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VOLUME 5. 
NUMBER 19 
SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1907. 
STATE HOUSE GOSSIP 
(By Our Special Correspondent.) 
The past week has been the most 
strenuous one of the session for the 
Legislature. Some of the most im- 
portant measures that this year’s Leg- 
islature had before it for action were 
given consideration. The fate of the 
Public Opinion Bill was decided; the 
Bucket Shop bill was ordered to a 
third reading ; the bill which provided 
for the abolition of capital punishment 
was rejected by the Senate but Sena- 
Vahey’s amendment was adopted ; the 
Govenor’s veto on the firemen Ex- 
emption Bill was sustained in the 
House by a good majority. 
The Public Opinion Bill which came 
up in the House on Tuesday and 
which took the whole day for its con- 
sideration, was attended with unusual 
incidents. Rep. Luce of Somerville 
and Rep. McEttrick of Boston were 
the main supporters of the bill, while 
Rep. Walker of Brookline and Rep. 
Turtle of Pittsfield opposed the meas- 
ure. The vote on the rejection of the 
bill was taken at four o’clock and the 
bill was rejected by a vote of 135 to 80. 
During the debate Rep. McEttrick 
accused the Speaker of sending the 
bill to the Ways and Means Commit- 
tee in order to have it adversely re- 
ported. The speaker brought down 
the gavel and the representative from 
Boston and the speaker glared at each 
other for the space of ten seconds. 
The Speaker, with a smile, again rec- 
ognized Rep. McEttrick, who started 
in on the same tack as. before. For 
the second time the gavel came down 
with a crash and the Speaker made it 
clear that any reference in regard to 
the bill being sent to the Ways and 
Means Committee in order to have it 
adversely reported would not be toler- 
ated as he, the Speaker, had to refer 
it to that committee under the rules 
of the House. Rep. McEttrick again 
began to speak when the gavel came 
down for the third time and he was 
told that his time had expired. He 
then went down to the Speaker’s desk 
to attempt to talk but was waived aside. 
It seems to be the general opinion 
among the representatives in regard 
to this bill that the people, taken as a 
whole, would not take the time to go 
thoroughly into different matters that 
would be referred to them under the 
provisions of this bill, and that the 
principal of the bill was distinctly 
against the present form of govern- 
ment under which this state and coun- 
try has prospered so greatly. Rep. 
Luce who is one of the ablest repre- 
sentatives in the state, was the father 
of this bill. Mr. Luce has the respect 
of the Legislators, but in this instance 
they believe, and it seems regardless 
of outside influences, that the impulse 
which lead him to introduce this bill 
was too radical and uncalled for. 
The debate on the capital punish- 
ment bill, advocated by Sen. Vahey, 
came up in the Senate on Tuesday. 
The bill itself was finally rejected, but 
Sen. Vahey’s amendment which pro- 
vides that in the trial of a capital case 
the jury may qualify a verdict in the 
first degree by adding, ‘ without capi- 
tal punishment,’ was adopted. 
The Bucket Shop Bill which created 
such a stir last year by the accusations 
of bribery followed by the expulsion 
of a Boston representative, was ordered 
to a third reading. There were sever- 
al motions to amend the bill, which 
would have endangered its passage in 
the House, but they were defeated. 
This insures, it is said, the passage of 
the bill. When it arrives at the Gov- 
ernor’s Office it will receive his signa- 
ture without delay as it is one of the 
Governor’s recommendations made in 
his inaugural address. The Governor 
is extremely anxious to have this act 
placed on the statute books. 
\The bill which provided for the joint 
use of tracks by street railways which, 
through Sen. Shaw’s efforts succeeded 
in passing the Senate, was defeated in 
the House by a vote of 45 to 159, 
The Shoe Machinery bill was or- 
dered to a third reading Thursday. 
Fourth of July Committee 
The Fourth of July committee of 
Manchester met Thursday evening 
and organized with E. P. Stanley as 
treasurer and E. W. Baker, secretary. 
‘ 
Manchester Firemen Organize 
The Manchester firemen met Mon- 
day evening when the board of en- 
gineers and the various companies or- 
ganized for the year as follows : 
Engineers — James Hoare, chief ; 
Geo. S. Sinnicks, 1st asst. engineer ; 
Clarence W. Morgan, clerk. 
JAMES HOARE 
Re-elected Chief of the Manchester 
Fire Department 
Steamer Company—Chas. W. Saw- 
yer, foreman ; R. J. Baker, asst. fore- 
man ; George Hildreth, clerk. 
Hook and Ladder Co.—Granville 
Crombie, foreman; Thomas Baker, 
asst. foreman ; Charles Fritz, clerk. 
Chemical—F rank G. Cheever, fore- 
man; R. C. Allen, asst) foremane 
Lyman W. Floyd, clerk. 
A special meeting of all the com- 
panies wil] be held next Monday even- 
ing, when all the apparatus will be 
taken out for trial. Following this 
the annual meeting of the Relief asso- 
ciation will be held. 
Bicycles repaired at Woodbury’s, 
Beach st. 8 
MILLINERY ANNOUNCEMENT. 
Owing to press of business 
Mrs. A. E. MARSHALL 
announces that until further notice she will 
close her Millinery Parlors every day at six 
o’clock excepting Saturdays, on which even- 
ing she will be pleased to see her patrons as 
usual, 
Mrs. A. E. MARSHALL, 
31 Central St., Manchester 
