Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-18


bi'is and resolves afe TO be put upon
their hnal passage or be defeated.
Nov the friends Of resolves in THIS
State who have come before commit
tees and have had their hearings in
regard to appropriations nave gone
to their homes all over the state.
AMI on this field dav to he appointed
they must either return here or be
absent. There is 10 question about
it, We aust lock facts IN the face.
There are larger towns and cities Of
this state, there are Augusta, Lew
iston, Portland, Waterville and Ban
gor within easy access Of this cap
itol. The large cities are clustered
around the Capitol. There is a per-
manent lobby of those large cities at
the capitol. They are not absent.
rho little towns and little plantations
scattered out in this great State of
ours. cannot afford TO come here and
lobby for little measure before this
Legislature: :. and when this field day
comes there will be present n lobby
in the interests If these measures
from the large cities and for the large
appropriatioIs and large measures.
Now two years ago in THIS Leg
isldture the appropriation bills went
through this Legislature without any
party question being raised. Demo-
Gratis aud Republicans all agreed up
OH the appropriations OF two years
ago. Those appropriations were large,
they were magnificent. they were for
the interest of the state of Maine,
and 10 appropriation has been at
tackled in the past, in the late cam
paign or in this Legislature. except
the appropriation for postage stamps
To the mount OF ten dollars. And II
won't bn attacked. I have here 4
list of appropriations passed by the
| last i.ceisla ture appropria tons adding
to the institutions of the State OF
Maine N the way of permanent I'm
pr"vements ana permanent buildings
of the State of Maine and the chart
ties, where they have put their money
into perHan( ut improvements OF build
ing anG land. ! have here n list
Nj. speaker from the acts and re-
solves Gf the last Legislature max.
ing appropriations. as | say. for per
m@nCnt matters in the State of Maine
that will not, have to be duplicated
| OF repeated at Gfiis Legislature, fol
which not a cent will have to he
raised. In olher words. the appro-
pria;inns lave been made and the
purposes for which they have raised
have gone by and not a cent OF thoss
appropriations will have to be asked
from this Legislature. Not one OF
those appropriations are for the main
tpnance Of the institutions of the
state but only for their permanent,
improvement; and if yoU stop here
amt do not add anything in the way
| II permanent institutions. in the way
Of improvements, If YOU do not en-
act any legislation on any new mat
GERS but simply make Your appfopri-
atoms Ia carry on the business of the
State tlla institutions Of the state
for the two years to come, its running
EXPENSES. and 90 forth, and make
those appropriations just the same as
were made TWO Years ago, the state
of Maine will have saved over mil
lion AMI half OF dollars that the
Legislature two Years ago approDri-
atcd fol permanent Improvements III
this State which will not have to be
saved by this Legislature because
they are saved anyway, automatically
| saved. You won't have To raise
single cent of that; and if YOU g
on. as | said, and take care of thes'
institutions, of their running expense:
for the next two years and the OF
binary expenses of government. rails.
the same as you did two years ago
YOU will not have to raise the mii'
lion and a half which you raised two
wears ago.
Now do not think that anything Is
goin5 to get through the committee OF
AUTHORIZATIONS and financial AFFAIRS
whose chairman is the gentleman IRON
lincoln. | do not think that anything
Will get through that committee Du'
villa, is proper and all right at TINS
session of the Legislature; neither &c
| think that this House is incompetent
| +. deal with that committees report
when il comes in here and to discuss
and settle upon what should be appro-
priated as IL is brought up when II Is
warm before us. Again. | am not &c
cusing the Democratic party or us
leader in this Legislature of dong any
thing for political purposes. but TINS
order gl1eS M opI}hitu " NV iD''t
ocratic Parry to do things Tor politl-
cal purposes and YOU cannot make the
people understand it otherwise. and !
don't want the Democratic party to
be Pat in that position. daughter and
applause) Let this field day come III
the month of March and let these bills
ali be assembled I ask you who is 60
ing to get hurt? | would oppose this
order coming from a Republican Legs
latue pc | would from o Democratic
Legislature because | don't believe IN
putting temptation before the Republl-
can party U.aughter.J Now when that
field day comes assume that the gen
tieman from Waterville, the leader OF
his party, wants these appropriations
all assembled so that he. as the general
public eXecutioner Of his party, can
cut and slash somewhere and say; W.
have made great economy in this Leg
isiature for the people Somebody is
going to get hurt. Who will get hurt .
Let me illustrate it. Two years ago
this Legislature gave 10 little School
up here in the town OF Blaine. little
institution for higher learning, $500 a
year for the two legislative years.