Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-04-16
From the State House.
Defeat of the Freight Detention Bill
sPirituaIism and Amherst COIIege-The
New State NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Horse
Railway.
BOSTON. Gnril IL 1872

MIR. Phillips of Salem was unscceSSful in his
efforts to have the Salem water bill reconsider
ed. 1t met with the extraordinary fate of defeat
on its enactment stage yesterday, and the mem
Der from DanyerS reiterated his charge of sharp
practice by the Salem men at the expense of
Danyers, so effectively as to secure the house for
his side of the local controversy. Mr.. Phillips
was equally unfortunate with his bill CON
corning the detention of freight cars by consig-
nees which was taken up to-day for the third
time, and at last permanently fixed, being re-
jected almost unanimously. There was an i'm
preston, which the chairman of the railroad
committee could not efface, that the bill was too
much in the interest of the railroad men; and
while holding the owners or consgnees of freight
to strict account, failed to apply equally strin-
gent regulations to prevent delays in forward
ing freight.
The house, which is always disposed to be
fair, after settling the previously mentioned
bills, took up the bill to incorporate the Boston
SpirimalistS, which was so unceremoniously and
justly substituted for the hostile report by the
committee on parishes and religious societies,
The bill, which was the one submitted by the
Spirituaists themselves, was Invested of consid-
cradle surplusage, to make it conform to the
usual legislative forms, and passed to its third
reading. The bill TO increase the salaries of the
Suffolk county district attorneys and assist
tant was agreed 10, not, however, without
the protest of a Cape Cod member against the
alarming tendency towards increased taxation.
The StandiSh monument association, who seek
an act OF incorporation, are regarded in the
light of an Odious land monopoly, and their
case has been referred to the Judiciary com.
mittee.
large portion of the afternoon session was
devoted to the proposition to give Amherst col
lege 100000. When the resolve was reached
Col. Mutt of Natick said that he proposed his
vote for no further aid to institutions which are
not thrown open equally to both sexes. He was
ashamed that twenty-three young women of
this state are to-day seeking in New York, Ohio
and Michigan, the collegiate education which
was refused them in Massachusetts. He moved
as an amendment proviso that no money shall
be paid unless the college shall admit women.
Gen. Quincy of Boston (son of Josiah Quincy).
atoned for his vigorous opposition by sup
DIR. Breed of Lynn, an Amherst olttanus, fol-
lowed in similar strain. Mr.. Tyrrell of Wey-
mouth moved an amendment making the grant
conditional on the subscription of a sum equal
to the grant by the friends of the COLLEGE. The
food gates of talk were opened, and the house
was inundated. During the discussion two more
amendments were proposed, one reducing the
100000 to $4,000, and the other, by Mr.. Ely of
Newton, that the 100000 shall constitute per-
manent fund, the income to be used for
salaries and to assist worthy students.
without regard to their future intentions in
life. Mr.. Washburn, of Boston, made an able
speech of some length, the house voting to re-
lease him from the ten minutes rule, in favor of
the proposed grant He argued that it is the
established policy Of the state to aid the colleges
and asserted that Amherst had not been so well
remembered as some other colleges. Rev. Mr..
Eastman, of New Salem, a native of Amherst,
urged the passage of the bill without
the female proviso. The bill will be
further discussed tomorrow, when Mr.. Ely
who is president Of the Amherst alumni asso-
citation, will make plea for the resolve as re-
ported by the committee. Many members do
not approve of the policy of drawing upon the
treasury for a private institution. They argue
that Others will come begging also, and that the
best thing to do is to shut the cash box and say
no TO them all,
The joint special committee on the revised re-
port of the deputy commissioner upon the equal
izaton of polls and property, and the apportion-
ments of a state tax of $1,000 upon the cities and
towns, submitted a report in which they say
that on careful examination they are satisfied
that the principle followed is correct, and the
work properly performed. They recommend,
therefore, the passage OF bill according with
the computations Of the commissioner, MIR.
Gleason. The changes which this report will
effect in the apportionment of the state lax are
not very great, while there is a satisfaction in
knowing that the result does not indicate the
caprice of a valuation committee, but is based
upon the sworn returns of assessors, convey
ances of real estate, and a comparison of valua-
tons for the years 1869, 1870 and 1871. The
following table gives the number of polls, at
half mill each: