Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-15
State Legislatures.

MASSACHUSETTS The General Court
met Wednesday. The Senate reelected
1 DR.. Geo. B. Loring, President and the
+ House chose once more Mr. Sanford to
preside over its deliberations. Geo. A.
! Marden, the witty journalist Of Lowell,
was chosen clerk of the House. John
Morressey, not the pugilst, was kept in
his place of sergeant-at-arms, rs has been
done for years.
+ MAINE.-The two houses met on We'd
nesday. The Senate elected J. E. Butler,
President, and the House elected w. w.
! Thomas, Jr., Speaker.
Gov. Dingley was inaugur;.ted at Angus
tn, Thursday, and delivered his address.
The finances of the state are represented
as follows: The receipts of the year, in
Guiding S379,762 on hand at the close of
1872, are $l,79S,S Sf; expenditures, ST.
Sc, 4j3; leaving a balance Of ; 49, 30 in
the treasury ut the close of 1873 OF the
expenditures, S43, 500 was on account of in
tercst, S2l4,7 08 on account of sinking
finds, and $40,O 900 for pensions, making
$685., + arising from the late war. The
sinking fund is Sj,8S2 CHA reduction of
/ S28i,494 during the year. At the present
rate of the accumulation of the sinking
fund the state debt will be met us it ma
lures, and entirely extinguished in 1899.
NEW YORK-The New York Legisla-
ture organized ut Albany the 9th, and
James g. Hustled. republican. was elected
speaker of the Assembly. Hustled and
/ Lieut.. Gov. Robinson made short speeches
in the Assembly and the Senate respect
lively. The message of Gov. Dix shows a
state debt of S2l, 19l $40 after applying
sinking funds, reduction during the
year of $4,195,346, and balance in
the treasury of S2,43l,450 on the 30th of
September. The expenditures for public
schools during the year amount to SO,
GAG, $50. while the number of pupils is | :
030,3G0. He recommends the improve
ment of the canals and the use of steam
as a motive power. Senator King intro
duced Il bill repeating the bankrupt law
\ resolution was introduced in the Assem-
bly, for the appointment of 1t committee to
examine into the alleged starving cOndi-
ton of the wOrking-men and their families,
and to report rs soon as possible what
measures can be taken to alleviate their
suiferingS.
PENNSYLvA Houses of the
Pennsylvania Legislature were organized
the 9th, and b. b. Strang of Tioga and II.
c. Mccormick of Allegheny. both republic
cans, We're elected speakers of the Senate
and House respectively. Gov. IIartranft' :
message shows the state debt to be S25.-
79S, 82l and the cash in the treasury 81 >
S25, Isl; the debt has been reduced 81
j04, 612 during the past year. The re-
ceipts of the year 1874 will be reduced 81 >
800 600 by the abolition of various taxes
while the expenditures will equal those Of
1873.
MARYLAND.-Both Houses of the Mary
land Legislature organized the 9TH Sena-
tor Longwell Was chosen temporary presi-
dent of the Senate, and Greenbury Wat
kins temporary speaker Of the House
Gov. Whyte, in his message. states that
the state treasury account for the tisca
year ending. October l. 1873. showed j
balance of S484, $40 after disbursing -
287,038, during the year. The state deb
is S10,741,215 and productive assets 81,
522.046, but to meet the surplus Of deb
over these assets the state has unproduc
tive assets amounting to 81, COS, 694, ;
good portion of which it is expected vii
soon become productive
TEXAS TROUBLES-At the election o
1873 in Texas the democrats We're triumph
ant. The republicans did not believe il
the constitutionality of the election law ant
made up case to test the matter. TIL,
Supreme Court decided the law unconsti
tutional and that the proceedings called al
election We're void
Gov. Davis of Texas sends word t,
Washington that trouble is unprecedented
and Texans now at the capitol are using
efforts to have the president support the
present government by military force,
In accordance with the terms Of the law
which the Supreme Court of that State hd
recently declared unconstitutional, thu
Legislature will convene on January Is
Il appears to be the intention of the demo
cratic leaders to cause the Legislature t.
convene on that day. 1t seems also to b.
the determination to depose Gov. Davi
on that day. Both parties seem to admi
that the legal term of Coy. Davis will no
expire until April %. However grea
may be the difference of opinion as to til
motive of the Court in their decision upon
the constitutionality of the election law,
would seem that to depOse Gov Davi
three months before his legal term expire
would be unquestionably a revolutionary
act Gov. Davis states that a band o
some eight hundred desperate character
are already assembled in the suburbs @
Austin, whose purpose it is to assist in tn
ernor has one company of colored militia
poorly organized and without any appro
priations for its maintenance
The president Monday sent the follow
: ing sensible letter:
GOV. DAVIS, Austin. Texas Your dispatche
and letters Ieciting the action of the supreme
of Texas in declaring the late election uncOnsttu
uona and asking the use oftro ,ps TO prevent al
pretended violence, are received. The call is nC
made i'll accordance with the constitution OF tn
United States and the acts of Congress under il
and cannot therefore be granted The act of tn
legislature oil Texas providing for the recent eet
ton having received your approval, and both pol
t teal parties having made nominations and havin
conducted al political campaign under its provi
ions, would ii not be prudent as well ight
submit to the verdict OF the people as express ell b
| their ballot?
- l.. :. GRANT
4 IN PRIsON.-Sheriff Brennan and Dep,