, 1870-02-16
SPRINGFIELD.
Petitions Relative to Warehouse
Frauds.
Defeat OF the Railroad Aid Sec
tlon of Tho Legislative
Report.

Defeat OF the Railroad Aid Sec
tlon of Tho Legislative
Report.
Special Despatch II Tho Chicago Trfoune.
SFR1k0YKlo, Feb. H.
wAkxuors1 HKluDA !
There wsro tvp peultotA presented to dtY: ona
from MI. Pxrta, ef Logan. a1d tho o:her from As-
Aedil, OF Coof, wh.ch arc Of oootldesaole inter-
est 10 the people Of Chicago. They relkte 10 the
oye1,n ulpx Of warehouse receipts By iod,Ytd 1ss
bJ Mf, MedH1 was kguod b. sonae 7os of the prto-
ctptl men OF yonr city. Theee petitions were re-
fetred 10 The proper committee, and viii ~ heard
from ii N early DAY.
CONVENTION rxN7NG.
Iseut 3ou q statement 4 short ums etnoe OF what
tho p.oaahle coat OF The printing Of the csnven-
ton ttus fsr was. did th.s bec2uss Of q tetolu-
ton upon that subject which had been introduced,
and AAo becauhe Of the Vaat amount Of Ignorance
which Wal dsplsJed BY Ta11ouA mensets upon tha
Eutject- There were thoao who appeared to think
that already the printing Bills amounted some
Whe1t near t10o, ,001. The report Of the commit.
tes to-day shows that my estimate xas about
r'gat and that the toial cost OF tho prt1sng thus
Il. Is uldef .ooo.
The thirty ninth secs1sn occupied The larger
portion Of tho day IN dllcutGoa. By actual
count. aflef i'll the debate Of yesterday, there
were t.entT speeches MADE to-daJ on this aec.
ton. These teor ali sorts Of g.ourds, both for
and against tho section. On the par. ot the mem.
btrs from tho southern portion Of tue Stata there
Was complete change Of front, II shown dnf1ag
dealred 10 b lot alous In their
local internal improvement achenea,
and den.td the right Of the convention
10 dictate II 10 what they should DO With their
notey. On the other hand, the northern NAM
befs Wese 1e1J conservative Ill II once. and xese
extremely nn1iou1 that the south should profit
By tner experience The striking ont Of tho en-
tie stctlon BY soie OF Is to 20 II the best CON-
ne1ta13 upon the feeling OF tns convention with
Eeghtd 10 the uAstet1 involved
CORPORATIONS
The consideration OF Section u, regarding the
power Of tho LegAlatu1e 70 amend OF repeal al
laws for the creation Of corporations,
CT granting of special privileges or I'M
munluta Is really tho r1ss tlis which the
convention las entered upon with corporations
This section VA n first fecommltted, and then
reported baex today In slightly moa.ned form
1t NET with immediate opposluon from such law
Jers II Browning, Turner, Archer. Bt.nnes, aod
Underwood on the ground that any such provision
would b Ia conn.es With that cl1usa Of tho Fed
efal Con1ttotian which prohibited ssAtea from
pssaing laws ,mpAl,ing the obligations Of COL
ttacts. TnsI held that It would b. 1ldaculona to
adopt such provision that ever 1!uee tho dtc1.
| sloo IN the Dartmouth College CASE, ooursa
had Eeid that charters vera contracts In
every eA4entt2l particular. On the other hand,
the nensera OF the committee reporting tic roc
uon teok atrong ground In favor Of the eame,
They held that the section c3NpreheQded no
| n.ore than the 1tnpfe amending Of chArters, OF
the1E entile repeal, Nhttd tho circumstances Of
the case Tonld warrant Mr. Church TOOK 4 sort
Of IN Independent view, and held that tho tina
for .ne present discussion had gone By; that II
snould hava cone up more psopesiJ under the
SD section, and that tho psea6ns section
was merely IN addition to that, and
was deslgued for the protection Of the people,
| Mr. WhiltnK NAa Ratisned that tho convention
Wa in the essence Of tho great question Of tne
age, and be wished to hAve it fnty snd faslJ dls4
cuaked. HI. ATKINS commanded general at1en.
! ton By hts remarks and tho originality Of hta
vexa. He consldered It rrry remarkable tnas
when corporalon1, which werc but artificial per,
sons, we1e being considered, ali At ouca there
should be 10 much consideration extended them.
But when the rt9hta Of natural and human beings
were placed tn jeopardy, this wonderful interest
and caution seemt tuddenly to abase. Tna viewl
of The other spcakcrs were very geatrAl and con.
tllct1nT. Soue oppostd, while others faYored, the
section. III fats II will be hard to predict but
will Be nothing surpt1alng II Il u adnpted Just a
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uatinr bsn ona. Tnrra IL M oocss,on ~ .n-
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spttattnr fhn nnhiic nint. n III, nr-s~nt ~.
| to tnetr n,o.nundrst d+n,ba II 1. h,,s,s
/ expected that thn cnnyrnt,nn vi,
| do anything morn th.n .don. ~.
Les1slatirs Comna1ttee.s report the nr-sent w.rr
cons,oet1nr The fact thar mi, rrrcr4 tnvo,,.s
Of the most irnno1tnnt Ard ,nt.rrst,nc ,n..,,o,.
| tnat xi.1 corn. -, ,ca IT,, ~. s..-sts-
oulJ fpeut thus Tar about sVo Neeka In III cnnstd
crAtion, and 1t will be seen ths, errst prorrem h.x
been msde. Indeed. the couyeu,lon etts ahont