, 1869-01-29
Personal. EXplanations-.-A Leg
lslative Personality.
Killing and Curing to be Regu-
lated bv Statute.
Stealing NewspaperE-An Om-
nibus Bill and Cen
etRl Laws.

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Washington votes to abolish the Erauking
privilege, at Springfield uses his postage
stamps only for the beucfit OF Ills consti.u-
,nts, aud never accepts money US an equlva-
ent. Sometimes lie is noisy aud obtrusive
ind insists that others shall follow an xau,-
ale he set only to be singular, and sometimes
Hay, aud TO suiIer others to live according
% their own light. The honest man. even
when quiet, is we'll Pleased to hare his Sin
,ularitics made The subject of discussion,
md he Joins in with remarks on economy in
The administration Of the government and
hints that he has done the State some ser
vice.
The representative honest man in this
Legislature is the member Of The House from
Jo- Davicss, md who, being we'll to do, eau
aaurd to indulge IN what the poorer brethren
may call cccentticlties, for poverty makes
NTH find some things eccentric, and others
quite conmeudablc. Mr.. Greene, an old |
but active man, knowing In lead and trust
worthy III all other matters. declines rniiroad |
passes, aud all other things which arc not |
named in the Constitution OF the State, which |
Is his guide and rule. The passes are sent |
him, but he declines to receive them, aud |
pays his fare, alleging that passes are not |
given Is q courtesy, but that the railroads !
expect IN equivalent, that they are given to |
Influence Legislation and make them anlctlablc. |
At The last session lie was alone ia Rejecting
extra compensation, and even refused to ac-
ccpt knife, though at this Que his scruples
yielded so fir rs the last-named thing was
concerned. His papers are distributed among
his constituents, for whom he has the greatest
respect, and whose views, or what he cou-
ceives to ue their views he faithfully strives TO
represent. He is quiet in the House, and en-
crgctic on committees, and though his pro-
test against cpttafn expenditures may be
thrown away, yet he u much to be preferred
10 those gentlemen who commute their
postage stamps for money, and who commute
their Stat. Journals for msney, the Ledger or
the F1ag ef 0ur Onion !; for there arc some
people who are born commuters, aud COM
mute everything they can from the cradle TO
the grave, and who ore ready to sell any,
thing tor the customary mess Of pottagc, pro-
yidcd, however, It is lecently seasoned.
For q wonder, there las been de2rth OF
personal explanations. the heat md fury OF
the discussion OF the Railroad bill, probably,
SO occupyirg the time of members that they
have no leisure TO study tue papers. II is
bers called for these tliuEs at least once
week, and due notice will be given in the
Springfield papers, 50 that the ladies may be
WcstEt, although the personal expaana iouS
which they like to hear nre generally made
with great embarrassment. and some little
sccresy. am not aware that any Of that
| kind huve been made during the session Of
the Geaeral Assembly, except, perhaps, to the
chAmbernnfds.
The pardon OF the House should be begged.
Mr.. DcIison did rise yesterday to personal
| explanation, and desired to state that he had
| voted inr the Railroad bill, and was not
/ nrEoug those who had s'Famostd the ranchc''
OIL the preceding evening. Mr. Sicklcs has
remained Silent since his outburst Of last
week, but Is believed to be slowly accumu-
latine material for another resolution which
will ns1onish nnd edsty tae House. He is
| surprised to tino tllat the New York and 9th.
er Eastern papers have taken no notice If
what he considers one of the great relorma'
tory steps Of the age. .'Thcre is,'' said he, ~
fellow up III Il iscon.in by the name Of Bovee
| who is tying to abolish capi1al punishment,
but AM striving to abolish newspaper pun
ishment, which Is mich more severe, and for
| which there is no warruut In the code Of
Moses, who, like myself, was legislator and
\ GeEeral.''
Inc wcaslncss Of Tuesdays legislation was
agreeably broken in upon by bill intro
6uced ty Mr.. H"nna entitled "a bill Tor an
act to accomplish the object therein spuci-
fed" This bill declared that the name Of
Charles Voris, Representative from Shelby
County, be charged 20 that IN all relations OF
lite, except the family one, be should be
Charles Augustus Cr=ar Vo,ls. Ibis brought
to hls feet the gentleman named In the bill,
loud and long drawn-out Democrat, who
in the heat and feryor OF discourse gestlcu'
lutes like q windMili In q eulc, and causes q
spectator 10 fear that the arms Will fly from
tier sockets. the legs be !, oscned at tht
hips, and lhc head he separated at Tho neck =
Jesuit which would greatly distract 1ht
Hill is OF tic audience, and induce them II
nay a very divided attention to the speaker
| tnrfs nyN himself a ! nrIf h u
satisfied with the names which were 10 b
lesislated upon lin. TO increase his stool
Of names was to east slnr upon his god
1a,aeF haa given and him soaml0'hcl al tbat wes wa
) good for him. Then, too, the names suggest
ed were inappropriate Wig call him An
{ gustus ut this season Of tue year, and VIII
= name him Cesar when he had seized nothin
aud Ind seen nothing to stize : The blIl wen
to the Carnml1tcc on Miscellaneous Subject:
. the people beg1ilc the time and seek to al
: lcyiatc the weartsomcueSs Of undcrpaid legi:
:, lntiou.
