Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-04

| shall see whether they believe in it or
not The State is poor, and 1 for one
do not believe in this appropriation.
| Mr.. LOONEY of Cumberland Mr..
| President: | am in favor of an APP
preparation which will place, the CAPT.
toll in condition suitable to the re-
qurements Of the State. That this
building should be eniarged-that ma
| terial alterations should be made, I
! think every candid man will admit.
| Every office in the building is congest-
ed. In the auditors room--I will not
call it an office--there are six desks.
| where there. is hardly room for one;
| and that proportionally can be said of
| every department office in the build
ing x. The requirements. of the State
| library call for room space four times
what the library has at the present
time. A fire may come at any time
and destroy records which are of UNI
| told value to the State.
Now, while'I believe this, also am
of the opinion that sound State policy
and good business sense demand that,
before spending money!. we should
| have it in our possession. and that pe-
| fore appropriating money We should
are: and so believing as I do in regard
to the State Capitol, upon reflection it
is my deliberate judgment that the
| highest interests OF the State demand
that, for the present at least. we so
slowly and that this matter be put IN
allegiance until the latter part of the
session at least.
Mr. MILLIKEN of Aropstook: Mr..
President: I do not find myself in
agreement with the senator from Knox
in this proposition, because ! do not
| wish to assent this morning to the prop
osition that this matter shall not pc
acted uDon at this session. / cannot
on the other hand, feel to vote this
| morning for the hi as. it is; The sem
ator from Kennebec has called atten-
ton to the recommendation in the
Governors message, stating the need
of an addition to this State House.
With that recommendation I am in
entire sympathy. There is another
recommendation in the Governors
message, however, and it seems to me
it is important. in this connection, and
that is the recommendation that GER
tain interests in this State should pay
a materially larger tax.-that Il larger
revenue should be raised from those
sources. f--i .s'
My position In this matter this
morning is simply this: $3.50
That in my judgment by considering
this appropriation now before we know
what the increased revenue is to be, we
have got the cart before the horse.
II is our duty here, as we all agree.
to administer the business affairs of tbs;
State upon business principles, as rep
reSentatives of the people of the State.
1t is our duty to see that the money
is collected from the proper sources.
that taxation is equitably distributed;
and it is our duty also to see that that
money is applied in appropriations in
such way as will give the people of the
State the most good and as well re-
turn to them the best results for their
money.
There can be absolutely no argument,
in my opinion, upon this proposition;
that if we are to find ourselves at the
close of the session short of money. end
it is a question of reducing instead of
postponing~ this appropriation, or re-
ducing and cutting out number of
those other appropriations that concern
the whole State,-I say there can be
no argument upon the proposition thar
we should postpone this rather than
those. Your constituents and mifae, gen.
tlemen, are willing. l trust to do. us the
honor to believe that any appropriation
we make is made upon our judgment
of what the best interests of the State
demand. My constituents, believe are
willing to trust my judgment, to some
extent at least. upon the question of
whether the Capitol needs to be
enlarged; but if it comes to a choice
between this appropriation and the ones
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