Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-01-17
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE.
SATURDAY, Jan. Is.

SENATE.
Petitions Presented and Retered-Of Forbes
Kyle and others, for an act of incorporation as
an agricultural society of j. ID. w. Joy and
others, for an act of incorporation under the
name of the Massachusetts Universalst Con-
ventiOn.
Committee on Federal Relations. = Messrs
Draining of Berkshire and Daggett of Bristol
were appointed on the part OF the Senate on
the Committee on Federal Relations
A communication was received from the
Executive, for the use of the Legislature con-
tanning the address of the Governor to the
Council also containing an estimate of the i'm
provements on the Back Bay. Referred.
The orders of the day were taken up, and
the resolution relating to the Sergeant-at-Arm
took the third reading by a vote of IA yeas to
10 nays.
HOUSE.
The Presentation of Petitions, 8'c.-As usual
the Speaker announced that petitions, memori-
ais, reports, &C., were now in order, and papers
of this character were silently transmitted to
the Chair through the page in the customary
manner. The Speaker then announced pc
tition and motion for its reference, when Mr.
Gushing of Newburyport took the floor. He
SAID that two lines in the rules and orders of
the House had repealed all the guaranteed
rights of legislative bodies in this matter, if he
was to judge by the action of yesterday. He
then proceeded to defend the position taken by
him yesterday, restating his arguments, and
adduclng precedents established by the last
Legislature and parliamentary practice in sup
port of them. He now rose to enter perpet-
ual protest against motions being put by the
Chair which had not been orally announced
from the seats of the members making them.
He would not trouble the House, but in due
and proper time he should insist upon the above
mode of procedure.
The Chair thought the gentleman stated the
matter too strongly. Unless he was Mistaken
in the United States House of Representatives
petitions were not even announced by the
Speaker.
Mr. Gushing said he did not propose to argue
the matter at this time.
The Chair then announced the petitions
which had been handed in, some of which were
as follows:
Of j. S. Tobey and others, for an act to in
corporate the Eastern Submarine Cable Com
pany, for the purpose of laying submarine
Geographic cable from Cape Ann, Mass, to
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and also to incorpor-
ate the Boston and Cape Ann Telegraphic
Company, for the purpose of constructing a
line of telegraph from Boston to Cape Ann;
Of sundry parties, all for the enactment of
law that the rendition of fugitive slaves may
be by law prohibited in Massachusetts.
AT II o'clock the special assignment for that
hour-viz, the election of the Preacher of the
next Election Sermon-was called up.
MIR. Nichols of Roxbury presented statistics
showing that from the Baptist denomination
no preacher had been selected during the last
twenty years. He would, therefore, present
the name of Rev. L. d. Anderson of Roxbury
Mr.. Tucker of Boston called attention to the
fact that no Roman CothoIic had been chosen
for at least seventy years.
The Speaker decided that debate was not in
order, and appointed a committee to receive
and count the votes for a preacher.
They reported the result of the balloting to
be as follows:
Whole number of votes, 1856
Necessary to a choice, 50
Rev. L. D. Anderson cf Roxbury, Jog
Rev. VIM. r. Alger of Boston, y
Rev. J. L. Swallow, 5
Rev. j. n. Mars, 3
And several others, l each
Mr. Anderson was declared elected