Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-07-20

Mr.. Logan then offered further q.
mendment by adding at the end Of the
section the following: ssand have been =
citizen of the United States Is years"
Aswarm debate was called out on
THIS section, perhaps, as any other here.
toiore. Some of your men participatedin
the discussion. The committee roseSse..
and the convention adjourned without ia.
hlDg vote on Logan's amendment.
Yours, truly, P. 8.
SPRINGFIED, July 10.
This morning after reading the Journal
of yesterday and some other matters bav-
| ing been disposed of, the convention re-
solved themselves into committee Of the
whole, Mr.. Grain in the chair. The com.
mittee of the whole on yesterday when the
convention adjourned, had under consider.
ton sec. a of the Executive Report, but
had-not made final disposal of it. This
morning the amendment offered on yes-
ierday was taken up and carried 81 to 6I.7
MT. Marshall moved a reconsideration.
which under the rule, lies over days.
on see that only lbs yoted-when the
Vote on reconsidering is taken, | think the
anne ndment will be lost.
The committee then proceeded TO .ec
., when a question on the Goyernor,s
salary came up. fifteen hundred dolIa,.
was offered (ihe Report being sl,25O,)
and discussion was had-some boasted
the wealth of their constituents and
said that they did not want this conyen.
ton to place the salaries of any of the
offices of this State so low as appeared to
be the order ofthe day. Why is If that
men are SO charmed with high salaries in
this country is rather curious. High sal.
aries are anti Republican and in imitation
OF English and other European Govern.
ments. Aristocracy frequently commences
with salaried officers coach and pomn
require tootpassengers to.move their hats.
motion to make the Governors saIa.
ry $1,000, which was lost, and So. 600 6r
reside at the seat of Government g. be
Fund Commissioner, was proposed. This
received the support of many oftbe strong
men Id Tue convention. O..
SPRINGFIELD, July IL.
Gents.-The convention has been en-.
gagged most of the day on the Executive
department. The salary of the Governor
will probably be fixed at $3.50.
The Judiciary committee made report
the substance Of which is as near asI
could ascertain as follows: 3 Supreme
Judges, to be elected by the voters ofthe
State, salaries 81, 200 each; to hold their
offices six years, and one to go out of
0fhce every years, so that an election
shall take place every two years for a
Supreme Judge; the State TO be divided
into IL circuits, and Supreme Court to be
held In each circuit, at least once in each
year. The election for Supreme and Cir.
cult Judges, and Clerks to be held on the
first Monday in March, le47, and ever
years thereafter. The circuit Judges to
be elected by the voters of The circuit and
to reside in the circuit, and to hold their
offices for six years; Clerks of circuits 10
be elected every two years; in the county
where the Supreme Court shall sit, the
clerk OF the circuit court shall he clerk of
the Supreme Court for that circuit; Atty.
Gen. to be elected by the voters Of State
whose duty is to be defined by law; States
Attys. TO be elected for each circuit by the
voters thereof. Circuit Courts to be held
at least twice year in each county, and
the salary of circuit Judge $1,000; ofAuy.
General, $500; of States Attys., $500
each.
A minority report was made which di.
vides the State into three grand division.
and requires Supreme Judge to be elect.
ed by the voters of each division, so that
the whole State shall not vote for all the
judges by general Ticket. This is the
material difference betweel the two re.
| ports.
You will discover that the pay of off.
GERS will be fixed at a low rate. The
State is in debt and the fees of officers
must be reduced and the State debt paid.
Enormous fees are heavy Tax upon the
people, and that the fees of many of the
offices are such cannot be doubted. Let
all pay TO officers be reasonably low, and
the consequences, it seems to me will be-
that people can be better able to paw a
tax.
| The convention does not meet until
Thursday next. They adjourned until that
time, for the purpose of attending the flu.
neral obsequies of Col. Hardin and others.
III am here when they meet, you may
hear from me again. Yours, c. C.
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