Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-01-06
Boston Correspondence.

legislative caucuses and to the arrangements respecting
the government, most of which are desolate oil the
slightest foundation, and wide from the truth 90
eager they to get something on the SUBJECT hat
their reporters have, in instances, ntruded them
selves upon those bodes and, in Others have eagerly
gathered up and etaedthe most crude and improbable
reports. This, of course gives fine opportunity Tor
the lovers Of sport, play upon their creduy, and
there have been some decided ssses'' to the great
amusement of those who are behind the scenes. The
most that is publicly known, and well authenticated,
respecting the conferences, is that they have been con-
Quoted in spirit of harmony and con1escansion, that
active courtesy has prevailed, with earnest and SIN
DESIRE on both sides, to make such arrangements
as will insure the successful administration of the State
Government for the current year, and pave the way Tor
such reforms in the State the public good requires
No doubt be entertained that Senator VIII
be elected Congress- and such one as VIII do cred
it HIMSELF the State, and to the body IN which he
will hold seat
The new Free Soil daily paper, ''The Common
wealth. came out the first ins and they now pub
lsh upwards of fve thousand copies day. 1t will be
conducted with ability than any other daily paper
in Boston. do not know that it is yet determined
who the responsible political editor will be, but IT is
understood that John G. Palfrey, Richard Hidreth,
Charles Summer, and other able writers will be con-
trbutors its columns. Its working editor is Elizur
Wright, who has achieved high reputation in the
Chronotype.
The Public will now have full and fair reports of the
proceedings of the Legislature from day to day through
the columns of esThe Commonwealth" am as
sured that reports will be much fuller than have here
H.. u aD1 bo "A
vested of the parzan character that has disfgured
them. For two past, the free soil members OF
the Legislature have been constantly misrepresented in
these reports without any of redress. In the
protested reports of the debates, their remarks have
been grossly caricatured in instances, in 9TH
ers they have been represented saying directly
the of what they did say, and again. where it
better suited partzan purposes, their arguments have
Seen entirely suppressed.
The privilege of occupying desks on the floor OF the
House has been abused in instances, in manner
that would have caused their expulsion from any body
in which the majority entertained proper sense Of
what was due to its dignity, and the rights Of all
its members. And this has been done in the conscious
ness, that, long Free Sellers only were the
sufererers, it might be done with mpunity
This state of things was one of the prominent in
ducemens Of the Free Soil men to have daily organ
OF their own in Boston. They therefore, made early
reporters desk on the oor for the use of the reporter
oil "The Commonwealth. But the request was re.
fused, and the four desks near the Speakers chair
were assigned, one of them to the Boston Post and
the others to three Wing reporters, although the re-
porter for The Commonwealth . was the first anil.
cant.
lhose who were connected with the publication
OF that paper, as well as free solers, generally
where it was known, we're justly indignant at this
attempt TO exclude them from the same prvileoos
which were granted to the other parties, and at
their request, the senior member of the Worcester
delegation, introduced order giving the use of one
OF those desks to the Oldest daily papers of each of
the three parties, and leaving the other accommo-
daons for reporters at the disposal cf the Sergeant
alarms. This proposition, SO manlfestly fair,
brought down upon the mover shower of abuse
from those who felt as the Paddy did when the Judge
assured him that justice should be done him.
This order came up for consideration this morning,
when 1t was modified by the mover, so as to provide
tor the appointment of committee, to consider
whether any further accommodations for reporters
were necessary, and also in what mode the occu-
pants of the reporters desks should be designated
The consideration of the order acaked nm Cant
Sleeper OF the Boston Journal, who thought it ough,
to be rejected in summary manner; that the house
had no evidence that all were not accommodated
who wished TO be, and that the right mode of in
Producing the subject if introduced at ALL would he nv
petition from any one who felt himself arprieved
Having made this effort, we suppose the Captain be-
came Sleeper again. We wish him comCorta-
bic snooze, and pleasant dreamsof the pleasures Of
negro-hnting, and of the duty and beauty of faa;.
tive slave aws-rbose fayorte themes of modern
wing editors.
Col. Schouler then came TO the rescue He claim
ed the seats for the reporters now occupying them
on the ground of prescrptve right, because the Leo.
lsature,some eight or ten years since, allotted them
fer that session, to the reporters of the four large
daily papers then existing in Boston, and talked as
patheiicaly about their bengturnedo out their seats
as ifthey in reality bad any claim to them. Each Of
these gentlemen, in turn, was replied TO, accordo,
to the tenor of their speeches, respectively, when
the vote was taken on adopting the order, and it was
adopted BY 50 large majority, that even a count
was not asked for. We may hope, therefore, that
the Free Sellers will soon have the same prviIeoa
for reporting 80 far one paper is concerned, that
the other parties have, and that the Wings will not
be permitted to monopoze three quarters of all the
accommodations, TO the entire exclusion of the Free
Soil Press.