Message from His Excellency the Governor, trans- List of pardons. mitting a list of pardons granted by the Governor and Council during the year 1890. To the committee on Prisons. Commission, report of. The annual report of the State House Commission on State House the work performed and the expenditures made by it during the year ending Dec. 31, 1890, with a list of expenditures in the department of the Sergeant-at-Arms. To the committee on State House. electric lights A Bill (taken from the files of last year) providing for Inspection of the inspection of electric lights and meters came down and meters. with the indorsement referred to the committee on Manufactures. On motion of Mr. Sohier of Beverly the bill was referred, in non-concurrence, to the committee on Mercantile Affairs and sent up for concurrence in the reference. Resolutions. ruptcy law. The Resolutions relating to the passage of a general General bankbankruptcy law by Congress, laid over from Tuesday last, were adopted, as follows: -- Whereas, The laws of the several states and territories relating to settlements by debtors with their creditors are conflicting in their provisions and often unjust to both debtor and creditor; and Whereas, The want of a uniform law on the subject of bankruptcies tends to the curtailment of business through lack of confidence by business men, and becomes a cause of financial stress, entailing injury and loss; and Whereas, Under the constitution of the United States the right to pass a general bankruptcy law is reserved to Congress, be it Resolved, Thar the senators and representatives from this Commonwealth in the Congress of the United States are hereby requested to use their influence to obtain the passage at the present session of the Bankruptcy Bill now before Congress, entitled "An Act to establish a uniform system of Bankruptcy throughout the United States." Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to each of the senators and representatives from this Commonwealth in the Congress of the United States. Free coinage of silver. The Resolutions in favor of the maintenance of the bimetallic standard of value and against the debasement of the currency through the free coinage of silver, laid over from Tuesday last, was considered. Mr. Wardwell of Haverhill moved to amend, by the substitution of a "Resolution in favor of honest money." Mr. Quincy of Point of order. Quincy raised the point of order that the resolution moved as a substitute by Mr. Wardwell was not in order, for the reason that it related to general legislation and was beyond the scope of the resolution presented by him which was special in its character. The Chair declared the point not well taken. Mr. Chance moved that the matter be postponed for further consideration until Monday. After debate the yeas and nays were ordered on this question, at the request of Mr. McEttrick of Boston, and the roll being called, the motion to postpone was lost by a vote of 78 yeas to 118 nays, as follows: Messrs. Anderson, Stephen Barrett, Harry H. Bicknell. Zechariah L. Boodey, Charles II. Breen, Daniel F. Brock, Lemuel M. Brophy, James L. Cannon, William - YEAS. Messrs. Herrod, Edward E. Hinckley, Charles E. Austin, J. Lewis Babson, Fitz J. Baker, Charles H. Barrett, Richard F. Bartlett, Robert G. Bennett, Frank P. Bill, Ledyard Bingham, Henry T. Blanchard, S. Stillman Britton, Henry W. Brooks, Ethan Bucklin, Andrew J. Bullard, Henry B. Bullock, Walter J. D. Butler, William M. Carpenter, Erastus P. Carpenter, George N. Chester, Dwight Child, Daniel R. Clapp, James W. Clark, Louis M. Clarke, George E. Clough, George S. Coburn, Clarence G. Corbett, Myron L. Curtis, Francis C. Curtis, Samuel N. Davis, Squire S. Day, Frederick B. Dewey, Henry S. Dickinson, Henry S. Dyar, Perlie A. Edson, Nathan Ferren, Myron J. Messrs. Lawrence, William B. Messrs. Read, Franklin F. Rice, William H. Richardson, Albert W. Rideout, Malcolm E. Thomas, Harrison O. Yeas, 78; Nays, 118. On the question of the substitution of the resolution moved by Mr. Wardwell, the previous question having been ordered on motion of Mr. Wardwell, the yeas and nays were ordered, at the request of Mr. Powers of Hyde Park, and the roll being called, the resolution was substituted by a vote of 125 yeas to 78 nays, as follows: YEAS. Messrs.Appleton, Francis H. Atkins, Edwin A. Austin, J. Lewis Babson, Fitz J. Messrs.Brooks, Ethan Bucklin, Andrew J. Coburn, Clarence G. Messrs.Corbett, Myron L. Curtis, Francis C. Messrs. Marston, Dudley J. Mayhew, Ulysses E. Davis, Squire S. Day, Frederick B. Dewey, Henry S. Dickinson, Henry S. Dyar, Perlie A. Edson, Nathan Emery, S. Hopkins Fairbanks, John W. Fales, Nathan H. Ferren, Myron J. Fletcher, Charles T. Gammons, Benjamin Gardner, Arthur H. Giles, Joseph J. Gillett, Frederick H. Goddard, Edward A. Gould, David E. Greene, Edward W. Harding, N. Frank Hartshorn, James A. Hickox, Stephen A. Hinckley, Charles E. Hinds, John F. Hodges, William D. Horton, Everett S. Howard, S. Edward Howe, Edward C. Howe, S. Augustus Hunting, Amos Hutchinson, Isaac P. Jenkins, Robert B. Johnson, Henry H. Kenrick, John, Jr. Kirby, Albert C. Lane, Howard G. Langdon, Henry W. Lawrence, William B. Lewis, James A. Longley, Henry C. Lord, Lucien Loud, John C. McFarland, Herbert A. Sprague, Charles F. Stevens, William S. Swallow, George N. Luther, Haile R. |