Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-12-22
NEWS BY MAIL.

The Wool Growers and Manufacturer
national convention held in Syracuse, N. Y,
Wednesday adopted resolutions in favor Of
the continuation Of the present tariff on
wool.
interview with M. Theirs Wednesday. He
received them with affability and promised
that religious equality should be maintained.
The Springfield Republican. which has
been the only prominent anti-Grant paper in
New England, comes down very handsomely
in view of the Presidents Message and posi-
ton on Civil Service. 1t says: sHis mes
sage to Congress on that subject, restores
him to public confidence in that matter and
makes him the historical leader, the inaugu-
rator, of Civil Service Reform" And again:
at is greatly to his credit, and will add large
ly to his popularity and strengthen his pres.
tige tor the next campaign"
The funeral of Henry T. Tuckerman took
place Wednesday morning at the Church of
All Souls, in New York. The Rev. DIR.
Bellows pronounced funeral Grafton. The
eulogy was concluded by reading Mr.. Tuck
erman's poem entitled "Lines to Mary" The
remains were taken to the train for Boston
and will be entered in Mt. Auburn cemetery.
A Mrs. Mcclure and two infants, twins,
were found on the morning of the Sth inst,
frozen to death in a howell near Bennington,
VT. The husband was away on drunken
spree, and the seven remaining children, the
youngest ten months old, were huddled
around the stove, which was destitute of
fire.
A cable despatch received at the Merchants
Exchange Boston, states that the ship Gen.
Chamberlain OF Bath. Me-, Capt. Morse,
from Guanape with cargo Of guano for
Hamburg, has been totally wrecked at Hack.
She touched at Falmouth, England, for or
ders on the 9th of December, and was lost
Chamberlain was a fine ship of 1861 tons
register, built at Bath in 1869, where she
was owned by Mr.. j. P. Morse.
Mr.. Hoar's Bill.
Mr. Hoar's bill in the interest of labor
passed the House on Wednesday by vote of
1874 yeas to SO nays. The bill as passed
reads as follows:
A bill to provide for the appointment of
commission on the subject OF labor and the
division Of the profits of labor between
labor and capital in the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
lea in Congress assembled, That there shall
be appointed by the President, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, . COM
mission of three persons, Of whom one shall
be practically identified with the laboring in.
terests of the country, and who shall be Sc
leeted from civil life solely with reference to
their character and capacity for an honest,
impartial Investigation; who shall hold Office
for the period of one year from the date Of
appointment, unless their duties have been
sooner accomplished; who shall investigate
the subject of wages and hours of labor and
the division Of the joint profits of labor and
capital between the laborer and the capitalist,
and the social, educational and sanitary con-
dition of the laboring classes of the United
States, and how theJsame are affected by the
existing laws regulating commerce, finance
and currency. provided that the said COM
missioners shall be appointed irrespective Of
political or partisan considerations and from
civil life.
Section 2.-That the said commissioners
shall receive an annual salary Of $1,000 each,
shall be authorized to employ . clerk, and
shall report the result Of their investigation
to the President, to be by him transmitted to
Congress.