Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-02-14

chasing a suitable residence In Au.
gusta for the use and occupancy of taa
Governor. TO be known as the Exec,
tive Mansion.
Whereas. II Is now obligatory tha,t
the Governor take up his official rcs.
idence I'm Augusta; and
Whereas. the burden and expense os
so doing placed upon the Governor may
be so great that only a man of inde.
pendent means can aspire 20 the Of
flee of Governor: and
Whereas, Wa recognize that MANY
men Of limited financial means ara
eminently fitted to serve the State d,
Governor: now. therefore. he II
Resolved. the Senate concurrins
that n special committee ~ two a.
the part Of the Senate and three az
the part of the House he appointed Ia
investigate the advisahility of pur.
chasing or erecting suitable resi-
dence in Augusta for tho use and o.
cupancy of the Governor. 10 bc KNOW
as the Executive Mansion. and rrpor'
to this Legislatu by bill or other
wise"
Mr.. COLE: My idea IN doing ma,
Mr.. Speaker, is that tho language ~
the law of 1915 makes Il ohligatory
that the Governor take up his Official
residence in the city of Augusta dur
ing his term of office. The present
Governor of course is very well Fixed
so far as his residence Is concerned
This is the homo of his father and he
makes his home with his father and
has residence suitable for q Cover
nor The next Governor may he man
from remote part Of tho state
Elected as he is for term Of only
two years. he cannot move his family IA
Augusta and engage such rcsi-cnrs
as would be necessary tn maintain tho
office of Governor with dignity Hs
cannot afford to break up his houschola
and come here. perhaps with his whola
family. and live at a hotci, and vet the
law makes il obligatory upon him 90 re.
side in Augusta \ Governor. IN order
to maintain the office as ~ should hs
maintained. with the dignity which u
should have, should have his ipmIiy
with him. As 7 have said. the SALARY
is not sufficient to allow a man of u.
dinary means To do that and II Hscur
to me. Mr.. Speaker. that " would pa
only Just and proper. the state placing
that burden on the Governor, that N
should at least furnish him with a suit.
able residence belonging 20 the Stnis
fully equipped. SO that nc may tau, up
his official residence therein during I.
term of office and maintain hts u0f,p
in his home as well as Ms once .p
the state House. with all the dIgH4tt
necessary and becoming to a Governor
| understand that the Blaine M1us .ou
on the corner opposite here cam DO
bought. There is no man ln the State
of Maine. regardless Of polite. o-
party or anything else. who docs nit
look upon James g. Blaine as uuc of
the great men of Maine. I believe Mat
that location Is an ideal ono fur r.,.
ernor's residence. There is az the pr,a.
cnt time move IN this LrEislatur, Nh.
take over that property for d state I..
| hrary. | question the advisahil'v ~
that move. and ! think Mr Sr.aAe,
I that state Library should bc iu sumr
part of the State House. where y YAH
be accessible at all times to tho r,orI.
in all departments Of tho state lInuva
at their work. We all know human ga.
ture well enough To know That l
thing is within easy reach No avail
ourselves of II. For instance. ON d. ioi
day in summer person working ha1
got to go out In the hot blazing Egn
across the street TO get f,t,i,ure
book or something. ~ going to taEr
chance OF doing hts work Withuuf f
Then on cold, zero day in wint "A.
a clustering snow storm. if be hur goo.
to put on his overCoat and SO across t4a
street to get book, hc is not Iuus
I" 90 1T If here IN the Stnle House
whore II belongs. he can ret ID v.w
u seems to me wise for the state 20
Keep all its departments within easy
reach. These state House grounds afs
ample enough, and IL seems better in.
use the Blaine Mansion Tor an INrrg.
tive Mansion than FOR the purpos, pf
. library. This resolve carries win N mo-
/ responsibility except the Feasibility ~
{ taxing some action !. therefore move
that the resolution have Il passage
The SPEAKER The Chair is of the
opinion that all Of the members ala ro,
| near the resolve as read. there being
some little confusion in the back Of a..
room, and the Chair viii ask th, ,re,.
10 read the resolve as presented b, 81.
cole, II being more or less of ap .u.
portant matter
tResolution read bv the s.rkn
Mr. ROUNDS of Portland Mr spslt.
err most heartily endorse tho rap,arks
OF the gentleman from IIIm ,Ntr ,.f,
and wish To second them
The question being on the rneaaro ~
the resolution
The same received uaasarr
The SPEAKER The chair VitI rau.e
committee on the part uf the uau...
at a later time
ON motion by Nj snow n Mars ur
Adjourned until 10 n'rlnt. t.,......