, 1870-05-11
ILLINOIS.
Closing Work of the constitutional
Conventions.
Report Of the Committee on
Schedule.
Various Frauds Charged by the
Committee on E1pcnd.
fturc8.
Secretary Rummel Replies to the Re
port Of the Charges,

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morning. 1t consists OF thIrty-two sections The
convention Immediately resolved Itself into Com
mlttce Of the Whole, and devoted a1most the en-
tire day to Its consideration, when they reported II
back to the convention, aud it will be taken up fol
final adoption tomorrow morning. But few alter.
ations from the original draft were made In thc
committee. Section 30, which was put in ut the
tnstigation OF gentleman who camc from Chi
cngo for that purpose, providing that the legisla'
ION In regard to the parks In Ch1ca 20
hat IL, Lincoln aud the West Side
Parks, may be amended by special Law, WAS Htrick'
tn out with ruah scarcely roice being raised In
its favor. The ar1icle In regard to the rtghts Of
suffrage 1Tas placed In the schedule for separate
submission to the people By the casting vote Of the
Chairman, Mi. Anderson. It will be taken out oi
that position tomorrow, aB several Republicans
who voted to place 1t there to-day, did so under
pledge to their constituents before the Fifteenth
Amendment was adopted. They will change their
votes tomorrow. To the eighth section Of tthe
report, which provides that, on the
day the constitution is submitted To the people
for raticaion there shall be elected three Judges
Of the Circuit Court Of Cook County, an amend
meut IVES made TINT they should be elected in
PURSUANCE Of the principle Of cumulative voting,
or minority representation. This will give two
Judges to the majority party, and one to the MI
aority. So that this new system Of voting will be
inst tried in Cook County.
The Committee on Expenditures, this morning,
through their Chairman, MI. Aoorr, made re7o11
in which they gare detailed statement o1
tho amount Of stationery and postage stamps
drawn by each member Of the convention. The
su1us we're from ten to ninety dollars. The reod
lug of the report caused considerable excitement
among the members, especially when tho prices
attached to many articles Of stationery were an.
nounced. The committee, after going through
tho cnumezatfons, continue as folloTs:
"Iour committee would further report to the
convention that they found great and glarlng DIFF
terenccs In the amount OF expense made hy, OF
rather charged to, some Of the committees.
W by anc6 committees to this convention, which they
afe not able to explain satisfactorily to this
convention. All they can say is that all thes:
sost!nr tbe 5. s1ate The sum Il We're all en-
ployed aud assigned to thelr several rooms By the
Sec!etary Of State and not by the several commit
some Of whom b. yoa5 u aIse
Of labor performed br such janltorst or evcn of
their presence, or cmp!oEtncnt Of such janl-
tos Sn b ,.aSeI resolution Of tnis sgn
from further attendance upon the!r several
committees, md when they proposed to make q
charge upon the public treasury for aheE valuable
torn from 1t By luain strength. Some OF your
committee have had some experience in tho wean-
ing Of qu9irupetls, but this Task WIS easy com
pared with the tearing OF bIpe1s frun the we'll
iIlcd, deep and luxurious lap OF that great mani
moth known as the public treasury, and although
they they took their departure more than
theis ttfs Sans Suftins As aaa 4s seI1oFins yet
fresh In The memory OF the members Of
this convention and your committee deem II
lie made oi their sucrings and OF their SUCCESSES.
The committee would further report TINT they
have examined the prices charged each member
Items called stationery, and ind them based, not
on The valne or cost OF The articles themselves but
upon what was presumed would be the generosity
Of ina,tenton Of this convention; that the prices
mlttee tie reason why every facility was
furnished the members md odiceEs OF
money MOI t'ld not come out oi the takers but ont oi
the pnblic treasury, and who In this day Of pro-
gEeas and high taxes, Of great moral ideas, and
building PenttentiaEes. when no man takes stsp
Of the State in any manner except by actual EN-
bezzlemrnt7 Your committee ca9not explain
why such transactions were permitted IN the State
House,
In regard to the prices Of the articles
named IN each account your committee
i HoJne stationets, in the citysof Chicago, giving
the prices for which they sell the same articles b
na d';hss i L. s9rn mt fe ss9 ean oh
vcntion arc charged thirteen dollars per Team for
ne same quality The Letter papeT xoath aix
Ses Il Is IL ~ sn
div div cents per Tsan 70 three 'd1a dollars PCT PCT
samc difference will hold good as to NIL articles IN
the list. In examining the various Items, the
committee end that 1t mas been poor year for
and no one has been found willing "to temper the
winds to the ahoru 1ambs' Of this convention. It
has bad to take lts oWn part, nua protect
called "small.r "meau,1 and other kindred
names. In examining the books OF the Sec
furnished thus Contention are ~ noted down. the
COMMITTEES noticed some irregularities, which they
take the liberty to present to this convention The
charged at is each, Of 80 for the two, when the
convention are informed that they cost only one
half that amount In fact the price OF one Is
marked on the cover st *1ssa Nearly the same,
articles Of furniture furnished the convention
The committee ruIther report that es14 Is
mlttee rooms, which furniture Is now IN he hands
Of the Secretary Of State, that the committee have
no means Of knowing how much Of this furniture
legislature and paid for b. The state Ut that time
The committee further report that they allowed
Janitor jackson 81 per day IN addition TO the al
ct he IA IA been pai!t' Tie e. sun Of sss1;2s, ;
convention; that bill for S32l, for the services Of
FFnnk n. Donglas, Tas presented 70 thls COM
LILY ht t,1 ii, fhe nmntttee ~ sn"
piece OF copying Or any other service that nc had
office, and said bill was not allowed. nor Fns It
nnai!s fe1ested; yeI Lne commttee nno tnat tne
/" @ noic ~ .,. nae DTsu s,, rn'u eo. =, c.o.o ,os
pronn-e, ren,r ~ The renort NJ ,he Committee m
-. ,-,rs. ahnra ,rs,ch ~. ,rt,l Inv
.otp.o +ta 80 renranttnn +o.mn,ro,r H.
,e[s' ,a1s tha @ = renoIt t,oes HIM an1
.as ,,.,,u..,a., uv roa,1n.,st
.nS =, aS ~ - ~ aa..an w. 4bat the
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