, 1869-02-06
STATE LEGISLATURES. ::
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Yesterdays Proeetdiagp In the
Illinois General Assembly.
cRc 81 Can7ass Of the Vote
Tor Constitutional Con-.':
xention.
Tho CenTentiea to Meet on tho
First Monday IN DE- =
cembef..:
Lengthy Debate In the House on
the South Side Park Bill.
The Tax Exemption Question
Again Discussed.
The INDIANA and wisconsin
Legislatures.
Lengthy Debate In the House on
the South Side Park Bill.
The Tax Exemption Question
Again Discussed.
The Indiana and Wisconsin
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Special Despatch TO The Chicago Tribune.
srH1xar1E1o, ILL.,. Feo.5.
+ut nAnxo1D ELL.
The first thing done In tho Senate tht4 morning
w1s 10 read the veto Of the Governor on the Kali.
road bill. 1t had been underltood that be would
return It d1tspproved. Ard the reception Of his
nestsge caused no excite meat. Senator Fuller,
Eho waa exceedingly disEusted, moved to reYe.
1t 10 the Committee on Railroads.. but after
short discussion that motion was put ont Of the
NAY, 41d tho message was laid on tho tAblo and
ordcsed printed. Neither inalde nor putslds Of
TIC b0se uouse Ia any surprise expressed a. the
eoursc pu1tued bJ tho Governor. It now aeeus
that everybody expected he 1ould deal With It IN
thls wsy.
TIE GENERAL INCORPORATION LAW,
An attempt wa then made to take up the Gen
erai Incorporation Law, which has been printed
and distributed, but It failed, And goes otes TIL
MoEcay.
11Lnus1EA1Hd.
This eIAtpcsatcd Dorn a. tho failure 10 commit
the veto neesaEe did Fuller, ard rho remainder
OF the morning session wAs spent In uae1sas dRht-
lng sud fHbu.tertnR, In which these gentlemen
took titr put. After N hour bud been tins
wNtrd, tho Senate adjourned I'LL hatf.past two.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONTENTION.
Tho question Of the calling Of constisutto1al
Convention has It last been definitely acted On.
TIE joint committee appo!ntcd to eanEAas thu
returns en- die IN ONCE os tho Secretary OF 6tats,
reported that ths total rote elGt for Represeuta.
ttrcs In ths present General Assembly was 4s&, SEQ,
Rnd for convention, 222 ,13s-belng majority Of
T2G votes for Tho convention. aoon after this 70.
port had besn road, The Senate took up tho bill
providing for tho calling Of tho tonyeut1op,
passedl!t, and rent tito lbs uonsa.
TUE I7oozfoAAT1ox nfL1.
Ia tho Atlefnoon the 0tra1al Incorporation bill
Was !aken up, and waa read doHn 70 and iuclud.
Log tic eiAhth chsptes. seyefai auencmtnn
Wtro made, Tho principal onss bclnR 10 strike gu.
tho section Eslhliso 10 tAsnsAcco companies, Rnd
also 10 ssfiks ous ali relating 10 ssvtnga bsnks
ard insert a new stesioa drawn up By Soaa,or
Ep'er. Toward Tho ciosa Of actl1n The Clerks
voltt RAro way, snt senator Ward took his hIkce
usHru11oa Fo1 yKIatE'xiaD1D culLDaxk.
hi. Rp!or Etpcrtod hack tho bill providing for
tho support OF feohie-mtnded eht1druu, With IN
amendment striking ont eI0o,0 md inserting
10000.
coHAilaoHI1 OF HxIakAT.ox
Mr. Fort introduced coup'o of bills. ono Of
sncsn providing Tor the appointment b. tho Gov.
esnof ot aCoum1ssoncf o! Emigration In New
fosk. who IL to ramkin there II ltAat s!x months
IN tho 1sA. during Tho summer sc&son receiving I
aAlAsJ Of &t.ooo, ,tneludingjtexpenscs, and whose
duty 1t shAll be 10 provide for tho transportation
70 eh!a Btstr. a a. cheap 4 r1ta II possible, OF
euixsants Who may desire 10 come hithet,
aEw MnAAn AsYLrx.
Tho other bill of Mr.. Fort was to provide 10,
tho location and Carrying on Of N asylum 10. the
ircr'shse trsAne. to b. located south OF thu Onio
Aittt1sspri Rcsd. and appsopstat.ng $4,000
1cr the building, and *ioo,ooo 70 aetrsy .ltex.
pensss trimming It untu the Leeisla,uss uecu
again Tho bill also provides for tho sppotpt-
nent ~ the Governor sf dys Csumlssioners. OF
whom the Leutenaut QorrsLos u 10 be one, md
shall Set u President Of the Board.
Axo1H1a Hroz co1ro1A11ox.
MI. Dcso also offered 1 most extraordinary bill.
