Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-01-29
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SMALL Pox.
The board Of health reports seven cases Of
small pox in the district in the last two weeks.
MORE ABOUT Mr.. HALE.
Secretary Fish will not withdraw the name of
Mr.. Hale unless he requests it, and that is not
expected. The subject will probably be brought
before the senate by motion to discharge the
committee from the further consideration of the
case.
A MOMENT OF FoRGETFULNEsS.
The senate, last Friday, agreed to take up the
apportionment bill Saturday, and vote upon it
finally at four A. NJ. Afterwards in a moment
of lorgetfulness, it adjourned over till Monday,
and it was previously agreed that the amnesty
bill should come up tomorrow. The apportion-
mGnt bill has lost its place. The urgency is so
great, however, that there can be very little
doubt that bill will pass in a day or two, and
the chances greatly favor the house bill.
NO POSTAL TELEGRAPH AT PRESENT.
Those who profess to be well informed say
that the postal telegraph scheme will not be
adopted this session. The remarks of Messrs.
Beck and Dawes, in the house, lock that way
very strongly. While the latter favors the
| Hubbard scheme, ne will not support the
| Crcswcl plan. The democrats of the house
are almost unanimously opposed to any inter
ference with private telegraphng, and there
are enough republicans who agree with them
on this point to defeat it.
NEW DEVELOPMENT.
| There is new development in the election
case of Bowen vs.. Delarge of South Carolina.
Delargc teegraphs that he is ill at Columbia,
and desires more time to get ready Tor Bowen.
Meantime, a third candidate in the election has
turned up here and claims the seat. The re-
turns give Delarge above 10000 votes, Bowen
over $4,000, and Thain the third candidate,
about 900 votes.
lie claims the seat on the ground that Delarge
is British subject, and took out papers at Mas
sau during the war, and because he is guilty of
the grcsscst frauds. Having got rid Of DeIarge,
this second contestant attacks Bowen and claims
that he also was guilty of great frauds and vio-
lations of law; aud, further, that he is a muir
derer, bigamist and iorger, and cannot be per-
mitted to have the seat Taken altogether, this
case is a very curious one.
| THE ADJOURNMENT VOTE.
The decision of the senate to adjourn at the
close of May cXeites much comment here BY
some it is thought to be protcctonst move
mcnt; others say it was desire to get rid OF
civil service reform. The fact is that senators
were acuated by various motives.
Some, no doubt, voted for an early adjourn
ment, thinking it safer, for the present tariff tC
shorten the session as much as possible; bu
most of them were influenced by one of two
reasons-either because they like short sessions
and always vote for them, or because they be
leVe it is safer for the republican party not 4
permit congress to remain in session after tn
Philadelphia convention.
Messrs. Anthony, Conkling, Hamin anC
siblc Adjournment, but the course of Mr.
Morton, and few others like him, is to b.
accounted for solely on political grounds. 1t il
extremely doubtful if the house agrees to TIN
resolution. II the republican advocates of tarif
reform vote against it, it cannot pass; for nearl,
every democrat will vote against it.
e Gen. Garfield, is of the opinion that an adjourn
ment in May is impossible, and so thinks Mr.
Dawes, if congress is going to insist upon
thorough revision of the tariff. Should the
house, in the course of a week, take up the res
oution and pass it, it will be a certain indica
ton that only small tariff bill will pass thi!
session, and that there will be but little egisla
ton outside the regular appropriation bills.
SAM WELLER.