Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-18
PATTANGALL TALKS
ON kLAN and SCHOOL
AT PlTTSFIELD MEET

gail continued 10 Tram HIS DdllSiS
against the Khan principles in its
invasion of politics, and opened fire
on Senator Brewster's proposed
amendment of the State constitu-
ton, intended to deprive the sectar-
ian schools of the State approprla-
tons.
Both meetings were held il filled
, halls this evening. Mr.. Pattangall
was accompanied by the Rev. Frank
L Phalen, who spoke at Pittsfield.
and by Carter B. Keene of Washing
/ ton, d. c.. who will campaign for
/ him. commencing this week.
!, Senator Brewster's principal eff
] fort in the last Legislature was to
j recommend an amendment to our
! Constitution forbidding the appropri-
| alton of money in support of Sec
! tartan schools.
| There are ten SUCH schoGis re-
| ceiving State aid at the present time:
/ five of these schools partly supported
| by Baptist societies; one by the
Methodist societies, one by Cniver-
salists, one by Quakers and two by
| Catholics. The total appropriation
amounts to $4,000. of which two
Catholic schools receive $1,000.
| lie 1dlIle CeIllIdt 1uSlllutS lOCdl-
| ed in Pittsfield, and in part support
ed by the Baptist societies received
from the State in 1923, $500 out of
the $4,000 already stated. If Sen
ator Brewster's amendment were
4 adopted the Maine Central Institute
would have one of two courses open
to it-either to abandon the support
of the religious denomination which
! founded it and has been its principal
! source of maintenance during it's en-
tire life. or lose the support which
! the State gives it. 1t has been the
| policy of the State of Maine from
| the beginning in accordance with the
provisions of our constitution to
make special appropriations from
time to time as circumstances of the
! people may require in aid of acad-
emics, colleges, and seminaries.
"These appropriations have made it
| possible for schools like your insti-
tute to supply the educational needs
OF communities like this. Senator
Brewster would abandon this wise
| policy for the purpose of taking away
! from ST. Mary's college at Van Blu
/ rem and St JoSeph's academy at
Portland, $1,000 which the State gave
these institutions last year.
IF it is improper to aid these two
| institutions the Legislature is under
no obligation to appropriate money for
| them. That is a matter wholly within
the judgment of the Legislature and
there is no need to amend our constitu-
ton and cripple the work of every
academy i'll Maine for the purpose of
keeping these two Catholic schools
from having State aid.
! But to advocate that course would
raise a religious issue so frankly and
| openly that the friends of Senator
Brewstcr's proposition preferred 10
| strike a blow at all of these acade-
mics, SO that they could acquit them
selves of being moved by a spirit of
| religious intolerance with the under
| taking"
| Mr. Pattangall also stated that Sen
ator BrewSter'S amendment would
have the effect in Legislature of de-
priving the 80 other schools undenom-
national of State support as well,
since the Legislature could not support
these without supporting the sectarian
schools.
Mr.. pattangall took up a discussion
( of Senator BrcWStcr's recent speech
on the prohibitory law.
/ No Prohibitory issue
/ 1
! ing Senator Brewster's speeches, as re-
! ported in the Press Herald, there is
! only one issue upon which he has taken
a frank stand. namely, the question of
! prohibition. | had not supposed that
/ there was any issue between the par
/ ties or between the candidates on this
! subject. In the course of his primary
campaign, Senator Brewster stated in
/ one speech that there was no difference
: in the stand taken by himself, Senator
! harrington or myself on the matter of
! enforcement, which is, of course, all
| there is of the prohibition issue at the
| present time and under present cir
cumstances. l do not know of any
! thing that should have caused him to
! have changed his mind concerning this
matter.
I'm a speech made a few days ago,
| he stated that il he was elected gov
ernor he would continue the same earn
est, honest enforcement of law that
had characterized the administration
of Governor Baxter.
"In reply to that proposition. I
called the attention of the people of
! Penobscot county to three matters
that seemed to me to be of public
; interest. First. that the evidence
! concerning the terrible condition
which existed in Aroostook County
/ and which resulted in successful
| criminal prosecution being instituted
against county officials. DIR. Charles
! Sleeper, collector of customs 'or
Maine had presented TO Governor
Baxter, all of the facts of which
these prosecutions were based, a
year before any action was taken
with regard to them and the evil
| dence so presented was apparently
ignored by the Governor.
Second. that conditions in Pcnob-
scot County during the past two
years have indicated an extremely
lax enforcement of the prohibitory
law.
Third, that conditions in Kenne-
bee county were such that Federal
Investigators had been obliged to do
a good deal of active work here and
had not received in that work any
cooperation from State officials.
Il added the statement that while
h&d no doubt that Senator Brew
ser was sincere in his position with
regard to enforcement that, If ! was
elected Governor of Maine and could
not procure any better enforcement
VI law tHdh Iau ESth uH-
der the present administration,
sFnuld feel called upon to resign my
Office
in tnday's paper Senator Brew
stcr says, or was quoted as saying
that he does not use any weasel
words IN stating his stand on pro-
hibition.
"Hc cannot make an issue with
me on this cl:es;i0n. The platform
of my party uGolited at Lewiston de-