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

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the purpose of postponing it until an
/ indefinite time, but that we may have a
| further time to consider 1t.
+ Mr. MACOMBER Of Kennebec: Mr..
President, L want to call the attention of
| the Senate to one or two things that are
| embodied in this resolve, thinking that
perhaps they have been overlooked. First,
as to the question which has just been
raised by the gentleman from Cumber-
4 land. The resolve, as I understand 1t, Is
an exact copy of a similar resolve passed
| 20 years ago when the addition to the
present State House was built. 1t pro-
vides, in the first place, for a commission
| and for an appropriation not exceeding
$35e 900 to be used in the judgment of the
commission either for the erection of an
addition to this State House or for an
| office building, leaving it entirely with the
| commission to determine what is the in
terest of the State and just what should
I be done after the appropriation is made.
| Now before that commission-which is
| appointed by the Governor and conse-
quently absolutely under his control-can
spend dollar, they must get bids: they
must get their plans; they must get bids
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that, so far as we are concerned today,
there can be fear whatever that an
excess of $3.50, 600 would be expended. On
the other hand, it is absolutely left to
this commission to decide whether it
shall be an addition which will cost a
hundred thousand or hundred and fifty
thousand, or an office building that will
cost a hundred and fifty thousand or
two hundred thousand, or any amount.
So that it is entirely within the hands
of the Governor of this State to deter
mine the expenditure necessary to provide
the State with additional accommodations
and rooms which I think it is the unan-
imous opinion of everybody that we re-
Quire. 1t seems to me, too, that it is
necessary, at this stage of the legislative
session, that we should decide some of
these matters instead of postpOning them
from day to day and from week to week.
It seems to me it is good public policy
that we should determine the question
of what we are going to do here. I had
conversation with the Governor within
week, since matters with reference to
appropriations have been up, and he told
me he had not changed his mind in any
particular with reference to this appro-
priation and that we were authorized to
so state to the Senate and House that
it was his belief that this appropriation
should be made; and it seems to me, safe
guarded as it is, leaving it entirely in
the hands of the present eXecutive-and
I think we never have had a better one
| or one who has been more strenuous in
looking after the interests of this State
than the present Governor-it seems to
me we ought to act today on this meas
ure
So far as the statement by the gentle
man from Aroostook with reference to
Increased taxes is concerned, 1 think I
can assure this Senate that the commit
tee having the matter of taxation in hand
will present measures to this Senate
which will produce a very large increase
OF income from the corporations, the
wild lands and other interests which are
SPECIALLY taxed; and it seems to me that
we ought not to postpone this matter,
but that we should vote on it today.
Nh MlLLIKEN of Aroostool: Mr..
President: l want to say just one
word. l do not wish to drag into this
discussion the question of the Gov
ornor's attitude We all know that he
is in favor of this proposition and that
he recommended it in his message;
but 7 want TO say that, if the senator
from kenncbec believes that the Gov
ernor is opposed to the proposition that
We should wait until we can see where
| the money is coming from, l advise
| him to talk with the Governor again,
as I have this morning.
The question being upon the. motion,
of Mr.. Millillen of Aroostook that the
| resolve be laid on the table, the yeas
ard nays were called for and ordered
and the vote being had resulted as fol-
| lows: Those voting yea were Mess-s
Colcord, Donfgan, Emery. Hamilton,
Hastings. Howes, Irving, Kellogg.
Knowlton. Looney, Lowe, Millil1er,
| Minott. Smith, Staples, Theriault,
| WALKER Warren, Wyman UO. Those
ton. Eaton. Gowell. Macomber, Mullen.
! OsgOOd, Reynolds, Shaw, Wheeler
| 90.
| Mr. Hastings of oxford presented the
following order: Ordered, That there
BE- and hereby is. appropriated the sum
Of $i03.11 to pay to Henry H. Hastings.
chairman of the committee on the ser
vice and observance of Lincoln day
1899. to reimburse him for moneys OK
pended for necessary bills incurred.
/ This order was referred to the corn
mittee on appropriations and financial
affairs.
On motion by Mr.. Theriault of
Aroostooll the Senate adjourned.
| HOUSE.