Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-03-01
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IN 1913 there was appropriated
| from the committee on ways and
olloges sls7.46s.90, and / see no rea
son why 1t should not be as much this
year II cases Of merit are found to
"airant 1t, although / have expected
" Keep II under that amount.
Inc state is in as good financial con-
Ni'ioh To-Day as II was two years ago. ]
! understand and well know that there
mas been large amount asked for this
year Tor ways and bridges; one bridge
sIao'ooe. and another 100000. And
there are other large amounts which
we all must know could not be an.
proprlated at this session At this time
lhere mas been reported from the COM
Ehluee SeS,400 which has been shaved
from resolves calling for sl1s.eeo
ihere mas been reported ought not To
pass sl2s..00. There is now pending
s442'53l5s. This amount includes the
! TWO bridges before mentioned. Now
eahe from the amount pending, SAP
| oo1'5s, the resolve of 100000 and the
resolve of $3.50 600 and it leaves s1e2.
o"l'99 TO be acted upon, and it seems
ieasioie 10 me that the amount can
| pe Kept nearly within the bounds of
the Governors wishes, 1925, 900.
II has been reported that an agree
ment had been made in the commit &c
mat the amount should be kept up to
sZO0,0oo. / will say that no such thing
has ever been mentioned by the COM
mittee, and no agreement has ever heen
made between me and the Governor to
any amount. He advised me the first
OF the session that he would like TO
! keep it within $4,000 or $4,000.
A few days later he came to me and
| proposed the amount be kept down to
$4,000. l advised the committee in
relation 70 il and have continually kept
it before them.
Mr.. COLBY of Somerset: Mr.. Presi-
dent Perhaps as q member of that
/ committee l would like to say a little
something further in regard to Sena
/ tor Conants remarks. / wish to bear
out everything that he has said in re-
gard TO committee work.
/ Al the start We had a heart-to-feart
| talk. and we all agreed that there
would be no politics in the committee.
! We agreed that if possible we would
always have unanimous report. We
! have cut and shaved these appro-
prlations, no matter from what section
! they came, nor by what member of the
I House or Senate they may have been
put in.
/ Yesterday, in the House, my fellow
( townsman, Mr.. Button, in the discus
/ sion in regard TO the veto on the three
measures of my section, made the re-
mark that perhaps might lead someone
+ TO THINK thar the ha1
I thought Of 5000 600 as a committee. l
/ wish 10 corroborate the remarks of the
/ Senator from Waldo that the commit
lee never made any agreement with
/ anyone, nor among themselves. l will
/ say, though, that | had said to some
/ fellow members in the State House.
and perhaps elsewhere in this city. that
/ l personally thought the state was in a
/ condition that We might appropriate
! around 100000. That remark l am not
afraid to stand by, but l do not say
/ that there was any agreement of that
kind in the committee,
( In regard to the three road resolves
T in my section yesterday morning, l had
a conference with Representative Dut-
ton when we heard what was going TO
/ happen 10 them. Mr. Dutton didn't
know just what 10 do, he thought il
was best TO let the veto go, and as
say, we consulted, and l agreed with
! him, in fact l advised him 10 let the
Governor veto il
I didn't do that, nor did advise Mr..
Dutton TO do it, as any slap at the Gov
( ernor. He had a right to his opinion,
as l have 10 mine. l didn't say Il to
advise him, and Mr.. Dutton didn't do il
IN any way. to play party politics We
/ simply agreed we didn't like that meth
cd Of doing. The resolves came to our
+ committee in the regular course. We
reported on them unanimously. We cut
them in two. as We have many others.
Mr.. buttons and many others. and /
thought At the time. and l still think.
( that We took the right course. If We
didn't I am ready to take my blame
with Representative Dutton. whether
it is right or wrong. ! still think we
did right.
Ny FLAHERTY OF Cumberland: l
really don't think the order is very un-
/ reasonable. 10 recall this bill and have
! il laid on the table. After listening to
the remarks Of the Senator from Wal
do. where he said there are resolves
for s2G5,000 pending, and the merits of
those have not been discussed-and
surely this committee cannot advise on
them without hearings on them-why
not have those come back and be laid
on the table let them all be considered
as they should be considered. and not
/ have any committee come in and say
/ they are going 10 eliminate $4,000
from one bridge, and 100000 from
another.
fer one do not think the GovTnor is
very unrea sonable. and if we wish 20 be
+ fair with the Governor, l think this
! Senate in all fairness should give this
order a passage.
/ Mr.. COLBY: If the Senator from
! Cumberland will just allow me, those
/ large bridge appropriations that are
now pending before the committee If
| you carry out the ideas Of the Govern
or. could not possibly pass, because two
! of them call for s250.00Q as Senator
! Conant has explained.
| Mr.. COLE Of York: Mr.. President,
/ This matter apparently is coming be-
fore this legislature with a certain
! force and stress. and it will come be-
! fore the people for explanation.
| l feel it is but fair that we who DO
NOT belong TO the party of the Govern