Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-18

Sienographic Reports Of Yesterdays Sessions OIL
the Senate and House Of Representatives.


several bills and resolves tabled Tor
printing under the joint rules.
Mr.. Dodge, f.. the committee on
legal affairs, on an Act to establish
a reformatory for women, reported
that the same h. referred tn me next
Legislature.
The same senator, for tho same COM
mltlne, on An hct to emend Chap-
ter l0F Of the Pt bic Laws of 100.
in relation To records for historical
societies. reported that the same
ought not to pass
Mr.. Go%ail. Tor the committee or
judiciary. on Re solve providing Tor the
election or tho TUESDAY next utter
tho first Monday III November BIZ
enniaIlt. for Governor senators, rep
-scntatives and Other officers. re-
r.rtrd that the sino ought pof to
pass.
Mr.. Stopies, for the Same commit
tee. on IN Act - prevent the rollu-
ton of water supplies and taoir re-
sources, reported II nj the samc ought
rot 20 PISS"
Mr. Osborn. lei the committee on
School for FeeEl, .linded, on i.eeGlyn
reported that IT, same ought not to
pass
Orders.
Air. MULLEN OF Penob%cot: Mr.
President l.aNc sn order that /
wish To present
Ordered. that the superintendent, Of
public buildings 10 directed forthwith
to remove the G, 'nmiSsioncr Ct Ayr.
culture rom tho rooms WheIc h., is
now located 10 ,hc rooms desi2ndtcd
"a the use Of his department by the
commission on cniare ment Of thu
state House
In offering this order. Mr. Presi-
dent, ] want 10 sec if we cannot clear
up condition that Is, - my mind,
getting pretty bad. If the commits
sioners on enlargement of the state
House. OF which was a member had
any authority whatever. they had an-
thority under the tertrS of the r. solve
To provide quarters for the various
State departments. and that they I'M
dertook to do. ana when once d"Sig
mated. by putting on the door of thu
roofs Of the ncw Capitol building The
names OF the departments they had
d. signated To occupy them, and 1t
seems 10 me they We're properly there
by virtue of the resolve OF the Leg
islature. There is only one depart
ntent that is sadly out Of Joint. md
that is the auditing department., ] do
not think, with all the criticism that
can pc heaped upon the state House.
that anyone would say
tile auditing department did not be-
lcng props rl% near to. contiguous 10.
tho treasury d. rartmcnt. That Is !
whera they saould bc. Mr.. Gilman.
at that time Commissioner % Agri-
culture refused or neglected To move
out when he new agricultural quar-
tors were ready f.r him to NOV" in
10. He did not move ont. and Mr..
Buckley came in later on, and think
more on Il question o. dignity. he
thinks that the new quarters pro-
,,ded were not and are not sufficient
for the purpose Of the agricultural
Whether they are or H"'. |
do not undertake TO say. Later there |
vas an order passed, / preSunt u!
both branches. authorizing the cont
clittcc on public buildings to reaSsiSn |
hose departments. ana understand
hat the committee on public bulld- |
ugs. right before last, did vote to
make several reaSs ignmfnts. Among |
the,n 10 take .hc Commissioner o.
Highways from where he now is arc
" ncre tho State House building 'oil-
mission located him, and put hiih w
stairs somewhere. and m?Ee several
other changes. / do not tAink II -
good. ii til" orcs NJ time to max" All
these changes. and I want TO express
~. views here and 1T this time. Com
n,itt,c hearings have been ordcrec ana
advertised t!lroueiiCu Tt the "ntif't state
10 Ice laart, tor instance, i'll tIe nlSH-
way department rooms. II YOU chung
,yat tic neollc VINO come here I" til'
h.ori;,1,s will W" more %: less aSraH
and there is no occasion for II. b
sides thnt. the Commission who vas
charged with rebuilding the state
House, after ! very ciose anu 20;
stndy af the situation, concluded. ana
believe now rightly c"ncinded' ana
the highway department very sil'iNf
will become one If tn" most, Il "''
,hc most important in the state u
next to the dePart'hc
of state. Certainly the hlshWaN o'-
par.ment requires more room t''''i
any other department on account y.
tie drawing boards OF large size anu
on account of til. maps, ami some
times quite n large number OF men
en,ployed in that department. in draw
ing and such work as that.
Now. whether or not the state House
did right. or whether they
had caracity enough. is quite outside
of the question here. We did provide
for the department of agriculture. MI.
Buckley has told me this morning.
thot if Mr.. Gilman had moved out and