Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-17

I asked for here, and that $1,000 ought
Ito build a barn that would do all
right for this institution. If they
have got along all right since the
, institution has been built with the
| appropriations made for the institu-
| tion. 1t seems to me as though they
| can this year, when We are cutting
| down all Of the expenses that we can.
! hope that the policy of this Leg
, islature will not be to take approprl-
ations and cut them out entirely on
| some of the committees and then go
to work and give unnecessary appro.
| priations to other committees.
! hope the amendment viii be adopt
J ed.
Mr.. STAPLES Of Knox: Mr.. Pres
ident: ] am very glad that | had the
, pleasure Of helping to create that
noble institution, the Home for Feeble
| Minded. Six wears ago the first ap-
preparation was made ! think it was
$4,000 at that time. There has been
expended and appropriated up to the
present time, $4,000 upon that in
stitution. If anyone will go and look
over that institution which is pre-
| sided over by DR.. Bliss. the right
| lIstU lIl TIC AiSHt l'iSN'' ''' man wiz
| is running that institution mos'
| economically for the interests Of the
! State of Maine, he will fine that they
| have expended that money judiciously.
| Two dormitories we're built last year
that cost somewhere around 100000
a piece They have now in that in
stiiuLion 40 members. They have
room for about 10 more. | recog
! nZed the necessity OF cunting down
appropria tion. just as much as We
| could and therefore the committee
WAS unanimous III giving us SGo0e9
| for 1911 and S60039 for 1912. We ought
| to have two mere dormitories today.
Tho senate Will not b" surprised
| perhaps, bccaus" they looked over
| this matter. to know that there are
29Go in the state ot Maine today cligi-
| BILE to that institution. II is tho
| srandest institution We have in the
| state OF Maine ana when it is fully
established will do more good, aileNi-
ating the suffering and caring for
those poor, unfortunate men, women
and children that are ther" III that
| institution.
! If YOU will go there and look il
/ o.er you never will go against their
| having q Sufficient appropriation. Six
! ty thousand dollars is small appro-
! pratiOn. We ought to have had Sloo,-
: 000, but l was content on account of
tho financial condition Of the state
= To as onl% 500, 400 which the commit
tee unanimously reported ought to
I pass
/ In regard to the barn up there, there
are l4u people there besides all tn"
laboreis to carry on that institution.
They have 2a-odd cows and 20-odd that
will he COWS next YEAR. Those 2a-odd
hcifers are today i'll a shed. as they
have no proper barn. as theS ought u
have. They ought to have up there
~ or 90 COWS to supply the inmates Of
the home with milk and butter. They
need that barn now. This appropri-
alton is not available until 1912; il does
not call tor s500h this year. but next
year and they will prepare To build the
barn and get ready for it. They don't
want any bath tubs nor elevators. Be
cause Senator Donigans bill has been
turned down he turns around and
strikes back at me. lie is the last
man, coming from Somerset county,
that should oppose this home for the
IetDit lIIliiitt. Will ttti Npu VI ny II
was my privilege to be appointed by
the President of the Senate to asccr-
tain how many there were in the State
Of Maine in every town and county,
eligible to this institution. Will" |
east no reelection upon the gentleman
from Somerset. did find there We're
more feeble minded in the county of
Somerset than in any other county in
Maine. according to the population.
I.aughte;1
The called jade" winces. ! ask that
this appropriation stand as il is now.
and | hope the Senate Will stand by me
and by this home for feeble minded,
and civ. them what they ask Tor in
this appropriation. one year from now,
! $.,ho0.
Mr.. DONIGAN: Mr.. President: |
| just wish to say word. There are
lots Of other appropriations asked for
by schools. l do not think this ought
to PASS. He tells us what grand in
/ stitution it is and how economically it
is carried on. / want to say this-l
was not going To mention this. but
they got 900 Il year for two years,
and they have 14o inmates. That
would amount to Silt per day for
those inmates or SS.l9 per week for
each inmate. II this is not eXtrava-
gance | don't know where YOU can find
it. l do not know how they can use
So much for each inmate, although they
do come from SomtrSa; county. Per
haps they would not cost 81 much Il
they came from Knox c"ulty. | don't
know why it should cost sS.l9 p'r
week.
know that Somerset county has not
been used in other ways hy this Leg
Slaturp as well as that.
Mr.. MII.LIkEN of Aroosto"k: Mn
President: AS member of the COM
mittee on education. it has been my
privilege to visit some of the institu-
tiuns in this STATE, at this session As
well as at other seasons, and paitlcu-
larly the Normal schools which have
in charge the training of the teachers
who are Ia teach tn boys and girls in
the common schools of this State. We
visited these schools this session and
had pointed out various improvements
and additions, which in the opinion of
the trustees and III" principals ot thu
schools, ana of the committee seeing
the conditions, are absolutely ncces-