, 1870-01-29
fhe Convention Yesterday.
Petitions, Communications, and
Resolutions.
Debate on the Internal 1ms
proVemcnt Question
Continued.
special Despatch 70 The Chscsso THooae-
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special Despatch 10 The chscsso Tribune.
SrxIF1Y1KD, JSr. II
1rnoros1p cHANdx Or EAs1. -..
The hua,neas OF the morntnR h7pt to-d&y Haa
xs1upostant- NJ. Snyder II iAss Kot eo2uee "
oaes HI loug tslked Of reso1anon ze'atse 70 toe
s.1,o~.I ~ fho eouyerrou to Chicago. HIS speech
1ntrepn Fss resy amuGuE, and kept the house II
= arusr Of ,,ughter lfon begtnn!rg 10 end. he
sa,c TIA. n1s party ~s2 suffering from the nigh
u.re OF unt8fty. which Was bid, while ii
Mztes was 10 yc1T unch Ncrse that
sore Retub!icsn members Of his acquaintance
Hete obliged to pot alcohol IN It to make dr.nks-
bic. nc sppealed to the Republicans 70 reserve
lii SIDE ot tie house fro1 IL terrible dilemma,
AID. while It would give them good Lake Michigan
Na1es, II wec1d s&ss ensbie hin party to b piaced
within easy communication Of GOOD whukeJ at \
low price. Nj. Church locked as solemu Al
Rcsicy EheE he A1ked that Inc resolution b. re-
{tstcA 70 the Committee On Internal Improve
Eert1. Hi. Wright exhibited tdst the least bit OF
Icz:3c;outneas when ne moved TO amend BY
tnsctttuG, And thas the Sectetaty OF State be
Instructed 70 Htte I'd the Convention, at the pses
atoresa,d." HoEesef, tie whole episode WAS IN
piess.re contraAt with the dsyx ditcusston upon
facts art nE0res, which followed Shortly after,
eren II not ~ Important.
STATISTICS cA1Ln
Mr.. TrCeEdtc, no: satisfied with The Soluu1in-
cua stAlsIca that have already been frrutaacd
tne cocsertfan By the Aadttor and Secretary Of
STATE, aat slfo Hh!ch hare bean cited during the
LIST three days desa:e On the tnterna. Improvement
qoes,ioo, Introduced resolution that this body
be furnished With the items Of tne appro t1ailons
Of al the General Assemblies, for the last ten
Years T.:s NIL probably. give cop}!sta prout.
aole 1oa, II It tacconpushes no other purpose.
AxGC2kSrs IN cR1x1sL CASES
var.sTer:e7 Hklta ce;eace to h1ra the
c!oE1ig argument Ia al criminal caseA Consldet-
1ce tie tact that It Is almost 1mpossible to
coEytrt anybody, as sno Jaw noE
trxndf, no t7atter what the offence, 1t IS
rrchlhle thas TIL, 1etolu::on Htlt meet With but
little consideration at the nzuds Of the Committee
On Dnl OF Rph,r. 10 whom It was referred.
Tue 1f7xRHAI IMPROVEMENT QUESTION.
Tne ba1arct ot the day was absorbed in the
discussion OF the Internal Improvement question.
NJ. Nedtu rntshed rhe speech which he began
ye-terdAy, and he went over the whole ground ex-
haustrey and thoroughly He EN followed BY
HI. cHJ who stated that he Was merely
seeking for Information, but who, before he got
through. gave strung erideEces Of being opposed
to the Michigan Canal. He seem to be Ia favor
Of canal from the LAKES TO The Mlastssip2.
through Nlfco-ktn. ria Green Bay, but he II poy
IN favor Of the ons 1uder consideration through
nl;roIs. His speech vas sort Of running dis
loeue, he being constantly interrupted By various
te talked froa effect TO eaute, Hnd that he started
eut wrous. HIS proposition VIE TO show that
the caaal FN failure Kimpty because Its
business has cot Increased ~ last Al It ought, and
recsuse the reyesues were only ono per cent on
the capital invested. These assum pt1ous, ~ also
those 'b.t this was peculiarly Chicago enterp,!ae
brought On tia head shower oi
questions from members OF tho Coat
County Delegation, a we'll n from ths
members living Alopg the line OF the canal and TIKI
Iuiun.s River. Ar. Rromwell's argument was
very s.1cuE Que. and gives great nsis:ac:iou Il
the fuerda CT ttlt Important measure. he Recml
50 be guided uore BY \ fea< shst thss enseEpYiAt
MI! fan into the h2nda uf advElturouG Capitalist
ald teccme a monopoly having ou the rezset
tights OF WhEca lawyers seem 10 stand I,
20 Euch fear, rather than any par
t,culAr irteudsnip for tbs canal ataelr
OF des1te 10 SEE State aid continued to complet,
its cocntcuon With the Itll1ols River. lie want
the STATE to kep control OF ste works and 70 .vi
at fttute Legislatures strictly prohibited from
ltas:rg. selling OF dlEpos.nE Of them. Pendint
his retcIEa motion to adtonrn prevailed. III
uill rare the door fo-no1rpw. when the discus
Ion VIII be resumed IN Committee Of tho Whol.,