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Statements Of Messfa. Sfckles and
RonNeld.
The Eleventh judicial Clfcult.

ca places. Folly has as many lives as CIT,
I'm sure. He made his debut as a csnsor mo.
run, acos1ector Ct the p;ess, and was hissed
of The stage. He tried his hand At the brick
business and was aunIhllatcd. He dahbled in
the militia and was defeated. Now he essays
10 emulate the mouruful Mlu.on, though be-
had no money to hand oyer. - j.
AL this bother, which his led TO the ap'
posptment Of another Committee Of Iryesu-
cation, grew ont OF bill which Was INTRO
duced couple Of weeks ago, Incorporating
company to dredge out Heaaey slough, end
to cut carxl 'rcu Its southefnnost pont
to lome place on the soath fork Of the South
Branch, not far from tha bead Of nar1Satson-
/ mentioned this whcn Knickerbockcr pre-
sentcd 1t, and then dismissed It from my
mind. EeSet imagining that II conld ever be
the cause Of any trouble.
1t went before the Canal Committee, which
could not agree, sno Il WAS sent TO the Judi
sisry Committee, which reported 1t back BY
. bare majority. /
The objections made 10 the bill were sub
stapttallJ as follows: It MAS ciaimed that IL
would Interfere with the vested rleht Of the
Alton T. st. Lonfs Road 10 maintain 4 Per.
mantnt bridge 1t Hcaley slough hist the
corpo1atson would b compelled 10 place 4
pivot bridge there which would sost money!
and that + would cause .gro-t -tncoft.
;snease fn fstttns ut tf''os q 5, Sas 81 q
one can deny. It Was cfaimcd by Colonel
Hopkh that ne owns the slip on the South
Branch at the moath OF Hesley nionYb, which
bnnEs Kin m au1uA Ee1sal os tla per fsuns
foot that Ii thls canal Is constructed the
yn1uc OF that properly would he fe.scued,
temporarily At least and that II this ftip,'
now seven1Y feet VIDE, II enlarged to a width'
OF orc hundred feet, As contemplated, tho
extension WILL destroy bis packing. .house. II
Was claimed. In rtpl? 70 eeriata sanitary
sE1msas snss ;st TIE ,'6nes S6 cbie.fs 9ss
also claimed that tho construction Of this
canal, rual1n9 lxrge island, would nccesai-
tate the erection of occasional plvo. brldgcJt
a. HoNld put the laboFtug xaen thus Isolated
to great Inconvenience; TINT there vas sutii.
cent doehasr Without this caoal, and that
When this deep cut was finished au Immense
| body Of sssEnaus Nasar would rematn tn the
| chsunc1 proposed TO te mado.
! It was csa3ued By the triends q the bill
| that the hitLn 81 81. Louis Road had no
ycAted rights winch should stand Ia the way
| Of the public convenience and prevent the
erection Of q plror bridge across ths slough,
the tost of bridge which the road ag1ecd ID
keep there whan 1t frat obtained e'rEht Of
| way into Chlosn. This question nss been
discussed h the Common Council TOR Tho last
| 1t was-. also cinuaed that while Colontl
l Hou9h would be damaged, he h4d'au un-
doubted r'Eht 70 oon pensatlon for al iptnr5
doue hun. 1t vas ALEC claimed that
shs esan city On. s'0a .as 0Gs nsa,s9 e''fst ssur
tinee the ONLY ,wayto d1,pote Of that .nst
| mass Of deeayfnK animal matter u t. dredKc
It out, sud no dfcc9cs can paes under the
present stationary bridge Of the St. LouIs
OF families living h this district, which it was
proposea to turn into an .slaud, was but I've
huntied, md that mort Of the men LIVING
there were employed Anstho ftllinE mills, tAn~
rertes, DC. IN their immediate ricihlly. It
fork OF the south Branch was already
occupied with these mills snd
manniactorles. And that The space which the
canal would give Was greatly needed. WAS
,,e ssa tass shs s say.nss IN hs
| c1peuolture in bridaea- 10 reply 10 the ar
gumcut rc4atiye 70 stag ant water. It
vas Simply sa1d that uotntng Of tho sort
'could happen, sincc there would be direct
st1te1nt n. thai there Is sufficient 1ocE they
say that the board IT Public Ncrks Is opposed
to the cutting Of any IN ,c aIlps, stnce tho
water In them remains ssARuant, AID the
, hive 10 be di.luiectod At great cost. The
that Eeakol. opposed to anY canal whtct
merely extended 10 the bead Of tnr slough
and insisted 4 that 1t should be cut tarough Il
Ycs:esday. Mr. Bond reported back tb,
bill horn the Judiciary Committee, vi
. recommendation that II pass. Mr.
