, 1870-03-10
SPRINGFIELD.
A Months Recess Agreed Upon.
Report OF tho Committee on
Federal Relations.


Special Despatch to Thu Chicago Tribune.
6F1MGFtkLu, ATc1a.
WORK or TIN CONTENTION
The convention exhausted the entire day IN c3n-
dderps tbs Judiciary report, and made but very
title headway. Tna morning Session was coz
lned to discussion On the eighteenth section.
Fnlen Jou viii tecollect occupied tue entire ses'
Hon. yesterday afternoon, and when the commit
60 rose 10 get thetf dinner the ve1ed question
'eemed no nesfer to solution than when tho dts
:usalou commenced twenty-four hours previously.
When the convention assembled IN the AFTERNOON
the1e VA feeling apparent that something nnst
oe done with this eighteenth section, and that
urhout any further delay. This result Of this de-
termination va tho adoption at the section a.
given 9ou In the regular afternoon report Of the
pYoceedlpgL AZ this time tbs prevailing feeling
smouK the members Is that the section IL unsulted
to tho ooecia which ths JUDICIARY Committee hid
in v'ew when they agreed To report IT. not Vhat
Is wanted; IN fact, really In the xorat shapo In
vi wh}ch u could b Placed. The mnmocra felt that
something should be done to get I'D OF ths ques-
tion, ard get opt Of the internn2ble labyrinth IN
which thsy had plseed themselves By tho ten
pours' discussion ard the pillng On Of q Bcore Of
amendments / should not wonder II tbs
character Of the sectiou underwent N outtc
change when 1t comes before tho convention fer
nuai adoption. After getting nd Of tho eighteenth
section. secton II. giving power to the General
Assembly 70 confer Jurisdiction upon County
Courts for counties having more than $. 30 popu.
1auon, the Jurisdiction to be uniform, wAs adopt-
I'd. Section ., providing that no grand tur1es
.hau be empaunsled In County courta, and that
the said conrt1 shall have exclusive appellste
Iuritdtctton In ali casea Of sppea1l from Justices
OF the Peace aud Polfco Magtatssses, except
in contested elecious, forcsh1e entry and detsncr
Section 1t, allowing such appeals and wits ct
error from nnAl Determinations OF County Co1rta
- uay Be provided By lAw. and Section 70, con-
tituinR the present Iudges IN once until the ex.
p.1aiion Of shetr onlce, with the power aud jurts
d!ctien they DOW possesa, Ac.. were all passed
Htth llttla CT 70 debate OF oppositiou.
TIE r1oPoexp cuuHr or coxMoH rLKAs.
Tbs next sticking point WA the twenty.third
secticn, which establishes new tribunal, to ba
Known ~ tho Court Of Common piess, which Is
intended, under certain contingencies, to
b. subAtauted for County Courts, with
al their poNera and Jurisdiction, and
such other jnrltdcilcn u NAY be conferred BY
Law. THIS section was debated With moch sctEt-
II but not always With clta<ness, until the close
Of the afternoon sessloc, and laid otsr until the
twenty sixth eecuon Is resched, which proEldea
for a Probate Court Il was tna!lted By rha expo
1cnts OF the proposed Court Of Common Pleas
that It uRs mere attn wheel in tho wAkoo. and 4
pat up job for the benefs Of political be2s sh1b and
that there wss cot the remotest neceasltJ for fta
creation The friends Of tho court 10
sisted upon Ix IecesAty, without. however,
urging any marked reasons for thtir opinion MI.
Wneston, Just be1ore the close Of the debate, Of
tered m amendment, which he Intended as 4
tBtzc, that sppeala shall be allowed from Justcet
Of The reace to County Courts, from County Court
to Courts Of Common Pleas, from Co1rta Of Com.
non Pleas to the Circuit Court, from the CEco.
Court to The Inferior Appellate Court, from tns
Icie1ler Appellate Court 10 the S1premc Court
ard from tho Supreme Court to Justices Of ths
Peace. TIE QUESTION On tho adoption O.
tho amendment MAS put and carried ximos
unanimously. Il was at orce Uncovered
| that the dignity OF the body had suffered By thl
action, and how to re purify It seemed to be th'
difficult question. The Chairman, MF. Bown2n
| didn't knov how It coold be done. The member
! teemtd equally At loes, Finally Nj. Cary,
| thu II vae suggested that voie OF TeconEtde1
/ zion would help them cut Of the dilemma, and
| did. The quesucn On this section will CONS u
again tomorrow uorrlrg, and my impreeaion
that It viii be defeated.
