Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-07-18

lE LEGIsLATIvE.--In the House, yesterday FORE
noon, discussion sprang up on an order which
was introduced by Mr.. johnson Of Upton au.
thorizing the committee having in charge the re-
turns of the legal voters in the Commonwealth to
send for persons and papers, and take such other
steps as they may deem. necessary. In The course
Of the discussion it was charged that gross mac
curacies apparent in the returns, the town
of Palmer being instanced which returns 500
voters, when the fact is, there are not even so
many polls in that town. Ii was objected to the
order, that if the Legislature undertook to go
behind the returns which had been made to the
Secretary OF State, the session would be prolonged
Indefinitely, and the order was rejected.
The bill to apportion Representatives to the
several counties passed to be engrossed un-
der suspension Of the rules.
This bill gives Suffolk IS Representatives, Es-
sex 80, Middlesex 80, Worcester 80, Hampshire
8, Hampden Il, Franklin s, Berkshire Il, Nor
folk Excluding CohasseD 90 Bristol 20, Ply
mouth Gncluding CohasseD II, Barnstable g.,
Nantucket 2, and Dukes L
In the Senate, Mr.. Bonney of Middlesex rose
to inquire Of the President, if, during the recess
OF the Legislature, he had received any commun-
ication from the Governor.
The President said he had not.
Mr.. Bonney said he had noticed communica-
ton in the public prints, purportng to be adj
dressed to the Legislature by His Excellency, in
reply to the address for the removal of Judge Lor-
ing. The document must of course be forgery,
Mr.. Hoar said it seemed to hiIl, with entire
respect for the honorable senator from Middle
sex, that the Senate is wasting its time upon a
matter which does not call for its notice. He had
seen in the newspapers the document to which
the senator has referred. II is manlfestly one of
those buresques which in times of political ex-
citement are sometimes composed, with view of
bringing into ridieule individuals in high public
station who happen to have incurred political en-.
nifty We cannot, of course, suppose the produc-
tion to be genuine. 1t purports to be addressed
TO the President Of the Senate, but we are inform
- ed by the chair that no such communication has
been received either BY himself or the Clerk No
Governor Of Massachusetts be supposed to be
so unacquainted with official proprieti to ad-
dress another department or public officer Of the
Legislature through the newspapers It must be
a fabrication, or burlesque, and very poor one
at that. 1t is not well done in any respect, and
can hardly deceive anybody No person can sup
pose that such an indecency of expression to-
ward a coordinate department Of the government
could ever have been INDUCED in by His Excel
iency as IS cont aimed in this production. 1t be-
trays, too, ignorance Of the Constitution of the
Commonwealth and of the reasons which prompt.
ed the Legislature to request the removal Of Judge
Loring, which it seemed to him would hardly be
exhibited BY any Massachusetts citizen, much
less a Massachusetts Governor This forgery is
probably the work Of some foreigner not of TWEEN
ty-one years, or "eyen of fourteen years stand.
ing" as a citizen who seeks TO CRAFTY nersonaI
spite by endeaToring to pass it ofupon the public
He trusted the Senate would let the whole mat
ter drop.