Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-27

ing nay were. MeSSfS. Alien, BalIeN,
Burleigh, Chase. Clark, Cole, Conant
Emery Hagerthy, Maxwell. Patten,
Reynolds. Smith. Walker, Wing-15.
The PRESIDENT: Fifteen having
voted in the affirmative. and Is in the
negative. the chair will vote yea.
Sixteen having voted in favor of the
passage Ct the bin, ard Is in opposi-
ton, the bill vas passed to be enacted
Resolve in favor of the Eastern
Maine Insane hospital for storage
house and cold storage plant, repairs
on all buildings washing machines,
laundry, fire mains and hydrants and
high pressure pump. con motion by
Mr.. Emery of York, tabled pending
/ final passa ge)
Resolve in favor of the Maine In
dustrial School for Girls at Hallowell
to provide for the payment of unused
| interest on trust funds.
On motion by Mr., Emery of York,
the resolve was finally passed.
Orders of the Day.
The PRESIDENT. The Chair lays
the special assignment for today, Re-
solve, authorizing the highway COM
missioner to construct suitable office
or shelter for the immigrant inspector
at Van Buren,. Maine.
Mr.. STEARNS of oxford: Mr.
President, this resolve has been lying
on the table under my motion for
nearly two weeks perhaps more, and
] have been in hopes that during this
time someone with information upon
this proposition might come 10 me and
inquire when | was to take it from
the table. / thought that someone
from the vicinity affected by this re-
solve, this measure. might come and
ask me in regard to it, and that
might be able to obtain information
from them. No one has done so. I
presume that the federal government
may be interested, and that their at
tention may be drawn to the southern
border. so that matters on the north
ern border may have more or less
escaped their attention. In any event.
no one has been to me. no one has
shown enough interest in this matter
to make single inquiry, and l have
therefore beer Obliged to get such in
formation as I have by inquiring my
self.
Now this is rather an unusual and
extraordinary matter. inasmuch as it
asks the State of Maine to provide an
Office for q government official. I 90
not recall that / have ever known
of such a request of the State of
TT hot
solve. when it was presented, was
presented through tie request of the
highway department, and you will
recall that at that time some cues
ton was raised as To the desira bility,
or the reason why such a matter
should be presented here. And at that
time, the senator who presented il
was unwilling to have the rules sus-
pended and the resolve take it's sew
eral readings and passed to be en-
crossed, it having been accompanied
by an emergency clause, and in that
he was very wise, 1t was referred
to the committee on federal relations
ard as | understand their position.
they had certain correspondence, and
upon this correspondence they finally
determined to make a favorable re-
port. 1t seems that the attorney
general took this matter up somewhat
with the government officials, and in
order that the whole matter may be
before the Senate, / will read a let
ter which was received by the at
torney general, and had, as l under
stand it. something to do with infiu-
encing the committee in making the
report which they did.
Department of
COM NJ e r c e A \ d LABO r.
United States Immigration Service.
Office Of the Commissioner.
Montreal, Can, Jan. 30. 1918
Hon. Scott Wilson,
Attorney General State of Maine,
Augusta, Maine
Dear Sir-This will acknowledge re-
ceipt of your favor of the 2Sth instant,
and note that the matter of supplying
a suitable shelter at the end of the In
Maine, is now in the hands of the COM
mittee on federal relations.
In response to your suggestion that
it might be well to state more in de-
tail why it is felt that the expense of
such a structure should be borne by
the State rather than the United
states. | beg to submit the following:
Tho Tnterna tional bridge was erected
for the convenience Of the inhabitants
of New Brunswick and Maine and
without any request for such action on