Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-08
THE LEGISLATURE.
Quiet Day of Routine Business
in Senate and House.
Men Beseiged State House for Registra-
ton in the Labor Bureau-Tax
Commissioners Report
Especial Dispatch to The snvl

Boston, Feb, THE day was quiet
and uneventful in the legislature.
The scenes about the capitol were en-
livened early this morning by a scram-
BILE for registration in the labor bureau
of the civil service commission.
Three thousand men spent the night
on Beacon Hill, waiting for chance to
register as laborers in Boston. The
| commissioners have now 1000 names Of
persons who have been registered who
are waiting for jobs for the city, but
under the law, they must add 500 names
every three months. and today is the
regular date for registering them.
Between 3 and 4 o'clock, Sunday af-
ternoon. the men began to arrive at the
state house, and by morning the line
had stretched from the door on the Bow
dom street side, up through the state
house park, under the arch on Mount
Vernon street, and thence down Han
cock street. thus practically surround
ing the extension.
The attaches of the office arrived at
Z o'clock, and Immediately stamped 500
applications consecutively. They then
permitted $500 to depart until three
months hence, and notified the first 200
to remain, while 200 were told to come
on Tuesday, and the remaining
100 on Wednesday. The work of regis
tering the first 200 then began.
The committee on labor held an exec
utive session today to talk over the in
vestigation of the textile industries The
committee decided that it would not be
able to take up the matter until after
Wednesday, as on that day they have a
hearing on the fines system and on other
matters. Tt is intended before the hear
ings are begun, to formulate series of
questions which shall be asked Of the
manufacturers, in order to confine the
hearing within proper limits, and pro-
duce as little friction as possible. 1t is
the intention of the committee to go to
New Bedford and investigate as early
as is possible after Wednesday,.
In accordance with the custom of sew
eral years, Gov. Wolcott will hold re-
ception, open to all, on Washington's
birthday, Feb. %, in the executive
chamber in the state house, between the
hours of IL and 1890
IN THE SENATE.
The committee on harbors and public
lands reported a bill to make the salary
Of the chairman of the harbor and land
commissioners at $4,000, and of the re-
naming members at $500 each.
The committee on military affairs re
ported favorably Senator Brigham's
bill for an unpaid commission to inves-
tigate and report on armories and state
ranges.
The committee on state house was
discharged and the bill to increase the
salaries of state watchmen, was re-
ferred to the public service committee.
On the question Of the reference of
the petition for school teachers re-
urement fund in Boston, Senator Roe
of Worcester moved that it go to the
committee on mercantile affairs in nom
concurrence, the house having referred
II to his committee, education. The mo-
ton prevailed.
Ought to pass was reported by the
committee on cities on a bill to pro-
vide for election of the Superintendent
Of streets in Lawrence by popular vote.
On motion of Senator Roe of Worces-
ter, the senate reconsidered and re-
ferted bill relative to the apportion-
ment of the school funds to the COM
mlttees on education and taxation, sit
ting Jointly. The house sent it to the
first alone.
Without word of debate, the senate
receded, and referred the order for an
investigation of the engineering depart
ment to the committee on state house
in concurrence.
senator Dallinger of Middlesex offered
an amendment to a bill relative to ad-
Vertising hearings before legislative
committees to except Suffolk county
from the provision that only two papers
in county may publish any one notice.
This was attacked by Senators Cook of
Worcester and Irwin of Hampshire,
who argued that to place any one notice,
in two Boston papers was enough. Sen
ator Dallinger cited the Lowell bridge
hearing few years since, when the
notice appeared in no Boston paper and
only the petitioners appeared.
Senator George of Haverhill said this
matter had almost reached the proper
tons of public disgrace. One Boston
paper last year put in a bill for $270O
for only part of the session. He OPP
posed the amendment. BY a vote of g.
to 20 the amendment was rejected.
IN THE HOUSE.
The house met at o'clock with
Speaker Bates in the chair, but as soon
as the prayer by the chaplain was
over, Mr.. Bennett of Saugls was called