, 1870-02-15

Ihe Convention Yesterday.
Good Progress Made on the Leg.
islative Committees Re-
port.
The Pending Revision or the
Stntutcs.
Special Despatch to Tha Chicago TYtbuus.

t7eoIs! explanAnor, because OF Z certain de-.
sp&lca "nfea appeared ID TIE TRIBUNE Of satqr-
o.J mofning LAST. The Judge, arter seyercly mi.
aasefsinR upon breach OF the privileges Of tho
douae By Tour correspondent, proceeded TO da-
4eto nlnteH from the chA1go that he vaE any,
tauR mota than friend Of Gssseste. He IN.
esaIctd It n fact sha. Of III the omceEs ol TIM
State which the action o. this CO. yc1ton Va, ie.
s'gned to eject. Gasse:t4 vas the onlT
lexi.1a,a .n, 49, - - ---11 4v.pn P.opotea ,ote 10
ytii I'd come. He cla,noa thet e-9. .oei.9.o1e 19r
from The County Of DuPage tha. Gasse1,o had en-.
iated ~ pi11sie soldier, aud the people Of that
county followed his fortunes With more THAI or
dinaSg attention, even ho1Rh he had moved Into
CooE County. lie paid a glowing tribute 70
soldiers generally AID to GAsset:e In particular,
rcr what he had done in the Wa1 for the
Grion. and said that II Gassesta had been
anything more than Z COMMON SOLDIER
or had rot been tho nominee OF the people rather
than Of the politicians, lhese wonld not now he
this opposition 70 him, Hls whole effort wns
mote Of laudauon Of Gaste:1e than = defence
Of himself. a. to that, he didn't seem 10 think
hta conduct called for any Justification. ue ee-
lied entirely upon the opinions OF his felIow-meu-
befa for bis personal Ttndtcation. He didn't think
because he h1d become = member Of this copyen.
ton hoSas compelled 10 forswear his fr4eude,
and In this particular CASE he waa not going 70
DO It IN
LEGtFIA11yE RKPokT.
P1osFtsa II now tho WatchNofd OF the copven.
son. Fire more sections OF the report Of the Leg.
tslssivs Committee were adopted today, bnt they
h1d 10 run the usual gauntlet Of Amendments,
substitutes, mofionz To Ltr1kc ont, and other oh.
jecuon1, The fortJ-rst relating to the letting Of
oontrscsa By tho General Assemsly, OF fuel etr
net with no oppos1tlon. TIE foziI.aecoos NM
vidlng that the Legislature stall have no norer r.
relieve corporation or Individual once heco,os
Indebted 70 the State, underwent a strong crn4.
nre 1t VA urged that there were hundred,
Of caaea where this provision would WORK
extreme hardship. as In cafes OF contractor rhu
we're prevented By acss OF Providence from CON.
plying T!to their contracts, and other familiar
"4ences. Still the convention was In 10 mood
tot cons1dering the equitable side OF constnsen.
Gee, and adopted tue section as reported. Mr,
Crawford asked that the forty.,hlsd section might
De Reomn1tted, asis Needed pesfectlng IN some
pAtt!culate. The forty fourth section, preventing
the state from Assuming The debts OF couuues and
towns. wat1adorted without febate. Nr. Cool.
oeueh AID the other gentlemen Tor Khose beoeut
the thr'y'terenth, shirt5-e.snth, and thirty.
hlhla sections wefe postponed on
Friday. be1E2 present, these sections were called
up ard copaideted. The point Of the Thirty.
6eyenth section vas Ia tts proriso, umlup9 the
contfactin2 Of debts By the State to Sqso.ooa,
Judge Archer renewed his motion, made at an
early dsy. that the lum be limited TO s,00. 100,
Others wanted TO compromise on St50, ,oeo. From
tho phraseo1ogy Of the latter part Of the section
Judge Understood expressed grave doubt whether
this limitation Old Drt copdro the
Legislature Ept TO exceed that sun
only IN case Of an actual Invasion Of tho State.
He wished to zee the section comrtehens,ye
ercuGh to Imply Ike power In care OF war on
the Federal Government MI. Allen thought auy
tneh conAtzucs1on ~ this was tntlle, considering
our form Of government u did also Judge Rice.
Thd section finally paused without amendment
Mf. naines, Of Cook who ~as Absent when the
subject Of special 1egislauop was discussed. W.
very nuch Afraid that the thirtg.aiehth section,
relating TO the appropriations Of money By the
might leave the body chance to do 70 bv reue,nI
Law, and he wanted to ux the aectio; in .onn
way 80 that could BE- reached. Nj. 14ncncr sug.
Reated that bJ s,rlflrg out the wos1s IN apr nj
vate Law" this might be uost et7ectualIy done,
There Wa1 considerahlo amnsement ut thts u,tie
Eusgesslon, a, u adoptec, It would tic up the
h1nds OF the Legislature from making any appso-
p1!as!ons whsteyet.
When tbs committee struck the th.7ty.uin,h
s@ II struck q ensR. This prohibits anY
.ss..!7 ~ Or town from lending its credit to auy
1a.'.sue4 " e.rporasIop. and would edectually
sIop aan present P4~y Of voting subscriptions 70
rasltoadA Mr. coolosus. n.de = 1onc .na s,-o,s !,
fpeech asains, the lpdlscs1mi-te yottnv m .,t ~
ratroads, AID predicted that il .~r,tetss ~ ~
fesn'h would be inevitable bArkruptc,, .nd tos
people Of lll[ro!a would NOUN In sackclota .n1
aAncs tne'f denarture from sonnd financial prtnci
plef. ANS speech vAa carefully prepared, and a.
uae1o the earnest attention Of tho convention
Throughout. This section, in the courte ar tne
afternoon, developed an tnnnen.a aruoun, of m.
position. Nj. Anderson, from ,aa eonth
part OF the Stats, declared axsIn,,
the whole section, md said tha,
his people wanted railroads, and II they yoset
their OWE money Tor item It wtl not the bos,ue q.
| Of other parts Of the State. Lolooel Dement, al
Xr. Turner, both o! whom are tn favor OF the NC
ton n It now &ands, stu felt constrained To op
roae II. ~ auch seemed 10 be the with Of theu
| consutueEts. Others predicted that II It were 10
serted IN the new constitution It would do NOR
Than nj! other means 10 defeat t. TIE ptobsb!tt,
now Is that this section Will be greatly modified
or that Il VIII be subN!tted Is sepata,e art!c.,
to The people. Il Il Still urdes discussion.
REgrsEof OF TIE srlyCTEs.
By an act passed By The last Lest1Is'use, tn
Circuit Judges ot Ibis State were voted thousans
dollars Per znnuun, for which they were expecte,
70 mafo valuable suggesrons to the soprem
| Couf. regarding slteraIons OF amendments Of tn
statute laws Of the Ssa'e. Cnder the provision
Of this act, large majority Of the Ctrcut. judge
| hare reported to tho Supreme CouI
| their views aud optnl0na IL rt!s
| t.cu to notifications or radical change
| In our statutes. L large number OF thess recos
| nendations are esteemed Of great value, AID vi
be Of material assistance 10 the Boa,d OF Rert
a!op, who are now ergaked IN their du1iea As p<
| act OF the last Legislature, 10 which board thoa
suggestions which 4re es,eeUed Of especial valu
hy the Supreme Court have been forEatdes
Jcdgts Lawrence and Walker left for the.r homt
today, and Chief Justice Dretse viii leave I,
nos1ow. The conference will bc resumed
April either at Os.oN8 or IN th1 city.