Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-23
Resolve in favor of the town of NADIA

Resolve in favor of Westbrook Semi
| nary.
| to me now in all candOr that this is a
case which ought to be considered on its
| own merits as has been said here. this
morning. This institution is located in n
city of over 5000 Inhabitants Its assets
amount to over $30V0.000. 1t maintains i
free high school. and The State of Maine
| is asked to give $1,000 a year to an insti-
tuition side by side with their free high
school. Now cannot see where sym
pathy for the poor boy can come in here
at all. There is a free high school which
that free high school is a good one. !
| have no reason to doubt it. Wes,brook
i Seminary has behind it, | understand,
great sect in the State of Maine, one
which has the sympathy at least of per-
! haps as large proportion of people as
| that of any other denomina ton 1t ranks,
! | suppose. with tho Maine Wesleyan In
| stitute, the insti.u -ion of the Methodists
Now | raise the question whether this
| appropriation ought to pass. ! acknowl.
edge the intelligence. the integrity an !
honesty of the committee on education;
but If we are going to do everything by
| committee. what is the use of our meet
| ing here day after day and confirming
what they do? If we are not to review
| ment upon these measures as they pass,
| why should We not do everything by
! committee and change our constitution
accordingly and not go through this farce
| anyway? 1 move that this resolve be in
| definitely postponed.
/ Mr. JORDAN of Lisbon: 1t seems to
me If we allow the academy appropria-
| tons to go through that this $1,000 should
also be appropriated. do not believe in
! picking out Westbrook Seminary any
| more than any other institution. If one
institution receives an appropriation ! am
in favor of giving it to them ALL and
think the resolve should have passage.
Mr.. BURNS of WeStbrook: This school
is not a local institution. 1t is not for the
benefit of the city of Deering. 1t is for
the whole State Of Maine, and it is Il
school which young ladies attend in large
their degrees. This subject has been
carefully considered 10y. the committee,
and hope that the motion to indefinitely
postpone will not prevail
Mr.. VIRGIN of Portland: This is an
institution. as is shown by the statement
Of facts fact, that was chartered BY the STATE
that time until the present and has ed
ucared thercSa large number of boys and
gi;i- and sent them out into the world
Wen prepared 10 undertake the duties
jhay will fall upon them. The institution
never has received any State aid since
1850 until two years ago when there was
appropriated the sum of $1,000 for two
! years; 1t now comes TO the Legislature
! in debt, and ask for this appropriation
| 10 help ii tide over the hard place in its
| career. ana l don't think that the Legis-
lature after it's attitude, this morning. to-
| ward the academies. will deny TO West
brook Seminary the appropriation that
hearing all the evidence that was brought
to substantiate and back up their petit
don. Now the State tax is not going to
be raised to pay the appropriations that
ar made to these academies if the re- re-
solve that | propose to present is adopted;
and the remarks of the gentleman from
Dresden relative to increasing the expen-
ulures of the State. or anything of that
character will not have any weight if
that resolve is adopted. The money that
propose shall be opened for the pay
"a ysaCn Is fttt,T DptEt ,,,r
from the mill tax and half of the savings
bank tax. 1t will not be an extra appro-
priation out of the treasury but will sim
ply be paid out of that fund and the only
effect of that will be that there will be
perhaps $4,000 less to be distributed
among the cities and towns of this State.
max that explanation and | hope the
House will pass the resolve.
Mr.. KING of Caribou: ] did not intend
in any way to mix myself up with these
academy matters. am in favor of edu-
cation and in favor of the academies. but
The proposition of the gentleman from
Portland begins to interest me. | would
reference to schools. We can draw only
$3.50 from the State for the benefit of a
free high school. Our town votes from
sl2cD to $140O each year for its high school.
We maintain our own schools Now UNI
der the provisions of this bank and mill
lax we draw some $4,000 from the State IF
Der Of scholars which we furnish and the
small amount of our property valuation.
But this proposition of the gentleman
from Por. and suggesting two measures.
one to take it out of the bank and mil
AK and another to send it back to Port
,and. affects our town in this way-that
hey deduct from our town our appropri-
alton of the bank and mill tax and send
it. back Kin into por,a and to support West
my town by this proposition have enc no
| objection to Westbrook Seminary having
this $4,000 but do object to taking our
hack to Portland; and should hope that
thiS matter would be laid upon the table
until 1t could be considered with the gen
't mr Ry 1snsI pro pc oAppiause
| member of the committee on education, l
wish to state that this appropriation
1t Is to go toward the payment of a deb.
which was incurred years ago when the
attendance of the institution was affected
by the free high school law which re-
| duced its attendance. This is not to be
| permanent thing. They do not propose
to come here for aid in regard to paying
| their running expenses. This appropria-
lion Is to go toward the liquidation Of
this debt.
The question being to Indefinitely post
pone the resolve.
The motion was lost.
The resolve was then read the second
'ime ana vas passed to be .engrossed
aininw AZ ,ayo Ri Of reparng and main
| of Moscow in the county of Somerset
Pending second reading. MIR. Daigle of
Madawaska. offered House amendment
a. which was adopted. The resolve
was then read a second time and passed.
to be engrossed as amended.
Resolve in favor of blasting a ledge in
the town of Frenchville in the county of
Aroostook
Pending second reading Mr. Daigle of
Madawaska. offered House amendment
-, and pending its adoption. the re-
solve was tabled on motion of Mr. King
of Caribou.
PASSED TO DE ENACTED.
An act to amend chapter go of the Pri-
Vate and Special Laws of 1854 as amend
Ell by chapter 63 of the Private and Spn
cial Laws OF 1871. entitled IAN act 10 pre-
vent distinctions in the Narrag,lagus
river. u"
IN act to establish travelling libraries
An aci to incorp0ra tie the MessaIonslsaa
Water Power Company.
An act to amend chapter 3g3 of tba pr.
| Nnte and Special Laws of 1885 as relaf;ng
10 tfp PenobScot tribe of Indians
An act 70 amend chapter 1e9 of the PR;
Nate hnu Special Laws of 1856, relatinr :.
pany.
| FINALLY PASSED.
Resolve in favor of the Uor,. f,,
| Frtenuiess Boys in Deering
Resolve in favor of tie Saint E,f,,.
n,,n Hor'an Catholic Orphan Asylu,a
""DERs OF ruE nay.
! On motion Of Mr.. Chase of Portland