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embrace respectable volume, and every time
hey are revised LIE whole must be printed at
ne expense Of the State, and II any Less por-
don than the whole Is reprinted, doubts will
arise whether enough has BEEN so reprinted,
and these doubts viii have to be settled BY
enormous printing jobs, and prove largely
profitable to somebody, growing more and
more go every year, cannot be denied. It Is
extraordinary il every point OF FieW-unheard
Of in our legislation or IN that Of any other
for special purpose, and there is no purpose
which It Is SO well calculated to serve as that
Of supporting party organ. II not SO intend
ed, it will be lnfalib1y perverted to that end.
Each party will use it is i comes into power,
time. Tie clause requiring the public print
ing to be let to the lowest responsible bidder |
exists in the old constitution, but 1t has not
prevented the Democrats from giving it to !
their farorite newspaper when they were In /
power, and the Republicans theirs when SINH
lar1y situated, With the utmost regularity.
TIE JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT..
aa syss oe RTopts II ut m
tTo Judges would be added to the supreme
court, that the circuits would be altered, and
perhaps the number diminished, and that the
salaries Of the judges would be fixed On some
reasonable basis. The system otherWlse, met
the entire approval of the public All the
the amendments that were asked for could
have been embraced In five or ten lines.
AN EXTRAORDINARY JEMRxE.
What has the convention donee They have left
the number Of Judges of the supreme court
as they were before till 1870) with more work
OF their hand than they can satisfactorily per
salaries, by turning it over to the general
assembly, where it will form the staple out OF
which every demagogue may manufacture
strife and contention aE each successive term.
The elections take place in November, but
the salaries Of the judges cannot be determined
tell at the time Of his election what his COM
pensation is to be. A direct incentive il thus
furnished them to hesiege the Legislature 70
procure the largest possible allowance. In
the reorganization Of the courts It Is safe to
say that more complete tumble Of crudities,
ahsurdities and inconsistencies Was never pre-
'sented to people in the shape Of funds
mental law.
HOLDING COURTS OUT OF DOORS.
The convention organize supreme court
with three judges, as formerly. They con
stitute three grand divisions, in each ct which
one judge is to be elected. They then pro-
vide In section i Of article VI:
ssThat one or more terms Of the Supreme Court
shall be held annually, at Mount Vernon, Spring
deld Ottawa, Peoria, and Chicago, PFoeided, that
the state shan be At no f5pensS a I91 eoaf' mousse
OF nofalJ u LIE t"o 1ast ualneu pnses.
i I'll be seen thst TIE provision as to bold
| remptory, inst as much so as at any other
| place. The holding Of the courts at these
| TWO places does not depend at I'll upon the
furnishing Of courthouse Or M OF % q nprary py
the people or those places. 1me coults muss
| be held there at al eVenLs- 1ng pEoVlso 9o
more controls the holaing OF tae go court, III
these tWo places, taan III any ot Gae otners.
Where then shall the ceu1ts pe nela IN tnese
cities? Shall they be held IN the streets 1n
some grocery, or.Where: enal Inc Judges go
ahout town hunting tor some room Where
law offices to find authorizes: A1d tnen
these five places are permanently liked NC
legislature can even change them. The con
ventlon dare not trust SO grave questlon e e
tue wisdom Of any future Legislature in al
coming time, though, as to the question Q
dence and liberality IN that quarter.
Wheel. WITHIN L wuEE1-coNFCs1oN 4
REGARD TO CLERKS.
