Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-09

he belonged in a ueighboring town.
The r-Solyo calls for me payment from
tht S,atc treasury nt $SI%.5" he"ituSe
the town of Castinc supported a pau
per, without Il solitary statement 0I
anything connected With it tn show
where he belonged or what the money
was spent for. do not mean to crltl-
else the committee on claims. | am
Speaking of the printed resolve. / have
no doubt that The committee acted
conscientioMsly ami on &1lch evidence
AS was presented, but if the State oj
Maine owes the town of tastine any
thing for MIR. O'Reily'S support the
Governor and Council can pay il ana
they can examine the evidence ON II
ARD know what they ar" doing. IL
there Is any legal claim against the
state on the part OF Castine. III" mon
ey can be- got in the proper way. This
is not the proper way. Ii there IS not
Il legal claim, Castine is not entitled
to the money. The other towns nave
some rights as well as the dozen or
Il towns that have come here with
these claims Just nov when every
one knows is due them. it seems to me-
that it is hardly right 10 pass theSe
resolves, but | think we ought to dis
pose Of these matters this morning
W. have only about three weeks be
tween now and the first of April Ne
| hope To adjourn sometime and II
seems tn me that We ought I" act one
way or the other Il ~c are going ta
start in voting money on anything that
comes in so long as some one shows us
4 prima faci" case at an OK pa1te
hearing, lei Us dc it, but let as have
sand enough To do ii nov. AS that re-
solve stands, if tastine has got claim
against Maine it can he collected in a
proper Way before the Governor and
Council. II castine has not got n
claim against Maine it ought not to be
paid And either way the resolve ought
not to pass. | move that IL h. IN
| definitely postponed.
Mr.. PETERS of Ellsworth: Mr.
Speaker, it occurred to me that we all
probably have the same general idea
as to the necessity for economy in
appropriations. and where all these
matters of appropliating money are
now before US, or Il large number at
| one time are before us, that We shoule
be careful IN our proceedings and not
| dc. injustice. Ii we indiscrininatelI
| turn down. some of these resolves, and
! because there happens to be no objec-
| ton, pass others. il may very we'll bf
| We are not doing even justice between
| claimants against the State. We are
at the head Of this column Of resolves
on the calendar. 1t will be necessary
! as We are going on, to take very haStS
action in these matters. Many of Us
| will know very little about them: anG
have been thinking that it might he
wise if we could know in some way
how much of thes" were legal claims
against the State in the sense of be-
ing actionable as the lawyers say, ii
we could also know how many of these
were mere gratuities and tor what. II
would make Il good deal Of difference
In my vote if | knew what of these
were gratuities to institutions other
than to State institutions, and if
could know how many of these Were
claims against the state that We're moi
legally enforceable or not legal claim,
o, that were provided for by some
othtT itltliIbu oI pltttublt' anu N'i''i'
this matter has not formulated itSel
exactly | would like to suggest as Il
whether OF not a small committed
could not be appointed and report SAY
by tomorrow or the next day to th'
State along the lines | have mentioned
as to how many of these resolves arr
legal claims and how many Of thes'
are gratui;icS paid To institutions othe
: tEan to State Institutions, which nigh
, assist us in coming to just con
: Clusion in he payment of the claims
/ | deprecate acting on these things 81
+ hastily that somebody will get wha
$ they want and others may not ge
\ what they want and may not get wha
:, they are fairly entitled To. ! prcsen
a these suggestions fer the action Of tn
L House; and in order To get them befor
IL the House ] move that a comnitte
y of three be appointed by the Chair I
j investigate these resolves carrying ap
preparations Of money and report t
II the House by Friday morning as t
u how many Of, these resolves embrac
legal claims against the State, and hoy
II many embrace the payment of gratui
ties. TO institutions other than Stat
institutions.
Mr. PATTANGALL: Mr.. Speaker.
= would, with tie consent of the Hous
withdraw my motion to indctnitel
/. postpone and give way to the gentle
h man from Ellsworth, excepting fC
Il this: In order to decide whether II
\, state of Maine owes IA bill or not il
9 necessary that certain matters of fa'
!. sfio,ili be proved. Now there. isn't an
| feasible way hy which Is or 20 tow