: The present LEGISLATURE. animated with
noble drsirc 10 keep the people from beiu
: trcddeu on, oppressed or deceived, has rasse
Q tened to the reading Of j bill 'sto prevent tt
9 people from bring imposed upon by quac
DOCTORS" Now, this Is really nothing b,
J., spccial legislation, aud what is wanted is
+ general Ii : entitled AN act to preyen: II
/. making fools of thcmselvcs.' II /. su
q ptislrg tlat this has no. bet
{ passed before, since no one can fail to 8.
: how greatly the happiness Of the com1nuni'
d would be advanced by such q neasur
a This bin for the e1tirpatiop Of lnack D.
tors providts that cvrty person praetisit
g medicine in this state must obtain i, Iiccu
+. from County BuArd consisting of two ph
J. eicians and the County Clerk, or graz
State Board. This adds new qu1liticatil
: to these which q c unity Clerk is suppose
&c to possess, aud he will by required, in ente
Ing upon the discharge Of biz duties, to sho
that TO is grounded in the use Ut calumt
II cubcbs mud can1har1des. lie is to aid In d
It Gliding who shall kill stenne um arteu., 81
). will assist in fining person who unlawiml
and in defiance OF The statutes restores
p health i cl1izcn Of the State Of Illinois.
II he himself has bccu eptapEled in the willis
n a quack doctor, the dilemma becomes $
T. rious.
a At any rate, there is afforded an oppor,uui'
ii for the romance Of the tuturc. The uu
censcd Young physician falls In lore with Il
daughter Of the naughty County Clerk, ar
bis uncertl!fcated VOWS arc spusncd. /
d cures thr lady Of his heart whea lawful psa
&c ,itioncrs do ta'i, ard the happy isthcr. co
- ycrtcd by love, gives him with one hand
70 rage certificate 1t will be sweet. The tv
Ia | physicians who are to be on this board are
~ tt selected By the Board OF supervisors " he
0' such there are, and !, vii. he pathetic to hc
N thcse gentlemen fighting over the merits
o. their different phys.clans, and as to whit
l., one hath the most rottnt druls. Thcrt Il
no battles to be compared in bitterness wi
i'd these Of the medical IraterLity, and, if IL
10 bill passes, NC shall have them.
4 Mr.. Smith made III energetic protest lgain
" the passage of the bill. tGtuC which
h looked on with contempt, aud which won
g. ruin those people who are engaged II raisl'
ca1nlp, sage, pcnpyroyal and boueset, Al
administering them to patients in the tE
ofte.. This was o large aud lucrative bran
Of Industry, and II should not be crushed OF
o Nhcp sick he sent, not Tor physician Of t
Il schools, but for bowl Of warm catuip Il
-, administered by q lair mad bnxom girl, Ii
=. Ablshag, whotook change OF David In his 4
u and sicily Days
IL II tue rh3 eicians OF this Stale afo ucst
,e mined protectinD&sts, and lear that with
bc sonc such measure they Will be ruined q
IT, driven cut by q lot Of old women and yon
!: women, why It Is very proper for their s2s
that some such piIa should pass. This s
TX TEN wns tr1cd onca In All Eastern State, o.
.is was, af&cr few years' experience, abardons
The only result WIS to mike martyrs g
Of ThompsouIans nnd other irfcsu
practitioners and rather aid thau Iujurc the
Certainly nothing should be done to rep
m that poetic sentiment declaring that Won
-. should dread It the most is certainly ,
~ County Clerk.
nj Strong words as we'll as strong mcasu
are occasionally developed here. Some n
'es who had bis little bill before J commit
Of had an earnest discussion With Senator
ed and-so relative to tho p>opriety Of cert
amendments, which the latter, regarded
ii. necdlul, aud, getting heated in asgume
closed with the emphatic declaration,
tic you put IN those amendments, Senator, J
lot will utterly debollicatc the bill.
Yesterday measure was introduced