring up into a fourishing institution,
but the faculty must wait.
How is it with regard to the number of
students? BY the last published reports
the number of students was as follows ::
Bowdoin, 229; Colby, 21S Bates, 190;
and Maine State College, $50.
How is it with regard to their expenses?
For the year ending June 30, 1898, they
received $73, 270. 50. From this sum we
may deduct $40 600 to get their net cash
income, and we find that they had n net
cash income that year of $63 900. Where
is one of these other institutions that has
received such an amount of money as this?
And yet gentlemen, you propose to give
them SEQ, 600 year more, Gentlemen,
be liberal, be just, but consider that the
peoples money is in our care, Our good
sense has shown lis that the 10 ycarappro
priation would not be proper. We are
here as / said the other day, unani-
mously Republican Senate. This Legis-
lature has but five Democrats in it. The
people of Maine have entrusted to our care
as party the interests and finances of
this State Beware, gentlemen, how you
return to the people! Ther1 are appro-
priations that you must m IKE, that you
ought to make and on these appropria-
tions you can go before the people and de
fond your action, ard show that you have
done your duty; but you cannot afford as
party to go before the Peep of this
| State, having squandered their mney or
used it in excess of the needs of the insti-
I tutions that have come here asking for it.
| There is not man from the opposition
party to stand up here and say Why do
you do so? Therefore l tell you, gentle
men, as party man, to consider these
things. BE just, be generous, but do not
waste the peoples money.
On the vote being taken, the amend
mcnt of Mr. Spofford of Hancock was
carried by 20 to :. The amendment OF
Mr.. Savage of Androscoggin was then
| given passage as amended. The resolve
was then read second time, and passed to
/ be engrossed as amended
Mr.. Hume of Washington presented the
following order;
! House concurring, that the Governor
and Council appoint a committee TO ex-
amino into the affairs of the Maine State
| College, and the doings of the trustees of
the State College, and to inspect the
records and accounts, aud the buildings
and premises occupied by the said college
| for the years 1895 and 1896, and to report
to the next Legislature the reasonable
1 wants of said college, and make such
( other recommendation us such commit
tee may deem advisable.
a On motion of Mr. Wiggin of Aroostook,
/ the order was laid on the table
On motion of Mr.. Savage of Androscog-
gin. Senate document Ne. 81, resolve i'll
favor OF the plantation OF Lexington. was
taken from the table. and Mr. Hovey of
Somerset offered Senate amendment y,
which was adopted, and the resolve passed
to be engrossed as amended.
Mr. Shaw of Aroostook: | desire to
call the attention of the Senate to mat
ter which seems to me of considerable i'm
portance. and desire to do so in m i'm
formal way, as l do not know how
should proceed have noticed while
serving on the committee on engrossed
hills that AVERY large percentage of the
bills are torn up or worn into pieces.
Some Of them have the appearance of hay
ing been cut or torn in pieces purposely,
as by the printers for the purpose of dis
tribution to their compositors. As | be-
lievc the original bill is very important in
every measure, it seems to me that some
thing should be done in disregard. You
viii notice that by Rule all bills are ne
qnired to be written in fair hand, and