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

there will be log rolling and trading~i
and dickering; and the great, large in
terests of the state, the financial in
tarests OF the State, the great meas
,res. will be protected and the looping
off will be done in little country towns
ard plantations.
NOW this is called 1.-The General Court
OF Appeals of Maine" The idea is that
the people can come here to this court
and obtain square deal viii you do
it by such a measure as this? VIII the
people believe that they have a square
deal by having these bills brought to-
gethcr and a field day appointed and
the log rolling take place which win
necessarily follow? say that any in
st;tution or corporation or individual
coming to this Legislature has a right
to a square deal, and I say that every
appropriation bill in this Legislature
ought to stand on its own merits, stand
or fall there; and you cannot give to
the small towns and the humble Plan
tatioos and the man who works with
his hands a square deal by this or
der which gives an opportunity for the
endowed institution of learning, for the
wealthy city, for the large corporation,
to trample the poor and the weak be-
meath the feet of might ana power.
Mr.. PATTANGALL of Watervilie:
Mr.. Speaker, / had hoped when l in
PRODUCED the order the other day that
it would so appeal to the business
sense of this House that it might be
passed without debate, and most Of all
without debate on my part because
have not felt in physical condition to
debate it or do anything else but to
sit in my chair since the Legislature
assembled But realize now that that
is too much to expect that the gentle
man from Yarmouth and the gentle
man from Houlton could not let ali
early opportunity pass to make politi-
cal speeches and to attempt TO decide
between themselves as to who should
be the Republican leader of the pres
lent Legislature. daughter and ap.
plause.) Neither, ii seems, could the
attempt be resisted TO suggest to the
state that the gentleman from Water
willie, who is modest member OF this
Iassembly. was attempting to do some
thing wicked in the interests OF some
body other than the poor and humble
citizens OF the small plantations and
the rural towns.
Now this order is a simple one. 1t
| is Il business order, and as the gentle
man from Ellsworth said, involves Il
business proposition. | do not believe
| in discussing it that it is necessary for
| me to attempt to make a stump speech.
| do not believe it is necessary for me
| in discussing IL to impute to members
| OF this House political motives. | cam
not conceive that any Legislature that
ever assembled in Maine or ever will
assemble in Maine would distinguish
no matter under what rule of proceed
ure they acted, between an appropria
ton for a Republican town or an ap-
preparation for a Democratic town.
When the Maine Legislature gets to
practicine legislation on that scale |
do not care TO be a member of il. Ii
does not seem to me that there can be
any politics in this matter. | cannot
understand why even the names of
political parties were necessary to be
mentioned in discussing it, and I would
say in answer to the suggestion of the
gentleman from HouIton that if the
Democratic party ever has guardia n
appointed we will have one appointed
from our own ranks. Now il seemed to
| me in coming here that it was neees-
sary that some change in rules should
be adopted with regard to appropria-
| tons. That thought came to me be-
| cause of what occurred in the last
Legislature. We came here undoubt-
eddy intending to do our best for the
| interests of the people of the State of
Maine, and simply because we did not
| know IAt.
appropriations carrying a million dol
lars more than the revenue OF the
| state for the last two years. The gen
tieman from Yarmouth and the gentle
| man from Houlton say that that was
proper: but we have taken a verdict
from the court Of last resort, the peo-
pie OF Maine. on that procedure, and
they said quite emphatically last Sep
tembcr that that was improper (Ap-
piause) Nobody thinks it was proper.
Nobody seriously thinks that anv leg
lsiative assembly ought to pass an
preparations so largely in excess OF
the revenue of the State that the State
is compelled to resort to illegal meth
OBS to raise the money to paw its bills.
Name has constitutional limit on it's
borrowing capacity. We can borrow
nut $4,000 and today as a result Of
appropriations which the gentleman
from Yarmouth and the gentleman
from Houlton eXtol and ask us TO keen
on with, We have $3S4,0OO of warrants
against our treasury extant with s1l5.
ooo IN cash to meet them. NV friend
from Yarmouth says the State is able
TO pay for what it needs. The State
OF Maine owes today better than a
quarter of a million dollars that il
cannot pay, has no means of paving.
and mas no means either TO borrow
money with which to pay. We must
raise that money by taxation and we
VIII proceed to do So but in the mean
time 1t seems to me that we should
ADOPT some safeguard against repeat-
ing the folly which we committed two
years ago of appropriating total
amount IN excess of our revenue
NOW what is the order? One wo,,yd
think 1t changed the whole procedure
OIL legislation. 1t does not. You will,
| nave your committee hearings. your
resolves are considered by your com
mltteeS in the rNoIllar- ,,-,,x