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


| measure, but events have occurred
| SINCE the opening Of .he session which
90 far as | am concerned have caused
nv views to change. ] refer of course
! to the large property which has been
received from the United States gov
| eminent. We should make use of this
property. The natural Use for 1t Is in
the care of our insane IT seems to give
us the most practical and immediate
opportunity of helping the condition of
things with regard to the care of the
insane As ! understand it, the con-
structiCn of this new wing at Bangor
| will not be an immediate affair, that
is. it cannot be completed for a con-
siderable time. | understand that the
new buildings across thu river which
we have received from the government
can be put into condition tor practical
use IN a comparatively short time
Now. for one, representing the inter-
| eStS OF the whole state Of Maine | be-
lieve that good economy and "A wise
| care for the whole state should lead
us to adopt the minority report, and
| refuse to eXDend this large sum Of $40
000 1T TIE present tina for the addition
of tins wing at the Bangor institution:
and hope that the minority report
Will be adopted DIS the action of this
body.
Mr.. WHITMORE: ! want to say that
the committee recommended spending
originally S50 900 in renOvating one Of
| the wings over here across the river.
Since the ARSENAL property has cons.
| into our hands. i'll place of that We
recommended the spending. of $50 900 to
| la ha nj ic- in
of what we would have recommended
| to renOVate one of the wings; so if YOU
strike out the appropriation of 1920. 0C0
for th@ wing at Bangor. all you havr
in place OF it are those small buildings.
that piece of land. 10 take the place
of the wing at Bangor.
Mr.. MORRISON of Eden. Mr.. Speak,
er, one word about IN. advisa bility Of
| using these arsenal buildings for the
purpose of the insane of the State OF
| Maine You will find that cur majority
report recommends the arsenal proper
~ for the temporary use Of the insane.
1t is not practicable to establish a
third insane asylum IN the State of
Maine. and that is what you are doing
when you undertake to establish any
thing permanent with these old arse
tered over half of the arsenal grounds
which consist of 10 acres of land, the
buildings being distributed over 20
acres. They are far away from the
present insane asylum. You must as-
everything connected with the build
ings, and it is not practicable to estab-
lish a third insane asylum. DR.. San
|
| mend for the temporary relief of thn
male people the renoyIting of q built
ing there and have them put into this
building as i temporary arrangement.
Gentlemen, | am sure If yol. attempt to
establish anything permanent with
| those Old arsenal buildings, you make
a mistake.
| MIR. SEWALL OF Path. Mr. Speak,
| dislike to differ with d gentleman Of
the instincts and knowledge possessed
by the gentleman from EGen, but there
| il evidently another side to this queS
| ton which he has not seen. There S
40 time or occasion today more than to
call attention 10 the vast apprOpria
tons which nave been Iuade to the aSy
lum across the river and the one AT
| Bangor. When you consider them you
Will realize that You have here and
now Il chance to dO :, great service to
the state of Maine in pustponing the
building of that wing at the Bangor
asylum. The figures are absolutely
startling which represent the amount %:
| money that is gone out IRON! this Stats
to these two Institutions You have Civ
Gu to the insane hospital directly by
resolves since the year 1890 owe: Si31.-
600. The amount paid 10 the Maine In
| sane hospital for insane state bpneii-
| Charles under the provisions by which
the state pays for those coming from
other towns, from 1890 to 1898, d total
of SGSlGG0. And then going back il
| years we have over IL million dollars:
ard for the last six years we have put
| III an average of nearly $4,000 year.
and the Bangor asylum ha:, gone along
at the same Late. Although the ar
engagements were made for building it
sometime prlor to 1861 we have for the
first six years $lU6 $50 there.
| Nov. | ami Oh record in every way in
this House AT every Legislature at
| which have been Il member in favor of
| the most liberal treatment of the I'M
| tortuliatcS of our State: but l do not
| believe III recognizing the principle I'll
necessary geographical! distribution of
the money that we appropriate. That
| is to say. if We can do better for our
| State and as well for these people by
ccntraliZing our aDprOp1 ia tons from
| now on across the liver do not recog-
| ni2e that the people of Bangor or of
| Penobst OF county have an right to
| make us deviate from that principle.
The matter of the railroad journey from
Bangor to Augusta for people who don't
know what the journey is, is very diff
ferent matter from a railroad journey
for the sckly and suffering which has
nccessiiated establishing small hoSpi-
| tails at convenient points about the
| State
| Mr.. SARGENT of Brewer Mr.
| Speaker. | would like to ask the gen.
tleman from Bath if you think that
| Bangor is the only part of the State
| that is going to be benefited by this
| appropriation?
| Mr.. SEWALL: Not at all. 1 do
| not wish to be misunderstood. my
| proposition is. and it is only on this