Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-01

IL for IL term vi years; and | do nor he :
, lieve in giving 1t to one but the Gox,erno,
and Council should be empowered - -.
the State printing to the lowest h;aaa,.
for term of years. making tho hos, Al,
tract with whom they can; and / ha,,ovo
If YOU take that course YOU viii eo,a :.
this state $4,000.
Now. there is another thing On naga
J, StenoSrdphei " the Chief Justice of
the Supreme Judicial Court. s15n >au,
everybody in this body knows that that
was created at a time that our resnectea
chief Justice Peters was unon IA ,,,,,,,
when his eye-sight failed him ~. ct..a
gave him the benefit of a stanoara,h.,
because. he needed il. one of M rr.,d
Old men of Maine,-one of The ,hiest
Judges that ever put on the indici,l er-
mine.-and he is out Of office nnu. The
chief justice of today does MOI ask for
thai Office, ! apprehend the neces-
sity no longer exists. Let the chief JUS
ticc have his stenographer iust me same
as the other judges of the supreme co,rt
get theirs and let them get their nav in
the same way. There would be s1h0o thar
we could save in that respect ia Tho state
Of Maine.
On the third page come TO the ex-
penscs of the insurance commissioner
$1,000. You give him S2o0o a wear for two
years for the examination Of fircs.-that
is an expense account. believe if YOU
give him that $4,000 that YOU can cut of
at least une-half Of the expense account
of SI2oo which he gets in addition to his
| Ia
for your consideration; and / submit an
other thing in that line You will recol-
lect that | made some remarks upon tins
question, that the office created for the
insurance commissioned in 1897, for the
examine ton OF hres was a useless office
because, upon our Statute books today
we have law that is full and
complete. and it only gives the insur-
ance commissioner $4,000 in four years
for the purpose of perambulating over
this State and charging ii to the State.
| believe that the insurance companies
would be just as We'll off. and that YOU
can save $1,000 by abolishing thar Of
fee, as | wanted ii to be abolished the
other day. ana put in a bill to that ef-
feet.
preparation. Maine State cattle com
mission. contagious diseases, which
you will find on page :. s347555 They
had an appropriation two years ago.
ana spent that money. do not know
how we can get rid of il.
Now. let me can your attention TO
page g. Militia fund, S33, Cos 90. | allow
no man to be more patriotic than my
self. ! have great faith in the people.
| do not believe in the militia. The
val OF 1861 taught us a lesson-that
the patriotism of the people is their
safeguard always; and when the war
bl oke out i'm 1861, we did not rely upon
our militia. but we relied upon the men
from the farms from the workshops.
from the academies ana schools. They
came up: and better soldiers never
fought a battle They were equal be-
fore the enemy to any trained soldiers
that you had in the United States.
Maine can furnish them today as she
did i'm 1861. Let the State be invaded
and there win go up from the hillsldeS
ana valleys Of Maine 10000 good men
that will fight as valliantly as any
trained or regular soldiers that YOU
can get Therefore. as | do not believe
in n large standing army in the coun-
try, | do not believe today that We
should raise S36. 600 for the militia fund.
our State musters are nothing that we
can be proud of. | never attended one.
never read of one that we have had
in the State of Maine for the last ~
years, that was any credit to the state
Of Maine. Too many of them have been
a disgrace to the State of Maine. Now
| say that | would cut this of, as we
are in debt-aS we have reached our
constitutional limit would cut that
appropriation down from $4,000 To 10
600 Understand me to say that DO
II in the interest Of economy. | say
that we do not need it. that the patrl-
otism Of the people of Maine is ever
efficient at a moments notice to FAX"
care Of any invasion that may come.
We do not want to train soldiers. |
hope there will never be any war in
this country; but if war comes we can
relv upon the boys of Maine upon a
moments notice to come forth. be-
cause thew are patriotic When young
man is imbued with love for his coun-
try and the old flag. he don't need any
training to fight the enemy ana ne IS
ready at all times. You saw that eX-
emplified in 1861. You will see 1t again
because the people today are Just as
patriotic as they We're then. | say tnat
| would cut down that appropriation II
| did not annihilate ii entirely would
cut it down $4,000. that would ieaNe
Sl5 900 for the militia of this state You
have cot to commence somewhere. !
have friends who have come to me,
who are interested directly, who say:
Don't YOU touch me. Mr.. Staples, up
on my appropriation | know no
friends-I know no enemies. j must do
nv duty as ! see it; and | appeal TO
Won upon this one question OF the $50.
O0O-where it has been increased really
10 n remarkable degree within the last
five or six years within the state or
Maine. Don't you think if we give them
s15. 900 and save the tax payers of this
state SO. 900, that YOU will be doing
vour duty toward the people of this
State?
Mr.. BURNS Of Cumberland: Will the
senator allow me to ask him queS-
ton? ! would ask you how you would
do that-it is fixed by law.
Mr.. STAPLES of Knox: | would have
the finance committee consider TINS
matter and vote to repeal 1t. ana cut
down the appropriation by proper
bin introduced into this Legislature. :
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