Parker, oi Coles, Al onec Submitted >,
minority report. he went on to astac;
have n,ntioued above. Doubtful whethe
they would conv vince. this mau, always fou
Z hitter, and teellnR z sore heAind the shelter Q
). legislative Immunity, said one Of tbs Enrud
kthf ~. ~ nA..Ak k,t
7 on the door, and Tint be could give the a11c
| Me. Bond aud o,h.rs demanded 1t, aud be iu
!, dicated Mf. slckles. That person got up aui
. made bis statement, which was teleerapoed
a committee was appointed. all the men
i hera at which were oppused TO the bill, Al
Light to get them toEather. He could moi
r. however, becnnthr attendance OF more TIA
two At any time, and hencs nothing delft It
I was done. Tbs following statements wet
made, but no questions were a :ked:
eTArENRST OF HIRAM sIcK1Es.
On the s7sh DAY Of Feuruaty,,J. z. Bor
T. | detd approached me at my seat In the Hous
:, and addressed 10 me these words, or woT'
much must / pay to secure your vote IN Iav,
=. Of mr. bil1t-the bill which he. Boufeld, ha
hs before the Canal Cou1mistce. OF which vi
Il q member. said ~ hare taken my not
~ TO ehsnRe." He replied. Is I am goins
q Chicago % produce Documentary eyiaen
T. In favor Of the bill, aud hope can seen
=. your support on uy return"
BTAT1ANST or J. =. BoN71E1p.
On the 18th Of FehrusIy l came down
At s&ain Efeld with the bill entitled s. An Act
n incorporate the South Branch Of the Sou
~ ~ BraIch Canal Company" On saturday Il
~ Ind referzed to the Canai Comnaittec, viii,
70 held q meetlug on "Wednesday, aud, after
VET discussion oi tho bill On both sides, failed
% seree: Another meeting was set for Frid
~ m night. On Frid r afternoon I had conv'
70. ss,ion with Mr.. swk1es. BE stated 10 I
that his objection 10 The bill Was that t
us- course OF the canai from Lyman street. 10
9 = touth fork wss lett 10 the Diftctors--tt
u he thought they had too much lAsisut
.n ont and Il wis thought shat the bill shou1d
for approvn, OF the Common Council. / II
u bim that had no objection To the amer
Sc 1nent. And that would dra~ up substtru
6 e,n u and ST nts Il that e'scins. ! ~ nndefs:o
|" iccisou. l vent to Mr. Garlo7d, the Chs
maN Of the Canal Committee, md asked b
on | for the original bill, st 5ting that I wanted
r of tratnc substitute with :hls amendment.
81 ~ showed NE The ortkinal bill. wfth this amel
6 ee. give MIC the bill, but let Mr.. Boud nave
~ I then went to the Clerk of
"a. judiciary Z mmlstec Of the Senate and |,
ON him wnnted him to dsah = 6ubstltute 10
m ~, original I'M, Which hs h., eo1la kes hon
e; wanted, snd told him then It would sec
~. ~: Mr. Sicklea' vp4e. On Friday erening
had meeting Of The Canal Comnl1ttea
D the bill was discussed BY Colonel Hongh
:, mittee present. The ue11 day ! weat TO
ie. House ind Aseertained that ihe corrml
stood three To three. l went to
.ay, Gaylcrd-ls wAs then Attie after eleve
- and asked hlmH be would be kiau ene'
40 10 give ne the 1ames Of, tha memhers :
- n voted for sud az ainst tue bill and be dtd
aaa 7 think those In lAyoE we're Gaylord, Ho
3'seN bin and Downing, and those opposed ?
och Sickles, Primer and Reed. expressed
q on surprise at sickles' course, since had uo
aeef- nevertheless, he voted aaalnst Il. l =
asw over to Mr. Munson, told him I was COLA
ni1 Chicago, md asked him II be had
) d. nestsRss to send. He gave me 4 couP1
r. l. letters: think ! ..sed At. Bong
n at,en I,m Nf. Mnnfon, ho sa.d, =. Foo bad 5.
!, tne rs late icr tbs Ealn.' I.aId xas going
I "a meciately, AID passed back 70 NJ. ae'
o en- / ard others had reqaoI:ed me to 70 to
F1ssJ caeo and get additional daeu1nentaty
49,, oenee t<udls z 10 shos tie public neee
,sae "a for The pas:aee q the bI!1. fpassed bse
d ~: bis seat and sad hurriediiy !" Mr. sickl
S5,, s0n x9.sa f,n tS The
hont | 7 rnd.-.ta,a nat ror- .nrreh.,f.a :
] <xJa ~ Jc ~ kp r. .a~.'ust. 4
uI additional evidence, and would Tx
ar4ne know Ehat further obieclors he 'hat
way that could {tfute them, Ue satd satani
re.aId ahort The courar h-lnr snf{acf - Ala Z
smEt II -orli..1 eh.t 49, - -
,us In III 80 Nnes r-a ~ Ne o.
her.of not exactly understand. about iEgs1 +!
xss. He.p,ke Reuesalls Of legal abinc.tone
t.f II said sumethIof xhout vested fauhta /
. fur Il Mr. EicSIes an roit,r u Cshir.ro ,
c)r- rAnDaet ~ ynr ~. "a - nao.-.." Esii,s
tch a Ssas.,.o ~ - 49, 49, ~ tsne Auat'