Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-15


relief Of firemen disabled in the service
of the city.
Mr.. Calendar of Boston offered an
order, authorizing the committee on
public health, to compel the attendance
of persons before that committee. The
order was adopted without debate, and
Immediately sent to the senate under
suspension of the rules
Leave to withdraw was reported by
the committee on military affairs on the
bill for the equipment of tine state mi
lltia with modern rifles.
Leave to withdraw was reported by
the committee on military affairs on the
petition of Mr.. Mellen of Worcester. to
prevent such persons from holding COM
missions in the state militia who may
be exempt from military service in time
Of war through public position held by
them. The same committee reported
leave to withdraw on the bill to retire
officers Of the volunteer militia with in
creased rank, after a certain term of
service.
Ought not to pass was reported by the
committee on manufactures, on the bill
for the protection of consumers of gas,
by providing that duplicate meter
readings be given the consumer.
Leave to withdraw Was reported by
the committee on probate and insolven-
cy on the petition of A F. Brown of
Westboro, for legislation to give pro-
bate courts jurisdiction of ali cases of
divorce, alimony, etc.
Bills were reported to incorporate the
Fitchburg Helping Hand Association
for Young Women, to legallze the pro-
ceedings of the proprietors of Dukes
County Academy for 1897; to prevent
danger from escaping gas from unlight-
ed gas burners by the adoption of safe
" appliances by hotels, when such are
ordered by the inspector Of gas me-
ters, to make call firemen in Lowell
eligible to permanent appointment. after
three years service without civil service
examination
Inc mouse concurred with the senate
IN the suspension of the rll!es to admit
the petition of the city of Everett for
legislation to compel Boston to rebuild
the Maiden bridge over the Mystic
river, and for an extension of the time
1or organization of the Western Hamp-
shire Street Railway CompanyHa
The house adopted the order intro
duced by Mr.. Phillips of Somerville
FRIDAY, allowing the use of the repre-
sentatives chamber in September next
for the convention of the International
Association Of Factory Inspectors of
North America
Ihe womaE's suffrage question, as en-
bodied in the Mary A Livermore peti-
tion for a constitutional amendment to
TINS end, was quickly disposed of by the
housa A motion to substitute the re-
soiVe Tor the amendment, for the ad-
verse report of the committee on con-
stitutional amendments. was made by
Mr. Grimes of Reading, and was defeat
ca by viva voce vote, without debate
Then the report of the committee was
accepted, without debate. and without
division.
The galleries. which were crowded
with women who had gathered to hear
the debate ON the question, could hard
ly realize that the subject had been dis
posed of. Those women in the CALLER
les, and there were quite number of
them, who refused to believe that all
was over, We're repaid for their unbelief
For after the house had proceeded with
other business, Mr.. Calender of Boston
came in from the lobby to learn, with
surprise that the subject had been
brushed aside without discussion. He
at once moved reconsideration of the
vote whereby the resolve had been re-
jected The house refused to reconsider.
but Mr.. Calender sought success on a
division of the house. and won on
rising vote, IS to 50. Then Mr.. Calender
moved that the resolve be substituted
for the adverse report of the commit
tee. He was informed by the speaker
that this motion had already been made
and rejected. Mr.. Calender was then
forced to make another motion for re-
consideration. that of the vote whereby
the house refused to substitute the re-
solve for the adverse report of the COM
mittee. This motion prevailed, and with
this combination of motions and votes,
the question was before the house for
debate
Mr.. Calender of Boston opened the
discussion, favoring the resolve upon
kt,A 4 s@fa sN,-
for the other sex They had proven the
equal of men in every particular, de-
clared the speaker. save in the practice
of stufflng the ballot box, of which ques-
tionable monopoly the men seemed
anxious to retain control.
Mr.. Saunders of Boston opposed the
resolve on the ground that the more in
telligent and progressive women were
not in favor of the privilege asked for. |
He disputed the constitutional right of
women to vote and held that this was
for the petitioners yet to prove.
Mr. Grimes of Reading, a dissenter on
the committee, was somewhat incensed |
at what he called the denial of the
house for a full and free discussion of
the question. Then he offered his ar
gument in favor of the resolve, on the
ground that women should not be taxed
without representation.
Mr.. Denham of New Bedford declared
that the women of the state didn't
want the proposed legislation, as had
been demonstrated by the vote two
years ago on the question Of refer
endunl.
ON motion of Mr. Hayes, 1t was voted
to close debate az 4.25, and speeches
were limited to five minutes. Mr.. Par
sons of Greenfield followed this vote
with an argument in favor of resolve.
He was in favor of woman suffrage as
equal suffrage, believing that the right
to vote was not limited to any particu-
lar class in the commonwealth MI.
Poor of Andover and MIR. Hayes Of
Boston followed Mr.. Parsons with brief
arguments for the resolve. The latter
scored the members of the committee
reporting against the resolve for no ex-
planatory word in justification of their
report They were like the committee
of 12 in Venice, who knew Of the verdict
for their case before it was presented
Mr.. Clarke of Wellesley and Mr.. Per-
ry of Natick spoke in favor of the sub
stitution of the resolve. Mr.. Fitzgerald
of Boston opposed 1t. Phe vote was
reached at 416 Substitution was re-
fused, A to 81 The call for the yeas
and nays was denied. The report of
the committee was then accepted and
a roll call again denied
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