Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-06-04
BAY STATE LEGISLATURE.
Tho Endowment Qaestion in tho House,
and Other Matters Discussed.

Tho Endowment Qa~stion Ia the House,
and Other Matters Discussed.
Boston, June A-The assessment endow
ment bill was taken up. and Mr.. Bsrrett
moved his substitute bill to Close up the
orders as relates TO the endowment
features He spoke of tho line OF duty
and responsibility upon which the legisla-
ture was called to act for the honor Of the
state In reply to question OF Mr.. Ches-
ter, whether the committee had not re-
moved tho worst clause of the law. he said
the worst clause was the enacting clause
Az TO the provision for representation for
b000 delegates In q district, IL would rsot
apply to twenty-five Of the twenty-nine
orders, for they do not have large enough
memberships He spoke Of the strict
government regulation upon banks, insur-
ance companies and 30 on. and contrasted
IL with the easy terms accorded to these
orders.
Mr.. Butler offered substitute for the
house bill TO restrict the sale OF liquor by
iInholdcs and common victuallers, claim
ing that IL was better ad apted TO aSeom-
plish the desired result nd more satisfac-
tory to many prominent temperance men,
Mr.. Chamberlain objected that It was not
germane to the order on which the bill
was based. and urged that the bill OF the
committee should be supported. The mat
Ter then went over until Tuesday. The
Important section Of the bill Is that II
censes for the sale Of intoxicating liquors
to be drunk on the premises shall not keep
or sell such liquors In liquor saloon or
In any building, room, apartment, or place
in which the selling Of such liquors Is the
exclusive or principal business.
Onght TO pass was reported by tho
finance committee on the resolve for con-
solidating the election laws; on the bill TO
authorize Bridgewater to lay out high
way over land OF the Bridgewater Normal
school, ON the resolve for Toulouse at
the agricultural college; on the bill relat-
ing to the state board Of arbitration;
ought not to pass on the bill relating to
commercial feed stuffa
The judiciary committee reported ought
to pass with amendments on the senate
bills relating to street widenings and to
authorize the Park Street society to
acquire tombs under 1t and forbid further
burials.
Without debate the house accepted the
adverse report on making election day
legal holiday.
The high water service bill for Cam
bridge was engrossed under suspension
of the rules.
No debate occurred on the resolve for
biennial elections and essions, and IL was
rejected by 10 yeas to 81 nays. not the
necessary two-tbirds. In the main the
vote was on party lines, but eight Demo
Gratis voted yes and sixteen Republicans
voted no.
The committee on federal relations re
ported favorably on the resolve for an ex-
hibit Of road-making machines, etc. at the
Worlds fair.
The committee on water supply reported
BIN authorizing Improvements In Sud-
bury river. Ia westborough and Hopkin-
ton. as asked for by Boston.
The bill providing that the warden Of
tho state prison shall appoint all his
subordinates was engrossed.
The Hutchinson interchangeable
mileage ticket was advocated and opposed
on the same lines that were followed
yesterday.