Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-29

every 500 YOU cut off viii deprive ono
| child in the state of that privilege.
| Is there money enough Look at
J some of the things we have spent mon
cN for this session. We have authoriz-
cd Il merger of the Mairr central and
other railroads, ana while that was not
a direct appropriation. il will cost the
state in decreased taxes enough to pay
! this appropriation for two years twice
over Then the repeal at The law re-
batting taxes to cities and towns would
pay this appropriation asked for many
times over. We are guiug To ;iNrw the
! University OF Maine to have enough in
the next two wears to build new build
! ings to rent t. the members of the
| faculty. and that would pay this ap-
preparation three or f5Hr times over
We have $26,ooU going Through for The
! fish hatcherics, and Their, Is enough to
pay for this appropriation
| What would YOU gentlemen do in
/ your own families if it were one OF
| your children that WAS afflicted as
I these are" You know what You would
/ de. you would take tllHt child to the
! uttermoSt parts of the earth if need be,
! anu SI'El'' 'N'iN dolldi 90 N'Ii pup
crty To get relief. You know that there
! are thousands of parents in this state
who have this terrible grief to bear
! who have not the means oi getting this
relief. Are We going To say that this
state has money for fish and game
and nothing for these children" Shall
we say that we have money for houn-
ties On bears and nothing for these
I children" Have we mon,E for botanical
gardens about the Stat House. and
ncthing for this Institution Shall We
say that we have money fer the pre-
Vcntion of the diseases of cattle and
sheep hut nothing to speud here"
w" are appr"priating money. l no.
ti1c, Tor additional equipment in the
Offices of these state departments, in
Guiding adding machines for depart
mis- that already have them. Is that
to exclude lis from apprnpriating mon
ey for this department We n" ap-
propriatinS money for printing many
reports that many people never read.
] have felt very keenlY in this mat
ter, especially because felt some per
sorai responsibility and have been
charged with more personal RESPONSE
hilitY than | actually had. and | have
felt that this Legislature ought not II
adjourn without making some dppro-
priation for this institution. | bclev"
il VS. intended by the Governor that 4
reasonable amount would be approved
ii passed 1 look forward. as all of us
do. although we do not know how
much longer the way "i life is to Ae
for us, | look forward to the sunset
tine-that evening time of life when
the shadows are long. and when til"
mind turns back to review the active
years that are passed. | do not want
to do anything now in active life that
Will return to plague ne then or poison
the memory of these years. If | had
done anything, or this LEGISLATURE had
done ANYTHING, to cloSr the doors of
this institution never could look at
my children again without thinking of
II. The paliid faces of these crippled
children would look at ma through un-
quiet dreams, and | should hear in
humble homes throughout the state
the hopeless sobbing of mothers who
had no means to alleviate the suffer
ings of their children The memory OF
those pitiful little twisted limbs and
tortured bodies, condemned, perhaps
~ Tt siCt ii lDiS tT StSictl - al liAt-
time of dcformity, would haunt me to
my dying day.
Mr.. BOYNTON: Mr. President, the
senator from Somerset has two
amendments that lie proposes to offer,
which he might be allowed to outline
and give US the substance of them,
then perhaps we could readjust this
matter and get something upon Which
we would all agree.
MIR. OSBORN of Somerset: Mr..
President, the amendments referred to
are simply to amend the appropriation
for the fish and game department.
which carries $4,000 and something
more, by reducing that appropriation
$1,000. and applying that 5000 in addi-
tion to the $4,000 proposed by the SEN
ator from Lincoln, making a total of
$4,000 for the year 1911 and 10000 for
the year 1912.
am confident that would meet with
the approval of the Governor, and it
seems to me would be the right thing
to do all around. believe that we can
cut down tho appropriation for the
fish and game department $1,000. They
will still have $4S 000 to eXpend, which
will make a reasonable sum for the
year and if we reduce them only $1,000
it is not likely to cripple them very
much: then give that $4,000 to this in
stitutIon
If in order | would like to take from
the table the resolve introduced by me
"a few days ago and assigned for to-
day. Resolve to amend Section of
Article of the Constitution of the
State of Maine. relating to taxation.
The PRESIDENT: There is mo-
ton before the Senate at the present
time on the Resolve in favor of the
trustees Of the Chldrens hospital at
Portland.
Mr. OSBORN: Mr. President. I un-
derStood that they wanted that to Ii"
on the table.
NJ Roy NTON: Mr.. President, I
WOULD suggest to the senator from
Somerset that he wait, and if tn" sen
ator from lAroostuok would put his
bill on the table. il there is no oppo-
sitiOn in the House to take this amount
from the fish and game-and | would