, 1869-01-22
>..' SPRINGFIELD.
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The m.rsls :ef Members.
Legislation On Railroads.
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New Bills Introduced and De-
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Paym'nt Of Taxes in Bank Notes
and Fractilnal Currency. !.

Ftcn Our sptci.i Correspondent
aransv1fLp Jsp.9l. T.
.-The sersaus st1ssacss OK the se. =iou has at
Last begun. There Is IN end TO tTidtuK with
lerisla1ion and TO wasting hours IN useles5
d1.custons. Those mcsnbers, who haTs
wivea and did not bring them with them
hsve looked their las:upon their families for
many days, and hare returned bringing With |
them an amount Of aaysee relatIvc to The
slntulncss. OF =, yielding to tampts.lnn
Ehieh would mafe up. several
teeati.es On e,hics md m,ra's,
They have, is general th!ag, been requ.s
ed 10 return home With goodness rath.1 ta1a
mo ney, II d II the Assembly soon adIourns.
AID therr Is no private legislation, aud thssc
arc no lobby memoetn who arc flush, they
may do 60. 1t would be admirable II TIL
Assembly OF 1s69 could acquire for i.sea.. the |
! unusual aud get credltab!e designation OF
"The Honest Assembly," and 1t 1t could |
accomplish All this despite Of the lobby !
! members At the LeIand-of those gentlemen |
! who pr, pose to MAXI It all far with you,"'
| aud who do not IN thc least dsslre to 4 ex-
e1t au improper inaarnce, hut only pat the I
thing in \ proper llxht'-n would be really
rerY p1aiseWoEthy.
apart from the temptations OF the. third
house, there Is not much In Springfield TO
Iesd a member asttay, to keep him
from his business and from a
: decent life. Thrr, u nothing. sedueti5e
here; no Illustrations Of SIN made eAsy,"
: ind no I, aids to vice for the use Of country
Il members" 1t Is place where du1aess hss
ss,.nsled vlckcdncss, aud where, 4 person
II vents 10 70 10 tho bad, be has to do SO unasd
:, ! ed, with only such assistance as he may de-
. I 1iye from his greater or lesser shase Of Ad-
ana'a original s.u, OF from shat he NAY. .hare
read. Now no one sees drunken men here
/. least OF Ill aH1opE members OF the Lc4tsiA-
: turr. There Is liquor IN town. but Il il e1.
: eessIyelF high priced, and Of = generally harn-
:. les noo Misunderstanding nature. ..
J.. So, then, tie legislators weary OF t.leuess,
Ia and, contemplating with some terror the day
Is when their pr d<,n w!l' b. une dollat and not
t 1Fo, have set 70 work, and yesterday n tue
r Que. ions which has yet been Introduced
:. senator Fuller's Railroad blIl--a measure
r which, ttnsuiar|y enough, pleases none Of ia
le t ft1epds and snnses lts ensmles: sons
at asser. that they did 50 simply on account OF
is The itnpres sion smong thslr constituents tia,
d: seme legislation was necessary on the Esil
e road question. This was the onlY lts7slatloo
be proposed. a. thcy took II. The patient Wal
ID Suffering, and theS took the pill that esms
III hand1est, lea yiac It to time to see xhethc
Ia the proper medicine had been administered
,ei Whether their constituents would b. es
IN pcc{aNy c1aafeaby m r11reason'n0 aeqaie
~ ecIcc With theIr H1sees. theS did not stop Il
al think. O1e or two took the s.nsnd that thl
ID bill was mere sound and tury, stgnlfSfng 10th
10 ipE. and that the c lurts would dispose OF It
far tins enabling Senator's TO tell those WHOM
III. they represented, "a Te did what We could 10
.u- you, but The courts ste against Us" Th
The others who supported this measure foun
On. ! tau]t with almost every section. but tie.
as WAS no opportunity fur amendment, Al
tneE ~ sens ,..z II 70 9, ,h;a tae au,oao., Ions !
,ish naturally loves biz poor child, unakes sirtut
Irr- OF IL faults, End beauty Of lis ug1luess.
nlr II the bill IasxEs the House, which Is b
En. no means crtaln. /: Will be due to the rott
Ian Of members 1hn feel that they are conpehe
to do oomcthieK against railroads on kener
principles Even the ChaiEu "a OF tho Cor
9 e: speech yesterday, ,rsnkly stalled thss had
sith | drawn the bill It would have been wprdt
RED yeyy differently. 1i2uy Of It's c1Auscs d.
nm pleased him. Tor he Is q lawyer, and ctnu
ssne 3ail to see the marvellous 1a1fsy Of asyer
,os1' Of the&e provisions Tct he. ss devoted a
has herent to the principle Of some ris'to
surr DO Dhtter VIDA Will aIseHpt 70 1efce Il
,rc. ratrtes1kg bill through.
oltal Several members had lslEea the matt
d IN o,er on Tue1day night, aud had agreed
nm. attempt to get the bill sent 10 The Commit
ldcfs OF the Judiciary, where the question as
10 m The release OF the Illinois Central Road TT
four Etx I per cent tax might receive eonslot
sct ton, Aod that tten The Whole snoleS1 IN ma.
thea called up ,his motion was made BY Vt.
hitg I4, Of Cook, but failed to tneet Wiih !
par- rappnse from the great majority Of the nut
xetes bers, uhn eridentiy desired 70 SAY, os
niacd hare something sA1d at once upon the mAt
have Mt. Bailey rrgrd tha 1mpoltcy OF delag
char action, and 10 the taking began, assh2'