, 1870-02-08

Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
SPRINGFIELD, Feb. I.
The CHAIR presented communication from
the Auditor relative to the canal.
PETITIONS.
.,P Pstittons we're pretented from Peoria asking
Ing 'o1 the right q aauzage tos women.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
undnuhed business was then taken I'D, Nj,
Tornera motion Of Saturday TO reconsider and
!a5 upon tte table, The Eo.e ol winch the sabsIt-
by Mr. Brown!pg. aud w1icn passed the conTen.
t!ob, whs taken up and passed, without dissent
Mt. BRoMWELL, Of Coles, offered the following
rek0luttols which were referred;
WHEREAS, 1t has been conc1us!vely settled By
diverse acts Of the General Assembly, aud de-
cstons Of the courts, In many thousands OF cases.
that the state may Is ~iuLy cause to be condemn
60 aed ,ne p5S9pTy o rae
ing the use and control Of tuch PROPERTY tu pt1-
rate corporal auous chartered hy tue state Ia perpe-
saie 20 condemned and ezed, e % aad Il It tnts IL tine
laWf1lIy held BY diverse railroad corporations, by
virtue Of she power aud authority Of the State ii
that be!taf e1erclsed, wn!cn 10 the highest exes.
else OF power over private property uE winch
States are csrabse; and.
WHEREAS, Much OF said property was held In
Zee simple, ee!nR the highest title possible; and,
WHEREAS. According to the GAME law, the sane
psopertJ and all other real property Of said rail.
toau tss. eotpo!auo1s ny n1sI a1a ooes. remain SUD
HE purposes. to-wit; "For the purpose OF yest-
lng tue control aud use thereof ID suca corpora
u9ss as ~ Sn sa't tns PURPOSES oi tne State
become expetlient for the STATE to cause the real
estate Of Inllroad corporations to be condemned
ano seized 1or tne purpose OF vestin4 the control
trans portaiion purposes 70 serve the purposes Of
tss s.ate, e on a. las; ~ sna liberal , term. ,-
DEPARTMENT or fh18 C0nTEuf0n he 108tfrcfaH
inquire into, and report 10 this convention, what
pfov.s! =, 4 AM! Is saece.sars ana proper q be r.
use. 39' fNN''
Mr. 1S1s1T nq 91 n11asr TIE rRa1n.s
that tie paper. oy Bon. john b. Cs,on, On the
"Ongin 81 the P1a,,les." Is 1tghly eomtmendahle
yention.
Mr. CQOLBACGu. OF Cook. thought the con.
senlion n,sat as vel advertise sefnon on reli-
Iii, PERLEY, al Mazens1 opposed the resolu.
t1tp, as did III, CARY, and III. sCUOLFIELD.
The 1es0aen nn = gas s1ss1nHa a4 o. the ,abs
Mr, P1LLsBUkY. OF Livingston, offered reso.
lu'!on That ali reports Of committees be consdesed
Laid On tne table = y ''~@''
LEGISLATIVE REroRr,
The hour haylug arrived for the special o:ter,
amended was taken IN, 4 resolution 10 restrtct
each speaker 10 len minutes at ona tiflla WAS ist
The con4snitou went into CpmnIstee Of tne
Whole Wr. HPnWWEfi. II Coies N the r,sir
Thn nT,enaed renarr Eas -e.d ~ d~''eo - LUG e103'
Nr. ALIEN. pf Crawford. Chairman of tho
comrnittee martnr the reooFi. said thst most Of
he sections Of tns reuort Here each Of ,hem inde
pendert OF anF other: but The 5tn, 9Th, IN. slh
9TH, and 10Th sections were all more or Ieas
relsted to facn inner. The section providing maj
encn conriy Ebnnid nara q represep1astve vas
orc Witch met win f-cncyI favor. but hal been
ioupd ID some respects tE1pTactcaole, without ID
c1easrR the number Ct representative be5 ond the
wishes of the people, consequently the section had
been somcVhar nouined. The sincera ooiect Of
the copmtttee had been 70 effect an impartial
dlstric icg OF The state. The Democratic party,
twenty yea1a ago, had so Ker1ymandered the
State as TO retain Ihetf power, aud, after making
this tadulsslop, be ould be pardone4 for soylng
that the Republicans, ten yeaf4 later, had done
tho same ,hirE. 1t hsd been iourd in
possible to arrange for nfsJ-one Senators At
the next session Of tho Legislature, and
oriT nf,T would then be allowed. Sfter that tne
/ fun nunaner would be elected
Some ditcufston ersced IN regard 10 the inter.
char q able use Of the word " term and "ses-
sion " IN Secu9ne and Of the report.