New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-08
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ILLINOIS.
Gov. oGLEsBY's MEssAGE.

rsLgaHtPs 70 TIE TRtHrSE
CHICAGO. Jan. THE illinois legislature con
vened at noon to-day. Licut.-GOv BiOss opened The
Senate with a brief address. and Fmnkn COrwln
(Repubcan) of La Sale was elected Speaker OF the
House. The organization OF both Houses BENG per
fected Gov Ogeshy sent message which Ills more
than a page of The ErGing Journal of this city.
The Governor, after appropriate INTRODUCTORY az
usions to the termination Of the war and inc DEAN
of lincoln both of which events transpred since the
last Legislature enters upon State topics. The state
debt has been reduced by s2601JS within two years
leaving due Dec. ], 1896 SsGo % The Limos Cen
tTal Railroad tax amounted 10 Sc@5JlS during The
past two years. and TINS revenue is pledged 10 The
payment of tie State debt The taxable property OF
ne state as shown by returns to Auditor for the
wear 1862 was S32 327 $685. increase, $25OOOOO over
The year 1854 The revenue from tax on these assess
ments amounted, in two years, 10 S4l3ll anu, IN
Guiding all sources. the total revenue for two years
was $l5 7S9. Included IN this total IS $l5439 nom
sales of the MattesOn property under Jndg-
ment for fraud in connection with the
so-called McAllister and stehbins bonds,
100 OF which have been finally liquidated, leaving
but one of these bonds OutStanding-whl is, how
ever, barred ~ law Inc expenditures Tor TWO years
purposes $50, 257-leaving balance OF 500 423 The
Governor calls attention 70 the fact that without the
receipts from extraordinary sources the past two
years there would have been q detcit OF upward OF
$4,000. He estimates the deficit ut not less than
$4,000 AZ the end OF the next two years ana points
10 the erroneous system OF assessments wilch, Delg
done by the local boards without STATE revision and
equalization, produces total much less than the
real valuation of the property IN the state Ihe
cents 800 sufficient upon anything Ike iar VAIN
alton, and recommends a State Board Tor egualZa-
ton. The common schools AID charitable nstltu-
tons are described az in flourishlng condition. Inc
Governor recommends the LOgls.1ture5 ana 10 the
Lincoln Monument, ami says the Association has
received SIS co., and wants $4,000 before beginning
to build No design has vet been adopted or steps
taken for the construction of the monument
The Governor deyOtes cons siderable attention to
the Illinois aud Michigan Canal and the canal FROM
the termination of the Illinois and Michigan Canal
the Mississippi River at or near Rock Island with
naygabe feeder tapping Rock River at or neal Dixon,
Lee County together not far from 100 miles IN length,
and also the improvements OF ROCK River:
The Governor gives cordial and earnest assent 10
the project for calling a convention 70 revise tbe
state Constitution, and says OF the National consul
tutional amendment: This proposed amendment to
the Constitution of the United States, after fiui
and deliberate discussion has received The most
emphatic approval and Endorsement by the
people of the States. While IN some sense
this amendment grew out OF the late Rebellion, and
that il was framed with direct reference to the
state Of facts resulting from war II Is clnddy sub
declared. or duty defined 6y it, that might not with
great propriety have been engafted upon the Con
sttution without any reference to war, and indie
pendently Of and antecedentIy 10 IT.
THE sESAToBsIuP.
BIT TELEGRAPH
CHICAGO Jan. 1.-THE ITibanGs Springfield special
Correspondent says the opponents Of senator Tnbn In
caucus have agreed TO unite upon Cen John NJ Palmer,
Palmer Is considered the strongest and most available
man. and 10 s reported that several members heretofore
considered Trumbull and who were elected under
Instructions 20 vote for Tumbul, have announced their
determination to support Palmer
Ihe Irtbues special further says the statement that
IrumD9 Endorses the recent decision OF the Supreme
Court, nut is opposed 10 the Ober dicfGn has given
Wo not being lawyers regard the latter as the logical
deduction from the decision Gen Palmer and his friends
labOrs, while the friends OF Trumbu also confident
Of victory.