Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-02-18

might have proper training IN order
to enable her to enter upon the dis-
charge of the duties that will be im-
posed upon her when she grows up to
womanhood. | say do not betieVe
that there is man that would vote
to the contrary.
What is the result If a boy does not
have proper chance? The boy is
found in the streets. He has no home.
II understand the logic of the gentle
man from Dresden right he would al
low that boy to continue to roam in the
streets if private charity did not
stretch out it's hand to take care of
him.
Mr.. McFADDEN: Mr.. Speaker
Mr.. SMITH: Please remain quiet
(Applause) AS a result we nave
boy that is liable to become. What! A
pauper. a criminal. the father OF long
line of criminals. What fellows! Ihen
YOU have bills for the support or pau
pers which the State, ana the towns
must pay You have the expenses or
hunting him down as a criminal. You
must pay for courts to Try ana con-
yict him. and you must pay for Jails
| and prisons to hold him. rev dollars
| ,xpended in the beginning to start him
! r;ght to give him home where he
| can he fed and clothed and taught the
| au,;as that will devolve upon him as a
| man may save. and frequently does
| save, 70 this State hundreds and thous-
| ands of dollars
| 7 hone that the motion of the gen.
/ fseman from Dresden will not prevail.
+ houe that it will be buried so deep
that INF that last great day when
| Gabriel sounds his trumpet to sum
mon the dead to come forth to judg-
ment. that not even the shadowy
| ghost of the mouldering skeleton of
that motion will ever arise from the
grave 1t so richly deserves. tApplausa
]ong continuedD
Mr.. McFADDEN: For this oppor-
tunjty. Mr.. Speaker and gentlemen Of
the House. you have my profound
thanks. : ] did think that ! was TO he
choked off in an ignominious way. yet
| knew that the real sentiment of this
House was adverse to any such action.
| was about to say that If these cases
which the gentleman portrayed with
so much pathos had occurred In my
own we would not. as he gratuitousiy
suggests. leave the little waits to wan
der neither would we have sought all
over creation for somebody else to take
care of them. We would have done t
ourselves. not by individual charity
pehaps. but the municipal officers of
the town would have been informeI. l..
If the case had not come under their
own observation. and they would have
put them. not into poor house upon
4 poor farm. for we have none. but in
some good family where they would
have received as good instruction and
as good care as ordinary boys and
girls. Now, sir. ii is a question not or
taking care but of how you do ii. DO
you believe in State system OF main
tanning paupers and unfortunates? IT
you do. then you are consistent in vot-
ing for these public institutions. If
You believe in the municipal method
which is the one that has been follow
ID from time imniemorial. then | am
| right and we should do this charity
| such as taking care of boys that are
| fourd friendless. and of orphans at
short range. by municipal management
| and disbursement: of charity.
| Now / Will say one word as to the de-
scription of the disguise in which he
| dressed the boy when he went gun
ming. 1t was striking array in which
| he presented that boy. but will he tell
us what disguise he assumes when he
| tries 10 get his hand into the public
| treasury? l think it might be as hid
eous as that he fixed up for the gun
ming boy. tApplause).
Mr.. BEAL of Bangor: | will hold the
l wish from the bottom of my heart
personally to thank the gentleman
from PreSuue Isle for his efforts in
| behalf of poor orphan boys of the
| State of Maine. ! wish to state that
| this resolve has been once before the
| House and referred to the committee
| on financial affairs. They advertised
a hearing for all parties opposed and
| all parties in favor of the resolve. An
| exhaustive hearing was held, and no
| one appeared against the resolve. while
numerous parties appeared in favor of
it. The committee gave it careful and
deliberate attention. and considered
that it was just and fair to recommend
| the appropriation asked for, and they
did so recommend. unanimously.
Now J wish to state that these gen.
| tlemen in this House but few years
ago We're small boys. Some of us We're
! poor. l have not a doubt; others of us
were orphan boys. who knew what it
was to be without fathers or mothers.
or anyone TO care for us. and | trust
| that the sentiment of this House today
| will not be the turning of our backs
upon the poor orphan boys in this
| State. no matter wherever found CAP
| plause)
The question being to indefinitely post
pOne the resolve, the motion was lost.
The resolve was then passed to be en-
crossed.
On motion of Mr.. Field of Oakland.
an act to limit the rate of interest on
| loans on personal property. was taken
from the table. .sss
Mr. Virgin of Portland. offered House
amendment A. which was adopted. and
the bill was read a second time as
amended.
Mr.. Field Of Oakland, moved that the
rules be suspended and the bill take lis
third reading at the present time and be
passed to be engrOssed.
On motion by Mr.. Hutchings of Brewer
the bill as amended was laid on the table
pending the third reading.
On motion of Mr. Virgin of Portland.