| FEDERAL RItATIoNe-
The Committee on FedefN Relations had
meeting last night, and agreed upon TWO repcrts-
majority and minority. The committee, II VIII b
rscoLected, u composed Of tEe Republicans N
1
| Anthony. Wagner, T1ueher. Abbott, TUNER. Foz
/ and WeEdltng. Judge Emerson IL aoseot, m
has been most Of the session. On ACCOUNT Of II
r!ous tllret1. This leaves tho COMMITTEES pont
cally equally divided, aud 1t ha1 Of coutse, bee
clncnt to agree npon tnetr woEk- At tho Hee
| tng last night, tho Democrats conceded the fagt
Of the Republicans to make = maior1sy report o
certain propositions, with the privilege Of msas
| I uinot1tJ report The Republicans then pr
eenred the following sections which afe porto
Of the propoalhcns pfesented BY Ar Anthony
the convention tone tlme stncs: -.,-.
6Kcr1ox. !. That the Stats Of Illinois AaM B
a.d forever remain one OF tbs United a:at1s
s foaersi talou, % and 10 po1er exiss 10 Ill q -
4 p1ref S;aie Of The Federal Crlon to seccdc c
dissolve their connection herewith, or perioT1
sap Supreme eaaax sutas!ty IL of a1a unsea s'.:ea
SEC. :. Every citizen OF the United s:Ats
to tss sna
Cot s1ltutlou Of the United StAtes, and the Ian
and treaties nads IN pursuance thereof shall
Sc ! Tne CpnaIspttsa Of the Cn!sed Stat
coniess full powers On tho Federal dovsrnnai
Ia MAINTAIN acd palpesuaso ~ existence, y
Or peopio fke.eor. sstenp. % seceds iror Il
Fedsral Cnion, OF torcipJ result the execution
IL laws, inc Federal Government naJ, oy CO
& Id slitne 10 Il.
1T. .,
| A separate yota WA taken On each ptoposf:lo
Tne rote on the second WA tie, every Dem
c1suc uenb<z voting sG1lnat II snd sno Repuo
canz for It. After tnia, MI. Abbott offered reso.
tion, md supported Il BY 4 speech Of nea.
tnrse.uua.telI Of N hour IN langsh, that this u
confederate government and no powsr e1tfss
It to coerce State. I understand thht the rea
luton received hu vote and that Of one oh
DtnocrAt
conr rnrxrY cnrpr8
The report On tho Cook County Courts y
! probably be reached to- -noITow. 1t was rep2Et
at nrss that the Cook County delegation IT
} unanlnous for tho report 1t Is now stated II
| the Democratic portion Of tho delegation =
sgainss It. aud IN favor OF ono Circuit Court, VI
teven jadges, theJ to BE- elected
what Is popuia1lJ called the
, ncrttJ E1stem. each party to vote foE Il
: candidates, which Will give the strongest pa
, tour, and tho minority tnsee- As sad above, I
| nepuhllca1s favor the report which provides
The saue number Of couftS u a.e now IL cpe
: .1op. With IN increase Of the number OF Judges
! four. There viii undoubtedly be warn and {
. tended eghs urex inls part Of the judiciary rept
. with what rosult / viii not psetead to aaJ.
ExcHsa- ...
/. Tne convention voted today, BY majority
8, to take = reccxs from the 1a.h Inst. until
18Th OF April. 1 doubt whether Il viii stick
/
: | 10 allow them 70 mast reconsideration.
Q XpE4hDs COUNTY k1Icr1ox.
. Jcsse Emerton wA4 elected County Clerk
!, Edwards County last November, bot refused
e qu.nfy. especial election waz hcld February
bJ order Of the County Judge. 70 III The vaeAS
:, when william B. Tribe was declared the suce'
;. ful of four candidates, and, upon the eeraneat
e tte Cd County CLERK, = commission was A4uec
a the Governor 10 MI. Tribe, yesterday.
WABASH RIVER TpLl4
-Four hundred and seTentJ-nve dollars was
amount Of tolls received b. tho State during
nontn Of February On rho "Aoasn MFes
- proyements-
eTlfH .ANs rAfD N.
Tne following counties hAss, today, paid
the State Treasury, on account Of State taxes.
n. folio wing sums: 10 Dav!css, $l1,sso; 7
n, N,l41f&; Sangsnon, 9&os1.
ARTICLES or INCORPORATION.
ia The Princeton Carriage Company fled All
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