Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-01
From the State House.
Resignation of senator IHaIc-EHects of
the Railroad Law-Ehe House Debating
Club.
BosToN, Feb. %. 1S7

BosToN, Feb. 80, 1872.
After an absence of about a month from his
seat in the senate, Mr.. Charles Hale has at last
sent in his resignation. 1t was read by Prcsi-
dent Coolidge to-day, and of course accented
and the voters in the district will soon have
chance to try conclusions as to who shall be his
successor. There is a large number of candi-
dates for the place aud nobody seems to be sure
of ii. Chilly" Park who was elected last year
would like to represent the Boston liquor sellers
again, of whom he is one, but he has too many
enemies in his own party for such prelerment.
1t is quite likely, however, that democrat will
be chosen. The senate had large amount of
business on hand and went through with it very
rapidly. The committee on the treasury report
ed in favor of increasing the salary
of the assistant clerk of the Wor-
cester courts. The committee on railways
reported a bill to authorize the Ftchburg rail-
road company to prepare for the business which
it is TO have bye-and-bye by increasing its capt.
tai stock 100000, or to issue seven per cent
bonds to the same amount. This money will 90
to the construction of the elevators and other
new depots which the line needs for the enlarge
ment of its terminal facilities The committee
on printing proposed plan to settle the print
ing contracts for the next two years, by author
izing the secretary Of the commonwealth, the
chairmen of the two committees CD printing and
the clerks of the two branches to take charge of
the matter. The present contract expires in
July, and the tribunals TO have power to make
another contract for two or five years thereaf.
ter.
An attempt was made again to-day to recon-
slider the beer bill, but it wouldn't work, and the
senate stands strong against the lighter sort
of intoxicants. The senate passed to a
third reading the bills to incorporate
the New England mutual insurance Ecom-
pany, to authorize the city of Somerville to
Issue additional water bonds. to incorporate the
Broadway savings bank in Lawrence, to revise
the charter of the Merrimack street railway, to
extend and change the name of the Brighton
branch railroad, and several other bills of minor
importance.
The benefcent effect of the general railroad
law, which was confirmed by the governor yes
terday, was made evident in the house to day by
the return of thirteen or fourteen petitions for
new railroads from the committee on railways,
together with reports that it is inexpedient TO
but which are made unnecessary by The act.
This shortens the legislature probably month
possibly for much longer time. Among the
petitions so disposed of were the requests of the
Marlboro people for their new road TO your city,
which may now be extended from Sudbury to
this city, thus making a new connection be-
tween Boston and the heart of the common
wealth.
The committee on railways also reported in
favor of the bill TO authorize Mr.. Winchester's
Ashburnham railroad company to extend its
line and lease its road. The committee
on state commissionerships, which seems TO
be devotng its efforts to rummagipg ont
all sorts of obscure abuses, instead of rev.
olutionizing the state after the Ben.
Butler fashion, sent in two bills to-day, one Of
which, if passed, will prevent the people of
Massachusetts from being swindled in the mat
ter of pot and pearl ashes; and the other will al
low proprietors of Duisances suppressed by the
board of health TO claim damages when they
have previously been doing an established bust
ness, whereby the Brighton butchers. whose
slaughter houses are closed up when thew be-
come too oppressive to be tolerated, may get
some relief from the state. The practical effect
of the bill will be to vitiate the efficiency of the
original bill
Something less than half bushel of petitions
were landed on the speakers table to-day and
sent off TO the committees. Nearly half of them
were for women's suffrage, and more than half
the remainder were in aid of the petition in be-
half of the Homeopathic hospital. None of
them were of more importance than the petition
in aid of the eighthour law by W. +. Mallalieu
and 1868 Others Of Worcester. Committees were
instructed TO inquire into the expediency of abo-
isbing the office of the commissioner of fisheries
and of furnishing maps for the use of the house
during the redistricting process.
The house got into a long jange of debate
this afternoon over the matter of paying $500 TO
little girl named Carrie o. Dakin, the orphan
daughter of soldier whose state aid was lost
by the blunder of an attorney, The discussion
turned upon the duty of the state to IFS soldiers,
and brought out great deal of buncombe about
the soldiers Of the republic, and probably more
members were on their feet than on any previ-
GUS afternoon. The committee on claims re-
ported against the claim, and vote was not
reached until hall-past five o'clock
Although the house is fond of debate, which
often runs very thin, "hat, stale, and unproft-
able" 1t does not shirk duty. Long daily ses-
sions are the rule, and the members very gen
orally stick to their posts to the end. Last year
it was no uncommon thing for the house to adj
journ after three hours session for want of
quorum. Intelligent observers of papers here,
venture the assertion that final adjournment
will be reached by the first Of May. At one Of
the committee hearings this morning, Joseph
H. Walker, Esp, of your city, who was present
TO state the reason why the Worcester academy
should have power to hold more property, ad.
yanced some radical opinions concerning the
exemption of property from taxation. He also
urged the great Importance of the study OF
drawing in our public schools. He joined with
several eminent friends Of education who were