The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18

| NNS Ssbu NDOllSA ObyS VI kEhtct 0hApi
iscotta Mills Water Power company; au-
ithorizing town of Wayne to raise money
for celebrating one hundredth anniver-
sary; to incorporate Lamoine Beach
Water company: to authorize Maine Pulp
and Paper company to sell electricity; to
establish the Maine Polyclinic.
IN THE HOUSE.
Mr.. Hutohins of Psnobscot, presented
in the House today a bill providing that
no state or county officers salary, shall be
raised during the next ten years unless
public necessity requests it.
! Mr.. Fernald of Levant presen ted bill
providing that lobbiests who direct their
efforts to resolves appropriating money
for individuals on corporations and not
for the people of the whole state shall
register in a docket provided for that
purpose and that those who employ them
shall see that it is done.
The bill further provides that when
lobbiest takes up new resolve he shall
enter the fact on the docket and that no
person shall appar before committee
on any matter of the kind described un-
less he is registered according to the pro-
| visions Of this bill. When a lobbiest is
"debarred, he cannot be reinstateds for
three years. The bill provides that per-
sons and corporations shall within 80
days after adjournment file with the
secretary Of state complete statement
of j, the expenses of the lobby maintained
| by said corporation in person.
| The bill does notssaffect cities or towns.
Heads of departments and officials of
institutions supported or assisted may
appear before, committees. but are pro-
hibited the privilege Of lobbying.
Mr.. Austin offered an amendment to
the Eastern Maine Hospital resolve. strik-
ing out everything relating to the COM
mission and putting the expenditure in
the hands of the Governor and Counsel
with q clause authorizing them to have
] the series Of professional builder.
| Mr.. Austin Of Milford said that as the
committee had seen fit to offer resolve
which is identical with the one that had
been refused passage by the House it
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committee thought itself greater than
the body which created 1t. Regarding
the commission he said that if it was
true rs the mem bers declared that no one
except themselves are capable of Garry
ing out the plans for establishing a hos
pital then that body is master of the
situation. Mr.. Little said the speaker
had the assurance to say before the COM
mittee that he was the only man in New
England who is qualified to superintend
the peculiar construction contemplated
at Bangor. Mr.. Austin said that he
should prefer the services of first GLASS
| builder to those Of the commission.
Judge Smith of Presque Isle then
moved that tho resolve be indefinitely
postponed.
| Judge Smith said he had no aspira-
tons to go to Congress and no political
bees buz zing in his Aroostook bonnet
He would therefore express himself free
| on the bill. He said that the estab-
lishment of the hospital was the result
of trade in 1889 and that in 1891 no ap-
preparation was made Notwithstanding
the alleged burning necessity of a'hospi-
tai at Bangor aDd the commission was
appointed. Judge Smith explained under
the resolve of 1895 that it had seen
fit to change the location of thesshospital
to the top of the hill. He regretted that
they didn't have Katahdin On which
to place 1t.
| Judge Smith called attention to the
fact that February % ths House was told
that $500. 600 Was the least the work
could be done for, but now it was stated
that 1t could be done for 1915, 600.
"Now," said he, sit has shrunk sa5, 600
in less than month, and / believe In
letting 1t go over twn years go that the
shrinkage may continue" Judge Smith
complained that in all of the discussion
on the matter no statement had ever been
nade ms to the number Of insane peo-
| pie to be cared for and that he had
failed to learn anything on the point
by making searching inquiry among
the friends of the resolve. He asked that
each member try so think if there was
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pitaI Recommendations which he could
not get.
The gentleman from Caribou said that
the idea that the state should oontinun
and rush any structure that he has be-
come is false one and that the work
at Bangor should not be continued un.
less there is great necessity for it.
Major Diokey of Fort Kent called at
tention to the mistakes that have been
made In the construction and enlarge
ment of the Maine Insane hospital. he
spoke in support of the work of the
commission. He said the expense of the
com mission was t.large, for the time
it had been in existence. Mr.. Dickey
said that the hospital had been called
an Eastern Maine scheme, but that Ban
gor was not in Eastern Maine and that
the centre of the state was not reached
until the traveller gets to Lincoln.
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