, 1869-02-01
SPRINGFIELD.
-,
4 New Move to Fitch the State
Taxes,
Effort to Assemble the Con.
6titutionaI Convention
in May.
Prospects of the Proposed
Law Of Libel,

srR1Aar1E1D, ILL.,, Jan. 81.
STEALING sTATE TAXES
Quite number OF bills to incorporate railroad
companies in the Southern part Of tho State are
now IN the hands Of the Senate Committee on
Railroads, which contain the following section,
or something Like It:
bEoT1os-:. Whenever county has, Or may
hereafter. subscribe TO the cap,tsl stock OF this
make dosano1s thereto i; #, County Cenrt,
nations heretofore made TO other raj
f sh. foea1ss 6e 3se 5atI t q, sSs .ts to
Immediately upon reeeiyirg the Stare reserve of
each year, to pay TO the Treasurer OF said county,
md eoieetsd IL thas county IN o1e! and
tept The i've mill tax provided for BY the eonsti.
r. ssss sp9 9's 4;
s.nonps 20 paid Into the County Treasury
p2neps is aps he Of county ~ sos sea e
IN p'yment Of the slock eubecrlbcd OF donation
naade to the Fasroad companies now organized,
and for no other purpose whatever; AID, when.
SCI sas 70 say paia I'D
tion 10 the State taxes, .hail cease and termi-
nate. -
learn that tho committee have determined 70
strike ont this section in all the bills
before. them; but. at tho ZANE time. hare
contcntcd TO report back general
bill, now IN course Of preparation, which
gives the privilege to any company In the Suite
TO direct the State taxes fur tho purpose OF aiding
railroads under tho provisions embodied in the
above section. To my mipi the proposed gen.
csal bill will be worse than .ho special sections
contained In the hills now before the committee.
II viii simply grant TO every county in the State
the right to practtco a gfcat wrong that, by this
Rcctipn, In only conferred upon ftw. Tho gen.
csal bill shoula share tho tatc Of the cmnscuatod
section.
THE MYSTERIOUS HALFWAY niLL.
1t may he welt enough to say now, what might
have been sAfo!y eaid At frat, that tho blu now
III possceaion OF thu Senate Railroad Committee
for the intcr1a! management OF railway compa.
Dies. and which has been made the euhject Of
considerable nowsphpcY discussion, has noa now,
nor never had, tho fcnotcat chance Of being 70.
ported back to The Senate. II, by the temcrity
o' its trainers, or By my force of circumstances,
II should get bofo1c tho uouse, 1t would be re-
Jectcd By acclamsnoD, after tho tnanncr OF popu-
lar couvesslons. In The way OF history It
may he we'll 10 say that the authorshtp
Of The bill Is attributed to Judge BcckHi,h.
Of Chicago, who IL understood to he counsel for
The Rock 1slart Ratlroat; th.t 1t Was brought
here By tho Corporation Counscl OF tho samc city.
and thht It was introduced by Senator Ward. In
Justice to Mt. Ward II should be made known
that he knc nothing Of the character Of the bill
when he introduced It. Itwas handed him by
the gentleman who brought It here. and he Yield
cd to tho rtqueat TO introduce it in the saue
manner a. he does to all requests coming from
friends, without Intending to endorse or condemn
the measure. 1t was sharp tr1ek on the part OF
lis authorf. but one that stood very poor chance
Of success before this General Assembly. AL
mort every Ra1road bail that comes here has
come shicvang proposition in 1t. and, as con-
sequence, all arc serusinlzsd very
clostly By the committee, ard, might add, by
the numerous newspaper correspondents. a
so1ution Of the Rock Island n.iiroad 1mbrosllo
will taye TO be eough, from some other tribunal.
SOCIAL.
General and Mrs. John Cook hare issued iuyf-
tatlons for q reception On Wednesday evening
next. Something like ono thousand cards
hare been cent out 10 friends, including, o1
couree, every member OF the General Assembly
and, no doubt. the affair will bo one Of the I'm,
agreeable and attractive Of :ne ees.on. snrIng
ncid has maintained Its usual rayet,
during this reason, rot SO much
bT large receptions and parties, but n
the way Of dancing. whist. euchre, and dinner,
teuniop.. "h@.a aso 1esa troublesome 10 The
hostu and nore agreeable TO the gpesta In this
Way, Mr.. and Mrs. Goodell, Mr, and Mrs. Shel.
don, Mr.. and Mrs. Black, Mr. and Mrs. Dr.
the nlea.urc or n,amhcrs ane otnor. -, ...a.s
auco anon ,he scat,ona ~ tho co-o.st ~,
acnbly.
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=, Nas,,Nen ,. :. 20 o!N!ost tataeiy oesef'eo
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- Nv 80 .oeo,' WY wv " ."o exceptions
sHd h,tnsrs Aomg 49, ~ seo rnsu ,ames' n1enaa
. aua ua1o'1e. AAe5 "'u Eetusn 10 morrow
tas.s -. n''u sooI9v increased
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uult* Nuu neAN M NeeAs, IN "a'ca iae olo !oo'