Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-11
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE.
500
FRIDAY, May S-I24th day /.
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| SENATB-Afernoon Session.
Ihs Senate resumed the consideration of
The Kansas Resolves. Mr.. Churchill, of Nor
folk, moved that the further consideration of
them be postponed to the extra session, which
which would probably be called. Mr.. Bon
ney, o. Middlesex, and Mr.. Greene, Of Frank
lin, opposed the postponement. If the re-
solves were ever to be passed, now was the
| time. For one, he was as well prepared to
now as he ever should be, Mr. Warner, of
| Hampshire, took substantially the same
views on the subject
| Mr.. Churchill and Mr.. Bonney had colo
! guy on the matter of courage aud cowardice,
| and Mr.. Bonney said an imputation OF party
motives did not come with good grace from
those who had been frequently in conclave
for party purposes. Mr.. White, of Middle
| sex, rebuked MIR. Bonney for this assertion,
and denied that there had been Republican
meetings ON the Kansas matter.
| Here followed general fusillade of ques-
| tons and answers, and jokes, and sharp
| thrusts on the subject of party action in the
| present Legislature. Mr.. Taft, in reply to
Mr. Ushor said chat there never had been
caucus of the Republicans to consider the
question Of the amendments of the Constitu-
ton.
Mr.. Harris, of Plymouth, favored the post
ponement of the Resolves.
Mr.. Turner, of Norfolk said he belonged
to the only party, (the American) that en-
dorsed Charles Sumner, last fall.
Mr.. Hoar desired to ask the Senator if they
did not claim that they ought to be paid for it,
Mr.. Turner denied that the American party
had made any bargains.
Mr.. Taft reminded him that q leading
American paper in Boston had declared that
every Senator at the Board, except ten, had
been elected under bargain, and that the
Norfolk Senator was one of those SO elected.
Mr.. Sabin, of Berkshire, said that the party
to which he belonged, in 1874 numbered, in
his town, four voters. He was an anti slay.
cry man, and his constituents, he did not
doubt, expected him to vote for aid to the
cause of freedom in Kansas. He intended to
do SO.
Mr.. Hoar said there was technical diff
Guilty in this postponement. He said the ex-
ira session, if held, was not to be continu.
alton of the present session, but distinct
session, and that if The matter was postponed
to that time, it would have to be proceeded
with as an entirely new matter with both
| branches.
| Considerable discussion ensued on the point
suggested by Mr.. Hoar
Mr.. Churchill finally withdrew his motion
to postpone until the extra session.
The question being upon passing the re-
solves to third reaeing, Mr.. Rogers moved
to strike out the first, second, third, fifth and
sixth resolves, and insert two resolves, the SUBJ
stance Of which is that $50, 900 is appropri.
ated, to be used by the Governor, by and with
the advice of the Council, for the purposes
indicated in the original resolves, in case of
an emergency arising
On this amendment the yeas and nays were
ordered.
Mr.. Albee said that the amendment placed
the matter in new aspect He wanted time
to examine it, and he supposed other senators
did SO, He therefore moved to Law the sub
jeet on the table. This motion was carried by
a vote of Is to II.
The bill relating to trustees under railroad
mortgages, and the bill to prevent the iraudu-
lent sale Of personal property, were passed to
be engrossed. After some other unimportant
business, the Senate adjourned.
HoUsE.-In the afternoon, the Tunnel loan
bill was laid upon the table.
long debate took place upon the report
inexpedient to legislate on the order relative
to buying goods of commission merchants.
and on bill offered as substitute by Mr.. ],
| A. Novel; The substitute was rejected, and
the report accepted.
The bill for a State tax of $3.50, 1913, was
ordered to third reading.
The oil to establish, and in most cases m
crease the salaries of judges and registers of
probate, was debated at length. The preyi-
Gus question was at last moved by Mr.. Tai
bot of Boston. Several amendments were
offered but all were rejected. The bill was
then refused third reading by vote of 80
to Sc. The House soon after adjourned
SATURDAY, May 9.
SENATE.-PaSSea to be EngroSseR.- Bills, to
increase the capital stock of the Oxford War
rem, Taunton, Old Colony, Quincy Stone.
Mount Wallaston, Mler's River, Mechanics,
Hopkinton, Dedham, Conway. Brighton Mar
ket, Wrenthnm, and Cape Cod banks.
The bill increasing the capital of the Eagle
Bank, of Boston, $500 900, offered in place
of the report leave to withdraw, was adopted,
read once.
Bills incorporating the Fisherman's and the
Corn Exchange Banks, of Boston, were sub
stituted in the place Of reports leave to with.
draw, adopted, and severally read once.
HoUsE.-A bill was reported concerning
the Cherries River and Warren bridges, pro
viding that the control and the charge of the
bridges may be assumed by the cities of Bos-
ton and Charlestown, after the $500, 900 of
repair and construction fund shall have been
raised by tolls, and the bridges made free-no
part of the income of the fund to be used in
the payment of superintendence. The bill
gives the cities respectively power over their
proportions Of the fund, which is to be allo-
Gated by Stephen 2. Fuller of Boston. The
cities are to give bonds to the State for the
proper expenditure of the income of the fund
and repair of the bridges.
Mr.. Lee of Charlestown, moved the adop-
tion of sn order that -, with such as the
Senate may join, be constituted a committee
with full powers, to make such arrangements
as may be deemed proper and expedient, on
the part of the State, for the reception of the
| President ard Vice President of the United
| States, the members of the Cabinet, of Lieut..
| General Scott. or other distinguished stran
| gers who may visit the state on the occasion
of the celebration of the 18th of June next,
and the Inauguration OF the statue of General
Warren on Bunker Hill. The order was
adopted
Sundry bills were advanced stage, and
reports accepted, among them that declaring
1t inexpedlent to institute a geological inves-
tigation of the sandstone of the Connecticut
valley.
There was nothing debated which possessed
any public interest, and the House adjourned
until 10 o'clock on Monday.
A New Po1NT UNDER THE LIaUoa Law
! Josiah Emery, of Canton, was tried at Ded.
! ham, in the Court of Common Pleas, for sell
4 ling one quart of cider TO one O'Brien. The
! sale was clearly proved, but, on cross exam.
| ination, the fact came out that it was sweet
cider, whereupon Mr.. Sennolt, who appeared
for the defense, begged the court to instruct
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