, 1870-04-21
Yesterdays P1eese4inss in the
Constitutional Convention.
The Article On Counties Finished
in Committee Of the Whole.
The Executive Department Re-
port Adopted In Convention.
Death Of Judge Billings, Delegate from
the Sixteenth District.


Kllt n011h Qeb3tE Oh "AICu AA41uS4 " RA-u't- u
tn1s were presented, and most OF them voted n
,wu, the sectton was adopted II this section 10y 10y
not prove satisfactory to the people, the fault
1ou not rest with the convention. for no sertion C
IL pied in any article yet passed upon, has re-
riyed Ealf the consideration Of this II oflce- ~
odeys can get around Of override It's PROVISIONS,
len nu section can be written which can
ton them. The sixth Stcuon ol Z
be report, which had been passed orer. was then !
akeu mn, an,l, after amendment was adopted s
he ast sentence OF the section, which places the
sc4l Affairs Of county not having township Or
In the hands Of tts County Commits
toneTs, was stricken out Two additional REC
ions, one by Mr. 4ay and another by NJ cam
,rou. were adopted The nrst Ia nearly identical
with The sutsttutc for the seventh section offered
by the same gentleman, and the one bY Mt Cam
cron nlaces tie financial Affairs Of Cook County In
the hands Of fifteen Commissioners elected ~ inc
neon!e, ten 10 be elected III the city Of Chicago
and i've In the county towns
EXECUTIVE KKrORT.
After the completion Of the report on eounues,
the rcport Of the Committee Of the Whole on the e1
ccuttye rcporr was taken up, and The amendments
Of the committee concuETcd In. The convention |
then proceeded to act on tho report ssr16fa- No
npht WA made until the fourth section VIE
reached That section made the state otncers In |
Eligible to reelection. After warm deoate,
that ran of the section Was stricken out ant, II
the State CGn4u1uIon oH 3t4pptCH al $o%A@S "AAA
GERS Will tc eligible to q reelection AL ran
smoothly until tie twenty second section was
reached, which defined he duties Of the state
Treasurer Nj. Anthony moseA to add TO sae
section the proytso which was originally reported
hy the committee, aud stricken out In Committee
Of the Whole, Is follows:
..He shall not act "a the agent In e1y CAPACITY
OF any county, city, town, ylaRes public OF PFisAa
CORPORATION Or association or individual in paying
their debts OF the interrs, thercon and no moneys
e aspS.e ~ wa daa1 Ill @ sale Keeping 70
| be paid forthem."
The motion to add this proposition to the section
Of course opened the old light On the tai stealing
| law Of 1863, and It lasted for two housA Sotning
new was said. The same old arguments on both
aides. III. principal speakers for the rroslso were
| Mcsug church, Anthony, Atkins, B1om-
| we'll. CoobauKh and Goodhne- Aessrs. SchoAelu,
Hanna and others opposed It The Fote
nas taken: but the friends Of ta1-stealing proved
| TOO Strong, and the amendment was rejectetl-fs
to4 Section IS {and the LAST was stricken out
An additional section, defining the oath OF once,
WAS passed. An additional section, defining the
cath Of once. vas passed An attempt WAS made
10 get lid Of the iron-c1ad oath which Is to he i'
nosel upon members Of the General Assembly, but
it failed The report Was then sent TO the Con-
tulttec Cd Revision and Adjustment
COOK COUNTY 6uER1FF.
strong pfcssu1c has been brought to bear upo1
| ~+NS
| ton in Cook County, to eli the vacanc,
j | LII the Shcrtf's ONCE The Gorerno
} | hsa duly considered the matter, and
an author!tattyel5 Informed that he has come u
the conclusion not to do 20. He Is convinced INA
Coroner CieaEcs possesses the necessary qtailnea
+ tious for the place, anl can give thc fe4alAt
bonds, aud hc.Loes not believe It essential or goo
o1icy 10 nut the people OF the county to th
0 trouble and heavy expense Of clccttug new shc'
| ifT for the brief term Of htx months.
