, 1870-01-17

Tho C&ustilutaonnt DepveutJsn-
Work uf &ho ComrnfIsees ees-Ue@sA Of
Ono OF the tne1nbers-1iInesse 81 An.
ether.
: Special Despatch to The Chicago Trthunn.
-. ErHIHdTKLn. Jaz, IL
Fo1x Or TIE COMMITTEES
Tho notes haze to seud you Tonight zxe n.mnly
thoae relating TO COMMITTEES wotk In the insetim
hnee the sd,oo1nTant aomn Of tae Mo1e ttnpor.
taut committees hare been quite acuye. Tho
1eg11lattre COMMITTEES have agreed up1u = sort
OF = skeleton outipe, which they propose
to Ill up At GisnIe. .The moat o.
the ptovlaions which they Are 1t
bcen forwarded hezetosote IN The snapo Of sesolp.
lions It has been agreed to report that taern
shall oe no appropriations Of the public funds foe
sectxftAn purposes. This provision WAS passed
unanimously. 1t has also been provided that tho
school tnud shall be kept slcredly intact, exocps
for purposes Of Instruction. Az jet, IN th1s COM
mittee, there has been no azseement npoa the
apporuonment question Thai wi; come 10 b.
fore taem On next Monday. Tne quegtlon Viii be
separats article. Thtre has been 4
strong tight tn this COMMITTEES ores a proYiEiou to
prohibit future Legislatures approprtauoR moneys
1or the completion OF improvements On tho Illinois
Hrer and canal The q1tstiop involved consIder-
able debate, but was 0nally enceesaiol by q yp,e
Of to1. TIE committee arc also engaged in
looking after The evils Of special leatslsuon. All
old charters which have fallen tnto dlsuse end M
new ones which nsve not ret been operated uuder,
and where no vested rights are 10 b intenesed
With, arc to be swept from the statute toors. The
object Of this IA to get nd Of the thousands OF spe
cal octs which now clog the h!sory Of our ltgisia
ron. There viii also be = provision adopted to
the effect that hereafter all railroads sad corpo.-
ate companies shall be governed by gen
etal laws. The Committee on Coauuea JUST
now Is ooe Of the m3st interesting Of
the committees 1t hal had under consideration
the question Of county ot1cers, and Will provide
that hereafter all such Officers be enumerated in
one article Of the constitution, Instead ct being
scattered Ill through 1t. This committee IL also
favoraby inclined 10 ux and regulate the sa1srtes
Of these ot1cals. II II also considerably exercised
over the county line aud seat Erattey. The pzopo.
slttona to make all clttes, having population OF
over thr &c hundred thousand, counties By them
selves, is not meeting with 30 mach favor as at
otat supposed 4 lew political considerations arc
creeping into the consideration. For instance,
the Republicans DO not want TO have this measure
adopted, as 1t would cut on Largo Repub-
lcan rural vote In Cook County, which they
Say IL needed for Chicago. Tue Democrats sro IN
favor Of tho UeasuIe, Is It viii give them chaoce
to carry Chicago otce In while. This IL the talk
amouK the various members. There Is \ yast
horde Of Epeculttor1 here who Are tying to rot
the COMMITTEES TO cut dawn the Arena Of couutfes
from 40 TO 200 sqnare mtlea They arc also
oppoEed to that provision which requires
= county Line, to run At least ten miles from the
county seat, and are strongly advocating the old
doctrine Of secesslon relative 70 counues aaktug
thst the consent Of the people who Wtah to leave
4 county AhAu only be required. Thefe arc great
efforts being nade to dlsuember boih Cook and
Ins21le couuuet, but they do not meet