Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-26

~" puSStloil. on the proposition Of
ny puoilc FUNDS Tor any sectarian
purpose,
Now then, just few years after
this, along during the 40's and sos
ana GUS and 10s and sos the var
ious religious denominations began
10 heseech the State governments for
money and one after another of the
states passed amendments similar to
the re which is now under discus
Slon, or sometimes going very much
farther. Every one of these 81
states that have passed this amend
ment have an amendment that goes
as lar as this one. and most of them
go very much farther, that mo pub
TIC funds shall be appropriated for
any sectatlan purposes" Many OF
them go SO far as to say that no
public funds shall be appropriated
Tor any private purposes. | will not
weary YOU at this time by reading
many of those amendments, but ]
will call your attention to one or
two of them just for the purpose
of showing the style of amendment
that some of the other states have
adopted.
The constitution of Illinois says,
Neither the General Assembly nor
any county. city, town. township,
school district or other public cor
poratlon shall ever make any APP
preparation or pay from any public
funds whatever anything in aid of
any church or sectarian purposes to
help, support or sustain any school,
academy, seminary, college, univer-
slty or literary or scientific institu-
ton controlled by any church or sec
tarlan denomination Whatever
New Hampshire says, NO money
raised by taxation shall ever be
granted or applied for the use CT
the school or institution of any reli-
Gious sect or denomination"
New York says, Neither the State
nor any subdivision thereof shall use
its property or credit or any public
money or authorize or permit to be
Used directly or indirectly in aid or
maintenance, other than for exami-
nation or inspection, of any school
or institution of learning wholly or
in part under the control or direction
of any religious denomination or in
winch any UNCONVENTIONAL tenet or
doctrine is taught
So that at this time our Federal
government Is living under this pro-
position. and So of the states, and
these are of the largest states, are
living under this proposition. I
merely mention that in order that
you may realize that this is not SIM
ply an over night dream or bogcv
of the Imagination. This is a matter
which all the great states have in
dorsed and have written into their
basic law.
Some little wonder has been OK
PRESSED about the Hobbies and some
little chatter has been going on as
to the Inconsistencies of nv position
on this matter. wish n make il
perfectly clear that nv position s
this, that / stand for anv amend
ment that embodies this pronosition
that no public funds shah he ANNA
rriated for sectarian purnosos If #
is ncccssarl>to 60 further than those
words in order to Obtain that rcsnlt
then T will go f,,rthor ana yoto co.,
such an a-nendment ,bst e,ye 40
nubIic funds for INV n,i,.ota ,r
nosns" If tboro ,ra son,a g So re,
hora ,,ba 10 80 80, ~, - >
oui+o ca co.. 90 ~ So
nosition 70 !, ,,;to, ~, .I,i9 ~
and Viii ~, ,,.;i1, ~ ~" y.
- S,; 49,, NV ~ Noi''lile II d.
'ii.o,,i,,.; p''' y ''i''i ','"lCc ui'uet
taban,a @cc.d, Id II
'clclt : an III idNo 81 lndt.
- ~ !" IeNoi VI '"hHlS nan ioat
i"Il,e' IMAM no bread IL cannot get
nole IoaI'
nave no pa'lcn'e with those peo-
pc VINO are iusslhg about lncon-
s!SteI'c!eS. J am IN favor OF the
~ ot,osItIoii tlldt no luiius De used Tor
sec!dridh purposes, II l can get 1t,
anu II | cannot get lhat. then | VIII
.ahe what can get. 30 much Tor
lie III Isl reason why am Tor TINS
ahiehuileht.
MY second reason Tor being in
ldNor ol inns amendment IS That the
peoPle Oh the STATE OIL Maine nave
sno"h'-tne fepuplcans of the
H'aie OIL Maine nave SHOWN their IN
leIest IN TINS matter, ana by noml-
b ,,,9 ,h lrn," 9 tha; "S noN5'ilol ties
identicaI o,1ond,t,oot ~ e,it. silo
thon, The ;dontiooI ',p,.,r ,5 ~ ~
u,itbnu+ M oharmo ef ",,ie ei9 1ii ias
tho sn,on az 't 49, C ~ Wy Ma9
ste. nnndmntnh Ne. nu,, q iao, lDieM :,
~ ood dn,,,n ~ t.t-ta ,, vi an
crerv co,,nty nnd aI,,,ost ~ -, -
o,or,, sir,crIo tor,.,, -, .,,;I. 60. s
ducted :. ca,,n,irr,, :,
onno.itior =, 80, $3.50. ~ w. -
tbc ontiro naac,,i,1n .l,ioI, 60, ,'rci.i.
inc 1erai,,c+ HI, and ~ ros'''it ,.h,,,,,,
fiat tbo nenmia andorsnd Nc, ,o 5.ium -
on this OF standinc issno T s ro7l tbat
,vo nc Serotore of Tho Sta,o of ,1,ino
sho,,,a Inod ~ taI, ae ~ r'a,,,'io
ava e,,hn,it ne .n,ona,,o,t t0f Io
voted ,,,,,l,l ,.a,,,,ire.1 -, III
1ution ~ '''
~ +his ,oi,+ c,,orror ,,;i,i
ton wa. oenn,tad 10 :. sc,t ot tho
,irbt ,,f tho prne;io,', 'N
Nj IyAneIvnp,rII ~ t-,,o,,o,
Mr. prcsidcrt ,s tI,is pes,I,'a ,'I M. ~
do vim socta,ian ,,,S,it,,tinns To-, 80,