The Portland daily press., 1897-03-03

BY the municipal officers when his safety
or the safety of others may be promoted
by SO doing. AS the law now stands both
conditions must exist
Senator ClaBon presentad a bill to ex-
tend the charter of the Soutt Gardiner
Water company two years.
On motion of Senator Saavge of An
droscoggin the bill to create the Maine
School for the Deaf was taken from the
table and Senator Drummond Of Cum
herland explained that the bill provided
at the stated should take charge of the
Portland School for the Deaf. and that
Portland proposed to give to the state the
school house now in use by the school.
He said the governor and council was
authorized to pay and was paying $500
for each pupil attending the school, and
that the state had built boarding house
for them. He said the school was now in
charge Of the Portland school committee.
Senator Savage said be was glad to
hear the explanation and thought the
school should be state institution. He
therefore hoped the bill would pass. The
bill was passed to be engrossed.
Senator Pike of Oxford offered an
amendment to the resolve in favor of the
Gorkan2 Normal school, reducing the ap-
preparation for this year from $40, coo to
$l2, 600, and for next year from Sl3, eco to
$4,000.
Senator Pike talked economy and said
that the resolve was extravaganza He
said the school had not been as success
full as was expected, and that the dormi-
tory regulations were to blame for it.
He didn't think the appropriation was
q burning necessity" or was needed for
the relief of suffering humanity
Senator Walls of Knox, said it was de-
cided two years ago that the Gorham
school should have new building, and
that what had been done there was
wasted unless the work was completed.
He said be did not understand that the
committee on education, which reported
the resolve, had any inclination to De ex-
travagant. He also stated that ex-Gover-
nor Robbie had authorized him to say that
he would contrib butte $4,000 if the resolve
was passed and that the committee had
made careful inquiry to see if the build
ing estimate could not be reduced, but
found no chance for so doing. The Sena-
tor called attention to the fact that Cor
ham had given the state land and build
ings worth $40, 600 and expressed it as his
opinion that the state was honor bound
to keep up a good school property.
Senator Roberts of Oxford said he
! thought that it would be an unwise at
tempt at economy to appropriate only
partly enough to complete the building
and with the privilege of coming back
said that pupils had been recently turned
away from the school be cause they could
not get boarding places.
Senator Morrill, of Cumberland said
that the $15, 600 already expended and
the $40. 600 to be appropriated it the
tai. He thought it best to take the Cor
ham people at their word and not leave
the matter open for requests for appro-
priations in the future.
Senator Hargraves of York opposed a
red uctioI of the appropriation and said
his constituency demanded the new
building. The amendment was defeated
16 to z.
Senator Pike offered an amendment
providing that none of the $13, 900 should
be paid out of the state treasury until
the building is complete. He said he had
o1 pft ~ h.
building that the architect had stated
that it would take 5000 beyond the
amount of this years appropriation to
finish the building.
Senator Engel of Bangor said this
amendment was without precedent in this
history of civilization. She we say is a
governor who received the largest major
ity ever given in Maine. that he Is not
| capable of wisely looking after the con-
structioR of this building. Senator Pike
Withdrew his amendment and changed
it.
Senator Billings meanwhile argued
that it would be even better for the
school to wait for all of the money need
ed than to have part of it now and part
later. He favored guarantee that the
building would be completed and an ap-
preparation large enough to do it.
Senator Walls said the trustees had as
sured the committee that the building
would be appropriated with the sS3, 900
asked for.
Senator Drummond said that there was
no doubt about the completion of the
building, and that if any money was
retained in the treasury some one would
have to 60 without pay for their work.
Senator Pike announced that he had
changed the appropriation SO that $1,000
should be withheld as a guartnee, and
Senator Drummond said that the sum
would be useless rs guarantee, and the
word of the trustees would be better.
The amendment was lost ID to II. The
resolve was passed to be engrossed.
90 Senator Heald's bill to revise the game
laws was taken from the taole and re-
ferred to the committee on inland fish
cries and game.