The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-16
Constitutional Convention.
PETITIONS AND REPORTS--THE
LEGISLATIVE REPORT.
WASHINGTON.
KANSAS PACIFIC RAILROAD---CU-
BAN BELuGERENCY-PORT WAR
DkNS--REVENUE DEPART
MENT-RECONsTRUCTI0N--
FINANCE RESOLUTIONS
CONGRESS- AFRAID OF
THE M0RMONS.
THE NEW EPIDEMIC--TRANSFER
OF SEAMEN--COAL--BEkGH
APPEALS.
DDANfUs
THE MUNN BREACH OF PROMISE
CASE--NEW CANDIDATE.

SpRISrFIELp, H., Feb. l5.-The Conven
ton met at 10 o'clock this morning. Ii
the prayer the reverend divine warned th,
Delegates against the evils of Church an,
State coalitions.
A communication was presented from Mr.
reference to the reports of Circuit Judges
! Mr.. Moore, from the Committee on Ac
counts and Expenditures, reported that al
the jsnitors have been discharged, ant
asked that they be allowed three dollars
| day. Mr.. Merriam was in favor of economy
but ne wanted the jsnitors paid six dollar
day. Of course this report occasionec
the usual debate about retrenchment anC
reform. The resolution was adopted at thres
dollars.
Mr.. Medill presented q memorial of bushes.
men of Chicago against the over-issue o
warehouse receipts. Referred.
| Mr.. Turner presented a report of the
Committee on Printing. The cost SO far is
estimated st about $4,000. This does moi
include the cost of paper and binding, mol
the cost of official reports.
The committees report WAS received but
not acted on. The Convention then wen,
into Committee Of the Whole. Section
| thirty y-nine was sgsin brought under consid.
eraIion.
MIR. Hsines, of Cook, opened the discus
sion, and opposed any striking out of the
section, and was followed by Mr.. SedgwIck
ii the same line of argument.
Mr.. Whiting took the other side and
favored building railroads at almost auy
cost Mr., Writings TEN minutes having
expired, the delegates begged him to 60 on.
Mr.. Browning objected. Mr.. Underwood
slso opposed the section, and was willing to
let localities tax themselves for railroad
purposes equal to five per cent. of the value
Of their property. Mr.. King also opposed
the section.
Mr.. Brown, of Masssc, made his maiden
speech, and denounced the the section and
the restriction on the rights of the people.
Mr.. Snyder thought the argument, made
to tie up the hands of the people was absurd.
/; should be remem bered that the action
Of this Convention is not fnslity. he
favored the section, and strongly opposed
any creation Of heavy debt. Mr. English
followed in opposition to the section. Mr..
Rice also opposed the section, Mr.. Sheriff.
favored the section, and cited the effect of
railroad taxation in Kane county, which now
has five railroads completed or in process of
construction. Mr.. Mccoy was friend Of
railroads, and of course opposed the section
Mr.. Moore also made his maiden speech, q
splended one, iu favor of the section. Mr.
Medill favored striking out the section.
At l2:40 the Convention adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l6.-Judge Usher, of
the Kansas Pacific Railroad, made an argu-
ment before the House Pacific Railroad
Committee, urging an extension Of that
road TO the Pacific by granting them land
su bsides.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee
has had protracted discussion over the
Morton, Howe, and Sherman neutrality reso-
lutions, in which the Cuban question was
considered. without reach ing any conclusion
The matter WAS postponed till the next meet
ing. The sentiment ofthe committee, how
ever, is clear that the time has arrived when
the insurgents should be recognized as bel
ligerents.
The proposition to make Port Wardens
Federal appointments, instead of State. was
considered to day by the House Commerce
Com mittee, but no decision was had.
The Ways and Means Committee has just
decided by a vote of ) to to make the In
ternal Revenue a seperate department
The Reconstruction Committee has agreed
to Buffers bill removing political dissbilI-
tiles. The comu ittee refused to strike out
the section which provides that members OF
Congress and officers of the army and navy
who entered the rebellion shall not be in
cluded in the list of those whose disabilities
may be removed
Fenisn resolutions are up In the House,
and two members are on the list to speak.
The next special order for the morning hour
is Cullom's Mormon bill. Several mbers
on the Republican side will oppose it on the
ground that it will cost the government more
to suppress the Mormons than it would to
exterminste the Indians.
New York, Feb. l6.-Bellevue Hospital
is so crowded with patients stricken down
with the relspsing fever that the Board OF
Health is taking measures to establish other
hospitals where the disease can be e Exclusive
" treated.
Twenty thousand valentines pa sse
through the post office here yesterday.
Three hundred seameu from Charlest own
navy yard have been transferred to the navy
yard at Brooklyn.
The Erie Railroad Company now trans
port daily over their road 400 car loads of
coal. which is delivered st the Pennsylvania
| Coal Company's yards, in Weehawken, at
| 81 15 per ton.
| Henry Bergh has issued an appeal to the
public against the bill now before the As.
sembly, which, if passed would effectively
extinguish the Society for the Prevention OF
| Cruelty to Animals.
WAuKEGAN, Feb. 1.-THE jury IN the
| case of Samantha Proctor VS.. Ira I. Num-
for breach of promise, have failed to agree
They had been out FIVE days. The people
of this city feel very indignant at this result
which is a direct insult to justice. Judge
Williams, after scathing and well Greeted
rebuke to those thick headed jurymen, who
| persisted in giving the woman Proctor
verdict, discharged the jury.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. l6.-The Republican
Convention next Tuesday and Wednesday
promises to be very largely attended. Sens
tor Morton viii arrive on Saturday and
speak on Tuesday night. A new candidate
for the vacant Judgeship in the Northern
Circuit appears in the person Of Judge
Charles II. Teat, former member OF Con
gress.
A new Republican paper. by Col. W. Il
Holloway, Of the Journal, and other promi
men. citizens. organised as q joint stock
mpauy. is rumored.