The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-05

the face stil IA votes invariably turned up
against him. Pinckney stormed at one time
as loudly and a. threateningly as the late
Senator Funk in his attack upon cooper
heads but IA votegwete the ouly Response
to his denunciations. M1&calf foised himself
TO his full height, an1 6ok his Handolp hian
and skeleton looking Niger Al the Aring S
bat the magic fgur6e Ia, read, ~ the sec
txry of the a6Aate, to1i thst he I'D Just -
en- short enough Of the marx to be in the M
nority. Ward appealed to the crowded GAL
lery, as well as to the senate, with all his
Brobdignsgian eloquence, wnnglng his
arms like q great, bnriy blaeksmath, and
shaking his clenched hand at the s'ring"
but Ia votes quietly set his eloquence at
naught. And so the sring" triumphed over
All Opposition, and day ai{er day presented
lie impenetrable phalenx II Iii veteran iepis.
lators to thesfoe. NeitAer public nor private
assault could break thak remarkably compact
body, or take single unit from that magic
number, which hos successfully resisted ev-
lsery anti-monopolist assault, and only grace
fully yielded to the power and influence of
the old state ssring," which has controlled, mo
matter what party is ia power for the time
being, the financial disbursements Of the
Estate of Illinois for over half a century.
Apparently, too, the 'srng" is stronger to
day than ever before, as it can now bring the
power and patronage of not alone single
penitentiary, but Of 4 number of other insti
buttons and schemes, in which the expendi
lures of millions of dollars is involved, tt
bear in the passage Of any measure. The
/ question is, Who IL the formidable Hercules
who will break into this formidable fortress
and, despol it with Ere and sword? Unit
this be done, all lsg;slstion in this state mus
be entirely subordinate to the viii of thos'
q who now man its towers, and even dare ths
people to combat by hanging out their "ban
| ners E~..1 IT'S s,safx-a ssalls.n sas-4 =
4 THE RAILoAD MoNoPoLIsrs' TRIUMPH.
The long agony is over. The Legislature
| has adjourned. The railroad monopohe
have riumphed. With an Overwhelming
majority in both houses in favsr of an act re
strictive OF their fares and freights, the raj
| roads have come out of the contest triumph
ant. In the vote on Mack's bin, yesterday
find the extremes of both parties, monope
lists and anti-monopolists, voted together
! Thus, Senator Fuller voted against the bill
. with Senators Cohrs and other monopolists
while such a strenuous anti-monopolist a
Senator Adams voted for it.
Il 1t is stated-and / have heretofore dwe
, on this point-that the railroad companie
. were more afraid of the effects of any n
striotive bill upon their stock than upon tn
vested rights which they claim under the
J charters. They claim that the courts woul
; have fully protected them against the effect
, of any restrictive measures, but that the
) stocks would have been so seriously depresse
by bill of the character urged by Senator
Fuller and Hurlbut as to not only greatly il
jure the railroads, but bankrupt many wea
IL
T doubt it was this fear that caused the RAJ
! road men to send lobby of suficie,
:. strength to the legislature to completely pa
4 alyze all the efforts of the representatives
: restriction.
e THE BILL FOR THE EQUALIZATION OF TAKE
The equalization Of taxes bill provides
IS board of equalization, of % persons-ol
Re from each senatorial district, who, togeth
r with the auditor, shall meet in the capitol {
d the first Thursday in October, and annual
s. thereafter. 1t shall be called the equaliz
$, ton board, and shall elect chairman al
If secretary. The members Shall have t,
n, cents per mile fer the expense of travel. II
IS act then sets forth the manner in which thu
y shall proceed to equalize the tax. The boa
n shall be appointed by the governor for t
IS year 1867 !; but in 1868, at the general els
ton in November, there shall be elected o.
d from each senatorial district for four yea
!, Vacancies BIZ death. or otherwise, in the
l terval, shall be filed by the governor. VIII
s. the board shall have made its report, the d
re ditor shall cause to DE collected such o
to cent upon the whole value of the proper
of the state as shall be sufficient to pay t
i appropriations, and other demands upon Z
T. treasury due to the end of each fiscal yea
IT provided the act shall apply to state tax onl
The sessions OF the board are limited to
havc