The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14
FIRST WINTER MEETING OF
TATNUCK FARMERS CLUB

Hon Ledyard Bill of Paxton, delivered
an essay before the members of the
Tatnuck Farmers club yesterday
morning, favoring biennial sessions of
| the legislature. The meeting yesterday
was the first of the series to be held
once a month during the winter The
meeting was called to order at 1890 by
the president II. E. Rich, and secre-
| tary, H. w. Moore. The morning ses-
sion was opened with an essay by Hon.
| Ledyard Bill, who spoke on the sub
| ject, Are Biennial Sessions of the Leg
| lslature Preferable"
| MI. Bill spoke first on the aftirma-
| tive side and then treated the question
| from the negative standpoint. one OF
| his arguments in favor of biennial
, session of the legislature was the
amount of money that could be saved
as the cost of each session to the state
is $500 900 as at the present time ses-
sion of the legislature is held every
year what could be saved by holding
the sessions every two years could be
turned to other uses. He then said
| that of all the states in the union Mas
sachusetts and Rhode Island were the
only two where a session of the legis-
| lature is held every year
| Speaking further on the subject Mr.
| Bill said the persons most interested in
| the annual elections are those who de-
| sire to make money out of corpora
| lions by granting them franchises and
other privileges which in some cases
| they would have to so without or walt
| for such a length of time that when
| they did get them it would be too late
! to use them to advantage. He said half
| the amendments that are being at
tached to laws are hurtful to them in
| some cases. as they take away the real
meaning of them and make the law a
blind.
! Discussing the subject from a Mega
| tive standpoint, he said the only reason
| he could see for an annual session Of
| the legislature was to teach new MEM
! bers the business of law making. In his
| opinion that business should have been
| learned before they aspired to seat in
| the Legislature.
| At the close of Mr.. Bills address the
subject was discussed at length by
members of the club, the floor being
taken by j. p. Eaton Of Auburn Other
members who took part in the discus
| sion were H. R. King Of Tatnuck FL
Hot Moore of Tatnuck and w. w.
i Clapp of Tatnuck.
| At 1890 the morning session adj
| journed and dinner was served by the
| lady members of the club. The com
mittee in charge of the dinner was:
Mrs. H. R. Kinney and Miss Eva
| Prentiss. They We're assisted by Mrs.
G. H. Watson, Miss Amy Williams,
Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, Mrs. w. A.
Morrow and Mrs. II. Z. Rich.
The afternoon session was opened at
go with an essay by S. B. Parsons,
who spoke on the subject "Observa-
lions in nature and their mathematical
relations" Mr.. Parsons paid a tribute
to Niagara Falls and the Niagara
River, and told of the vast amount of
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| which is going to waste that could be
used in the running of machinery and
| in the manufacture Of electricity. He
/ treated the subject of the law of gravi-
/ tation and told of the comforts en-
/ joyed by the human race through that
| law. He then spoke on the Missouri
and the Mississippi Rivers and told Of
| the vast changes that are made by
those rivers at times through the
( in some places and add it to land in
others.
At the close of Mr.. Parsons speech
I the members of the club passed the af-
/ ternoOn discussing several important
articles. The subject of investing
money in home industries was treated
! by O. b. Hadwen of this city and then
came a discussion of the appropriations
/ for the benefit of state lands, which
was treated by Charles Parker Of
| Holden. who claims that this state has
| been sighted in the matter. The dis
cussion as to the best way to extermin-
ate the san Jose scale created a very
/ lively debate, some members Of the
| committee saying that if the pest could
not be eXterminated it would be neces-
/ sary to cut down the trees and burn
| them, thus destroying their food sup
! ply.
/ After the discussion the meeting ad-
| journed. The next meeting will be
! held Jan. Il.