sect;on & ot a,t,c1a Ut. nrov;dea that th
Sntss ~ = :" w. Eno~ f Pso s
10 TaeaUaT ~ Woo5to-d McTea1 T;r;n,ston
ira'onnie r. ,e WI, TonpaS.a Ernn'dT TaGIs1i
IvSIaui'' ',t1, w., N4ant1se3, atnr1-s' Rsraan
Iaar- .1a-no- Roobr Ts1and Wh3tas;da To-
1"-.c}' Ian",-iaasa atanhars,n fT;nnaharo
0g]e. DeKa1b. Boone. Kane. McHenry. LaSe
| CsaIs os3 n1r-noa ssboI1 ntomnoeo ~ 4h;r
CooA, anu DuFasSe, sGan eolnPose tne LII .aE
Gfana oaFis1on. eectloh P1oT19es snat u
counties Of Mercer, Stark. Marshal, lroquois
, | WOOdford. PEORIA Knox, Warren, Henderson
Mason, TazeWelI, and Mclean, shall compos
a district in which courts shall he held MT Pee
r;e ana thet the connties ot T,aSa11e Pntnam
Bn3aan Kendall viii Grnndr Henry Roc
is1and oud % Tirinpstnn, , sha'1 comnnsc a'd df,
iTict II Th;ch c911rts eha11 ' he % he13 al o. O.
tt4lt LII 1:uie1 Eout to 80. pe n.Au a.
NoH ~ a tne taia5 sJanaSS ~ ~ +l;I 1nSs
az. 'ast;t+a nn11 - '4v nort;au e Il
olvisluo, an9 ~ eons.tue ht3 polaGn " " ~ ~
secston ~ pf9slne , aat saf ele5hS y. ~
su oas; @ J.; sa,a ~ n nt1aIa ana "a is Pnris =;
anI tai5 .I tIo;r na;aas u 49, ~ ~
Its, a1u 4;rd ou ,,nd 1 diga;on
~ ~ noiJ l 49,. -
5s;a shaii ,.ct a1ar - and s,1o tx n
Eia is ha;n sATr ,t uu "
!, tana o1stilet, aiso oeluS potnon ptu VI %
~ snn1s s. ~ th Par;a and ntfaWs ~
+ fricts eacf1 yote lar two clerks. one for then
! selves and one for somebody else. Where
the clerk voted for by the whole grand di7i
n ion TO hold his ofhce? Of what branch Of Il
b I court he is to be the clerk? We must dete
d mine that by guees, for there is no way to lea
It it from the constitution.
It But that is not all A worse bluuder,
It possible, occurs in sections % and 23 Of t
+, schedule, which are as follows:
J. stSEc e. The fret election for the clerks OF t
v supreme court Of The Peoria and Ottawa distrfc
le s9an oe nela On t1e atef the nIs5 Aonq
oig az a. ~ tios % aa as .e ,,de
Constitution f,r Clerks Of the snpreme court Of
re thrce grard divisions Of this State shall be h
4, on the Tuesday after the first Monday Of Move
ber. A. D. 1868, and every six years thereafter.
e pls5Gnt ~ 1nsnt ~ ,'7nf sa1 s'd 1e
e. chip officers, shall continue In Office until th
G present terms expires
Sc l. is we'll known TINT Mr.. Le1and, the Ut
rs cut clerk of the third Grand DiTiBion, il q IT
Of dent nf 0ttawa. and holds his office at Il
a. n1ara snct;nn ~ cont;nnns him in offca
ID | fe6S. and vtt s,.ction . nroyides that a eli
IL for the Ottawa district shall be elected d
~ Noyember. How shall ne get out Of t
be tangle? Shall We collar Mr. Leland aud j
,ir him into the Chicago district9 Even thot
re | he sbou1d he satisfied with the change.
IS nenpIe Of the CHICAGO district might pre
ed somebodv residiug is their own bouudary-
r. indeed. any body can tell what that is,
to n-r,n 1s or.,,, o,,,,.ro n,sr,1ons
OF "HA1 10 IhH enieAeo oisife"i
q Having provided that the court u Chic
IT. snail, n certain contingency, pc held on
"a | cIude ttau ont doors.n The Peoria and 0
ter wa districts are clearly defined, but it is
,er where declared that the remaining countie
H. the third Grand Division shall constitute
est Chicago district The Chicago district is
- Ottawa districts, because the constitut
re- earr fha+ tba +h;rd Grand n;v;s;o, sha1i he
WRo,emthat ie ~ t5T.t of rhe d;str;cta
E5- "athar nonhff1aes +ha convent;on fntnn
81 daaiara that ne rhseo9o a,str;nt ahon1i
to. ~ tHe ren1o;nder % If he dTys;nn affer tfe