Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-09
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Mr.. Peters of Ellsworth moved that
the motion lie upon the table.
Mr.. PATTANGALL: Mr.. Speaker.
| there are several resolves on the ta-
BILE this morning in favor of charita-
| Bile and benevolent institutions, and
| the appropriations in each case have
| been cut down very much lower than
in former years, in almost every case.
and they total good deal smaller
than they ever totalled before. 1t
| seems to me that we can we'll dispose
| of d number of them and not allow
the friends of some resolves that do
| not possess much intrinsic merit to
| attempt to place these resolves in
| favor Of these charitable institutions
or q level with their resolves. thus
| creating false impression in the
| House that ii one resolve. no matter
| what it Is. is defeated, that every
body else's bill is going to be de-
fcated, and bringing about cendi-
| ton that would prevent a fair hear
| ing on the merits of the matter; and
| unless there is objection to House Re-
| solve No. 331, some objection To the
resolve itself other than the fact that
| the House has not passed some other
| resolves, I hepe the motion will not
| prevail and that we can take action on
| that resolve now On the other hand.
| ii there Is objection to that resolve l
| don't know of any better time to dis
cuss 1t than the present.
| The question being on the motion to
| Lay the motion of the gentleman of
| Waterville upon the table, division
| was had and the motion was lost
| by vote of 90 to 81.
| The resolve then received its Sec
ord reading and was passed to be
engrossed.
| On motion of Mr.. Williamson of Angus
| ia, House Resolve No. 33s, Resolve in
favor of the Central Maine hospital at
| Lewiston. was taken from the table.
Mr.. Williamson moved that it take its
second reading and be passed to be en-
| crossed.
Mr.. PETERS: Mr. Speaker. just want
to say word. l hope it is not necessary
| for me to deny the imputation made by
| the gentleman from Waterville that any
attitude l may take here today is due IN
| any degree to the fact that small re-
| solve in favor of the town of Castine was
| refused passage. l assure you that that
\ is in no sense the cause of my attitude
| towards these resolves. l have attempted
| in this case, as ! have in everything
| that comes up here. to take position
1 towards these matters which l think is
! proper to take as a member of this Leg
| islature. / shall not in any way recedc
| from the attitude which | have taken be-
cause 1 believe it to be right and proper.
| Now / see we are coming to some re-
solves Of slightly different nature from
gratuities for bridges and TO towns for
| building roads. and so forth. Any man
| hesitates when he comes to resolve IN
| favor of a temporary home for women
/ and children at Portland and to resolve
| in favor of a hospital at Lewiston-he
| hesitates to oppose them, and l don't
know that II is my duty to oppose those
| things. 1t seems to me. however, In the
light of the fact that we have got large
number of things to consider and that
| many of us have not had an opportunity
to investigate these matters, that ii would
be fair to lay these on the table until to-
morrow so we can see what would be
deemed best for the State in connection
with this kind of legislation; and 1 move
this last resolve was passed to be en-
crossed, and ! do SO for the purpose OF
moving that it lie on the table with these
other resolves of the same kind until to-
morrow morning, for the purpose in abso.
lutte good faith of looking over the mat
ter so we can see what should best be
done in regard to them.
The SPEAKER: The motion is not
germane. The question before the
House is on the motion that this re-
solve receive it's second reading,
Mr.. PETERS: Mr.. Speaker. l move
that the motion that this bill receive
its second reading lie upon the table
A division being had the motion was
lost by vote of Al to SO.
The resolve then received it's second
reading and was passed to be en-
crossed.
On motion of Mr.. Bogue of East Ma
lchias, House Resolve No. ,339, Resolve
in favor of the Holy Innocents Home
for Children in the city of Portland,
was taken from the table.
The resolve then received it's second
reading and was passed to be en-
crossed. !: & $50
On motion of Mr., Wilson of Auburn
House Resolve No. $40, Resolve in ia
vor of st. Elizabeth's Roman Catholic
Asylum of Portland, was taken from
the table,
On motion of Mr.. Bogue of East Ma
chias the House took a recess until
7.3O o'clock this evening.
| EVENING SESSION.
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The SPEAKER: Just prior to adjourn