Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-05-20


before, after the Maine delegation
composed then in the House of Thomas
&. Reed, Nelson Dingley, Charles A To-
Boutelle and Seth l. Muiikcn--had
succeeded in retaining four members of
Congress for our state ia The appor-
tionmant of that time, Mr.. paEley ex-
pressed the opinion that never again
could such a Victory be won and that
the next apportionment would certainly
see Names representation in the House
reduced from four to three Ten years
later. however. as member of the
Census Committee, Congressman Bur
leigh vas able 10 organize and carry
through q bill, bearing his name which
provided for a representation in Con
gross sufficiently enlarged to enable
Maine to retain all four Of its repre-
seatatiges in Congress. lie organized
and let The great fight against the cont
bined opposition of Mr.. Cannon and
many of the great House leaders,
that resulted in the passage of the
sBurleigh bii''. bavhcg personal charge
of all debate upon that measure, and
winning victory which was univer-
sally conceded to 10 '.one of the great
member of the. National House"
In 1910. when tha qsestien Of reap
portionmcnt again arose. Mr. Burlcigh
was alert to the Interests Of Maine. and
as consequence of his efforts we have
retained, and shall retain until 1920 at
least. an nndiminished representation
in the National House.
UnequalIed Record of Appropriations.
The results achieved by Governor
Burlelgh in securing needed appropria-
,ions for his District and State are
nothing short of remarkable. They
constitute brilliant page in the rec
ord of man whose currency is deeds,
not words; who never promises more
than he can perform but performs far
more than he promises; who goes after
results, and gets them. When Mr.
Burleigh completed his service in the
House i'm 1910 he was ranking member
of the important committee on Public
Buildings, and in direct line for the
chairmauship Of that committed In
the absence of the chairman it was his
duty TO preside. From 1905 to 1910 he
was always appointed one of the three
couferees on the part of the House in
every disagreement between the House
and Senate with reference to omnibus
public building appropriation bills, In
1906 he was appointed one of the six
members of the Congressional Public
Building Commission which investigat-
ed and reported To Congress on the
matter of public parks in the District
of Columbia Thus Governor Burleigh
was not only thoroughly familiar with
the subject OF Public Buildings. but
was in position where he could and
did effectively insist upon the rights of
his own constituents amid all the inn
mense pressure and conflicting inter
ests Of the representatives, of the forty
five states of the uniou.
What He Secured for His District.
During his term of service Governor
BurIeigh secured for his District larger
appropriations than have over come to
it in any similar period of its history.
In that period of fourteen years the
following appropriations have been Sc
cured for the Keunshec River and for
the Third Maine District:
Kennebec river. between Au-
gusta and Gardiner ,....-..-.- SSi 900 0l
he1nhheC IlNeit rum N'htuihei7
to its mouth ........-. ,........ 2l5.0o1 NJ
Breakwater at Bar llarbor $1,000 o.
Moosebac Bar (8ar Harbor) - 1l.000 0G
Sullivan Falls ....,............... $500 ~
Bagaduce river ..---...,.t-+....- 5000 NJ
Union river .......-.,..-.,...... 130eea O1
Improving Bucksport ilarbor.. 100000
Total .................,........ s57s o0o. o.
The following tables show the amount
Of appropriations for public buildings
in the Third District in the years from
the organization Of the State to 1897.
as compared with tho appropriations se-
cured by Governor Burleigh since he
entered Congress in lS97
Appropriations on Account of Public
Buildings in the Third Maine Con-
sressionaI District from 1920 to
1897.
Augusta ..................-.-...... sl95, Isl e
Belfast 5l.635 2
CaStine ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l,SD0.V
Ellsworth hUll