, 1870-04-28
ILLINOIS.
Record Of Proceedings in the
Constitutional Convention,
The Report Of the Committee On
Counties Considered.
Another Fight ON the Cook
County Salary Question.
What has been Accomplished By the
HnhnI-1.
What has been Accomplished by the
Schedule COMMITTEE,
speeiA pespAtch to The Chicago 11fhane.

1AL2K1Hs OF COOK COUNTY, 0FTICEA9.
SPRINGFIELD, III, April q7.-The effort Of the
Cook County delegation to cut down the talaries
Of the Cook County otacers waa renewed again
to-day, and conducted with great ability and en-
esgT, but without EuccesA Having failed Jtster-
day To accomplish their object By IN amendment
the foztJ-trzt section of the Judiciary Article,
they to-day tiled 70 achieve success by an amend
1nent Offered BY Ar. uaJes 10 the sixth section Of
the article On counties, - follo1B:
"ia counties having 10000 innabssansa, the
present o11cefa and their succeAaoE8, as herein
Abore provided
THIS amendment wasfupported By Mesasa uayes,
coolbaagh, Dement,, Ross and Medlll In speeches
which no man pEetanded to answer or controvext
They Wese aAsalted with seemingly angry feelings
hJ Mesdrl Turner, Cody, Goodhne, 1nd otheya
Turner offered IN amendment to III. H1yra' propo-
staoa witch virtually destroyed It, and the 2mends
nent w2s carried By votn OF IS to - Ill. Hayes
proposition ~ amended BY III. Turner was then
rrtccted. Several other psupostuons having the
SANG object In view were offered and rejected
the Lust one bJ HI. Aedii that the Boar. Of Super
Etsora Of counties haylng ono hundred thousand
population be empowered to NJ the salaries OF
county omcets until otherwise provided By Law.
This proposition, 60 emaenty fair and lust, ought
| to have secured the endorsement OF the CONVEX
ton; but there wa1 manifest determination on
the part Of certain member to defeat any measure
looking TO reduction Of the enormous fees o1
Cook County ol1icIa1s, and they succeeded. The
| Cook County delegation went into this fight az
unit. and, 1t seems to nc, did I'll tnat honorable
men could do to carrJ out the wt9hes Of their con
| sti,uents, as unanimously expressed In their con.
feauooa LAST talL
nApo-x oe1A41fA@
the esueoule tommNe, n, lave, up 70 tols umc,
s,.n uiuu Ne ,94o .ns ptoposlaouS' l. 1na1 tos
"..s sna.' ~ san'4eu " ne People .o'
.aeI- - =. s-Su, .e;,S w ue u1s1 oAtutuA'
,.,,na :. upUu ta.s.s e ,,. h'a tne etaetes 70
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sss..tfs.s. 80 :. u.ra1A', loo4e.a
;I.Ns.N' An1 +.knS Va oun W. '@9.s suao oe soo
mtN.ou Hse.uel. =" "ees "iu PROBABLY oe aaoeo
0e oA! " s1SHta, auu PcsnaES oue OF sFo otnetS
Ane Nt1c'cs on tac InltauonA OF county and MI
mS'lo. "oeoteone1s WI DC suhmAsee
| sepAsatei5, sno prooaol1 each o.
the otnes asucleS The reAsos
loF submitting tne tnfee leading articles, VIZ.
| f1ecuu'er Le8lslAtl4es aud JUDICIAL together,
that they arc 10 blended In many Of their pro
Visions toat II ether were rejected and the other
aaopted, tne5 would provo hhasmonlous With TIT
Auces IN me Present consntnnont Which ~ouit
have to be substituted The committee aist
aooMeo me secuon IN me LcslAAaVc a1ucl
T1icn requires Inc Governor aud Secretary O.
State to apportion the State into DIsutcts for th
| election Of Senators and REPRESENTATIVES to TIT
| Cener,, .s.-rrr,, ~ fa4..1,- - m.rn 49,
/ s,.ass.,ax - - 49, .,s. :" AAs Wv y
eMaAuen VI INC new olsu1cS On the Isl OK sep
tesnoeft the ulsuaess 10 eommenee Win Ae1Aude
eoeA1s auo tan no11u- a minority OF INT