Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-23
HOUSE,.
Wednesday Marcel

Prayer by Rev. FIR. Doherly of Au-
gusta.
Journal of yesterday read and APP
proved.
An Act to extend the charter of the
Rluehill and Bucksport Electric Rail-
way Company. came from the Senate
received i'm that branch under suspen-
sion OF the rules and passed to be en-
crossed.
The House suspended the rules on it's
part and received the bill. which was
| then read three times and passed to be
| engrossed under Il suspension of the
rules in concurrence.
The following order came from the
| Senate: "Ordered. that the House con-
| curing 1000 copies of House document
| $40, being entitled a general Act relat-
| ing to negotiable inStrumentS.-bei
An Act to establish 4 law uniform
| with the laws of other states on that
subject: the schedule calling for Sec
ton is of said bill to he printed and
| placed in the hands of the State libra
| ran. who shall upon request mail the
same to any citizen of this State
Grabbed on motion of Mr.. Higgins Of
Limerick.)
FROM the senate.
| An Act TO amend Section IS of Chap
| tor Go Of the Revised Statutes. in re-
latiOn to costs in contested cases.
| Qtead the third time and passed to be
| engrossed under suspension of the
rules on motion of Mr.. Johnson of Wa
| terville)
Majority renort. reporting in new
draft resolve in favor of the Eastern
Maine Insane hospital. and minority
report. reporting fought not to pass"
on same. came from the Senate.
that branch having substituted the
minority report for the majority.
| Mr.. Morrison of Eden moved that the
House accept the majority report.
| cough: to pass
| Mr.. SEWAI.L of Bath: Mr.. Speak
er. l cannot bring myself to vote for
| the acceptance of the majority report.
| neither do l want at this stage of the
| session to Drecipitate discussion in
| the House on the merits of it. The
question was very fully and ably dis
| cussed in the Senate. yesterday MORN
| ing. and we have that discussion be-
| fore us. At the same time l wish the
| House to come to Il vote on the accept
| ance of the majority report; and if
| any gentleman who represents the
| committee has any arguments in ia
vor of the acceptance of that report
think perhaps it would be better to
| have them now.
| Mr. WHITMORE of Brunswick: Mr..
| Speaker. believe it is the duty of this
House to look into the doings of each
of it's committees, and when a member
n a n
the dignity of a committee. l believe
that neither you nor l should deal in
sentiment Of that kind when we have
to do with the social and financial in
forests of our citizens. I will tell you
why | and other members of that COM
mittee signed the majority report. You
have these institutions at Augusta ana
ut bangor. They belong to the State.
they are the States property. they are
State institutions. You have placed
them in charge of trustees who are
your agents. your stewards. We have
at the head of those trustees eX-Gover-
nor Robe Il man who was twice elect
| ed Chief Magistrate of this State: and
he is entitled to your confidence and
respect. and he has it. He is looking
after tie interests of the State in regard
N''N'1
that he looks after the interests of the
state at large; and I will say the same
in regard to every member of that
| board of trustees. When that board of
trustees came to us. as it was their du-
ty to do. and reported to us the needs
of those institutions. they were enti-
tied 10 my mind to respect and cOnsid-
GRAFTON. Now, the normal capacity of
the hospital at Bangor is 200: they
have go patients there. The normal
capacity of the hospital at Augusta is
5S3: they have 700 patients. Those i'll
), stitutiOns are there to take care of
your friends and mine. our fathers and
mothers our sons and daughters.
brothers. sisters. husbands and wives.
| il case they should be so unfortunate
as to become insane. Neither you nor
i want one of our friends to be COM
PEELED to sleep in Il basement. as they
are compelled to do at Bangor. We are
confronted with this problem-we have
got TO devote Il wing for the occupant
cy of one sex. The committee recon-
:. mend an appropriation of S120.O00 for
a wing ut Bangor. They cannot take in
one more person today. and they re-
quire Il wing tn take care Of their fe-
male patients in Bangor. | asked DIR.
| Sanborn and DIR. Vaughan if we could
| utilize this arsenal property here and
| avoid building ii wing at Bangor. He
said he did not think we could. We
have cot TO take care of our female
patients in Bangor. There is only one
| building connected with the arsenal
property that can be utilized. and we
recommended S65. 900 to change that
building over and make it into Il hos
i pital. / know something about those
buildings and there is only one of them
that can be put to practical use in
taking care of our insane people.
The average increase for the last two
| years in the number of patients in the
| State has been 80 ii year. The annual
| deficiency in running the institution al
Bangor has been $4,000. If you in
crease the capacity of that institution
you will go a great way in wiping out
| that deficiency. If we renovate the ar
senal building. that does not take care
of the female patients. For myself I