Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-10


you call II, whether institution. college OF
university this recognition of agriculture
ana the mechanic arts must ana WIN lot
ever remain inseparably connected WIN
II. To forsakc this college Is 10 ior-
sake your own. Whatever advantage
| other institutions may have there II no
place In the State of Maine where your
boy ana mine can obtain an educaiioil
IN technology and the sciences equai 70
the state college at Orono. Inc press
ing demands and needs of education IN
| this line to meet the present ana iuuie
development OF the country eau LOUDLY
Tor our loyal support, We owe II 10 our
| selves and TO our Children.
| why saw Il statement In one Oh lhe
/ papers that some misunderstood state
! ment of the president of the college
| might be as fatal to 1t as was Burchard
| Rum Komanisp and Rebellion to the for-
tunes of James q. Blaine. If this be SO
ASK you 70 remember that today mere are
| thousands upon thousands of lrishmen
| who regret and will never cease to regret
| TO their dying day that in their hot dis
| pleasure they defeated for the great Once
| OF President of the United States the
| srandest and most gifted statesman OF
| Scotch-liish blood ever born TO the ma
| ton. Oh. no. you are not going to vote
| in any such way I'm this matter. when
| large appropriations last winter. we VIII
| answer yes. but we made them Tor
worthy objects. We did it for education.
| know that am making no votes IN the
| lutuIt WITCH Stuuu mere anu PiNh' iNi
| the State college but am determined to
| act upon my honest convictions whatever
| the result 10 me. Whatever may be said
| OF me II shall never be truthiu,Iy SAID
| that when I'm the Legislature OF Maine he
| voted to cripple the education of the in
dustrial classes.
| The college deserves this amount of
| appropriation for ten years and It is IN
! the interest OF economy ana Sood man
| agement to do this. Vote fearlessly FOR
| ii and the duty thus faithfully done will
| he recalled by YOU with pleasure as lorS
| MS life and memory last
| Mr.. Hamilton of Mattawamkeag: Like
| the gentleman who has preceded me. /
| have no personal interest in TINS college.
| | never furnished any scholars to the col
| lege: | never expect to; but | feel the
| same interest that all should feel. IL APP
pears to nee that reducing this appropria-
| ton one-half from two years ago IL stfik-
| ing almost death blow at the college.
| Gentlemen tell us that this is not In the
| true sense an agricultural college that
all the graduates do not become farmers
| and this may be true. and it is right II
| 1t is true. We should not reasonably eX-
pect or reasonably wish that all the grad
yates should return to the farm. We are
| living in AN age when there is "A great de-
| mand for mechanical skill. ! am in favor
| of the amendment to the amendment.
| making the appropriation 5000 for a
| term of 10 years. | believe that the prin-
Cipai OF that Institution can do vastly
| more with certainty than he can with
| an uncertainty. Why make II necessary
| for men who has said that his time Is
| needed at college to come over here and
| agitatc and work through the session of
| this Legislature every two years. for an
| appropriation for this purpose? ! am not
| in favor OF one-twelfth of Il mill. | say.
| make il certainty. make 1t $4,000 and
| for 10 years.
| Mr.. Searls of Chelsea: | believe il is
| my privilege and duty to express my
| ideas upon this question. a great feeling
| ers and tax payers against this fustitII
| ton, and / believe il Will continue If The
| friends of the insti,ution continue Ia asL
| Tor such lnrra snnronriatip hons .pd thnt
| one day. nerh,ns moi TAR distant they
| will get left altogether White / am in
| favor of tho college 1 believe that tuition
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! lion viii tand ~ show 10 Tho neople that
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