Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-27
resolve was tabled. pending final pas
sage.

! before the Senate S. D. 100. Resolve
| in favor Of the Bangor State Hospital
for maintenance and other purposes,
| tabled pending final passage and rec
| ognizes the senator from kennebec,
| Senator Wadsworth.
Mr.. WADSWORTII: Mr.. President
I offer Senate Amendment a and move
its passage.
The Secretary read Senate Amend
ment A to s. d. 3S7, entitled Resolve
| in favor of the Bangor State Hospital
for maintenance and other purposes:
| Mr.. WADSWORTH: Mr.. President,
| I offer Senate Amendment a to 5. u.
| 3S7, entitled Resolve i'll favor Of the
! Bangor State Hospital for mainte-
! nance and other purposes:
Amend said resolve by striking out
the last paragraph and substituting in
place thereof the following: Provid-
| ed that the governor and council may
| by order, upon recommendation of the
trustees Of the said institution, trans
fer any unexpended balances of any
of the above appropriations to meet
deficiencies in other appropriations for
| said institution.
Mr.. HINCKLEY of Cumberland:
Mr.. President, I move that the matter
be tabled.
Mr.. WADSWoRTH: I will say. Mr..
| President, If you will allow me. that
this is just an amendment allowing
the council to transfer from one thing
like salaries to maintenance, or from
| maintenance to salaries, 1t there is a
surplus in one account and defloit III
the other, that they may transfer
money from one account to the other,
Mr.. HINCKLEY: Mr. President, I
| ha full
the matter. My only reason is that l
do not want the governor and council
to Iegislate. / will take it off tomor-
row morning. l just want to study II
for that purpose and make certain
that thev are not the Legislature.
The PRESIDENT: The pending
| ouestion before the Senate is on the
motion of the senator from Cumper
land, Senator Hinckley, to table tnls
matter pending the adoption of the
amendment as offered. Is this the
pleasure Of the Senate?
The motion was agreed to, and the
matter was tabled, pending adoption
of the amendment.
Mr. WADSWORTH of Kennebec: Mr..
president. 1 am not speaking 10 any
motion and not for the record. L JUST
want to say that it is desired 10 at-
tach this same amendment to all the
appropriation bills 1t is to have the
different departments, and the differ
ent institutions, If they nave snort
age perhaps in maintenance and sur
nlus in salaries, this enables them, by
. consent of the governors and council
to use the money appropriated Tor one
thing for the other. but does not In
crooca or diminish the total.
Mr.. HINCKLEY of Cumberland: Mr.
President. if I may reply through the
Chair, there have been many matters
before the committees this year when
indicated that it was the purpose OF
some to desire to take away from the
LEGISLATURE it's rights. Now we can
we'll disagree on policies as members
OF this Senate and as members OF 'ne
House of Representatives.; but II
seems to me we must all agree tha'
tho LEGISLATURE should function in ac-
cordance with the Constitution anu
the executive branch the same. am
not suggesting that this comes from
the executive branch, because the mat
ters have been presented by members
of the Legislature perhaps not reallI-
ing in some instances the fun purpor'
am not sure of just the full sig
l
to make certain. In connection W.T.
this 7 might say that l probably VIII
| disagree with some members OF the
Senate in regard to appropriations
have a. notion, Mr.. President and gen.
tlemen. that it may be, goo3 politics
to go out before the people and say
I'VE kept the tax rate down.
But have notion that when
the people of tie State OF
Maine come to the conclusion
that for many years past Legisla
lures have been keeping the tax
rate down at the expense of the
health and the lives of it's citizens
who have no political power, then the
people will say something.
am going to say now. regardless
of any policy adopted by the commit
tee on appropriations, or any other
committee. or by the Governor and
Council. that l shall stand in favor
of raising sufficient money to save
the lives of hundreds of boys and
girls and men and women who a: e
today dying in the State of Maine
J and whose blood is upon our hands
who are dying with tuberculosis, be-
cause, playing politics in the Legis-
lature of the State of Maine and by
Governor and Council they have beer
) able to go onto the platforms OF
|, halls and churches and say 1--WE kept
the taxes right down" I am oppos-
ed. Mr.. President. to any policy that
will permit the intolerable condition
to continue down at the State Schoo
for Girls in Hallowell. where more
than fifty per cent of those girls are
suffering from infectious diseases ant
cannot be cured because we will moi
give them an infirmary.
am opposed, Mr.. President. to 2
, niggardly policy for the purpose ot
playing politics. which says to those
.. oor unfortunates up in the insane
asylum in Bangor. that you will be
; compelled to live under those unsan-
itary conditions because YOU have nc
; vote and no chance to express YOUR
selves. and no political influence.
; Now I want to make myself plair
on it. The committees can do as they
wish; the LEGISLATURE can vote as il
wishes; but If l stand alone 1 ar
. going to be square and honest anG
stand and vote for the people who
cannot vote to protect themselves
and the others can continue to play
; politics as they have for the past
twelve years. (Applause).
Mr.. WADSWORTH: I do not know
,, TINT am in order
The PREESIDENT: You are as
much in order as others have beer
for the last few minutes
Mr.. BARWISE of Penobscot:
G2ising) l just
The PRESIDENT: VIII the Sen
ator from Kennebec Yield?
; Mr.. WADSWORTH: I Just have q
few words in regard to this ma tier
,, | am not taking issue with the Sen.
| ator-
The PRESIDENTS: There isn't any
Senator Wadsworth.
Mr.. WADSWORTU: I would like