, 1870-03-09
SPRINGFIELD.
Slow Progress In the Convention.
one Section Of the Judiciary Ar
acle Adopted.

One Section Of the Judiciary Ar
tiole Adopted.
Special Despatch 70 Tue Cn!cas,o r4,bane
--- SPRINGFIELD, March 8.
l17zR oRP1kAaANrNksk
Ine nrst pssssgs-At-azms between tKo menosr,
aut1nR me sitting OF this convention, which
aeeined TO b Inspired By anR1y feelings, ocou.T1d
a. me opening Of the session thts morning. ms
oo'nRefenfs were Colons1 Dement,, OF Lee. snd M,
wagner. OF Carroll, or It would hc mora true IN
~ tnaa toe shtafling member wM Colonel pe.
oent. and the Victim, Or recipient. Ar. Wagner, II
oy Iofce Of Parliamentary law Ooloue, Dement,
vas ott OF betore finishing hls asssult and MI
Wssner deprived OF the liberty ot making
q reply At that tune The origin ~
fhe dl11cultJ between tho two gentlemen
seemed 10 bo something 1iko this: Daring thn
d1leasston and action on the canal question. fer
week. since, Colonel Dement, made record that
va dAtas&eful 10 hia constituents and they con-
oenned II, believe, In = public meeting, aud at
tne same time commended the coufae Of Mr..
Wagner upon tho s1ne question. Colonel ns
nehf being candidate for Mayor, went houe
snong n1 constituents, or at least tnAt portion o,
mem who reside In Dixon, explained h1s post-
Elon and at the ZANE time ipMsted that n,a
cous.e, which they hsd condemned. and thst
OF ~. wagner, which theJ had commended.
were Identical; that, in fact nj. Wsguer s1np1,
followed bis lead, or nearly 70, This explsnat;on
Seems 10 have eattsted Colonel Dement'S con,tt-
uents' for they afterward elected him Mayor bv A
neAf'J uusnlmots Eote. Bat the Colonel,s d..
renee MI. wagner felt did him Injustice. and asn
lackeo the elements Of truth and ca1dor; and he
"rots letter to the Dixon Telegraph, giving HI.
sefslon o. me action Of hinself and Colonel De-
ment. This letter Colonel Dement, read to thu
convention this norniEg, aud then proceeded 70
comment upon 1t. Els remarks were
Almost entirely OF character per.
sorauy onennve to MI. wagner. and
such hs seemed to me to b. entirely uncaIle,,
Ior aod ont Of place Colonel Dement, continued
a. conAoesable lenRth-unt!ls In fact, the CONVEX
uon became decidedly opposed TO hls further con-
1lnuance, and call WaA made In an emphauc
natner for tho order Of the day, Tnls ca, on
further remafkI from Colonel Dement,. and pre.
cudsd any reply from Mi. Wagner, but Il tne
opening OF the Afternoon seaslon MI. Wagner roae
ana, IN reply to the sneenng rema1ks made By
Coloaei dement, that shout his only recollection
OF Elm tWaRner] in former dsya HAa In the capsoty
Of leading ogufe At hotAe COURSES, said ths.
among Tho eIrors Of his youthful days there vere
Lone 70 WHICH he turned with deeper feelluR1 of
eonf't!cn th1n those in which be used TO en-.
Coulter Colonel Dement, On the race track. This
raised the Rugh A2alnt the ColoneI. and that
e1ded the &oene.
ruR 1,p,1.Ry
The enti,o aess,on Of ,he o,nrpntto, tr-a.v
barring the eutsode which 7 hsve Zva1 s,nvs
waa 1evoted to discusaton al Rect,onst1a ana "a
tho former hartng reference to the comnenastinn
Of Crcu1. Judges, and tbe othar nrnv,dino for
en!arRtug the Jurisdiction Of COUNTY Conrts.
The slxteeuth section yas dtscnsted m n ths
cloae OF The morning session, and nnally adopted
by n1tug the g2lsry at n. 900 peF annnm nnt,l
otherwise provided BY Law. and 10 pe,ou,attea
whatever. Ths balance OF the section Wa
adopted 81 reported, except that the last sen !.
telce. providing thn. CLERK for the Circuit
Courf, = Shet,n, and Coroner should be elected
IN each, WA stricken out n these ofncers wAre
provided Tor In another section. arct,o, "a mn.
y.dinR for lncreatiuR the tur4adict'nn of
County Courts 20 that they snail have original
.:.-sdicston in csses of dtht. aa,nmns,t
s-n..
'es' teolesln, ETC., where she nm IN ,sso.
does not exceed $500, and of cr1ues ana rn,.da-
msanors where the punIah,nent sh.n mn -.
capital, OF In thu ,pentent,er ~. t,..n.,os
during the entira aste,nnon ava ~ ~. ~.s.s"s
e4cept on amendments Th,r. wars w.ts S..s.
ences Of opinion upon tnf, aect,on on 40 80
the necessity Of il helms stronr,v 1,oaS ..oS nnS
rice serss. Membets representing xma1j connt,..
very generally ,natated that mar co,,t,.. 49,
rot need this Innovation unon o,d ,,c,. n,s,,,as
wnlle members from thu i.roer connt,.s No.,r,
famed itA nfcs1aItt In fbngr tre,t,,,a.