, 1870-03-04
Report of the Judiciary Com
mittee Considered.
Petition from Members Of the Chi.
cago Bar.

fiors to bring fax Tazu. The feeling hero IL tha,
It u much eRatef to c1ts1cise Measures snan to
originate and TO make objections than 70 remove
them. a. the nanes Al2ned to 1hls petition con.
atttute bQi small portion Of the Chtcaxo bar. II
IL fcped that other members OF The profession will
be heald from ere tue article On the Chica2o SIS.
ten is1cacted, which Will nov be IN q very feF
dafa.
:! RESIGNED.
MI. snyder this morning rendered tho resigns.
ton Of Beverly w. Henry, member from tae Thit-
teenin D:Atslcf, By resson Of slckuess which will
prevent him for long time from attending 10 the
d0ties Incumbent upon bis poalt:on.
Il COMPULSORY KpCcA11oK.
| HI. Abbott u very anxious that The Children Of
this State should be compelled To attend schoot
whether they will OF no. The teasonipg he pfe-
ceeds On ID that educ&slon u great thing, Of
phicn no one ce1 get too much; that the CON-
mon tchool sJsten costa most Al much to the
people, whether children arc prtaent or ebeent
theretron,; md thar, Il they Will not 70 Of their
OWE accord. The Law should step In and mako
them do 10. The mAster Waa referred 70 the Con-
Mlttee On EdEcaupu.
1HE DEAD HEAD QUESTION AGAIN.
HI. Hayes, Ia no wise danuted By the defeat OF
bis resolution Of yesterday upau free railroad
paaEea 1ecelred day offered another section that
10 public Ulcer whatsoever shall receive railroad
pass or gra:IitJ, and that, upon doing 50, hia
o1ace shall become vacant. HIS section OF yester.
! day WA confined k1mp|y to renbeEz Of the Geuer-
Al AAsenb!J, md wx4 met on all Sides with the oh.
| lection that the dt1t!nct!on It made was 1nydou1,
and Wa* direct aud peraooa! insult to tae mem-
| hets Of that body. TAs u framed to 40 aFsy
| with that objection, and includes all, from the
Governor aEd Judge down to the petttest Justice
Ct the Peace, Its consideration vas postponed
| until the report Of the Committee On Railroads
thould b taken up.
/ TuX LEGISLATIVE ARTICLE
I FNf16nA arnaA Ar
| se1daJ afternoon to reconsider certain aectiona
OF the Legislative Article, wt1e to-day Withdrawn,
| with the exception Of that made bY Judge Cody,
Re asiye 10 Sect on 4e, which provides that the
| General Assembly shR,l hare no 20 xer to release
| or e1tlnguteh tho liability or obligation OF any
| CORPORATION or tndlsfdual to the State. Tic Judge
| wished tnla 8scaon 10 amended that tnIee-
toufths vote should BE- reqaired to effect this. He
| Was met Win the objection that such Z vote
would reeAse the obligations OF the Illinois Central
/ Railroad. The Judge said ttat this was
| provided against efe~hele specifically, snd tn AZ
there WAS no Ee.essitJ for laying do m au iron
| rule which could not BE- changed. The section
| Tas finally adopted NJ reported.
fHk RAILROAD BOND SECTION.
Section q. which pEovtde1 ior tne got1n4 Of
subscriptions TO railroads, was again up today,
and was adopted after being ameoded By Nj. BEN
anaiD, 10 that 1t will hereafter require swo.th1ds
cotsent Of Ill the Totera before auch subscription
| <@4 ~ AAAAE* A49 HfAtu N4 LUG 2jukQ6tQ Qetes
Gstes at this action Of tho convention was
very great Nj. Hanna commenced
to make violent speech, Ia
which he denounced the section, and
| aa.d that the people Would cou4lder this CONVEX
lion had done more !n'qu!tous thing In adopting
It .hso any Legislature tnat eyer sAt In Illinois.
His 1euaEts we1e 70 onenBive that the President
found It necessary 10 cali the gentleman to order.
n ssPs sS Rs BSaS1 BSon
he occupied II 1861; and further Answering his
speech. After recess the Egyptians got together
AID tpoke very bitterly Of the uncxpec ted COLI
dnct Of the convention in passing the section in
IT. present sAApe. Some Of them openly
AVoyed that they would 20 home and
use heh utmost efo1ts to defeat tne constitution,
asserting That the vote from Alexander 10 Bioom-
tngton would b Almost sod againBt It becauae Of
1ais oonox!oua section. They claimed snat the
convention WAs packed for the expreaa puTpoae Of
carrying the mtasure through, and that m uudae
Advantage WAS taken Of the absence Of n any Of
the enemies Of the pIoyizions.
TIE JUDICIARY AR71c1x.
After TIC Tecess tina Judiciary Article WIS taken
up, and The INST sectlou relating 10 the dlstztou-
ttoo OF the judicial power i1 the several courts
considered. The debate which this occastoued
/ lasted the entire afternoon. Mr. Iay, Of San.
canon. ataEted tbs ball. suegsastnk that, Al At
| preaent WoIded. The &tcs.oo did not pro.
vide for \ class OF existing courts In
cit es having over 10000 Inhabitants. Measrp,
FetleJ auu Underwood considered that..the amend.
uent was not hard enough, and that al existing
courts IN aud to be created In cities Of 1eaa pop
ulA1'en should be Included. Thus fairly s.as1e1 :,
tns amendmeasa aud motions 70 strike out be-
cane mnltlfartonA Atone tine tho eecrton en-
| tained twice the matter that wa originally re-
Ported. Then II was trimmed down nn-u tnr1o
~e1e only fouz linea lett. The vlevs OF the mem
hers Were vesy conflicting. Some wanted Courts
I &Nff1THfnU hn r@1nfJA