, 1870-04-27

Petitions and Communications
Presented.
The Judiciary Article Finally
Disposed OF
Section Relative to Salaries Of Cook
County Officers Stricken Out.
Gluse Providing for The Appointment Of
Jnstiees Of the Ptatt bJ the
ctrernof.


SrR1x0Y1M.p, April e&--The convention msde
n1st-ratc pgoErcss. to-day, By completing the re-
port Of the Committee Of the Whole On the Judi
cary Article. and sending It 70 the COMMITTEES on
Rtr1Kton and Adjustment In many thtng1, the
report has been improved By the fonr OF 0vc daTs'
lahos given 10 IL consideration, bot IN many
things It u stl crude and defective, and the con-
r1ittee To whom Il has been seut hare dltacnls
work to perform In % revising and adjusting
its Various proTiktons As to make them
harmonious, Tho most important amendment
adopted to-day, 10 fAr a Chicago Is CONCERNED, Is
the one placing the appointment OF Justices OF the
Peace Of shAt city tn the hands Of the Governor
and Senate, on the rccomm euaRtion OF the judges
nl the Circuit, Superior, and County Court2. THIS
amendment WIS urged With great c2+uestneAs ~
the Chicago deseGasinn- and theJ were saasatncd
bJ largo nunheT Of easitng delegates from other
parts oi the State, who, althongh opposed on Reu
erat principles to takng the power to elect from
the people. felt II their duty 10 nake N e1cep-
t.on to the cAse Of Chicago for the reasons
| urged i,y Chicago membera- On one Important
question, relating to Cook County, tic delegation
| from that county met with defeat to-dAy. which
| they h3d m reason 10 expect, and that IVES In
their attempt to reduce the present enormous SAL
aries Of Cook County oo1cla!s Il once, including
the Clerk Of the Circuit Court, County Clerk, SheE-
| 10, etc. Although the convention few d1Js since
cut down the sAiar.es Of the Supreme Judges from
g. ooo to s4,oo0, ard the salsries Of the Circuit
Judges from &, 900 to &3,3o0, get only twenty
two members, including the Cook County t1e1e2A-
tim could be found TO aJmpathlze tn the movement,
and the louK-suler1ng people OF the county arc
left without relief until the the tets Of these OIL
ctals snafl expire. The defeat Of this a1lHiaty
measure will cost the people Of Cook County prob
a,ly quarter OF 3 million Of doIlarA The rrin-
c,ral champions Of these fat-salazte o4ee holdcsa
wefc Cody Rni Goodhue. The former thought 1t
would be IN outrage, 4 horrible ontsagc, upon 0a1
| sctte AMI hls associate bAtnAc1es to take from
! them their immense Incomes and put them into
| The County Trtasu1J, because fees amounting to
few hundred dotlara were paid bJ person.
not residing In Cook County. although they
were ta1-raye1a 10 the county. Nj. Gootihue ID
| sisted that It would be foul blow upon those Re
| publican of0cc-holdcf3 who Stood up for The Re
publican ticket last fail, and gave their money
sustain the party nominations, to thus deprive
them of the 1at Incomes Of these etneca hefor'
their terms were At II end This Kind Of a9gu
| mcnt anl other Illogical Influences, which uct
not mention, prevailed, and the good Intent Of th
Cook County delegation was doomed TO dsappotnf
ment am not without hope that better counsel
viii ultimately preSa and the p1upostton be rut1
the constitution, In the sh2pe Of m additional see
5 tics, presented BY Mr, Coolhaugh, md to whic
: there cannot be aay unprecedented objection.
8 ApJoCHSAKsT.
+ The adjournment question Is again being aRtta
gar1ed az the most troublesome Of III others, hal
I Ing been disposed o!, many members think the
d will ind no difficulty In completing the cntts
. work BY tho end Of next week.
= TRANSFORMATION CONVENTION.
!; | The proceedings Of the Transportation CouFcl
ton held 1t Bloomington, LAST week, reached an
xas laid before the convention, today, from thre
y aources, viz, the officers Of the contention, n
:. the Boards OF Trade Of Chicago and Peon
They werr referred to the Committee on Cana
| and Canal LAudk.
WOMAN HCFFRAGk
Mr. Hayes presented memorial from hundrs
and serentJ-nTe ladies Of Chicago, against wotul
8 suffrage, and Mr. petley presented \ petition
the same effect from one hundred ladies' Of I1enr
II | Marshail County. Mr. Goodhue offered resol
u tIou thai the Committee On Revision and Adju
II rnen1 be requested 10 strife ont the section In
article on the elective franchise submitting t
Is question Of woman suffrage to vote Of the pcoI
OF the State The resolution WAS laid on the tab
Il, | to be taken up for future action.