Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-03-02

Of lazineSs: and his excuse for it IS as
he says. that in sitting on those beach
es in the early days, ana swinging his
legs like a pendulum, he got SO weary,
it made constitutional Weariness that
has affected him ever since. Nov it
might seem economy to keep that
school house in that way. and ii might
be economy in results 10 that man to
have it fixed up in better shape. II
seems To me that the same conditions
prevail. not only in the family. Gown
and county, but in the State. New
departments. new commissions have
be-n instituted. We have had an in
! crease Of the hospitals Of the State. We
lhaye another insane hospital at Ban
| gor. All of these things require extra
| expenditure. and when We talk Of
keeping the expenditures OF this state
| down to what they We're some years
| ago. | believe il TO be an impossibility
| In fact. DO not believe il 70 be deSir-
| able for ! believe it would be signal
| a sign for retrogression. So far as the
| bill IS concerned. | think the chairman
| of our committee. the senator from
| Cumberland has covered il very well.
| IN regard to the State board OF health,
| | Will say in addition to what he said.
| that the printing for that department
| is done out of that $1,000. and in the
| reference lines of the blanks and cir
culars which they issue from that de
partment. YOU will find II different
| forms. the list Of which | have here:
and if the senator from Knox Will turn
to House document No. 13l he will find
an itemized account of all the expend-
| of Il II contains,
first. consecutive lists of bills: and sec
ondlv. the same bills distributed under
the different headings. | will say that
the committee were OF the opinion that
that was one Of the best managed ie-
partmentS Of our state.
| In regard To the $14 900 paid for in
sane beneficiaries, | think the senator
| from Knox was under misapprelen-
sion that that only included one nos
pitaI The finance committee under
stand il to include both. one at Angus
| ia and one at Bangor; and you VIII no
! ticc the next item under ii is deflcien-
cicS in that very account OF nearly
s6OGO so we thought it was no use TO
cut that down to S6S.00o for den
cheney next year Of S60o0. OF course
these existing contracts we cannot
touch at present. but | believe there
is n great deal of force in what the
q, ntleman from Knox said yesterday.
I know a case in point where the trus-
tcae of the Reform School get less
than $1,000 for lighting that institution.
The State decided to put in plant OF
its own; and then company came up
and offered to light it for $60o-lesS
than half; and | have no doubt,
when those contracts expire, better
terms can be secured.
IN regard to the printing. 1t really
cost the State about $50 900 last year.
Your committee thought if it could be
cut down to the regular appropriation
of So 900 that that would be dong
quite well: and | would say now. the
finance committee have under cohSld-
Grafton as to the State printing, Wh"th-
er any of the documents can pc re-
duccd in size. or Il less number printed.
it would be. of course, in the matter ol
a recommendation.
AS to the increase in the State cat
tie commission. you will see there IS q
deficiency there and | understand
that that money is now owing to the
people who have had animals killed
and who have not yet got their pay
and to my knowledge. one of the cattle
commissioners has paid money out OF
his own pocket to poor people ana is
waiting cor the State to reimburse him.
Now | presume that none Of the
finance committee are so conceited as
to feel that this bill cannot be improN-
ed. | am sure We did not have, per
haps, the proper time to consider every
item. but it seems to me that. If any
Of the items need shaving down or
blotting out. that it can be very easily
done here. without recommitting to the
finance committee.
Mr. STAPLES of Knox: | would ilk'
To ack the senator "A uuestion-ll ne