:. TIE STATE REGISTER sQr1RXS
The reverend and yeuefable edi1ot oI the sra
R-,i4tr tries TO escape the otlin1u attached 70 h
recent attempt to commit Mcssrs. Allen and 6cho
II field to his views on negro suffrage, " aprlylf
several pct names to your correspondent, al
them having special reference to his shal
Is and by also claiming that the vote which he =
r. corded In his coluuns, wherein the names Of u
good gentlemen Referred to were ihscrI'oated, h'
- | reference 10 another question. In bis 1rst X
fos1nancc, as stated, be was guilty OF scur
trick and In the last he Is guilty Of prev A1icahou
=, | perhaps talsehoo.l would be more e1Pfessl
~ term; and might state that only short Ut
en- since this editor, In an editorial aequfeecea III
ut | Fifteenth Amendment, nnd urged the Uemocsa
of marty 10 do the same But, then, 1t Is Of no sost
~ ~ | consequence 70 anybody what ma. have been
uY I views heretofore, or what they uaY no" be.
to | the language OF Butler, Shoo+ ny.'
LIEUTENANT GENERAL suKK1DAN.
VI In compliance with the invitation Of seyc
Re- | Chicago members Of the conEcnttonr tleuten
General Sheridan, for the first tlnr. VIII
!. Springfield He Will reach herr to-noEEow eE
w inr, will visit the convention on Friday, and
m. publicly received by the members. and will,
Of tlputt, he otherwise entertained By the citizen
sprtnCdcld. His welcome will tc corl1A and
~ H.. tb-ss..asttc.
KEy. WILLIAM i. BAKTLETT.
4 large number OF the members Of tho Const
OF 4soual Convention have uuiteA On formal Inv
tee ton 10 Rev, William Alvin bartlett, Of Chicago
'A' deliver hts lecture on China In the Assem-
Chamber, on Friday evening. No Answes
c been received from him, but II L expected thA
pup, | will comply With tho request.
, 3" STATE rRlsoa coNxIssIoSER AFroErKn
The rrsl9pstion Of Andrew Shuman. one Of
end Commissioners Of the Joliet Stale Ptulseuu
which WAS tendetrd to the Governor some r.
ago, was nnally accepted to-day. aud Elmer y
burn, Of Madison County, sppo!nted couniss
by the Governor to ill the vacancy. Nj. r
,. bum ts IN Old resident aud prominent Kerubt
OF Madison County, aud Will bring with him In
discharge Of the responsible dnt!cz ofhis otac
Llama | !rrerroachabe character, sietu Integrity, q
octa- high order OF business talent
r Of tE7TEks FRoA COUNTY CLERKS AND JrszlCE
51o,- TIE rxAcE.
The The late decision Of the Governor relatn
nlo the otlce Of Justice Of the Pescc has rcsultc
TX. perfect avalanche Of letters from County CT
anty Justices Of the Peace and others, propouudtn
es la Vulnerable questions It beiuE utterly lmpos
ann for the Governor 10 answer al these question:
7-nve mas fe1et'eu LII "hois paeu ~ at'o! w W.
rctet Bushnell the proper otccr to decide the qucs
1ado that a,c being asked by interested parties
'ooA- NEW EsERAScE coXrASr.
The Safety Deposit Life Insurance Cozaraz
Chicago, to-day, By lts Attoruey, Hon. ]. u.
ncy / made its 15ss deposit under the Let tncorpor
lntY the company, OF 100000 with the State Treas
tho | nud las received the Audttorb certificate.
ntcr EiGu1u CONGRESSIONAL plGTR1cT.
The Republican Executive Committee OF
doll the Eighth, Congressional District, will me
I tho bloomington ne1t Monday, for the purpose 9
ecos ing The day for holding the convention fo'
and j nomination Of Republican candidate fu
The / once Of Representative to Congress from tni
road | trlct The friends OF NJ. Cu1lon a1c natt
tnsie Working for his denomination. The nam
ntncr other gentlemen. al good anu true nen. &Fe
sion toned In this connection. Among them arc
me Of | mi McSult2 and Hr. Roe, Of Mclean: Hon
! thc rarkA Ut Lngzn; lion Charles Turner And
y u she Jonathan Merriam, Of TAzcwcll; Colonel ke
Euc- Dewitt; Hon. J. c. ssseyelL Of livingston
a rail-. BAT71sr ASSOCIATION or 1lixoIa
their The Executive Mission Doard OF the 8
to the ,,,,.. c,,.-., ssor3.ttor of Jr,nn,s ron.
IWerN- oAPasN ""N = . - ~.
Ills OF city to-day. Tue various rrrots show I'M
EeScnt | mission Nurk IS IN HoQ11sA1nS Gonauo1
new missionaries we're appointed, making th'
| number IN the State twentJ-four-
KAllEoAp oRGAS11AI1oS.
The organization Of the Springfield L Mort.
T. don Of william Green as President To-day
Hamilton, OF Petersburg, was elected Chief
I'd. OF necr The suryev Of the route win be coto1o
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