Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-28
Afternoon Session

The feature of the afternoon session
of the Senate was the fight between
Senator Walker of Somerset, chairman
of the committee on education, and
Senator Higgins of Penobscot, chair
man of the committee on appropria-
tions, over the amount to be given Lee
Academy in the blanket academy re-
solve. The outcome was that Lee Acad-
envy got the full appropriation recon-
mcnded in the budget instead of the
cut made by the committee on educa-
ton. and then those defeated in re-
ducing the Lee Academy appropria-
ton proceeded to load the resolve down
with amendments increasing the ap-
preparations for other institutions, in
GLIDING ST Joseph's Academy of Port
land, Van Buren, College of Van Buren,
and Freedom Academy of Freedom
/ The House had already amended the
resolve in favor of Lee Academy so
as to bring the sum up from $3.50 an
nually for instruction and maintenance
to $1,000 and when the amendment
came to the Senate Senator Walker
substituted a Senate amendment for
the House amendment which would fix
the appropriation at $500 for each of
the two years and providing that there
should be no additional appropriation
to that amount. The report was tabled
on March % by Senator Higgins and
today assigned for the consideration
of the two amendments.
! Senator Walker made long speech
in favor of the adoption of the $500
amendment with the provision that
there should be no appropriation in
oI 20 xIHok g..
he took occasion to say that no mat
ter what appropriations had been re-
ported or made ''The boys from Lee
Academy always managed to get the
dough-
Sen. Walker said that if this appro-
priation was . granted to the full
amount there Was no reason why Free
dom, Arson, Limerick and Hartland
Academies should not have the full
amount of the budget appropriations
asked and no reason why additional
aid should not be granted to st. Jo-
seph's and Van Buren, college.
! Sen. Higgins declared that If there
was any other institution where like
conditions obtained as at Lee Acad-
envy he should be in favor of increased
appropriation. The appropriation of
$4,000 had been recommended by the
Governor and he moved the indefinite
postponement of Senate Amendment
A, the Walker amendment.
The motion was carried and House
Amendment A giving to Lee Academy
the $4,000 appropriation asked for was
adopted.
Senator Burleigh of Aroostook then
offered Senate Amendment B to the
general academy resolve, which would
increase the appropriation for st. Jo-
seph's Academy from $500 to $1,000 for
each of the two years 1917 and 1918.
Sen. Walker seconded the motion and
it was so voted.
Sen. Walker then announced that he
should offer an amendment increasing
the appropriation for Freedom Acad-
envy from $500 to $1,000. He was told
by President Bailey to table the bill
until he could reduce the amendment
to writing. But before the resolve went
on the table temporarily Sen. Wood of
Hancock registered his protest de-
claring that he was willing to.-be lib
eral but here in about two minutes
three amendments had been made and
he would like to look into the matter
ana sec IL IHe1e NcIt SUING 4ldllCOCh
county academies that couldn't be
given some more appropriations as
some of his constituents might Think
that he was delinquent in the matter.
Later in the session Sen. Walker OF
Somerset presented in writing an
amendment which increased the APP
preparation for Freedom Academy
from $500 for 1917 and $500 for 1918. to
$1,000 for each of the two years; also
the appropriation for ST. Joseph's
Academy from $1,000 to $500 for each
of the years 1917 and 1918. This amend
ment, called Senate Amendment c,
was adopted along with Senate
Amendment D. offered by Senator
Kicker of Waldo, which provided an
appropriation Of $500 for 1918 for East
ern Maine Institute at Springfield in
addition to the appropriation for that
institution in the resolve.
Thus laden with amendments the
Academy resolve went back to the
House.