Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-15
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
! Resolve providing for State audi
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.

a Mr.. Hurd. chairman of the committee
on banks and banking, submitted the
final report of said committee, that
they had acted on all matters referred
to them. including the report and
of the bankexaminer.
Mr.. Grindle. chairman of the commit
tee on mines and mining, submitted
the final report of said committee, that
they had acted on all matters referred
to them.
& Mr. Plummer for the committee on
legal affairs. to which was referred Pc
tition of T. b. Weston to set off SER
tain lands owned by him from Madison
Village Corporation, reported that the
same be referred to the next LeSisla-
ture.
These reports were severally ac-
ceptcd. ~ rs
ORDERS or THE DAY.
On motion by Mr. Stcarns Of Aroos-
took. hill an act to amend section l. of
chapter e67. of the Public Laws of 1885,
relating to scientific temperance in
str,,ction in the public schools was
taken from the table and indefinitely
postponed.
.On InOllCll ny kht' W NCiss' ~ ''oAA'N'
set bill an act to amend chapter 3d.
section /. Public Laws of 1887, relating
to the burial of soldiers. was taken
from the table and recommitted to the
committee on legal affairs.
On motion by Mr.. White OF Andros-
coGgin, bill an act relating to chapter
$3.50. of the Private and Special Laws of
1897. entitled. An act to incorporate
the Livermore Falls Water Company
was taken from the table. r.-g
Read once. Mr.. White offered amend
ment a. which was adopted, and on
motion by that gentleman. the rules
were suspended. bill read the second
time and passed to be engrossed.
On motion by Mr.. Blanchard Of
Franklin, bill an act to establish free
High schools was taken from the table.
read the second time and passed to be
engrossed.
On motion by Mr.. Merrill of Somer-
set, House report of the committee an
agriculture, reporting ought to pass.
resolve in favor of the York County
Agricultural Society, tabled pending
acceptance. was taken from the table
and recommtted to the committee on
agriculture.
'On motion by Mr. Stearns of Aroos-
took, the order for appointment Of a
committee on salaries was taken from
the table and indefinitely postponed.
INsUR ANCE Of NORMAL SCHOOL
BUILDINGS.
On motion by Mr.. Merrill of Somer-
set. bill an act to provide for insurance
on the Gorbam. Normal school build
ing, Pennington Normal school build
:ngs, Castine Normal school building
and Madawaska Training school build :
imss, tabled pending passage to be en-
crossed. was taken from the table.
Mr.. Blanchard of Franklin. moved
that the bill pass to he engrossed.
Mr.. MERRILL: l do not wish to
make any fight upon that matter. this
morning. There certainly is not SEN
ator in this chamber who is more in
favor of Normal school than l am
No one would more quickly vote any
sum of money that is needed for those
schools. This is simply matter oil
business, that is all. The proposition
Is to insure, as l understand it, the -four
Normal school buildings in this State
I believe it has not been the policy OF
the State to insure State buildings.
think that this State House is not in
Sured. l believe that is the correct
business policy. | remember some
years ago reading in regard to thai
matter. the views of John Jacob AS
tor At that time he and A. T. Stew
art and Cornelius Vanderbilt were the
three rich men of New York. JOIN
Jacob Astor's property was in real es'
tate, all over the city. He never placed
a cent of insurance on any of it. His
argument was this. and it seems to nj
that it is sound that If he were to in
sure all his property and give all the in
surance to one company. that compan,
could pay all of its losses, pay all thel'
salaries and office rent and declare /;
good dividend out of what he woulo
pay to them. THAT being the fact,
he said. II simply save all those ex-
penses by placing no insurance" |
seems to me that we are in that sam,
position here. We all agree that a mu
tual insurance company Of Thousand
men is good and safe Now if a thou
sand men can band themselves togeth
er land insure each others property
why cannot the 100000 people of the
State of Maine carry their own insur'
a1lcetr III seems To me tual IL SiIHplS AZ
not business to insure the States prop
erty.
IS Mr. BLANCHARD: | have just one
word to say in explanation of this bill
This matter came before the committee
on education and after giving it due
consideration. it was the unanimous
opinion of that committee that the bill
should be reported in its present form
1t will he seen at once that this bill
calls for only 100000 insurance upoI
-all the Normal school buildings and tn
Madawaska Training school building
at Fort Kent and when we take int
consideration the risk that is placed OF
those buildings. with the large attend
ance of pupils in those schools, an'
also when we take into considerable!
the serious task it would be to com
before the Legislature at any time am
get an appropriation if one OF thos
buildings were burned, we deemed tina
it was expedient to have them insured
so that in. case fire should break GU
and the buildings should be damage
to any extent. the insurance would %
sufficient to cover the loss, and tn
buildings would be speedily repaire