, 1870-04-22
ILLINOIS.
Yesterdays Proceedings in the
Constitutional Convention,
Report Of the Committee on Edu-
cation,
Work ON tho Judiciary Article
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sufKRtHIfkDkSr BATKxAA.
srRlfoy1klD, Ill. April f1-Thc convention
spent m bour snd half this morning on certain
| Issues which have grown up between that t,odv
and Dr. BstemAn, Superintendent Of Public In
sHuct'on- Ar. Moore Introduced resolutions call
Ing on the Superintendent 10 sta1e the amount OF
bis saary all the money he had received for boots
travelling expenses. and p<y;dtan alloWAnceA-othet
than salArJ-ss member Of Educational Boardx,
ETC. The resolutions were adopted. AZ these Eeso-
lunons go upon the journal Of the convention, the
tr'ends OF pr. BasemAn made motion to have his
earu printed some days slucc In reply to remarks
made BY MessrA Tncher and Moore, Also
entered upon the journal THIS motion was laid
upon the table. Afterwards Nj. Springer fose.
commenced speech, aud then sent the card to
the C1erkh desk to have It read a. a psst Of h.s
speech, and In this WAY 1t got entered upon the
journal
INDICATION
The Committee on Education made their report
this morning. The article contains elx sectlona;
Ihat the General Assembly shall provide for IN
emc1cut system OF free, schools; that all mouies
and other property for school pu,poses shall
be faithfully apptied for that purpose: that
the school fund shalt never be Appropriated
to church or sectAsian purposes; that no teacher
ahsi ever be Interested In the sale Of book school
appaEatpa furniture, &c, to be used in any school
u ne slate: that a State Superintendent Of Pub
Tic instruction shall be elected At the aae time
and for the same term as the Governor and Conn
" super1ntcnients elected In each county.
TIE Judiciary REroRr.
Al II O'Clock the convention took up the report
OF inc Committee OF the Whole on the judiciary
Arncle, Tor the purpose Of acting upon the amend
meats OF the constitution The 1rst
snow OF Opposition WIS the NTH Sec
Ion OF the report, which divides the State
Into se%en Supreme Coutt Districts, and had N ore
particular reference to whether the County OF
Clinton, N which Judge Breese resides, should be
In the F1rst or Second District The report ulaecs
It Id the Fist District, aud there the convention
decided, BY strong vote, It should remain This,
1t Is understood Injuries the aspirations Of several
gentlemen residing In tue First District, who be.
eyc that they could do Justice to the elevated 20
sihon OF supreme Judge. Mr. uaincs then tried
to have the section stricken out,
and The old three grand divisions
restored This proposition was beaten
ny tHo 70 ohe Section Is YVES amended In sevefai
particulars and considerably improved. At about
io'clock, the 7nirteeath section, which had been
laid orer to await action on Section IS, was again
tsIen up and sharp contest arose on thai part
Of the section which provides that the State shal
be divided into Judicial Districts Of not more than
l one circuit for every 1850 inhAaitants. The
l light lasted until O'Clock, when the convention
| adjourned. A motion to strike out 100, 900 haa
! been carried, and motion to insert l23,0oo Vaa
| pending.
TIE sTA1s JOURNAL
| The State Journal paRes furious onslaught thts
/ 1nornlng, upon TEE TRIBUNE Correspondent, ans
ealis MN quite number Of hard names because
| ne exposed tho influence which controlled that
| paper In making almost daily assaults upon The
~esS of the convention 1t denounces each Of
the statements In my despatch seriatim, hut closes
WILL admitting the truth Of most OF them. Now
there Is not man In this city, of ordnary Infor-
nation; there Is not member Of the Last General
Assembly, that doea not know that my expo
siion Of the performances OF tho Journal
to get control Of the State printing ts essentially
true; aud, further, there is not member OF this
convention, think certainly no member Of the
Printing Committee, who does not be1ese That the
animus Of the journal in Its opposition to most OF
the work prepared By the convention Is INSPIRED
by Ia failure to bAnboozle The Printing Committee
Into giving II printing and binding contract at
prices largely In excess Of what the work could lie
done for by other partiea. These Ore the facts.
which all the violent language employed BY the
Journal toward this correspondent cannot vine
out
PuIL SHERIDAN.
The news that the gallant Phil Sheridan would
a1riEetn our city on the evening train from chl-
cagu, drew large crowd Of citizens to the depot
10 catch glimpse Of the brave Irtshman. The
tralI reached here on time, and as he stepped Into
the carriage awaiting HIN, hearty cheer 10,
General Sheridan went up from the lungs Of the
crowd who surrounded him. The General waa es.
cortedto the Leland by the Springfield Zouavea.
Who had turned out In tun force with full baud
oilmusic as complimentary escort to the hero Of
| the Shenandoah Valley. Reaching the hotel, be-
| fore which was gathered large crowd, the Gen.
esal, accompanied by Non- ". F. Coolbanea,
| preceded 70 his rooms, but, upon loud
calls, he made his appearance on
the balcony, and, slirly bowing to the crowI, zc-
tired. The General Is expected to spend lay OF
two Ii the city, 1t being his rst visit to Lincoln's
hume. A large number OF our cinzens arc payinc
their respects to the General this evening, at TIC
| Leland
| 7nk NEW CITY GOVERNMENT.
The Mayor and ether city officers, elected las,
week, were duly installed this evening.
| OPPOSITION TO woxAH sCrrRA6R
Mrs W. G. Wheaton. Of kalamazoo. Michigan,
By the courtesy OF the members Of the convention
it!isercd lecture this evening tn the Represents
| tIycs HILL, against woman suffrage. The hall VA.
pretty well nl!ed, the bulk Of the crowd beins
members OF tho convention. The lecture was vel
received md well delivered, and Sul1 Of homt
thrlsts Hnd vital truths.