Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-18

| " eieir nandS books coming fron,
TIC nands of children that wo know
'o'nlns about. The purchasinr agent
VI the town does not know where those
oo'ks nave been, he has no means NJ
h'o"ing through whose hands they
nave passed or what disease thew have
oeet exposed to. and to place them in
INC names of unprotected children is
niue snort of a crime. If had chill
or@n TO send to school 1 would as soon
put stick of dynamite into their
iaHos as secondhand book. Person
any VIII not read a secondhand hool,
IL can avoid it; 1 buy my books new
ailc read them. To place second hand
DOCKS In the hands of innocent children
Is a. crime; and 1 trust that the mo-
tloh to indefinitely postpone will not
prevail
me question being on the motion to
indefinitely postpone the bill -
rho motion was lost.
Inc Dill then received its third read
ing ana vas passed to be engrossed.
special assignment: Majority and
minority reports of committee on inte
| rlor waters to which was referred
Dill relating to the Shawmut Manufa2
turing CO.. reporting the same in a
new Graft ard that it ought to pass.
Mr.. BiRLEIGH of Augusta: Mr..
| speaker. the two reports were tabled
on my motion 1 understood that there
We're certain objections to the major
.ty report and therefore I made the
motion to table. I have not had time
personally, OH account of the pressure
or other matters, to give that investi-
cation to this matter which I think if
deserves, and at the same time T feel
that personally I should not DELAY the
progress of the bill at this time. 7
merely wish to take the attitude that
III case one or the other of these re-
ports should be adopted by the House
this morning and the bill should go to
the Senate and the matter should re-
| appear later in the House, in consent
ing that the bill progress this morning
have not waived any rights to pre-
sent any suggestion or objections that
may occur to me when the matter
comes un later on. 1 make this state
ment IN justice to the friends of the
measure that it may not be delayed.
| On motion of Mr.. Wing of Kingfield
tie majority report was accepted
| The bill then received it's two read
ings, and on motion of Mr. Boyer of
Portland the rules were suspended, the
bill received it's third reading and was
passed to be engrossed.
Special assignment: Resolve in ia
Vor of Eastern Maine Insane hospital
to provide for deficiencies.
] The SPEAKER: The pending ques-
| ton is the final passage of this re-
solve 1t contains an emergency clause.
Under the Constitution if this resolve
receives its final passage it must re-
| ccive the affirmative votes of at least
two-thirds of all the members elected
to this House.
| A division was had and III voted in
the affirmative and none III the mega
tive.
So the resolve was finally passed.
University of Maine.
| Special assignment: Resolve in favor
of the University of Maine.
Mr.. SLOWER of Brunswick: Mr..
Speaker. I suppose an apology is due
this House from ne for having this
| bill tabled and assigned for today. 1t
i seemingly was done under Il misapprc-
hension of facts. thinking l had the
same equal rights in this House which
| the learned professions enjoy, even if
I cid hail from Brunswick and had not
asked permission from anybody, not
even the gentleman from Saco. which
shows my ignorance or forgetfulncss
Of the wide chasm that separates me
from the learned professions, especial
" the legal profession. The Legisla-
ture has always collectively treated
me courteously, but a few individuals
have treated me otherwise. 1t does not
take very high degree of courage to
insult an old man unable to defend
himself and if anyone can get any hon
or out of it he is welcome to it. 1T
| does not hurt me.
| 1t has been intmated to me that this
bill was tabled in the interest of Bow
doin College. God save the mark
Rowdoin College needs none of my
puny efforts to keep it on its feet. 1t
| boc an honorable record of it's own.
It's president has never been seen In
this House lobbying and sitting by the
side of his agents prompting them to
insult the weakness of age, as was
soon IN this House two years ago. No.
Powdoin asks no help from me or as
sistarcc from the state. I am sailing
|
| cd Of nv cGlorS | take the ground
| that the so-called University OF Maine
is not the legal heir of the Agricultur-
al College, although it has hypnotlzed
tie Waterman and crept into the nurs-
orv and smothcred the Agricultural
College in its Infancy and now CLAIMS
to be the rightfui heir to the estate.
T hope it will be found that the chlld
is not dead but only case OF sus-
ncuded animation and may be resus-
citated and yet be made an institution
for the farmer and the mechanic and
not be run for the personal aggran-
| dizement of any one man.
| tabled this billy Mr.. Speaker on
nv own responsibility believing that
this institution does not need a dorml-
tory at this time and desiring TO oHer
an amendment to the bill which strikes
out the $4,000 called for that purpose
TLls is not an emergency bill but an
attom,t to fasten this octopus more
firmly on the State. Before offering ar:
,rcen1ment I wish to say that my IN
frmities compel me to write down my