Incorporating the Western Grain Drrtu9 md
1ranspottatlon Company. tho saeoRpoeators belne
james " s1kss, Charles 4. psv.s. Jesse 3.
Wheeler and Il. c. uazard, thsdf plate OF auti.
ress being Chicago OF e!leHhere. With 4 capital
stock Of $500 900, With poFeE to increase It indet.
titefJ. ana also to OWL an-unuu1lted amount of
real eatatt- They are empowered to dry grim
a1d usnapoFs It RON point to poIat, ard buy and
sell grim On orders OF On other persons account,
IuH LNcoLK FA1K ELL
vas taken Up, pa1ssd without Aoy dit,eal1y, md
sctt to thu Houso.
1Ax Hrxr1oxf.
The tina OF tho Ho1se WIS t1ken up for IN
honS thl5 morning In d11e1sstuR the adytsa siltty
o. cxempttnz literary Institutions nom ta1attou,
4efsss- Acnson and Taylor, Of tho Cook County
Delegation, ably oeJeettng 10 tho indtserirlna,e
releases which had heretofore been granted. A
suonx personal appeal vas made IN
behaA 0! tie college At Galethufs, concerning
which tho aSht atoss. It's macy struggles veso
detailed. and nnallJ tho Rou.e rsjee:ed tho
amendment restricting the amount Of properly
Frlestcd from taxation to that portion artaa]ly
used for school purposes. 4 hill, ezenp,1nR ftora
TAXATION The property Of I Liberal instit1uou
known II tie Bellcyi1le Gynnastic Aaaoctst1ou.
WI paused to third reading without &1y oppo.
attio1.
5CsrIcu or TEE rXACk.
Another hour WIS Spent On a blu a1lahtly ex
tending the jurisdiction Of Justices OF tbs Peace,
which Was debated With k.eat ae7tm ouy bT hi
me AWJe,s In the House. and dnRny Was or
oeeed 70 third reading. It being proved that It
Was neaaufc 10 tbs detrtment Of Qong.rss md
Inc adsantaSc Of honest men,
CANAL 1MrkovExRyx
H. G&ylord's bill for tho improvement O, u.y,-
gition on the csaA declares that, vha7ess that
pofuon o. The canal extending frum Lock Is to
leo Intersection with the Illinois River, and
AnoNn - the steamboat etanEel. h4s become -
oeaHotsed through the accumulation Of sub
s1Aaees taefen II 10 seriously ota!ruct the tsFi-
gauon thereof, In consequence Of which tne reye.
naea arising ffon the csnAl hare been materially
olH1faaned. therefore, the Truatees are xnthor-
ixeo' ~ltooat atJ unlectstary delay to hare tuch
oottzatttona md deposits removed. 40 that tho
bottom Of the Steamboat chAnn.l will be on \
lose1 with The lowest ill Of tho lock and to herr.
attes keep tia chaanel clca,.
hoCTH stDK F1AK.'
The h!ll for the South 4lds Park xaa .epotted
nack to the House, and 1T once ms, With oopos1.
sioh NON La1atng. OF Mcnafd. who desi1ed to get
HH1c Committee, wheuee II could never haye
been e11icased, and 10 IL 4 blunderne war he
went On TO attack Ees1ase Of which bs knew
nothing 1t al The Cook County reuoers de-
tended the bill tcmperase}y but decidedly, and At
lat, ~ eonpsontee. 1t wRa decided to haye 1t
Laid on ihe table sId printed. An efoss mxy be
uadc 10 call It up on Monday.
oKNtBr1,
Eves slree the House began pass,rr bills in IN
omnibus, eTezy bill for The changing Of hanna
Of naki1e he!ss.As-hw hal been objected to. and
consequently hAs been laid ovex, The committee
has co1ti1utd reporting them to the House,
md today, Il their request, 4 test to2e was IA.
ken On occ which htd been pAssea orsr tso or
three times, rcsnltlns tnsA rote Of yt9s II nays,
7-onl5 Bailey and stawn recording themselves
u being nEde1 al etreunst4nees opposed To sueh
acts.
AAcHtxa foK11Y.
Tbs Nouss also listened with great spparent
Er&ttteattou to rho reading Of SONS deteasahly
E.uPtd and rcI3 personal vesses. In which the
1aztous members Of tho Honso wese referred 70,
| They served to eons uos few minutes o{ tine,
-! md to a1usa The galleries.
rRof1ctlos or n1xXzs.
The last thing done VII to discuss The bill for
The protection Of coal mtress, which provides for
| the sinking OF escapeuent shaft4 WITH iAddefs,
&c. By which, In ease Of fra, they might sseape
to The Gu1f1ee. The opposllon 70 It came ainaoat
| entirely from nenbetF experimenting counties
where the coal snafss arc deep, nd SONS Of them
stated that II WI N attempt to legltlste their
| nues oas of existence. 1t would. they aald, coat
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