Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-13

what would be necessary for state
House. or for the rooms to make them
convenient to be occupied In TINS
House. And so 1 believe that these
amendments should be laid upon the
table and printed and a time assigned
for their hearing and then we can TAKE
all into consideration, the original re-
solves and the amendments, ana we
can extract from them what the VIII
Of the people is; and / move that INC
,,,andments lie upon the table.
Mr. MILLIKEN of Aroostook: MI
prosidept. 7 ask the indulgence OF the
senate a moment upon the question "
law on the table, which uhoei ''ii'
is not debatable one. -.
The nroposition of the Senator from
York is a fair one except lot oiio
con 7 am infavor of something peiis
done and being done at TINS seSsioi' -
nrovide for the emergency Wiloi
think exists in regard to the accoiii'h'
dations in this State House 90 ho'
think if is fair to the proposition TO IN
vito DELAY. The matter, I think, mas
been unayoidably delayed until yesier-
day. The Senator from kennebec askeu
that it be assigned for yesterday pu'
consented to it's assignment lor 'oo'S'
and II was taken from the table yester-
day. in order to put it along as lar DIS
it would have been if read yesterday,
IT seems to me, Mr. President, that II
is hardly fair to put it over as IL 1t -
nut over at all it would have to be put
over until next Tuesday. So lar AS
am concerned | should prefer TO nave
the matter settled this morning and 70
have the Judgment of the Senate record
ed as to what form the resolve shall
take. and [ shall vote for the resolve III
that form.
Mr.. SHAW of kennebec: Mr.. PreSl-
dent. Perhaps, as a member of that
Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds. should state my position ana
the position of the committee which
considered this matter. The resolve was
drawn practically after the wording OF
the Governors message, which called
The attention of the Legislature to the
need of more room here, and Which IN
corporated the two provisions, whether
or not it should be an office building or
an addition to the State House.
The resolve came before our commit
tee ana there were many men from dit
ferent sections of the State. prominent
in affairs who appeared and spoke IN
| favor of this resolve as drawn. There
was nothing said about cutting it down,
but it was the opinion of the committee,
as discussed in executive session. that
it was a safe stand and wise stand to
take, from any point of view, to al
low it to be decided by the Governor
and by such men as he would choose up
on n commission.
If this resolve is amended by cutting
it down, it would practically settle the
question of what it would be. 1t would
be nothing else than an office building.
AS for me, 7 will admit that ] am not
competent to judge as to what it should
be: but I believe the Governor of this
State. with such men as he will call
around him. would be far better able to
judge of the present needs and of the
future needs of this State than any body
| of meh here in the Legislature could
possibly do. The Governor. we all
| know, has avoided extravaganza in all
his acts and we are sure that he is
| equally DESTROYS of avoiding extrava-
gance in this matter. 1t would be abso-
| lutely essential to the success of his
on a business basis and that is prac-
tically what it is. 1t is a business prop
osition. 1t is no more Kenncbec than
it is any other county. 1t is simply
the whole State-it is q business propoA
sition for the whole State and when we
undertake this matter, it should be 50
fixed that we shall hear nothing more
of it for many years.
The Governor is perfectly willing to
assume this responsibility and perfectly
willing to take upon himself to decide
this question. and 7 believe he is able
to decide it, as / said before better than
we i'll this Legislature. I do not think
it should be delayed any longer We are
coming to the close of this session and
some of these matters ought to be de
clded and decided now: and as for me.
l believe that we should decide on this
matter and not delay it any longer
Mr.. STAPLES of Knox: Mr. Presi-
dent: | did intend, and probably shall
II the amendments are not adopted vote
against this whole proposition 7 will
not, at this time, give my reasons why
7, at this time. would oppose the raising
of the $%5000O, until the matter is set
tied as to whether the amendments are
TO lie on the table until such time say
the first of the week, that | may have a
chance, and every Senator may have n
chance To examine those three amend
mentS. They strike me very favorably
and ] hope that these three amendments
may be printed so that we can see them
and read them and understand them L
think 1t is a very fair proposition of the
Senator from York, that these amend
fnentS lie upon the table to be printed
and the matter assigned for a hearing
say Tuesday Of next week If the
amendments are not put on the table
then ! shall have something to say in
behalf of my constituents why the whole
proposition should not go through
Mr.. MACOMBER of Kcnncbec: Mr.
president: | desire very briefly to ex-
press my views in reference to this mat
ter matter which 1 am free to say T
nave been very greatly interested in:
ana L think it is a matter that the peopJe
OF TINS State and the Taxpayers of this
state arc greatly interested in In the
hrst place, Mr.. President. | want n