Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-22
was that this matter could wait .,da ana

PenobscOt has undertaken to 1mpugn ny
motives In Offering this amendment
defy him to impugn my motives IN any
way whatever. have no interest IN inns
matter except for the best interests OF tne
school and the State, as l said before. IL
You decide to build this dormitory, you
should build good one, and 1 Deile'e
that it cannot be done for $15,0Oo, ana
therefore shall offer thisamendment.
Mr.. Engle said that there was nothing
to prevent any scholar going to the 0or-
ham school from boarding with any
private family approved by the faculty.
Mr. Hume said that such was not tine
case, and he was informed that 1t was
compulsory to board at the dormitory.
Mr.. Walls of Knox:-In looking this
matter over, the committee found that
there was quite strong feeling against
this dormitory, and it was feeling that
the committee were bound to respect, even
IL it did not come from those who sold
butter and eggs. We found that it was
for the best interests of the State and the
school to make the recommendations we
did.
l am not here to oppose anything that
is for the benefit of our normal schools.
II the town of Gorham is not fit place
for our boys and girls let us drop the
school there I met the people OF Cor
ham. and thought they were good,
nice lot of people. believe they are just
the sort of people that our boys and girls
would be safe with. Gorham is a beauti-
ful village. 1 think that the
association of our scholars with
these people, and especially
with some of the gentlemen from that
village who have graced the chairs of this
state House will be beneficial. think
they arc proper people to take in our chill
dren and care for them. think it isa
compliment to this beautiful village of
Gorham to say, we will trust you Win
our children. We all know that private
| family is better place for boy or a girl
than those dormitories. II they are SICK,
| there is somebody to look after them, ana
! they have more comfort in every way.
| do feel about this school down there
that there are other needs besides this
dormitory to make it a success; and be-
lieve that if the good people who arc
| urging the passage of this resolve would
use little of their influence in trying to
lnfuse into the head Of that school a little
| more of the drawing power, and have a
| little more courtesy of manner about him,
they would do better for their school than
by lobbying for this appropriation. am
satisfied that they would have a better
school than they have just now.
| do not ask the Senate to take my
position in this matter, if it appears to
them that they ought to have dormi-
tory; but | shall vote no for the reason
that after careful consideration | have
made up my mind that way. and have
since seen no reason to change it.
Mr. Hovey of Somerset said that he
learned for the first time from some mem
bers of the committee that the normal
school at Gorham was inferior in some
respects to the other schools of the State.
Mr.. Walls said that he did not mean
that the school was inferior in any way
except in numbers.
Mr.. Hovey said that he understood that
the price of board in the village was high,
and that that was one reason why this
dormitory was required. He understood
| that the boarders are obliged to go into
this dormitory, and he believed that they
furnished board there cheaper than it
could be got in the village. He believed
that the State was under moral obliga-
ton to rebuild this dormitory He said
that these people knew better than the
members of the Senate how much they
wanted. He said that the principal of
this school was recognized as one OF the
| foremost educators of the State, and that
the reflections which had been made upon
him were not well founded.
Mr.. Warehouse said that there were q
pupils boarding outside of the dormitory
| at the time of the fire, and he understood
that it was optional whether they boarded
in the dormitory or in the village.
Mr.. Hume said that he was told that it
was not optional, and that it was only
when the dormitory was full that pupils
were permitted to board outside
The question being on the acceptance
of the minority report as the report OF
the committee, on motion of Mr.. Water
house of Cumberland, the vote was taken
by yeas and nays. III.
The vote was as follows:
| Yr,s-Messrs Ames, Cook, Day, Engel, Fer
cuson. Gordon, Higgins Hovey, Marstop,
Maxwell, MITCHELL Morrill,, Nickerson, Pres
colt. Reynolds, Savage, Shaw, Spoiford, Wa
| terhouse, Weeks, Wiggin.-22.
| NAys--Messrs. Hume, Penney, Stone, Walls,
Woods.
The minority report was accordingly
| accepted. anu VIC TCSOiNc was ohSh iSuN
| first time.
Mr.. Hume of Washington then offered
Senate amendment A.
Mr.. Waterhouse of Cumberland said
that he did not doubt the good faith of
the senator from Washington in offering
this amendment, but he pointed out that
it was now very late in the session, and
that it would have to go back to the
House, and probably would get tangled
up between the two Houses, and there
fore he should oppose the amendment.
The amendment was then rejected by a
vote of 4 to -.
On motion of Mr.. Waterhouse the re-
solve was then read second time and
passed to be engrossed under suspension
of the rules.
Mr.. Higgins of York asked permission
to introduce out Of order the following
bill reported by the committee on library,
which he explained emanated from the
committee ITSELF and was not a bill which
was referred to them. The title of the bill
is: An act to secure the protection OF
Maine Reports, Acts and Resolves and
other publications purchased by the State
for distribution to towns and public off
GERS, and it was laid on the table to be