Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-06

Of this Office. They have not yet been
acted upon. l do not wish to block
1 up our docket or delay matters here.
II is matter that can be very quick
Ely disposed of, and / ask that this lie
on the table, be retabled and assign
ed specially for tomorrow morning.
The matter was agreed to.
! The PRESIDENT: The Chair now
lays before the Senate III. d. LAP, Re-
solve in favor of Northern Oxford
Fish and Game Association. tabled
by Senator Sprague. The question is
on the adoption of Senate Amend
ment "a" The Secretary will please
read the same that it may be perfect
ly intelligent to the Senate.
(The Secretary read Senate
Amendment "A.")
Mr.. SPRAGUE of Piscataquis: Mr..
President, l oppose the adoption OF
that amendment at this time. This
| is a very important matter. The
| facts are simply these: 1t will Grip
pie that department very much to
,, take that out of the funds. but if that
law stands, then it may be done.
Now we have a hearing this after
noon at two o'clock to repeal that
law that passed through here this
winter-it was three or four weeks
on it's passage here on everybody's
desk and they knew all about it, but
we have had a bill presented to re-
| hot To- sesv,e he
from two to five dollars, the fees of
nonresident fishermen. So I ask to
have this tabled until tomorrow
morning on account of that other
matter.
Mr.. THOMBS of Penobscot: Mr.
| President I do not care to discuss
the matter of tabling it. l would like
to know, the title suggests to me as
to whether or not the Northern OK
ford Fish and Game Association,
whether this is now a State owned
fish hatchery?
| The PRESIDENT: Can the Sem
ator from Piscataquis. Senator
Sprague, answer the question of the
| Senator from Penobscot?
Mr.. SPRAGUE: 1t is not, but it
ICO~OPcIdtcS Will SAlC olotSs ANhh' ~
| ident, and in harmony with the State
| in every way and the State is per-
fectly willing to aid it, the depart
ment is perfectly willing to aid it and
think it is for the benefit of the State
to do that, but it is opposed and the
department cannot permit its funds
to be crippled any more than it has
already by this Legislature.
| The motion was agreed to and the
matter was specially assigned for
tomorrow morning.
additional Proceedings will be
found in the Legislative Record.)
| The PRESIDENT: The Chair lays
before the Senate a message from
his Excellency, the Governor. The
Secretary will read the communica-
ton from the Governor:
April fourth,
1921.
To the Honorable Senate:-
l return herewith without my ap-
prevail Resolve in Favor of the
President and Trustees of Bates Col
| lege."
Bates College is an institution of
which the State of Maine may well
be proud. Its Board of Trustees, it's
| President, and teaching staff are per-
| forming services of great value in the
! education of the youth of our State.
: Colby and Bowdoin are doing the
same. The State, however, in my
opinion is not in position to contri-
butte to the aid or support of al,
these splendid institutions and should
not, at the present time at least, con-
tribute to any of them. for the State'a
resources are limited and it's tax
payers overburdened. %.
| Our State is committed to the pol
icy of maintaining one large insti-
tuition, although that institution is
not strictly speaking a State institu-
ton. An appropriation of not less
than one-half million dollars. and
perhaps more, for the University of
Maine, will be passed by this Legis-
lature, and this is all that the State
under existing conditions should be
called upon to contribute for higher
education.
| A practical rather than a senti-
mental situation confronts us and it
| must be faced in a businesslike way.
The appropriation of 100000 in favor
of Bates College was not approved
by the Committee on the Budget and.
unless some impelling reason exists
for making an appropriation outside
the Budget report, this Legislature
should in my opinion refuse to act
favorably upon such matters. 1t is
necessary that the State of Maine
say mo" to many meritorious re-
quests for aid.
Respectfully,
| (Signed) PERCIVAL p BAXTER,
| Governor of Maine.
The PRESIDENT: The question
before the Senate Is, shall the re-
solve be passed notwithstanding the
objections of the Governor?
| The Secretary will call the roll.
| Mr.. Thompson of Knox: Mr.. Presi-
dent, may move that the resolve be
read so that the Senate may know
what it is.
] The PRESIDENT: The Secretary
will read the resolve.
| (The Secretary read the resolve:
Resolve in favor of the President and
Trustees of Bates College)
! Mr.. PARENT of Androscoggin: Mr..
President I mOye that the cOur,,pi