Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-25


State Normal School.
Resolve In favor of the Knox County
General Hospital comes from the Sen
ate with House Amendmen A rejected
and amended by Senate Amendment 4.
Mr.. Kimball of Rockland, moved that
the House recede and concur with the
Senate in the rejection Of House
Amendment A.
Mr.. Johnson OF Halowell moved that
the House concur with the Senate in
| the adoption Of Senate Amendment A.
Mr.. Higgins of Limerick, asked to
have the amendments read
Mr.. KIMBALL Of ROckland: ! can
| explain to the gentleman from Liner
| ick. The original resolve as passed by
| the finance committee carried $500 for
the years 1906 and 1906 ] introduced
| an amendment to that resolve asking
| for two thousand dollars for the years
| 1895 and 1906, and one thousand dollars
| additional for maintenance and repairs
| That amendment was passed in the
| House and tabled in the Senate The
| Senate, this morning, has voted to non
| concur on the House amendment and
| has adopted a new amendment to the
original bill which carries one thousand
dollars for maintenance and repairs
and leaving the $500 for the year 1905
and 1906 as it originally stood
| Mr.. SWEET of Portland: 7 would
like to say word before that vote is
taken. The committee on appropriate
| tons and financial affairs, as every
member Of the House knows. has had
as it always has, more calls, more
| worthy calls, than it was able to re-
&pOnd to. That matter was very care
fully considered by the committee and
it was thought that We were doing all
| that the state was able to do in grant
ing their first request. This is not the
| only deserving case by any means that
we have been called upon to turn down
and hope the House will adhere to its
| original action and rot increase the
amount of the appropriation. / want to
| say to the House that il has been the
policy of the appropriations committee
all through. agreed upon in advance.
that we should adhere to our original
| opinions. If we changed them or adj
nitted amy exception or reductions we
should precipitate the entire Maine
/
nancial confusion that it would prolong
the session of this House and vastly
| increase the expenses of the State.
! l don't know that l can add anything
| more to what | have said, but if we
| take such action as is here proposed
We shal certainly complicate all our
affairs and many schemes which have
already been favorably acted upon will
| come back here and there will be no
END to the confusion that will ensue.
| Mr.. KIMBALL of Rockland: Mr..
| Speaker, l wish to explain the exact
standing of this resolve. When this
matter came UP for hearing before
| the finance committee the Knox
County General hospital was present
with Il number of witnesses. A portion
OF the witnesses were called before the
committee. At the request and definite
statement of the House chairman of
that committee (Mr. SWEET of Portland).
| was told that it was not necessary
| to introduce any more witnesses and
! that | would receive what | was ask
ing for in that committee. Whether the
House chairman had authority to make
that statement or not / do not know:
bat l did not introduce the rest of my
witnesses. After a consultation with
the members of the committee, with
TIE senator from AroostoOk, Mr.. Put
nam. who is the chairman of the COM
mittee. at their request an amendment
was added. That first amendment
passed the House and was tabled in
I he Senate. have since conferred with
the finance committee, nearly every
one of ttem. and l think the House
chairman (Mr. SwetO is the only gen.
teman with whom l have not con-
ferred. and the Senate amendment as
adopted III the Senate, introduced by
the senator from Washington county
(NEr. Pike who is the second member
OF the finance committee and with the
consent of the committee and with the
understanding of the committee. WAS
supposed to be without any opposition.
Therefore gentlemen. l am not at
tempting to slide anything by this
committee. but l simply ask that this
resolve be passed as it is satisfactory
to the committee. as is shown by the
motion made by the gentleman from
Hallowell, (Mr. Johnson). this morn
ing.
Mr.. SWIFT: have had talk with
the chairman Of the committee and I
was under Il little misrepresentation in
regard to it: and | wish to withdraw
what | may have said in opposition to
the amendment.
The question being on concurring
with the Senate i'll the rejection of
House Amendment A, the amendment
was rejected.
The question then being on the adop-
ton Of Senate amendment A.
Mr.. JOHNSON of Hallowell: | wish
to say for the benefit of the members
of the House that this Senate amend
ment A was agreed upon in the COM
mittee in executive session, yester-
day and the amendment was drawn by
the Senate cOmittee of the finace COM
mittee of which l am member and as
the resolve now stands with the amend
ment \ of the Senate attached to it,
is thoroughly satisfactory to the
committee on appropriations and finan-
ciai affairs and | move that it be adopt
ed.
The motion was agreed to and Senate
amendment A was adoDted