Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-23
From the State House.
BosToN, Monday, May %, 1871.

BOSTON, Monday, May %, 1871.
Gen. B. F. Butler, who desired to deliver speech
on the fisheries suggested by the treaty with Great
Britain, was kindly granted an opportunity by the
chairman of the committee on federal relations The
order introduced into the house on Saturday for
the purpose Of making this opportunity has not
been acted upon by the senate yet and the commit
tee hearing to-day was therefore premature But
as the treaty may be ratified by the United States
senate at any moment it very necessary for the
speech to be delivered Immediately. The general
read from printed notes, and attacked the treaty on
general principles. The fishery clauses he believes
to be inequitable, the Alabama ones to be unjust,
and the general tenor of the document to be in the
favor of the Britishers. He does not believe in the
proposed board of arbitration and THINKS that our
claims in greater danger than OF being ig-
nored. The chief consolation of the gentleman ap-
pears to lie in the fact that the treaty ii confirmed
by the senate will never be ratified by the house.
Both branches met at two O'Clock this afternoon.
The senate concurred in the house amendment to
the bill concerning the manufacture and sale OF in
toxicating liquors, when the BILL as amended, was
ordered to be printed, and motion was made for
reconsideration in the concurrence which went
into the orders of the day for tomorrow. 1t was
decided to hold two sessions day, hereafter. be-
Legislative day.
The committee on the treasury reported that the
resolves in favor of the disabled soldiers employ.
ment bureau that for supplying breechloading arms
to the volunteer militia and the bill concerning the
use of the Jail at Greenfield for female conyicts
ought to pass. The committee mercantile affairs
reported reference to the next general court of the
bill for supplying the town of West Roxbury with
water. The committee on intoxicating liquors re-
ported a bill in addition to an act concerning the
manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors, au-
thorizng the state commissioners in Boston to sell
liquors in the same manner, and under the same
ditions, with the sale by druggists.
The sergeant-at-arms made a return Of the war
rant for the arrest of Henry Emery, to the effect
that said Emery had been discharged by order of
the supreme court. The motion to reconsider the
vote accepting the report leave to withdraw on the
| petition of Dexter s. King contesting the seat of
w. d. Park, was advocated by Messrs. Rhodes, of
Bristol, and Tenney, of Essex, and was lost by
vote OF to z. The resolution concerning the pub
hcaton of the list of Massachusetts officers and sol.
diers IN the late war, after considerable debate,
anu penolng several amendments relative to
the distribution Of books, was recommitted N tho
committee on military affairs with instructions TO
report the same in new draft The state police
bill was discussed at length by Messrs. Thaver.
of Worcester, Monroe, Of Roxbury, Crosby. OF win.
iamsburg and others, disposition being manifested
10 make the force one hundred instead Of seventy
as established by the house No decision was reach
ed, and the matter will be further discussed to
| MORROW
An attempt to get rid Of the state board OF rail
road commissioners, who appear TO stand in tn,
way Of certain railroad corporations, developed
| to-day. An attempt was made by Messrs. Brinley
OF Charlestown, Burnap of Dunsfable and Putnam
Of Worcester to get order introduced directing
the committee on railroads to report bill abolish
ing the Office of railroad commissioners. Messrs
Kellogg Of Pittsfeld, Sanford Of Taunton, Baker o
Beverly, Hurd Of Birmingham and Tarbox 0