Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-03-27

the School for Feeble Minded in the town
of Pownal, North Yarmouth. Gray and
New Gloucester, House Doc. No. 679. ia
hlsd nv the gentleman from Lisbon, MI.
Plummer, the pending question being the
second reading of the resolve.
Mr.. Plummer then yielded the floor to
the gentleman from New Gloucester MT
Blake.
Mr.. Blake then offered House Amend
nlent A, to amend by striking out IN line
three the words land one thousand dol
lars for the year 1876
The amendment was adopted, and on
further motion by Mr.. Blake the resolve
received its second reading and was pass
ed to be engrossed, as amended
The SPEAKER: The Chair lays before
the House House Document No. 675. Re-
solve providing for permanent outside
service extension to present and proposed
new buildings at the Maine School for
Feeble Minded, tabled by the gentleman
| from Calais, Mr.. St. Clair The pending
| question is the second reading of the re-
solve.
(For debate see Legislative Record.)
The SPEAKER: The Chair was about
| to suggest to the gentleman from New
Gloucester. Mr. Blake, that the question
now before the House is Senate Doc.
1885,, Resolve for the construction. equip
ment, service connections and furnish
ings of one brick building for central
kitchen and bakery at the Name School
for Feeble Minded
Mr.. HIGGINS: And I understood the
gentleman from Lisbon, MIR. Plummer,
to move the second reading of the re-
solve.
The SPEAKER: The pending question
is the second reading
Mr. HIGGINS: What are we talking
abouto Why don't we get to it?
The bill then received its second read
ing and was passed to be engrossed.
The SPEAKER: The Chair lays be-
fore the House Senate Doc. 362, Resolve
apprcprating money for the construction
of one brick dormatory for inmates at
the Maine School for Feeble Minded.
i tabled by the gentleman from Houlton,
Mr. Pierce the pending question being
the second reading of the resolve.
Mr. PIERCE: Mr. speaker and gen.
tlenlen, | will endeavor to be very brief
| in this matter. The resolves appropriate
ing money in excess of the ten mill
income approximate $4,000 as near as
the figures can be collected. Now it IS
perfectly obvious as a matter Of math-
ematics that all those resolves cannot
be passed We have either got to as
sumo the responsibility of raising the
ia Xrate. which no gentleman here seems
to consider. or else some OF these re-
hoI- ha ed
down. Now it seems to me
that the proper thing to do
when you come to an institution like this
to pick out the resolves which are most
needed. First, your maintenance resolve
has got to be passed or the doors of the
Institution must be closed. Then you
come to the resolves for new buildings
Pick out the most important OF those and
let the others so. SO far as the institu
ton for feeble minded Is concerned. tbs
gentleman from Bridgton, Mr.. Evans
suggests that there should be no politics
! in it. l think so myself and l think the
feeble minded should be taken care of
but l am not of the opinion that the fee
BILE minded are quite in the same class OF
institutions so far as the support of tbs
State is concerned is the educational in
situations like the normal schools and the
University of Maine or even the hospi-
tails and the women'S refornatory and a
number of other things l might name
do not believe that all these resolves
should be passed in favor of this inst
tuition to the exclusion Of some others
For that reason I wish to move that this
what | say in this respect applies equally
resolve be indefinitely postponed, anc
we'll to House Doc. 61S on the calendar
The motion was agreed to and the re
solve was indefinitely postponed.
The SPEAKER: The Chair now lays
before the House Doc. 67s. Resolve for the
construction of a power and central heat.
ing plant at the Maine School for Feeble
Minded. tabled ty the gentleman from
Lisbon, Mr.. Plummer, the pending cues
ton being the second reading of the re.
solve.
On motion by Mr.. Plummer the resolve
was indefinitely postponed
The SPEAKER: The Chair laws be -.
fore the House. House Doc. 675, which
was passed over temporarily. being
Resolve providing for permanent out
side service connection to present and
proposed new buildings at the Maine
School for Feeble Minded.
On motion by Mr.. Pierce Of Houl-
ton, the resolve was Indefinitely post =
poned.
The SPEAKER: The Chair lays be-
fore the House bill, An Act to author
iZe the Maine Central Railroad Com
pany to retire a portion of it's com
hmon stock and to issue bonds, note;
or preferred stock in place thereof.
| tabled by the gentleman from Wood =
stock. Mr.. Perham. the pending aues-
ton being the passage Of the bill to be
enacted.
On motion by Mr.. Perham the bill
was passed to be enacted.
The SPEAKER: The Chair lays be-
fore the House, House Doc. s51, Re-
solve in favor of the Maine State Lii
brary. tabled by the gentleman from
Houlton, Mr.. Pierce. the pending cues
ton being the second reading of the
resolve.
On motion by Mr.. Pierce resolve was
given its second reading and was pass
ed to be engrossed