Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-04
From the State House.
The Sennte's Brief SiOry-A Wasted
Hour in the House The Cadets''s as UNI,
Dinncrs-Thc New Daily PaPer-NiIs-
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BOSTON. March 9 1877

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BosToN, March 2, 1871.
The work of the senate today will require
about the usual amount of space in the routine
reports, but little was done that is worthy OF
mention in your columns. The committee of the
judiciary have made up their minds that the bill
to establish a district court 10 northern Worces-
ter ought not to pass, and so reported. The bill
to establish the first district court of eastern
Worcester was amended so as TO leave out the
town of Upton from the judicial district. The
question of how much money shall be spent in
repairing and remOdeina the county court house
at Greenfield, which from all accounts must be
a rather tumble down affair-has been mooted
in both branches. The committee originally re-
ported in the house that forty thousand dollars
should lie borrowed for that purpose. Then, on
the representation OF the Franklin county mem
bers that thirty thousand was enough the hg-
ures were cut down TO that amount, and now
the senate has increased the amount again to the
original sum.
Bills were passed to a third reading amending
the charter of the trustees Of the Worcester
academy, reviving the charter of the Worcester
and Shrewsbury street railroad company, es-
tablishing the first district court of Eastern
Worcester, authorizing the Franklin library
association to transfer its property to the city
Of Lawrence, and changing the name of the
Weymouth and Braintree institution for savings.
The bills to increase the capital stock of the
Fitchburg railroad company, increase the
salary of the assistant clerks of the court of
Worcester, and to establish the central district
court were passed to an engrossment.
Among the wasted hours of the session in the
house must be counted the first hour of to-day
which was spent in an entirely futile effort by
Mr.. Iowne and Mr.. Cogswell to get the house
to meet on Monday. Mr. Towne first attempt
ed to induce the members in whose towns there
were meetings to stand up and be counted. Fail
ing in this, he moved a reconsideration, and
that gave chance for lot of buncombe speeches
1t appeared that the latter were quite as ready
as the former to take days vacation, and very
wisely no reconsideration was had The hour
was, perhaps, not wholly mis-spent, for during
the time some new business was introduced and
number of petitions read. OF the latter, a
majority were from the northwest corner of the
state, and in favor of the Messrs. Shanlys petit
ton for relief from the burdensome conditions
of their Hoosac Tunnel contract. After getting
into the regular business, not much was done
except to act on the unimportant matters These
have been so numerous for several days as to
leave larger residuum each day of debateable
bills. One Of them was dispatched to-day, how.
ever,-that relating to military escorts. This
bill is aimed at the cadets dinners
on election day which are paid for by the state.
Originally the money was paid directly to the
troops and they paid for theiE-67SwT6 TIii5pars
During the war the amoTnt was swollen RI
tvv;ce rho orioi,oI av,o,,.-- 'Int was swollen 10
'"l0e the oilSluai INT, and it is now between
eisut nunu'eo o nine hundred dollars year.
luz o''i was passed to a third reading. Mr.
j." 'uoio">5 III Newton, injected into the debate
a., Jrte charge-that the state paid for the
I'm" drank by the cadets, and so stultified
itself, being nominally a prohibitory common
wealth. In response TO this loose talk two mem
bers Of the corps, Messrs. Goldman and Quincy,
of Boston, emphatically stated that the gentle
man from Newton had been grossly misin-
formed. The house also tackled the bill which
was introduced TO give some countenance to MIR,
Charles Burrill's long standing claim against
the city of Boston for enlisting substitutes for
the late war. The committee on the judiciary
reported against it, The house listened to a
speech Of an hours length in its favor, and
another one of fifteen minutes against it, and
then adjourned. A good thing was done to day
in refusing permission to introduce an order
relative 10 compelling railroad compa-
MES to use patent brakes and coup
lings, which one of the Boston mem
beers wished to put in, and which would have
gone to the railroad committee and occupied
some of their very valuable time. Mr.. Phillips
protested that his committee had all they could
do to finish up by the FIRST Of April, and there
was scarcely vote in favor of adding to their
burdens. The house will adhere rigidly to the
rule which excluded all new business after the
22d of last month
The new paper, the Daily Globe, will have
burst upon an eXpectaDt world (of newspaper
mem before this letter is seen by your readers.
The proprietoTs have fitted up the old transcript
office, 92 Washington street, very neatly, and
start in really good style, so far as external
appearances go. As to what the paper is 10 be
uaiO NV say lnuNnj tftu NJ IulS lute 0Our,
when Mr.. Ballou's staff is already at work upon
the first number, but, judging by the amount
and quality of ability, editorial and re-
portorial that is said to be engaged, it does not
look as il any of the established newspapers
would have to close out business Immediately
on account Of tie new papers appearance The
leader in the enterprise is Mr.. M. NJ. Ballou, Of
pictorial paper and st. James hotel fame, who
has associated with him his son, MIR NJ. Il. Ballou,
who is a broker; Mr.. Lewis Rice, the proprietor
Of the American house; NJ. s. Klous, a hat and
cap dealer; Mr.. Cyrus Wakefield, the rattan mil
lionaire; Mr.. s. II. Niles, the advertising agent;
MIR. II. Il. Townsend, q wealthy patent owner
and manufacturer; Mr.. L. d. Jordan, the lead
ing dry goods merchant, and another gentleman
These are first class men, all of whom are capa
bic of paying up readily when the supply oil
funds run low They start with paid.in CAPT
tai Of one hundred thousand dollars, of which
one-half has been spent in furnishing the
Office. They have purchased a new four
cylinder press, and are said to have
good facilities. But they are shut out from the
associated press, into which there is hardly
money enough in any one mans pocket In ios.
ton to buy admission, and will be at q great
disadvantage running against the old dailies
| with their well organized offices aud long cs.