Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-15

uate Tor that degree today shall he
Sidh~eu that degree If he desires
me PRESIDENT: May l suggest tc
..e senator from Androscoggin that il
ire Senate should concur with the
House in the adoption of House
Amendment A and all after line nine
sncutd ne taken out then your amend
ment would be in order.
Mr.. PHILOON: l accent the supees.
ton Of the President l withdraw nv
previous motion and move to noncon-
cur with the House on the adoption of
House Amendment A.
Mr.. HESELTON: Mr.. President, as
L understand it. the senator from An
droscoggin wishes TO 50 place himself
before this Senate that we can vote
upon the amendment which he has Of
fercd. Now if the Senate should concur
with the House and should strike out
ali of the second paragraph of that
section, that is. if we should all vote 70
strike out all that paragraph, no mat
ter how we may feel about the amend
mcnt offered by the senator from An
droscOggin, we will still have an oppor-
tunitY. when he offers his amendment
to vote with him or against him. 1t
seems to me that the easiest possible
issue Of this matter is for US to vote
to concur with the House in the strik-
ing out of the second paragraph and
then allow the senator from AndrOscOg-
gin to offer his amendment when we
can vote for it or against as we individ-
ually desire.
The PRESIDENT: think the state
the from Eannahac is
correct.
nobscCt the Senate voted to concur
with the House in adopting House
Amendment A.
Senator PhiloOn thereupon offered
Senate Amendment A and moved its
adoption. The question being put the
yeas ana nays We're called for and or
dercd and the vote being had, the same
resulted as follows: Those voting yea
We're Messrs. Brown, Clarke. Curtis.
Eaton, FOss, Garcelon. Hastings, Hes
elton, Libby. Merrill. Philoon, Proctor.
Rice, Sewall, StapleS-16. Those voting
nay We're Messrs. Aver, Bailey, Par
rows. Deasy. Houston. Irving, Mills,
Parkhurst, Putnam, Simpson. Stearns.
Tartre, Theriault, Wyman-14. And
Senate Amendment A was adopted.
A motion by Mr.. Hastings of oxford
to reconsider the vote just taken was
lost.
Mr.. Parkhurst of Penobscot moved
that the Senate concur with the House
in the adoption Of House Amend
ment T..
Mr.. PARKHURST: Mr.. President al
low me to say that | hope that every
senator who has stated openly and pub
licIy that if the a. Il. course was
dropped there. he was in favor of lib
nrll endowment for this institution
will vot" in favor of this amendment
Ne. FTIILOON-I wish to say in eXpla-
nation of the position taken by the com
mittec on education that that committe"
WAS unanimous on the amount of $1,000
1t was represented to be, as | recollec''
from, $4,000 to $I0O0, by competent build
ers. I do not want to be understood as
standing here and making any remarks
to cripple the institution at Orono. | adj
miro it ana I want its greatest success,
and | shall not contend against any noer-
Al anpronriation which the State may
see fit to make.
Mr.. RICE-Mr. President I wish to
state for the benefit of the majority OF
the committee that they recommend an
appropriation of $4,000 for maintenance
and now have abolished the n. Il. degree
There is a saving there of $4,000, which
with the $4,000 makes it $500 more thah
last wear: and one of the trustees told
me that they came out without any IN
debtedness. With $S000 more, we think,
the majority of the committee will find
that report, that $4,000 is all that i
necessary; and I hope the Senate Will
stand by The majority report.
Mr. STEARNS-Mr. Preside mt. it is
singular think that members of this Sen
ate. when We have carefully gone
through estimate of the probable cost OF
maintenance of this university, knowing
the needs of the university and that 1t
4 child Of the State, should come in here
and try to so hamper it in its work ana
its aims that it will not be worthy OF the
State of Maine. l stand in this position:
The University Of Maine is the child OF
the State 1t is for the State. 1T is for
the children of the State; and it is I'M
scemlv and, it seems to me, improper to
so hamper it in it's field for future use
fulncss that it must be RELOCATED to the
positiOn of n second or third rate insti-
tuition. I think we, as American citizens,
owe some duty to ourselves and to our
State. / hope that the gentleman who
voted to abolish the p. A. degree feel
satisfied with your action l do net ques-
ton their motive. but. gentlemen, must
we deprive this institution which has
been the pride of the State and of which
we are all proud. Of its legitimate means
of livelihood-curtailed and give it some
small appropriation that We shall all be
ashamed Of? I hope the senator's will
consider this question carefully.
The question being put upon the mo-
ton Of Mr.. Parkhurst Of Penobscot TO
concur with the House in the adoption
of House amendment f.. the yeas and
rays were called for and ordered and the
vote being had resulted as follows: Tho-'
voting yea We're Messrs. Aver. Bailey,
Parrows. Brown. Clarke. Curtis, Deasy,
Eaton. Foss Garcelon, Hastings, HeScl-
ton. Houston, Irving, Libby. Merrill.
Mills. Page, ParkhurSt. Philoon. Proctor.
Putnam, Simpson. Staples. StearnS. Tar
(oSl Nay Mr.