Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-26


you don't do anything else, do that
Al YOU are going to force $350,00O ap-
preparation unnecessarily on the pcn-
PIE OF Maine, have the courage to take
IL on the shoulders of your own party
ana dcnt mix up a couple of Demo-
cratS with the expenditure DAUGHTER
ana applause). The forming of such
bipartisan commissions to spend mon
ev does not mean having both parties
represented, 1t means the Sinking Of
responsibility by one party: so that if
that commission should spend a mil
hon dollars and one of us fellows
snoiid get up and kick about il vo,,-
Republican papers all through Maine
would say, why, there are two Dem
ocrdts who helped spend it," T have
run into that sort of thing SO MANY
times 1t makes me tired. If Won are
gong to spend this money. have the
courage to spend it yourselves anG
uoht mix up with Democrats. | wane
10 say further that in my opinion a
1'ehiccrat who would accept an office
OF that kinG under a Republican adj
iliiI'Stratlon is not fit to be in the
party. And If you are going to pass
anything IN the way of a bi-partisac
proposition. don't make it OF the tU,
ieadlhS political parties; strike out
leading and put in "aI1ve" politica,
parties and take along couple of Pro-
hlhtlonists with you. daughter and
applausc. If you don't dare to shoulder
the whole responsibility yourselves.
take the fellows that work with yn,:
N-auShter). Don't hold that commits
sion up as a bride to couple of Dem
ocrata to go in with you on 40 othe~
schemes That is all it amounts TO-
want to say a word further Don't
think when you vote on this resolve
that the opinion of the people stand
ing around this State House or those
ut the Augusta House or at the North
or the C"iy Is the opinion of the poo
pie Of the state Of Name. Remcmt,fr
tha' II IS only three months in every
&c years tllat we get into this bar
'i'uidF klilu or an atmosphere The
ISL vi the TIME we spend among sare
people 10 great extent. Laughter)
AND when you go home you have cot
10 reckon with Your constituents ara
with your people. 1t won't be of very
much use for you to say then, '.Wr
voted that $350600 because good fol-
low up in Augusta asked us TO-" he
cause they will tell you YOU are weak
fninded You have got to give a sound
reason for it, and / hohcstit believe
Ii you applied the initiative and
referendum to this resolve it woi,;~
hc buried by the people of the Sta
/" votes to one. want to ask Won tn
consider this appropriation seriously. not
as little trning thing but as $3.50. Oao Of
good sound money that you are going to
spend and which somebody i'm the woods
OF Maine or on the farms of Maine or in
the fisheries of Maine has got to earn
every dollar Of before you can spend it
Npplause.)
Mr.. BEf Err of Portland: Mr. Speaker,
the gentleman from Waterville has GER
fanny given us a great treat. | would
father listen to his speech than to see
Anna Held; and | am seriously consider
ing following the example of the bows of
Belgrade who went to Boston to see An
ma. and moving from the city of Port
land to Waterville where | can listen
conveniently to the gentleman who repre-
SCENTS that city. The gentleman in the BIZ
partisan feature of his speech attacked
enc of the suggestions of Il senator of
know some of the deliberations of the
committee on public buildings and
grounds in considering this matter
knowing the sentiment of the Republican
party and the Democratic party, we
fought against the appointment of new
commissions, it was the sense of num-
Der of that committee that no new COM
mission should be appointed but that the
Governor and Council should be allowed
to carry on this construction; but a
prominent Democratic senator on that
committee expressed a special desire that
there should be a non-partisan commits
sion and the resolve was left in that way.
| think the gentleman from Waterville
(Mr. PattangalD must have been una
ware of that fact.
| do not believe that anyone here can
possibly overlook the neccd for increased
room. Our departments are crowded.
The appropriation includes, or we in
cial House, Increasing the floor space, and
we hoped it would include -prooiing
this part of the building which has not
been fire proofed. If anyone here, or if n
majority of this House cannot see the
State House, l hope they will not vote
this money; but I should advise them in
case they withhold this money 70" en-
larging the State House and in case they
are unable to see the necessity of en-
larsing til should advise them to treble,
increase three fold, every State appropr-
alton for insane hospitals 50 TINT they
may provide themselves with magnificent
and ample accommodations whcn they
80 there permanently.
Mr.. ROUNDS of Portland: Mr.. Speak
cr and gentlemen. as | was the one who
introduced this resolve | want to say a
word. After hearing the remarks of the
gentleman from Waterville | can in no
wise come up to his effort, but / WANT
to say that when 1 first came into this
House the first thing that confronted ME
were the records of this House which lie
there behind an old oak door and With
lust a little glass between that and all
the records of this whole State. That
was the first thing that dawned on me.
I went further and | found that every
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