Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-01-17
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE.

TUESDAY, Jan. 10.
-SENATE.-Among the petitions were those
of ]. Greenwood and l27 others of Mansfield,
for laws against the foreign population, and for
the maintenance of the honor and dignity Of the
Commonwealth, and of w. d. McFay and 9TH
ers, in behalf of Christian union, temperance,
education, employment, health and happinessl
Orders were adopted to refer the report of
the Commissioners on consolidating and ar
ranging the Statutes, to a joint special COM
mittee, and to consider the expedlency of
making pews personal property.
The resolve in favor of VIM. Stowe, late
Clerk of the House, was passed to be en-
crossed.
The order to assign time to ballot for U.
S. Senator, was taken up, debated land amend
ed, by appointing Wednesday, the 3lst inst,
and adopted.
A motion to reconsider the vote assigning
Jan. lst was lost by the casting vote of the
President.
House. An order was presented by Mr..
Wilder, of Brookline, and adopted, that the
Committee on the Pay Roll report what pro-
vision is made for the payment of the mem
bers of the two branches of certain sum of
money monthly.
Mr.. Slack, of Boston, moved the adoption of
an order providing that, in balloting for Uni
ted States Senator, members should be called
in rotation to deposit their ballots III the boxes
on the table in front of the Speakers desk
that their names should be checked in the Or
der in which they voted.
a motion to lay the order over under the
rule gave rise to considerable discussion, which
was renewed on a motion of Mr.. Slack to sus-
pend the 50th of the rules, which provides for
the laying over of matters of debate. The yeas
and nays were demanded on the suspension,
and ordered
Various motions were made and debated,
apparently with the intention of embarrass-
ing the action Of the House. Finally, the
Clerk proceeded with call of the roll, amid
much confusion. which was put down by re-
quest. lie was once more interrupted by a
third call for a statement of the question,
which the Chair answered. The result of the
vote was-Yeas 205, Nays 100 So the mo-
ton to suspend the rules was negatived-two
thirds of the members not having voted in its
favor.
Several members changed their votes from
the affirmative to the negative, and cice ueysa
many having no clear understanding of the
question.
IN CONVENTION.
Both branches met in Convention, for the
purpose of making choice of five Overseers to
ell the vacancies in the Board Of Harvard
University. Emory Washburn, of Worcester,
Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, of Boston, John II.
Twombly, of Roxbury, Thomas Russell of
Boston, and Henry B. Wheelwright, of Taun-
ton, had a majority Of the votes, and were de-
clared elected.
House. The question came up on the spec
| ial assignment when MIR. DEvEREUx of Salem
rose and proposed that the further considera-
ton of the subject of making choice of U.
States Senator should be postponed until
| Tuesday next, at u o'clock, noon.
He then read paper containing the views
| of the party for whom he acted, and conclu-
| ded by moving that when the question be TAX
en- it be by yeas and nays,
The motion of Mr.. D. finally prevailed and
the subject was postponed for one week.