Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-02
From the State House.
The SENATE Refers lHr. Crane 30 Ihe Next
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COmmitIee-An Extraordinary Days
Work i'm the HOuse-AII GEae Matters in
the Orders of the Day are Disposed Of

BOSTON, May l, 1872.
With the advent of this gentle month comes
quickening of the legislative machinery, for
the general court has not dOue a better days
work this year than that of to-day. To begin
with, the senate, with all its traditional dignity,
referred Mr.. Edward Cranes memorial touching
certain aspersions on his character to the lee is
lature of 1873. Senator Boardman wanted his
associates to reconsider the engrossment of the
state police bill so that he could move 10 strike
out the provision allowing the chief constable
to appoint his deputies and give the appointing
power to the governor, bat his associates de-
elned. The bill to authorize the Eastern rail.
road company to take some of the land of that
neighboring corporation, which it loves so
dearly, to increase its terminal facili-
ties in this city, was debated, and Sem
ator Safford's bill was substituted for
that reported by the railroad committee
The order for the appointment OF joint special
committee to sit during the session and report
TO the next legislature on certain effects of beer
drinking, was pretty decidedly rejected. Among
the bills ordered to be engrossed were those in
addition TO an act to regulate railroad crossings
the Standish monument association; for the i'm
provement of the commonwealth corner lott
of flats in Boston harbor; and to dissolve GER
tain corporations. The senate refused to concur
in the house amendments 10 the bill to limit the
term of service of Jurors, and to the bill to fix
the compensation of officers Of courts The
committee on woman suffrage reported "inex-
pedent on sundry memorials for the extension
of the rights of women" Mr.. Towne adds that
he asseuts to this report only because lac thinks
it too late in the session.
The house made surprising progress, and un-
less unforeseen obstacles intervene a final adj
journment by Saturday is certain. The princi-
pal matters disposed of were the railway bills of
the state commssionership's committee, the
first being the bill TO provide cheap morning and
evening trains TO and from Boston, which was
so numbered with amendments last evening"
The house appears disposed to try the expert
ment, despite the arguments against its praclic-
ability, and the bill was ordered to third read
ing with several friendly amendments, one maxi
ing il applicable to all the cities of the state and
another providing that the trains need not be
will take season tickets apply to have them run.
The other two bills, one relating to railway
freights and the other TO railway fares, were dis
posed of nicely, by the substitution, on motion
of Mr., Potter of Worcester, of resolve for one
of the bills, directing the railroad com.
missioners to consider the subjects covered by
both bills, and report to the next general court.
As a consequence Of this action, the other bill
was rejected. A proposition by Mr.. Ely to
amend the tax bill SO as to require towns and
cities to send in their taxes two months earlier
than they have heretofore, called ont rather
caustc speech from the chairman of the finance
committee in which the action of Mr. Ely's
committee concerning financial matters was
criticised sharply. Mr. Kimbal asseyerated
roundly that that committee knew Substantially
nothing of finance, but that they caught at II
straw, aud imagined themselves in a whole oat
field. The question of the collection of taxes
on bank shares was brought up again by a mo-
ton to substitute for the bill before the house
the first senate bill, which continues the coec.
non OF the taxes through the banks themselves,
at the rates fixed in the towns where the banks
are located. After thorough discussion. the
mouse refused the ubstitute, 1870 to 70, and the
Dill was ordered to a third reading.
In the afternoon the house cot rid of MINER
Gus dis and resolves, more in fact, than at
any session for weeks. Among the papers
ordered TO be engrossed were the resolves direct.
ing the railroad commissioners to report to the
next legislature on the subjects of the iranspor.