Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-14

$500 ''''''''' 'A't1tlI, lDG al lew mo
ments. AT the request of the gentle
man from Machias tMr. PattangalD
yleid the floor to him for the present.
Mr.. PATTANGALL of Machias: MI
Speaker, | desire to offer amendment
"A to the resolve. by changing the word
ten in the second line to eight" and
the word twenty-five" in the second
line to the word eighteen" and the
word fifteen" in the third line to the
word ten; and with the permission
OF the Chair desire to say that if that
amendment is adopted it will still leave
the motion to indefinitely postpone the
pending question. | suppose the OPP
ponentS of the resolve can have no OBJ
lection to the adoption of the amend
mcnt.
The amendment was adopted
Mr.. PATTANGALL: Now, Mr.
Speaker, without desiring to trespass
on the time of the House | feel hay
ing offered the amendment reducing
the amount asked for in the original
resolve, that | should speak briefly on
the question of indefinitely POSTPONE
incnt. | shall endeavor to refrain from
anything except the plainest statement
of fact. | shall endeavor to keep clear
alike from those flights of fancy and
oratory of which my friend from Vas
Salboro MIR. Cook) accuses me And
also from that May labyrinth Of fig
ureS ana statistics into which the
House wandered last week and from
which | fear it will never emerge. Up
on this resolve carrying $4,000 annually
only, no general discussion in detail of
the financial condition of the State is
pertinent, for no man at the present
time can come within $4,000 of the cx-
| pcnditurcS of the State, and no two
men in the city of Augusta can come
within 100000 of figuring alike on the
! subject. In regard to the general
financial condition Of the State. there
| fore, | only want 10 suggest this. that
the state Of Maine taxes its people di-
| rectly at the present time, and no pro-
position is yet before the House to
raise the direct tax, a sum equal to
. about $500 GOO a year only: that of that
5000 900. $75o000 is expended ~ the
State for educational purposes for
schools. academies. training schools
normal schools and colleges. 50 that
the whole direct tax which falls upon
the property of the people Of Maine
, with the exception Of s150coo. ana goes
back directly to assist in educating tht
boys ana girls " the state. Take from
that Sll0.O0u the amount or money rt-
funded to the cities ana towns in rail
road and telegraph tax which under
the new bill introduced in this LcgielI-
tu:e will he in the vicinity Of $ldo.onu.
IA by this Legislature for soldiers PEN
sionS YOU take up every dollar ana
more than every dollar which is de-
rcctly levied in taxation on the prop
erty of the state of Maine. 50 that
the people of this State have their
executive department. their courts.
their prisons their hospitals ana an
other public institutions. including the
magnificent sum Of Sl35,oo0 expended in
charity. covered by system of indi-
rect taxation which falls not upon the
farms and mills and vessels of tn"
State. but upon great corporations ri
the state. upon the savings banks. up-
on the railroads. electric roads, telc-
graph and telephone companies; and
the tax from which We are seeking To
relieve ourselves is not the State tax.
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