Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-06

| doubt that the hospital does need this
dining room and this kitchen; but from
the way this resolve is put up and the
way things are conducted, who is to
bulld it? Is it to be built by any sys-
tenn of competitive bids? Are the men
IN the State Of Maine interested in
building, in plumbing. in piping, in car
| pehter work. are they to get {; part of
| thls! Are the architects of this State
consulted? The statement of facts does
not say. No. 252. calls for $4,000 for
renovation of kitchen, bakery, and the
| erection of a dining room for employees
according to plans and estimates sub
mitted by the architect. Who is the
| architect in the State of Maine? Who
Is the architect of the insane hospitals?
thlnk that the matter sould. be con-
ouced openly. 1t gives me pleasure to
move that this measure have a passage.
ana the same may be said of c51.
NOW 1 desire to reiterate that I be-
neVe IN these hospitals and I would be
FOOLISH if I should say that thew should
-lol nave money expended for their use.
out know and you know that when the
reports of this hospital are not laid on
the desks of this House until a week
OF ten days after these resolves are re-
ported and when it is plainly said to
you as was said to me this morning
.iiat we are planning to rush these re-
solves through" it is time even for a
young man to stand here in this House
ana say to those men, Go slow and he
decent"
Mr.. TIBBETTS of Orrington: Mr..
speaker | to.
'erests or the insane hospitals / had
ah ldea before I came here, and I en-
tertalned that idea for some time af
forwards, that committees were an
pointed in order to facilitate the husi-
ness or this House so that the details
OF our work might be gone over in com.
mlttee meeting and the committee re-.
port to this House to save us the in
Vestlgat1on of tiresome details. hut if
seems that that is not the case. Com
iiii'lees are not to be trusted. Take this
collinlttee, for instance. The Presi-
ueht OF the Senate and the Speaker of
me House appointed ten men as a COM
mlttee on insane hospitals. Those mon
were presumably of average intellirenca
ana they have had their meetings. thew
nave advertised those meetings +bev
nave mad their hearings, they have pivon
ai'iple opportunity to every man inter-
es'eo IN thls House or out of this House
10 go before those hearings and to hear
ana know what was being done. If the
gentleman from Auburn (Mr, Winp)
VINO was especially invited to apnear
qua not attend the hearings and would
not attend he cannot blame this COM
mite for not giving him more inforns-
ton.
Mr. WING: Mr.. Speaker, I desire to
say q word.
The SPEAKER: Will the gentleman
from Orrington yield?
Mr.. T1BBETTS: Certainly.
Mr. WING: I would say that I have
never refused to go before the commit
tee on insane hospitals, and the gentle
man does me a great injustice when he
says so.
Mr.. TIBBETTS: + will say to the
gentleman that l was told by one of the
committee yesterday that he especially
invited the gentleman from Auburn to
appear at our meeting and that he did
not care to do so. That was what 1
was told by one of the committee. I beg
the gentleman's pardon if 1 am mis-
taken.
This committee have been to the hos
pital here as committee. they have
been to the hospital in Bangor, and
they have without any order like the
one that is proposed by the gentleman
from Auburn that they shall have the
power to demand that the books and all
l. ,,1,e 1nfo fop 1,ni
inspection-We never had to make q re-
quest a second time. our slightest wish
in that respect has been needed at once
and every book has been open for our
inspection, every part of the buildings
has been open for our inspection, we
have been all through those buildings
time and time again, we have sat down
with the superintendent and with the
trustees and gone over these contracts
time and time again and we have known
from the beginning what committee
ought to know; and we have come here
and made unanimous report to this
House that these resolves ought to pass.
We s,1pposcd that that would carry some
weight with it. that the committee was
made for that purpose. to investigate
these Things, anu We supposed eiiAe 'AAS'
were men who could be trusted with
these matters, but it seems they are not
and it would seem from this order al
most as though there were something
criminal connected with it. Why. this
order calls for the attorney general to
anpear and take charge of such hearings
as the committee may authorize.
Mr.. ADDITION Of Leeds: Mr.. Speak
The SPEAKER: Does the gentleman
from Orrington yield?
Mr.. TIBBETTS: Yes
Mr.. ADDITION: I think we are dis
GUESSING some resolves and not the or
der introduced by the gentleman from
Auburn yesterday.
The SPEAKER: The gentleman from
Orrington will proceed.
Mr.. TIBBETTS: I will cut that out.
But every one of these resolves nave
been unanimously reported by the com
mittee and thy have been gon over care
fully We have spent almost time
enough over them to build one insane
ASYLUM. and We thought we had got
them down where they would be under
stood by intelligent men as We thought
ourselves to be. and when we made our