, 1870-01-23
SPRINGFIELD.
Ceunu1tea tienS md Resolutions
Iptre4ncea In tho Convention.
Further Debate on the Printing
Oommittee's Report.
Reports or Cont1n1ttees.
Special Despasch to The Chicago Tribute.
HpHIHdHIxI,p. ian. q

SPECIAL Deapaseh to The Chicago Tribute.
erR1na11K1D, Jan. q.
TH1 poxvDs11pN N MUpptx
For three dAJ1 tho convention haz been 1t sea
without either pilot or fudder, aud confusion h1g
retsned supreme. THIS state OF atIsirs haz arisen
because Of the tneftciencJ Of tho ru1e8 adopted
tof tho guidance Of the body. Tnua, for instance
mo standing committee would report; the co.,
ventlon would dtscuAs the repaIt for n whties
the hour to adjourn would aTIve, and thnn the
wnole thing would 70 over. Than another com
mittee wonM report, snd ktt1i another, nd tne
tablo beeone crowded with unnniahed
bazsnetA TO know Whit ,xas.. IN
con1ult Ntth a1nn osaee, tAs1 with Ms oecfetazys
and tho tatne1, nna11Y ::wttn thu Cnstf1naa.- Tho
consequence oF al this has been that p1o2taas
haa been mate In the l1tlh sense, simply back.
WardA- To remedy thts eTtl tnere xete uutnof-
ous resolutions introduced to-day, and a1so
number Of speeches msde- Judge Archer n1ade
sone srong and practical renarEa Is to the pro
pr.ety Of having BONE sfs.eua in the doing Ct ouh-
Ie&a. The resolution adopted to tho eject thSt
when report has once been commenced upon
It fhan continue the standing ordet until u u
uul.ned, will bring system out OF chaus and make
tho reports Of tho proceedings here more lntellig1-
bic to tbs vast ruxss Of reader1- 1t present It
would ppxze Pht!ade1ph!a II wyaf 70 tell exactly
what busntss was before the houAe- Thn Whole
tnns to-day WIS occupied In the diacusaton Of the
report ot the Committee on Printing. Il wa1 M
usually unlnpo1sant The whole dtseusaon
originated IN = Misrepresentation, WAS continued
In = fog, &nd ended Just whese It should hare
dore 1t 1r1t. Il yAry unNa1tArta,lo stack wzs
made on tho secret11y ol state by HI. Tarnet
because Of uldn&otmation On his OWL
part, occanored By statement n1ade pJ The gen.
tielnna npm Jefferson relative to tho pr1ea Of
copying per follo- The secEets1y Hhs Character
. ~ IN NRnr11$f f5Hr ~ hN nf
Fennon xnd seeking to III the heads Of lta raen1-
bers with deEll!sh r1cex. III. Turner proposed to
be the IthuEle1 whosa spear nf truth would reveal
tho tuo character OF this rather dtsAXeeAple bug
eater. Tho member nom Jefferson, himself =
Strong Democrat, took 1t upon himself to defend
tho saczetaz1 Of state, a also did other
members of tho bedJ. Tha whole
discafaion On the printing question WAS a mere
wranxle among lawyers about the meaning Of
term1. There were sotne Of these who were
alEsid to authorize the Secretary OF the conren-
t1uh to do anything but simply 70 call the roll snd
1ead tho resolutions, for fear that they would Ad-
nit that Tits convention WAS something more
than an advisory committee. This whole mktter,
however, xas finally settled.
TIT FOOD And DRINK RESOLUTION
| Of III. Atkins may appear to be Joke. but he
offered It Ia all earnestueas. He katd that II
tnia prohibition Of what people desired IN
this line be allowed to 90 In there will bo no ztop
to this governmental. interference With Affairs
purely ps1yate+
INDEFINITE ADsouasXKar xovTp.
The gentleman fsom Masshe hsd ht8 little joke
TO do, and It AeYved itA purpose IN creating Auiuse.
mint for careForu asatesmeu- Ho aroae 10 a
point OF order, and moved al indefinite adjourn
11eut, because OF the evident tmpo1Abtlity Of the
convention 10 come to any definite understanding.
| He suggested that u 1t took 1ys weeks to agree
| upon ttlfty-st1 words Of = con9ututoa which
| could not consist OF leas than 5000, It would
probably take ten yeats for thIs BODY to create the
| new organic LAW. He wtnted m ad}ontnnent
sire die. Els point Of order, howerer, Was not
| sustained.
| wogK m fRosrHM.
Next week there mil be different Gtate Of Af.
I fet1s here. There VIII be two seshto1s ref day
and members w11l be limited to about ten mIuntea
| to speech and to one speech On any one subject
TW CqNNITTlEa
h4ve nothing particularly new. Ths Legislative
| Committee bad long &ud 4 WARN seaaioo lag,
| night, and Tecon11defed their action On apprppd
| aiions ior the Illinois R:ver and eanaI Il xas
finally decided that 6t4ta aid ahouid b continued
| 70 tht1 Important public work.
ROADS AID IN1KkNAL NAVIGATION.
The Rquahble In the Committee on Roads ant
| Internal Navigation over tha taxing ot private
| property for pubuo purposes resulted tn msjoti
| II and minority rtpoft, which appear below Il
| tina nrereehtuUs Tha dtnAr<neA seams IN ~
+h1a. Tns ~ .to-i,v rrno-t c,.ims snst nrone,t,
| can be tskan for such purposes u easements
etc, providing compensation IL allowed, The MI
anc-d nam the Canstttnt1on of the r1nt,ra1states
thnt nrnn~rt, hn.,1 be tsten In, m anch nnrnnse
nn1r.n the CONSENT of tho oxnrr nrrt IN nbtained
-uK coor couSrY Iup,craaY.
III. rrnort ar the t,ook Connty d,lrontjon mn,
| +he ,ndtcts1 er.fe,n ~ cnor conn,V h,a no,
rpfrrrrn u a snh committees. comnosat of Messrs
| Hav urderuoon. and Chnrrh- Tho III, renor
| fayn,ab1v tbeyfon At an early dav
xr,1c1rat, coRrnp l11nss.