Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-12


this resolve, and after hearing the
condition that they are in over AT 'fie
Maine Hospital ] am also in favor, IL
necessary, of increasing the state TAX
in order to put that hospital in re-
spectable condition. That is all ! nave
got to say.
Mr.. SMITH of Penobscot; MI.
President, just a word: ! want 10 say
that the committee, or some OF the
committee have had ii in their mina
all the time that if there was ah%
money available that If ought To pe
appropriated to renoyate the buildings
of the Insane hospital. The commit
tee was over there and the commit
tee was unanimous that they ousht U
have that money. but at the tlhle .ii"e
we had our last committee meet'hS
II was thought at that time that the'e
would not he any money aNaliahle' "ii'
If there should be any avallaole tile
was unanimous that IL
should be spent in renoVatinS inv
buildings over there and making ttei'
more comfortable, more sanitary mo- :,
wholesome, the better to take care "a
tho inmates of the Insane hospital, anu
: sincerely hope this measure will take
its two readings.
Mr. RICHARDSON: Mr.. President
want just to quote rev hhes from
n letter addressed TO me by Or. cor
don chairman of the board or trus
tees and written but few DAYS ago.
He saws. THE trustees have begged
Ii vain for money to repair those oia
wards, sixty or seventy years oid, anu
tho Legislature has turned US down
and spent it on general hospitals. we
are simply doing the best we can WITH
tho amount of room we have. we
Number nearly one thousand patients
with the number constantly increas-
ing. Unless something is done TO tnos"
old wards soon, we must crown sun
more o
am heartily in favor of this reso.
luton. ~
Mt. PATTEN of Hancock: Mr..
President, I just want to call the SEN
.tors. attention to the fact that we
have turned down other approprla
tons for other needed hospitals. l
refer to the refusal of the Senate ID
act upon the question of tubercuiar
hospital. even to the amount OF soo,
900 to start with. recognize as ihuei
as any one here the necessity Oh rem
oyating the hospital across the river
also recognize the needs Oh tiie :"
herc,,lar patients in this State anu
want tn call your attention 10 TINS
fact that an insane person is not' eA-
cent in the way of violence, men
ace to his fellowmen; a tuoercuiat
natient is. / think that this resolve
sbou,d he used, if it is passed III all
10 cover the tubereular situation as
,,,a,I &c the insane situation In the
State. AZ 1 eo,-
MR. COLE: Mr.. President, If we fol-
low the policy that we have been ioi-
lowing for a number of years, we VIII
have nothing in a few years because we
are allowing within our State institu-
tons not to be kept up to date. ohis
last night the warden of the State prison
was complaining about the terrible con-
aitions at the State prison ana now
much an appropriation is needed there
tn renoyate that State prison and bring
If mn to date. And / presume every
Legislature has gone on tie principle
4..zs4ra-1-.-,a. no 8 m as.as. --~sAet
be an economical Legislature and an
economical administration. We. all know
that when We started in here at the first
of this session the talk was to keep our
assessment down to four mills and all
the earlier appropriations were founded
on the basis of a four mill State tax.
but as time went on the demands be-
no Il cert lot md
they felt that the four mil tax would
not cover it; and ! believe that the peo-
pie of the State of Maine would be bet
ter satisfied to pay reasonably decent
State tax and get some reasonably de-
cent returns from it than they will be
to pay a little low. niggardy per cent.
State tax and have nothing to show for
it. So far as the remarks of the sena-
tor from Hancock are concerned regard
ing the hospital for tubeicuiar patients,
it seems TO me that it would be a very
nice thing. But it would also be a very
nice thing to properly TAX. care of what
public institutions we have before We
impoverish ourselves with half dozen
more which we are unable to keep up
and maintain. But let Us take care of
what we have and put them in good
condition and then in a few years we
will have the funds so that we can build
other State institutions and have them
modern. up-to-date buildings But / am
not in favor of having any more half
completed public insttntias which are
lbaif doing their work because we are
70 poor TO maintain them properly
aR BOYNTON: Mr.. President, just a
wore The senator's in voting on this
questisN should bear IL mind this one
thing' tAat they are not approprlating
cent thes are not increasing anything.
lhey are Supply saying o the Governor
ana Councikif he find himself with
money in his hands sufficient, to 60
ahead and fix tbs thing a. it should be.
| MR. REYNOLDS of lK.nnebec: Mr.,
| President. 1 wshNto say few words
about this matter. We haze had a cal,
over There Tor $4,000 fora nurses home
pehese that We need Some kind of a
ouiioihs 10 take care of tfDse tubercular
patients over there. / think we ought
10 nave some kind of a building for
those patients The dGto-s inform us
.liat those tuhercular patents spread
this disease. And you see them over
'nere sittihg out on tnt veranda trying
10 get some Iresh air, md il we are go
ing 10 put up new buildings, / think we
mad better take care "A fbesa ,,o.snnoua