Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-14
The Leglslature--Extra Session.
The Insurance Bill E'as.es the House.

BosToN, Friday, Dec. -.
The general law under which insurance COM
panies may form in this commonwealth was
finally passed to be engrossed by the house to-
day, and under suspension of the Jules, sent
Immediately to the senate, which body will
have it up for consideration tomorrow. The
feature of the bill which provoked the most de-
bate was the final section, which establishes ter
ritorial limits within which insurance companies
must limit their risks. This section was re-
tanned by a decisive vote.
Mr.. Abbott, who assumes to be the champion
of the dear people and the injured policy holders
in the solvent companies, was strengthened in his
efforts to retain this section by Capt, Jernegan
of Edgartown, Hammond, the critical Cambridge
lawyer Hoyt of Athol Cogswel and others.
Mr.. Barker of Pittsfield made good argument
against loading down the otherwise good bill by
TINS territorial regulation, which he said would
prove imperative in cities and disa lYantageOuS
to the companies with small capitals. He was
aided in his opposition by MesSrs. Palmer and
Quincy of Boston and Thompson of Gloucester.
MIR. Barnard of Worcester unsuccessfully en-
deavoTed to have an amendment carried which
would accomplish in measure the advantages
sought to be obtained by the territorial section
without its objectiOna features. tits thought the
senate will make some changes, and that the
bill will thus come up once more in the house.
The house made short work Of the matter of
salary, passing a resolve under which members
are TO each receive 5000 for their labOTS during
the extra session, the speaker and president OF
the senate 10 get $500 apiece, and the cbapans
500 each Messrs. Upham oil Spencer and Pot
ter of Worcester thought the salary lar too
liberal, and sought to Illustrate the movement
by a call of the yeas and nays. But the house,
| ..+.,l.r h., 81.
and nays called, and by a decisive vote passed
the resolve to be engrossed
The next election sermon will be delivered in
the hall OF the house OF representatives, the
house. on motion of Moses Kimball, so voting
to-day. The occupation OF the Old South for
post office will only hasten 4 movement to
abandon The annual election parade and preach.
ng at the church, which was nearly doomed by
the vote last winter, when a majority OF the
house voted it was ineXpedent TO have election
sermons anywhere,
The senate adopted an order requesting the
| insurance commissioner to report TO the next
| legislature the dividends, premiums, losses and
amount OF capital invested in insurance compa-
| MES in the state Tor the last forty years. The
bill concerning the liability Of officers of insur-
| ance companies was rejected, and the bill con
| cernlng tue adjudication OF assessments by mu-
| tual companies was engIossed in Il new draft.
| The committee of conference on the bill to Cs-
| that they were unable to agree on the clause
| which relates 10 the rights OF railroad compa-
| MES to lay tracks into the burnt district, and
| they were discharged and new committee APP
| pointed.
The house having fooishly allowed resolu-
ton TO be admitted which is intended as a cen
| sure of Senator Sumner opened the door for
| other political business, which MIR. Potter OF
| Worcester awaited himself of to-day by offering
| a resolution cOndemnng the interference OF tue
| United States government, by its troops in the
| government of some of the southern states His
| request to have them referred to the committee
| on federal relations was refused. The set of
| buncombe resolutions which were Slipped in be-
| fore quorum was gathered, the other day,
| would have met with similar fate if attention
| had been called TO them at the time. The Sum
| ner resolutions have history, and if the polti-
| cal curtain should rise suddenly 1t would reveal
| something like demagogue performers. they
| have no business III the house at all This
| special session was called exclusively for
! fire legislation, and if the committee on
/ federal relations do not show their respect for
| the divine fitness of things by recommending
an indefinite postpoU9ment OF the uncalled for
resolutions, It is TO be hoped the house will CON
| sign them to the waste basket and shut off a
| season of buncOmbe speaking. To show how
| some interest is buSy "workiag up" this mat
ter it is only necessary 70 state, that while the
| important matters which are egitimately before
| tue legislature nave not peen thought OF SUI
ticient interest to telegraph even briefly to the
| country, these buccaneering resolutions were
| telegraphed in full to the New lorh and Wash
ington press before they have even been reported
on. A Hearing" was had on them to-day by the
committee, and, though but few members were
| interested enough to DO present, the influences
| interested have FASTENED TO send the uuimport.
ant talk and speeches at this "hcaIine" in full
| to the Washington and New York newsp lpers.
| There is an axe grinding for somebody who
! keeps discretlv in the back ground,
| Both houses adjourned till eleven A. NJ to-
morrow, and are not ready to be prorogued by
| the governor this week,