Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
CONTINUED from Page Ffve.)
Maine Insane hospital for purchase OF

Maine Insane hospital for purchase of
additional land.
Resolve, in favor of the Maine In
sane hospital to provide for deficien-
cies.
Resolve, in favor of Eastern Maine
Insane hospital to provide for deficien-
cies.
hospital for greenhouse, wharf, coal
pockets, commanders house and resi-
dences on arsenal grounds.
Mr.. WING of Auburn: Mr.. Speaker.
/ move that the consideration of those
resolves relating to the insane hos
pitfalls be postponed until Friday, March
l..
Mr.. WELD Of Old Town: Mr.. Speak
er, would ask II there is any reason
fer postponing these matters?
Mr.. WING: Mr.. Speaker, I became
interested in the matter of the expendi-
ture of the money for the insane hos
pitfalls and desire at this time to look
into the matter, and I am sure there
is no member of this House, if he
would take the time to think of the
amount of money which is spent OIL
the hospitals and the amount of care
which is furnished the inmates, but
no would be glad to give this time IT,
the consideration of this important
public charity and trust; and 1 hope
that my motion to postpone until
March II will prevail.
Mr.. WELD: Mr.. Speaker, these ap-
preparations have been reported unani-
mously by the committee. They are
the minimum amounts which the com
nittee thought they should report.
don't believe We should postpone them.
think we should pass them. I OBJ
ject to the postponement.
Mr.. WING: Mr.. Speaker, if I may
say word more. This Legislator.
has been furnished with no printed
report of the trustees of these insti-
buttons. 1t is true that the gentleman
from Old Town has been most kind to
me in furnishing such material as he
has, but he furnishes me with a press
report of the trustees of the hospital
at Bangor and typewriter report Of
the committee on insane hospitals T
am not impugning the integrity or the
judgment of the committee on insane
hospitals. l am simply asking thi 5
House If they will consider this mat
ter, and consider it seriously, honestly
and deccntly.
Mr.. WELD: If we continue to post
p@ne these we will adjourn about the
next Fourth of July; and in view Of
the unanimous report Of the committee
l desire that the postponement should
ret be granted.
The question being on the motion to
postpone the consideration of the re-
solves until March II, a division was
Fad and SS voted in the affirmative and
80 ia the negative.
So the motion was lost
Mr.. ROUNDS of Portland: Mr..
~ eaker, l would move that these re-
solves be tabled and be especially as
signed for next Friday. 1 think it is
a large appropriation and three or four
days in which to look into the matter
viii not be out of place AS l under
stand 1T these appropriations amount
70 oyer half IL million dollars There
fore l would like to have them tabled
until next Friday. 1t looks to me very
strange that any gentleman should ge+
NJ here in this House and oppose any
move that would prevent rushing
through an appropriation so large as
this when hardly any member UNDER
stands. except the members of the ap-
Preparations committee, what this
amount calls for in any way. shape OF
manner Therefore l ask the indul-
sence OF this House to lay the resolves
on the table until next Friday.
Mr.. MARSHALL of Portland: Mr.
Speaker. l hope the motion of the
gentleman from Portland lMr RoundsI
viii prevail. This carries a very large
amount of money. l don't know that
any of us has any objection whatever
to any of the item of the resolves but
it seems to me that it is only proper
that we should have an opportunity to
onk into them. AS l recall it several
OF these resolves carry an emergency
clause with them. Certainly it can
do no harm to lay them upon the table.
until next Friday. 1 hope the motion
will prevail.
MIR. STRICKLAND of Bangor: Mr..
Speaker, these bills We're reported by
Mr.. Eaton in the Senate on the 23rtl
Of February and they have had their
Al 80 ana SSCOHu TedulnSS. 1t seems to
mo that they have had time enough
to be digcsted if anybody wanted to
digest them.
The question being on the motion to
postpone the consideration of the re-
selves until next@ Friday, the motion
was agreed to.
Mr.. WELD: Mr.. Speaker, I call for
division of the House on that mo-
lion.
Tie SPEAKER: The Chair will state
that. in the opinion of the Chair the
gentleman from Old Town is too late.
The call for division should be made
before the declaration of the vote.
The resolves We're then passed to be
cngrossed.
On motion of Mr. Colby Of Bingham
the rules We're suspended and he pre-
sented GU. of order the petition of w.
G. Stafford and IL others for the passage
of the. bill giving plantations the right
10 take care of their own roads and
bridges. (Referred to the committee or
legal affairs