, 1870-02-25
SPRINGFIELD,
Convention PrsteeAtngs Yesterday,
The Adjournment Resolution
Voted Down,
State, County, and Municipal
Indebtedness.
The Committees Report AZ Amended
and Adopted.

special Deapasch to Tue Chicago Trfhuua-
SrkiS6FIEzu, Feb. r.
TMA AnJouHKHxST xKsoLUrIoH.
For about an hour the Proceedings In the con-
yenton were r1ther desultory this morning. In
the absence Of tho uxu&l dosea of peutiouz and
re1oluuons, The reubeEs, Tor something to TAX
about, were compelled to fall back upon aonne Of
the old stock on hand In tnis particular instance
the resolution cslted up happened to bs that Of
ltIed By Mr. Rpsllsh, to tho eject that the con.
yent1oo take two month"; recess Altar the 1sr Of
March. Thern wern several Amendme11 and
substitutes 70 this, which but tumAter1al!J deyt-
ated from the original proposition. There
Were anont twenty speeches made before
7ote WE reached. Tbere Were quite number
OF members who des1Itd 70 20 home and consult
with their constituents ~ to tho work tne5 had
s'feadJ accomplished. IL the mstortty Of thtse
were lt~yerss whosa courts will begin to hold
sess1on rext month. of course thsir o.n private
interests had rot much to % With their opinions.
lrdetd, a wa 6ugReate6 In q speech made by one
de1egate. to taxa zecess NOV would b to post-
pone for N indefinite leu2th Of TIM the compile
ton CT tho couAututon. Members would come
back With their bats fuIi OF apeectex, A1d
the general eject would be 80 demorallzlpg that
It would probably take another TWO Months to get
down into Wurkl1z aAtnesG. The dual voting
down Of tho resolution aud III it, concomltl lnr1,
By 70 large vote. s strong indication that there
Will be nothing more heard about adtourn,ng. 1t
least untt the report Of tho Judiciary Committee
| IL dispoatd Of.
srA1r. couNrr, AID MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
After little at1rmiahlus, Mr. Mccoy 1nslly sac.
ceeded tn oncs mort getting before the conyen-
Goo that report OF his on Stale county. and
municipal indthtednes1. He hlmself msyed that
the fecoId and third seouor1 be stricken out u
tsoJ had 10 longer become neeeasary, because OF
the adoption Of ltke proY1sonl By the Legislative
Committee. Tho fourth and l< aectton created
nght which hated tdefcnttre day. Tht1 section
proposed to limit counties, etc., from becoming In.
deoted in any manner to IN Amount exceeding :
per cent Of the vAlEe Of the taxable property Of
tbs aare. On this question there were im1ne-
dlAte}J developed tRo strong parties; one In IA.
vo1 Of Al almost ahsoiutt restriction Of the power
Of the people 70 Incur Indebtedness,
and the other who desired tha.
the people should b iets entirely fres TO
d1spose Of their money Is they saw hf. Psthnps
the latter sentence Ia not fair statement Of the
question. bat anyN&J It Il tbs Way .he opponents
OF the aect1on put It Tho sunetanee Of all tho A.
Gunents for aud sxalnlt the section u such II has
| now been advanced At least I dozen times sncs
tho sltr1ng Of tao oonTennnn. There are tno4e
| Counties which ste spstxely sett1ed, ana which
have 70 means Of Communication with the outslds
word. and they want railroads, They are
wtiilrx to voso tbs fa1t cent Of tho
/ properly Of tbs community IN their
| go =. , ~ 'ae .an aotee ~ sae 1Au1oaa q
section would tic the handa Of she.r constituents,
| AID that Under til provisions they could 70 On
with the!E present IJlten Of internal Improve.
| EensA Thtn on the other hand taera Hes4 those
from counties where tna public debs waa fearful
nem, ana Hnefs tA1ea ~ese eurden too
! R11es1os 70 oeN' II MAJ IN VAN thAt tatJ Fought
10 taAcn 1ne oppoAl'na b5 tns philosophy OF
example, OF By tho fosse Of practical
Illustration ThH nnnnEitiftnn wAnfdr y
b Taught "werth ceAt" "Ain's
yoa p1osperous, " aa1cd cnmninRs, Of Fulsoo, OF
= chicaKo delegate. " and il hot your debt enor-
mona :" And 'hus reasoning he concluded that =
debt Tas noshtnx If you only had railroads. It
nsae no olGefenea soat III. Hayea logically e1.
potea the iallAcJ Of considering that Chtcsgo Wa
pto'petoos oecauae OF IL debt or ~ ta1es or that
ing monuments Of communities which had become
nopeleesiy ansolsed oecAuse OF an excessive 1oan-
tsR o. Gsol~ aAtfosas sese wanted and u1uas
Do aAo- !a 1ne eouEse OF tas Afternoon, Mr.
hAnre, OF Ns5he, considered that he had found
soHet1nk axe compromise ground On which
tne !usnos ano opponents of tho section alike
unca.; 70 70 n@ tae power o.
per esns 1os puIposes OF Improvement Nhsre, he
e0e1tea, taa 1ue eFn va, 6ds would Allow tne
peop!e 70 so'e " pef cant OF ina entire property
ol tna community 70 zallsozo ana other Improve.
ment aenemes. 1t Wa4 hls opinion that the people
"e5a AF*ye careful aooaf voting tho
PUBIC clroi. tbs substitute Wa8 voted
oo"n n5 large vots, II Has Autnd-
meot anef 4t1endmenh which CANE t0zhla 6
up 10 mo Seuetar31 deak In seartu11y prolific
manner. Ffom O'Clock to there wAs N
Ane1anens enesed every tsA minutes. In the
saae tltne knele "ss = iaonoo 20 Ad1oufn ese'y
ao @aaoat"s' oous o. tns n1ends OF tns section
~ aooe1aeo ~ 'sGae 20 tae aeH CONSTITUTION III
ae asppott po.ao'o .e!e aeaaoua Of submitting
spAe1 ALICE. out taers Wefe not
e1e ess. y. ~ ~ r.y o satekta3 % c@f7 out taetf
tne! nes IL ~ no nnK. o1 Aosms, VA dedFou5
s po'so soou1o % nsetea n the
| ~ sos,. ~ w .sIoo ~ eoe1 1ae epeeaA sase
W " xu' "nsa ,.saa nsu N nay noaasaonzed bT
NV toseu Ake suuHclpucn 10 railroad ente1-
l|s ~. ~ sAeoAea " WHICH pt7Fhso pArQe2
-. Ses@nosS Motk u tooa tANn. de eon-
s 1s @a11 .As ooae sae secuon
- sa eAere anseeas pAues N very fn1uttoos
=, ~ .aa Wv eo1ee.eo 70 Sad 'osed down.
nna npa... ~ NC s.o4aa 9aA. sppeafo a:oofmnch
49, s~eA 4ess'aaoa on tae eonAuto-
-s., - ~ Wy ~ soet tessoa tnA1 fueh cAso
~ a,,., !'"su ~ .o1 n Luo eonsusauon.
~. s3s .e"' tooee de1e2atea
~. ..u.,s.I. ~ oF'usou taAs
~ H"ss,as essass -" tonet Ano WONG nfaadan
er.s-,,ess eHo9 tsseo' out unoef which
~ In,s..., ssa w. peen 1et eommenoeo,
49, 49, ~o.eeH3A uae4so ~ eso71aRaus 10 tde of1xa-