Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-04-12
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crossed, an unsuccessful attempt was made 10
limit its provisions to the city of Boston. Mr..
Barnard did not desire to have the Worcester
speakers thought Worcester no more virtuous
than other cities, and after little discussion
Mr. Barnard's motion was rejected and the bill
ordered to be engrossed.
The bill to enable the iubilee people to put up
their coliseum came up for engrossment, when
Mr.. Porter of Revere mo yed to amend by a pro-
viso that nothing in the bill should be construed
to allow any lottery, game of chance or other
mode of gambling in connection with tue build-
ing. He made a speech on thisamendment, and
it appeared plainly that he is one of those who
didn't draw the Old coliseum. That lottery was
denounced as a swindle of the meanest kind, the
general management of the jubilee itself
was alluded to in very uncompli-
mentary TERMS aud Mr.. Cogswel was
also denounced for his part in allow
ing the coliseum bill TO come in under sus-
pension of the rules. The member from Revere
intimated that the chairman of the judiciary
committee deserved severe condemnation for
his connection with the subject before the house.
Mr.. Porter Mas pitching inlo the coliseum and
its friend in a terrible way when the speakers
gavel startled him out OF his hifalution and he
sat down. Mr.. Cogswell replied in a digniied
way to so much of the TRADE as affected him,
after which the amendment was almost unani-
mou;ly rejected and the bill ordered to be en-.
crossed.
Much Of the time of the senate was occupied
IN a.,
chusetts mortgage company. Messrs. Fuller,
Learned Frost aud Gen. Whitney favored the
measure, and Messrs. Long, Richardson and
Towey opposed it. During the debate the bin
was amended by provision in favor of mort
cages on real estate in this state. Mr. Richard
son expressed a fear that such corporation
would do mischief, and TO curail its power he
moved to strike out the provision Of the bill
which authorizes the issue of bonds Pending
action on this the subject was passed over
The bill TO incorporate the Miles Standish
monument association was ordered TO be en-
crossed, after the insertion of an amendment
specifying Captain hill" in Duxbury, as the
land to be taken by the corporators. The DuX-
bury people regard this movement with no favor
dult y - SuSpCGtlllS AilAb IL lduu speculation IL
at the bottom Of it; and it is pertincntly sug-
gested that the pilgrims monument at Ply
mouth had better be finished before beginning
any other project of the kind
The Highland railway bill was taken from the
table and specially assigned 10 tomorrow after
noon at halfpast two. Now we shall have the
issues covered by the general street railway
bill clearly presented, and few senators who
avoided committing themselves by plea of
waiting to sec what a general law would bring
forth will be obliged to discover their real posi-
ton. 1t is VIGOROUSLY true that the general
law was not discussed on its merits in the house,
but was killed in a spirit Of hostility TO the
opponents of the Highland railway.
Senator Torrey of Fitchburg introduced bill
to authorize Fitchburg to issue additional
water scrip, but it was referred, under
the rule, to the next general court Messrs.
Richardson, Torrey and Sdckney were APP
pointed as the committee of conference on the
part of the senate on the difference between the
two branches on the small pox bill