Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-02

N.I, 49,. !. LEA pdrllc LlartZed. he
suggested That some members OF the
Legislature were trying to outdo
others in amending the Constitution.
in order that they might "bask In the
sunlight of publicity
Mr.. Welch argued that no Chris
tian doctrines Of any sort could be
taught in the schools under the pro-
visions Of this amendment and that
schools which taught the Virtue OF
humility and love" would be de-
prived of State Aid whether the
school teacher were a Protestant or
a Catholic. You cannot show me any
old fashioned Yankee schoolmaam
who did not teach these Christian
Doctrines. said he.
Suppose in certain community
IL the Catholics pay ninety per cent.
of the taxes and two schools are
built up by the Catholics who fur
nish ninety per cent. of the children
! who attend the schools, under the
provisions Of this resolve Is it not
| true that the town could not appro-
| pirate a cent for furnishing drinking
water for these schools" asked Bis
| hop Walsh of the Maine Catholic
| diocese.
ut certainly is" replied Mr.. Brew
ster.
"The resolve is taking away the
| right Of home rule from the towns"
| the Bishop continued. He remarked
| that during the sixteen years he had
been coming to the Legislature this
] was the first time that he had been
''in the face of a distinctive anti
| Catholic movement"
Touching upon the situation in
Portland the Bishop said that when
! the call came to Portland in the
| World War every child in the Catho-
lie schools helped to buy Liberty
bonds to send our boys across the
ocean. The Catholic institute Of
| Portland had 105 boys who volun-
teered before the draft.
| Bishop Walsh asked Senator Brew
ster if he had ever heard him state
in public that he wanted money
from the cities and towns. to support
the Catholic schools.
| ut would cost the city of Portland
| SG14,000 to build buildings to educate
| the 5000 pupils who are cared for in
the Catholic schools of that city, not
| on the basis of our finely built and
| equipped high school but at an ex-
pense of $4,000 to $4,000 the room.
| tHt )lSHOD 'oIItIIutu. III N.CN va
| that think we are entitled to some
thing"
In the city of Augusta he said the
parOchial schools We're caring for SOC
children. 1t would cost the city
| 100000 to provide school accommo-
dations for these children by the city
end $4,000 a year for the city &c
provide the schooling for them.
Asked by the Bishop if Bates re-
! ccived state funds, the. Senator said
it did not; also that Bates in order
70 take advantage of an endowment
had given up its denominationaI
| character.
at has given UP its Christian
character" said the bishop.
Senator Brewster said that he re-
scented any assertion that the col
leges Of Maine lacked Christian
| character.
Bishop Walsh then told how he
had given the town CT Caribou the
use of the new school building there
to meet the temporary loss needed
through the destruction of its High
school by fire last week.
Discussing the State school fund
the Bishop said that he prepared an
| article showing how the fund was
collected and distributed and that the
Portland papers declined to print it
because, so they told him. they did
not want to tell how il was collected