, 1862-01-31

venton to provide for tie collection settlement
Of the direct tax imposed By the ~ OF LUG 09s esa
sion Of Congress.
SALARIES OF OFFICERS FOR A 5EPAKATh AA14-
The came gentleman offered the following
resolution, Which Is q most excellent sugses~
ton. It Has referred to the Committee on
Revision and Adjustment:
Rssarra That the Committee on Revision and
Adjustment OF articles be instructed to abstract
from the several articles reported TO- and adopted
salaries Of the various ot1cers, and to place them
in q separate article entitled ''salaries.''
BASksa QUESTION PUT OFF.
To-day was set apart for the consideration
Of the banking question, but in consequence
Of the sudden illness Of Judge Purple, Chair
man Of the Committee on Banks and Cur
rcncy, the subject was adjourned and made
the special order for Friday next, at 10 O'Clock
4. II.
COMMITTEE OF THE WH0LE-LEGISLATfEED DE-
PARTMEST.
On motion Of Mr. Naramorc OF Stephen
son, the Convention went into committee OF
the whole On tic Legislative department.
The President called Mr.. Nara1norc to the
Chair.
MI. Paddock thought that the report Of the
Legislative Committee, which had been hand
cd in, should be taken up and acted upon-
The Chalr decided that this wou1d nos be in
V40I41 Ui4G tQIk lHC -tlu 6cCL1tu UL ilftiClt >
should be taken up and acted upon.
Mr. Thompson of AtcDouough made
speech in which be went for fixing the per
dieua- he wanted the per diem fixed, so that
it could not be raised, and he wanted all per-
lu;6tes cut of.
Mr.. Dement, Of Lee was in favor Of rcduc-
ing tue per diem from 81 to 50, and nude a
lengthy speech in favor OF the same. The
Committee had, however, previously agreed
upon -.
Mr: Edwards of sangamon asain hoped the
Constitution would not particularize, but by
the use Of comprehensive words, preclude
the possibility Of abuse under the section SO
far as regarded perquisite=.
Mr. Thornton Of Shelby, who is always
happy in his ideas and positions, took the
same view, and accepted the amendment of
Nj. Joslyn Of Kane, which would make the
section read as follows:
The members and officers Of the General Assem-
bly shau receive four dollars per dav and Eve cents
for each necessary miles travel in going to and re-
turning from the seat of government, TO be com
puted by the Auditor By the usual route travelled,
| End no other emolument or allowances.
The resolution, as amended above, WAS
Messrs. Ferry, Tanner and Bartlcy also took
| part in the debate. During its continuance
Mcssrs. Dement, Of Lee and Joslyn Of Kane
had passage at arms Of rather personal
| character. Mr.. Dement, construed some re-
flcctions Of MF. Joslyn as personally offensive,
| tAE afktEl llN lAltHu tut, IL lie SUQSE-
| quent1y declared, as merely jocular The de-
I bate between the gentleman caused considerl-
BILE merrimcnt, and was brought to close by
! Mr.. Edwards Of Sanga1non reading the consti-
tutional article on duclirg. Mr.: Joslyn de-
| clarcd it could not apply to the case, Is the
| majority Of the Convention had decided that
| they were not bound by the old Constitution
! III their action in :1ny manner Mr. Joslyn
! subsequently declared that he meant nothing
| personal to Col. Dement, in his remarks, and
60 the little episode ended.
| CORRECTION.
!; Mr.. Riley Of Randolph desires correction
Of my short report Of his remarks in my last
H said lie hoped the reuarks Of himself and
MI Duff would BE- published, not that they
would not be, Us I had it. supposed, how
ever, that when he said sswould not bc,'' he
spoke ironically; and though I wrote it
would not be- meant it to be understood
tie other Way. So there was no harm meant
| after al.
TIE VETO POWER.
There is considerable party in the Conyen
ton in favor Of 4 requirement IN the Constitu
tion that two-thirds vote is necessary to pas:
bill over the Governors veto. At present il
only requires mere majority. For myself, ]
think that such provision would he rroduc
tive Of much good in checking hasty or ill-ad
yised Legislation.