, 1870-01-13
SPRINGFIELD.
Largo Batch OF Resolutions Or
fered In The Convention,
Amendments Relative to Rail.
roads, Courts, Elections,
Education, &c
Another Attempt to Revive the
Newspaper Question.
The Minority Representation Scheme
and its Chances.

srAnop1Ap, Jan. L..
TIE coHvExTIeN pKBA1kj.
The Committee on Printing and Binding today
got after foue Of the members Of tho convention
with sharp atick. It would seem thlt number
Of theee gentlemen hare been In the habit Of
going to tho printing Office, taking the proofa aud
either substituting entirely different speeches, or
carrying the proof-sheets away IN their pockets,
10 that It was tmpcasIb1e for the printers to get
them In ume to male tha proper correction, aud
shen, In The convention the next day. there
would be great ado about tie Way
IA which the contract for publishing
the teoates vss being carried cut The remedy
proposed By the committee will doubtless prove
Of benefit to all parties coccerned.
ETWsFAFER3 AGAIN.
Mr. eedg11ck raioly endeayored. .to-day, to get the
convention to allow him to take feH daily neHs-
papers at the expense OF the State. The CONVEX
don Il IN strorg economical mood, md ia NOT
wiling to sanction the spending Of one cent for
any such lpxur3 AZ Iewsparers.
THE PUBLICATION or PRAYERS.
HI. Coolbaugh took advantage Of this manifest
deAire to save, and introduced his resolution TO
omit the publication Of psarets from the proceed.
i0Rs. which. after long debate, was faally suc.
ctsitnl. It vas r2taef curious TO notc the differ
ent 1eAscns which Hen.aers gave for tnels yotes
TIE sarious eIp1anat;ons occupied about an
Eour. Mr. Browning voted for the publication, as
they we're part OF the history OF the pfe8ent tirc
Just a. u.uch as the debates themselyea Ha,ng8,
Of Lake, coEcurred, btcause be believed that un-
der the rules The convention Was obliged to pub.
llkh them. Ar. Cooloaugh placod his opposition
to the!r publication solely OF the ground Of ecou.
oEy. HI. Church, becauze the prayers we're ad-
dressed 10 another source than the people Of the
Stale Of nllnolA Hardly any TITO meuoers gaze
= similar reason for the!E yote. We snoald be
thankful that the matter Ii al last tettIed.
ECoSoAY,
There lis such thing as economy, and, as q
Mefe matter Of curiosity, It might be worth GONE.
badJ's time TO sit Gown and 1gute upon how mach
the discussion Of the Newspapers and the prayer
question has alIeady cost the State. It sill be re-
meubered that before the 1eceas the convention
occupied about oEe day On the Newspaper question,
and, e!nce thin, the larger part Of two uore dayd
As the convention costs the State about twelve
hundred dollars per dien It # LII ha teeu that there
Is sote chance for tgur1ng.
RESOLUTIONS.
It will he obEerved BY the proceedings that the
s:ort OF resolutions has By no ueans became ex-
hsukted. They rolled Ia during the closing hours
Of The session In perfect avalanche. They relate
to eyerJ concelVaole subject, and are Often 0! q
conflicting nature. Under the new rule, which
sends these resoIuuoua to their proper commit
tees without their being rean they are the source
Of 1o debate IN the convention Some OF the reso-
1utons to-day we're Of strong partisan character,
AID especially that OF LII. Archer, OF PKG pro-
poEug 10 reEtse tne action OF the !aat Legislature
IL reference TO the Fifteenth Amendment.
MINORITY REPRESENTATION.
BeDiam!nb RESOLUTION With regard to minority
representation n III probably not ha, e any action
tateu upon 1t. Members a1y that 1t opens too
wide door for corruption; that a railroad coul-
pAuy or any other tich corporation could run
candidate to cult Its own particular interest and
after buying up fen yotea for q baals, could 60
on 2Ed purchase all the remainder that were
necessary.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
Judge Billings, OF Madison, today received an
indefinite leaTe Of 8hsence Oh account Of u1
sesese and protracted lllueaA It is uot expected
tfat tie WILL be here for toTe BLK weeks, II he
coEcs at all during the eca.on.
THE COMMITTEES
are still earnestly At work, and are naktng great
progress. Nj. Coolbaugh's resolution reIntlye to
State Indebtedness has already come before the
Legislative Committee, and lsa members are nnau-
sncCsiy aTeed that the State should incur no
larger debt than se;a oov except ii case Of lnya-
slon. In placing the amount at these rgures the
committee were somewhat guided By the presen,
constitutional provision which limits the amount
10 $4,000. Tith regard to Ms. Aushouyl resolu-
ton that no county, town. CITY, or village shall
anbscr'oe for stock In any Incorporated company,
unless the aacce shall be paid for at the time, the
committee have also agreed upon euch ptoy1aiona
in the main.
COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION.
The CoMM!ttce on County and Township Or.
gaulza:lcn are strongly IN favor Of sane sugqes-
tfona which have been lntd before them by Mf
Hdredge, Of La Sale. These a1e some what sub-
atantaIly as follows:
l. No pew county shall be formed II kch ehaIE reduce
huuaqed sausrs H.i ns H. aIsa nAn n two
COUNT, ffem which she territory 4 tate szceeds su
tgp.ru psotited th nnlaien & s9nts ~ y.
s]t00. 4S~' s1'' >1NosN
cre.tfn1 Dew ent, nn,e. rs -. INC O.
Histcd 10 tbe people Of he county,. and obt,in me
JoIity e al the soies;
oa ba 1i.T.e "een eIsenn ~ 0een OF may be trsfc9
county ma which lha rr1nap uno,kautzcd a.eT ihc
[osaaeq [ LIST r.. t1s ..e shan senHn part Of tie
ko teT1,:orS sha,i Be- t.Ien ION 4ay county, m,
.efS majority OF the legal soeta thereof ehaA
s The newly added territory to u eountv ,h,u IL
Elbsct e IT, jn.t neeItlon q Indebtedness ot the
& "a cencty tsst shai be ren,aTea unt,1 thc r,,r.
sa been es., pttvleed. End uut tcIe .ha have been
X WIrte11f nnrthjTd AZ 9ne r.i v,,.., ~
,onnty shali te h the Clerk written statement sfn
HtE .st na o ot LOT tns o. tss
- plarc Of removal ID either es.e il rhs be thc
aaiy 81 ~ ne USI1s ce'k to call an election to deter
4oH1rARr.
The funeral OF Rev, J. J., Daytdsnn viii tale
Place tomorrow at Decatur E,mBood com.
...erd IN body, eas1ns hers on special riain IN
1e,d 1vI, s;.o ot,srs ~ s,.o.s, - 'p1'u*-
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