Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-22

Telegraph Co, was taken from the table.
Mr.. Savage offered Senate amendment
| A, which was adopted. and the bill read
second time and passed to be epgrossed IS
amended.
Senate document No 1874, majority and
minority reports Of committee on Judiciary
on resolve concerning an amendment to
| the constitution forbidding the appropria-
tion for use of public moneys or public
property for any sectarian or ecclesiastio
purposes, majority report being ought not
to pass minority report being ought to
pass, specially assigned for today, was
taken from the table.
Mr.. Spofford Of Hancock said that 1t
had been agreed on both sides to submit
this matter to vote without debate in
the Senate, and moved that the vote be
taken by yeas and nays.
Mr. Hume Of Washington said that all
his utterances, both In public and private,
had been in support of the principle Of
this resolve, but that he did not believe
that the time had come for the passage OF
such measure and therefore should vote
against 1t, rs he thought it had not been
fully enough discussed or considered.
Mr.. Higgins of York said that he agreed
with the senator from Washington, and
thought that this matter should have
come up earlier in the session.
The question being on the motion OF
Mr.. Spofford of Hancock that the maioity
report be accepted, the vote was rs follow:
YEAs-Messrs. Ames, Day, Engel, Gordon,
Mitchell, Nickerson, Penney, Prescott. Rey-
nolds. Savage, Shaw, Spofford.-17.
NAys-Messrs: Cook; Higgins, Morrill,, Stone,
Warehouse, Wiggin, Wood.-7.
Tho majority report. ought not to pass,
was accordingly adopted.
House document No. sos, report of the
committee on judiciary committee on
bill an act relating to the appointments of
a commissioner Of highways, specially
assigned for today, was taken from the
table.
The pending question being the inefinite
postponcmcnt of the matter in concur
renee with the House, It was agreed to,
and the matter was accordingly indefl-
ntely postponed.
House document No. 30S, majority
and minority reports of committee on
education on resolve In favor Of Gorham
State Normal school, specially assigned
for today, was taken from tho table,
MIR. Hume of Washington; AS chair.
man of the committee signing the major
ity report feel it incumbent upon me
to state the position of that majority, and
to resist the adoption of tho minority re-
port The majority of the committee, af-
ter looking over our normal schools, be-
came convinced that u small appropria-
ton was needed to put our normal school
at Castinc in proper shape, and that mp
preparation was accordingly made. They
made an investigation into the needs of
the Pennington Normal school also The
committee of 1893 had visited that instl
tuition, and found that something needed
to be done in rebuilding the schoolhouse;
the Governor of the State had mHSee
visit to the school, and in his inaugural
this year had recommcndetfu nm approprln-
ton for that school,, and the present com.
mittce came to the same conclusion, and
therefore we recommended an appropria-
ton of $780, 600, as being the smallest sum
that ought TO be appropriated. We felt
that all that the State could afford to do
this year was to put that normal school
into first class condition. The commit
tee were of the opinion that the first thing
to be done with our normal schools was
to place those in existence In good shape,
and therefore we did not look with any
favor upon the immediate establishment
of other normal schools. We did not feel
that this was proper time to establish
other schools.
The condition of things ut Gorham
was peculiar. IL was in evidence that
there was great division of sentiment In
the town. A large portion of the citizens
contended that no dormitory was neces-
sary; that they put their SIS, 900 into this
school when the State decided to erect
normal school there. and raised by sub
scription $1,000 more for tho same pur-
pose, on the understanding that the school
should be of some advantage to the town,
and that the scholars OF tho school should
be boarded In the village. They con-
tended that II the dormitory system OBJ
tanned, It would be of no advantage TO the
town to have the school there, and there
fore they were opposed to this dormitory.
On the other hand, large part of the
community are i'm favor OF the dormitory.
The question we have to consider Is
whether we are to establish the dormitory
system in the normal schools of Maine. If
we do 1t for Gorham, Pennington and
Castine will want dormitory in future
years. have never been In favor, per-
sonally, Of the dormitory system, yet
acknowledge that there are those in whom
we should have confidence, and whose
knowledge in these matters Is thorough
and reliable, who are In favor Of this dormi-
tory system. desire to state this mat
ter fairly. ! think this Ia matter to be
carefully considered, and / had hoped that
We should take the two years between this
and the next Legislature to think it over.
there being no immediate necessity for
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