, 1870-04-19
IlLJhQi6.
Yesterdays Work In the Constitu-
tfonal Convention.
The New State House
Question.
Cameron, Of Cook, On Democ-
racy, as He Under
stands it.
FroErce~ 11ndc on the Report
of the Committee on
Counties.

Special Drtratch to The ChIcAso Tribuue
FCICHE AxESDMENTs.
Srn!S5F1Etn, ILL, April is.-The convention, thc
flat thlng this morning, after ils{rosnG Of the
formal business, toOk up the report Of the Com
1nitter On Future Amenhments !a!,1 1t on the IA.
bic nni ordered TWO hunireI copies printed, to-
Eciher with substitute for the nrnt kecttun oderrt
ts Mr. Mctll. II was to be hoped that this report
~As completed, 20 far Al the Committee ii The
Whole WIS concerned, and that II was sratiy to he
to beEt the convention fur it. adoption Thls hope
likely to fail, aud whrn Iratt.l with the H0sti-
tnte, the whole work In Committee Of the
Whole will have To he repeated, with
additions The principal and Troublesome
Issues IN the rrsxrs seem to be. inst. what num-
btT OF delegates shall constitute the next conren
t'oIa The report Of the committee calls for nne
delegate from each Representative District, it,
Gliding the raitos OK 1ostus Cnder this provision
the nuInhcr might reach 900 or 80. THIS number,
I u contended hy many members, Is entirely ton
largr. Nj. Acdlt1's substitute proposes two dele
gates from each Senatorial District ur rather two
delegates for each Senator. This would E1ve 109
members In all. The second disturbing question
t9 the number Of amendments which the saenerat
Assembly may propose to the people for adoption
during one session Of that body. sevcrnl men,-
fcrs favor giving It power u propose any number,
III In Ohio, Indiana loWn, and other States. Otl-
ere wish 70 eonnne It to two, while very nearly
majority, should judge Insist that one amendment
IS enough 1t 4 time. These TWO. ~ have stated,
ere the principal disturbing questions IN the re
port. They were both pretty thoroughly discussed
on Saturday. and both voted upon without giving
satisfaction to the nteads OF the proposed amcn'-
meatA
After dispos!ng OF the report On
future amendmente, the report Of the
Committee on Counties was taken up and slx
out Of the seven sections disposed Of. This
county question has been regarded A. one Of the
most dlfaCult and delicate questions 10 deal with
Ut the whole catalogue, there Is scarcely any que
ton upon which the people LIE 30 sensitive, and
70 easily aroused, aud much trouble vas, there
fore, anticipated In dealing With It, Very fortu-
nasely, all went along smoothly enough to-day;
but, iheny the difficult Issues on the questions
not Jet settlei, and there is no telling when, or
how, II will end. II will come up tomorrow for
action on the last section, aud l hope viii be dis
posed OF without IN eruption.
DEATH OF JCu3R EMERSON.
The convention did comparatively nothing In the
afternoon, beyond the announcement Of The death
Of Judge Emerson, one Of its NEST distinguished
nnrmbera Several gentlemen delivered euIogics
upon the character OF the DECEASED. All were Of
high t5re OF cloquence.
Don't LIKE II.
The Springfield Journal manlfests daily eyl-
d4nces Of unhapplness over the work of the Con-
e,'.'oaa' ~, wv .aasu anA 1esls w suic sHa.
HM * .e'esa "t.n eontcnPt huo seotu ~ .nc
dual acuon. The defects In the new constttutlonso
fat a. the Work has Progressed In tho estinatloa
Of the Journal, are many, and each one Of 4 vital
character. THESE arc daily cxposr4l through Its
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fure last. on the printing question. which II
thought very sha.p pra: ,tS... but In which il uo,
l,atlIF btten thfotph cx1t,4nt rn1Iusnn with nm
c!a1s who ought to have been more honorahlr. 1t
WIS allowed to ASCERTAIN what was the lowest hit,
for the State printing before the tlis we're pnb-
4cly opcned Alter obtaining this .n,ormatlon. II
pu, In a bid lower than the lowest made py other
parties. In this re;fut.uapcc he 1t understood 1t
was iu league with the Sra,t Ee7ist<r. which was
to share in the spu!ls The ,}oury1dFs
hid being the lowest, aud far below what
the work could be done for, Of course secured the
contract, and the other bidders who had thus been
outwtttel retired OF eourse the Journal never
terms Of the contract, and shortly after the ees-
sion Of the General Assembly, commenced, insisted
upon throwing Il m, Tor the reason tha, the Work
could not be done for the price, The Printing
Committee saw through the nice Title game of
the Journal and peremptof!ly refused to let It do
50, hut tus1sted that the contract should
10 fulfilled 10 the strict letter. Here
waa 4 setback the Jour,d! men 3td no, anttclnae
1t felt sure the Printing Committee would let IN.
and then It could do the work. charging such
nrtcca a. i. eay I'll, A. Tho corncttorx foT the ron
trac. -uad, m nrcnarntt,,ns Il, In Nh. wort
snh .1.he ne.i NJ conr.s thc Journal
sunt norr,. when tht. commi,,ce r.me tner,hcr
il an,1rlna,,, ar onn,r,unity Il mare ,,.l nr,y,,
ons Josscs IL cnmh,nc,, avni1 ,r,,h ,tr p.,;.t-r
and nnnru,a,e,t other mcssur,s to e.et rtch can,
trnc. Il .r,tn fa,h,, and hence t,,lnva
,hr onnost,ion of thr .1,urnnf IN
,hn NV constItu,,nn This ami nn,h.nc
morc n, corrsc III. ts All rndrrx.ooa a,,nnv ,h,
memh,rs of III, contention II IA In, nroner tha,
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