Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-13
From the State House.

BOSTON, wednesday, April T.
The time of the senate was principally taken with
discussion of the bill authorizing the Trinity
church, of Boston, to sell its church property on
Summer street and the bill finally ordered to a
third reading The resolve in aid of Dukes county
academy, and the bill to incorporate the Tempeton
savings bank were ordered to be engrossed The
bill to incorporate the Mount Tom and East Hamp.
ton railway company was ordered to third reading
The house, by vote of 80 to 109, objected to any
movement leading to the repeal of the state tax on
incomes. Mr. Beard of Brookline, alone among the
chief speakers of the house. advocated such action
He made a good speech in favor of such sensible
legislation, and was replied to by Messrs. Cogswell
of Yarmouth, Brown of Adams, and others, in op.
position TO the proposed repeal. A discussion OF
quite another character followed in the proposition
to incorporate Jenny Collins and others as the
young women's apprentice association Messrs.
Bower of Lawrence and Mutt of Natick reflected
very severely on Jenny, who looked down from the
gallery with indignation in her eye. She was
charged with rude conduct in the committee room
and insinuations were made to her discredit, and
there no one to defend her, so the house voted
very strongly not to give her a bill.
The committee on railways reported leave to
withdraw the petition for a railroad from Bolton
10 Orcester; 1neXpedlent the order relative to
changing the sign boards over highways at cross
ings at grade railroads. a bill to incorporate
| the Brighton branch railroad company with a cap
ital not 10 exceed 900 O00 bill to incorporate the
| Forest river railroad company in Salem, with a
capital not exceeding $4,000; bill to extend the
| time for the organization of the Marbehead and
| Lynn railroad company. Other committees re-
ported bills to supply the town of Woburn with
| pure water, and TO incorporate the Stockbridge
| savings bank.
The resolves releasing the board of education from
from
fund to build and furnish Normal school boarding
houses at Framingham and Bridgewater; giving
from the treasury $1,000 to the Massachusetts char.
liable eye and ear infrmary; giving S1574 towards
building soldiers monument on the Antietam
battle ground; paying for certain books furnished
the state prison. and for paying state aid to Matilda
French and Harriet N. Lee, were severally passed
to be engrossed, as were also the bills giving the
clerks OF the supreme and superior courts in Bos-
ers Of the Easthampton library association The
reports adverse to action on the petition
of Josiah Quincy and others, for a peoples CO.
operative savings bank, and on q bill concerning
| peoples banks and other registered associations
and bill concerning registered cooperative asso-
cations Orders were adopted requesting the
treasurer of the commonwealth to report to the
house what arrears, if any, are due from the
treasury of the commonwealth to the school fund,
on account of the premium on gold received for
interest on securities owned by the fund.- and which
has not been credited to said fund; and that the
judiciary committee be instructed to con.
slider If the laws in relation to the
panies requires to be amended, Bills were
introduced on leave to incorporate the young mems
christian association of Gardner; and to change
the name of the Boston corn exchange to the Bos-
ton commercial exchange. Several petitions were
presented asking that the adjutant general be en-
powered to issue supplement to the records of vol
unteers to the list of those who served in the
navy during the rebellion from this state
The state police committee continued its investi-
CATION to-day, but nothing especially interesting or
out Of the usual course occurred except the refusal
Of one Of the witnesses, named Michael Carney, of
Boston, to answer question put to him by the
committee The question was, "Have you ever
paid any money to any state constable, and do you
know OF any corrupt practices or improper conduct
of the state policep The witness was drunk at the
time, and refused to answer. In the afternoon,
Senator Fox, chairman of the committee, offered
an order to authorize and require the president of
the senate to issue his warrant commanding
the sergeant-at-arms to arrest Michael Car
ney, and have his body at the bar of the senate
forthwith, TO answer for contempt in refusing to
answer the questions put to him. The order was
laid on the table and ordered to be printed Carney
was at the state house in the afternoon with his
counsel and stated that he would not testify unless
arrested and compelled to. The committee were
authorized to sit during the sessions oftne legislature
until April 10th.
1t is understood that the committee on railways
are about to report in favor of the extension of the
Worcester and Gardner railroad to Winchendon.
They could not well do otherwise, for no more Just
and honest railroad project was ever brought to
the attention of Legislators than this Yet a most
INSCRIPTIONS lobby is actively at work to defeat
this measure, and what is styled the Blood combinu-
dllOn VI tne tUcnDurR interest Is desperately at
work to prevent, if they can, Winchendon from
having direct communication with Worcester, and
for no reasons in the world except those of a most
selfish and sordid character.
Speaker Jewell was called away to Connecticut
to-day and left Mr.. Sanford, of Taunton. in the
chair He gave notice that he should be absent
two days, and appointed Mr. Sanford to occupy his
place on Thursday and Mr.. Train, of Boston, on
FRIDAY. Some fifty or sixty members visited Salem
ms forenoon, and after inspecting the Peabody in
sttute and the first meeting house of Salem which
Is reigiousy preserved in its original frame, of
course fell in with the ubiquitous and genial DIR.
Loring, who invited the whole party to his house.
where they were Hospitality entertained.