, 1870-04-23
the Judicial Cucutts, 1nd IN favor OF leaYtng the
question With the General Assembly.
Aeasr1 MERRIAM and TISCHEk we're In {aror

the Judicial Circuits, Ind tn favor Of leaftng the
qosaton NTH re General Assembiy.
Aessr1 MERRIAM and T1SCHEk were In {ayor
Of tnserttnz sereusJ-nEe thousand
The motion 70 Tecousider the action Of the CON-
nlttee, stirling out ono hundred tnoussnd, WIS
6ExK1AL tHI71nlH T1srrs 18K CONVENTION.
At thh period, the tnmtttee appointed Ie4aeE-
and invite him 10 visit the convention, sppcxreti
with that distinguished soldier. Hc was conduct
I'd 70 the PreAdents chair, md welcomed By that
gentleman In The following speech:
"GkSERAt: hare been dcpu,ed By the meu1-
distinguished ofleer Of your STAT, General For
II IL no formal duty that sAcJ have imposed upon
me, and ought rot TO he performed With formal
SSs 3xen a ~ ~ Re1 @ 10 IT, e =
mena Of the gentlemen .efore NE, that no one Of
the very eminent Geaetals Of the amy, dls,tn-
RNtshed = 20 mAny Of them have been bI brilliant
md effective action in the service Of their coun-
~, 80 6ndles the enthusiasm Of the State We
here represent as General Sheridan, 70 whom l
Of the Convention
General Sheridan rrplied:
"AR. President: thank you rez3 kindly for
your very pleasant reception this morning. When
! cAne here To Springfield came with tho tntcn-
Don Of seeing Springfield and this portion Of tue
stase, snd d!d got c1peet to have this very great
@y hsaH. fof The flnahess shown 70 1:' ne shls
4 recesh WAS taken then tnr nftsen minutes
danE xhisa xs aq1ner n,n q sdes and Eea;le
his Chlef-of-StA6, who accompanied him.
ECsNEs RE!CxEp.
The convention then cnufc to order. The ques-
tion VAS taGen Oh striking out lone hundred
Mr. AS1HoSf uoycd % insert ate, the word
"ssate,~ IN the third line, the words: "uav1n9
MI. HAT moved TO add the following: .'Pro-
y1ded, mat the General Assembly shall create no
circuit when the rccoris Of the courts for the
hal 7nf ohnYr rfJy4
| therein to have beeu Ia eehsou 1t least eight
mouths Of each year Of the said two yeara
The question was tale1 on laying Mr. Anthony
amendment ca the table. L0st-S 10 81.
a motion Was then made to iay Nr.Ea 5 motion
| Nj. WHEATON thoueht 1t was premium to
convention, which It WAS acknowledged possessed
Ill The wisdom, TO feiteE the people In a!I thngs
and IcArc nothing for the General Assembly to co
| Mt: W ALL moved the following as a Substitute
for Nr. Anthony's amendment, and ana II was ac-
made a. nearly IS may b. one with another, hay-
Ing due Frgsrd 70 bastoess. territory and porula-
| ton
| AFTERNOON SESSION.
KkAszENBLEp.
AT. HAYES amendment to Section Is Was con-
"pTovtded that the Legislature shall create no
circuit where the records Of the cons for The TWO
een esda %; o1 s Fst
months Q. The Jear OF the said two yeaiA" Lost,
by?s tne;:
| The section As amended xAs adopted.
Section u, with the previous amendments, waa
Sections 20, q, g. r. sa and a. With the amend.
Ehrnis, were seat! alin naeTset arA The report OF
The convention took up the report se'idtim, and
the 1rst three sections Wcrc adopted. except the
last provision Of Section !, Which H in the hanua
Of the Schedule Committee.
TURNER, the worda, sin AddEton thereto" At the
commencement Of the clause IN relation to ses.
eaons Of the Supreme Court at Chicago: wcrr
y11cd by lA~ were inserted Instead
| Section vas considered
| Mr. DEMENT,, OF Lee, moved to amend BY In
sertng It the end OF the last sentence '' but on
prorsi0n that no member OF this Convention
should eligible to the OQIce OF Supreme or Circuit
Judge created by this article Lost
| nc fourfh atneutment 10 the section xas ze
| considered. ant3 the second ciaptc Wss amended
90 a. to rend: "The State shall hc dtv1ied intt
seven districts for the election Of Judges, which
io.n" @ 3e' 90 fs0'''sN y '"' SAA3' ~ 90 A''
On motion Of NJ. TURNER, the word " dis
Tie commencement Of Tie Last claase of the sec
| tIou
Tr BROWNING, Of Adams, offered the follow
| Ing substitute Tor section,
GSeCrfos !, From at,d after the adopttou o
this Constitution The JUICES Of nc suprsuc Cous
shall receive ! saiAry Of {5,oo0 per annum, raya
blc uualterlv untu Otherwise provided by Jaw Ia,
aitef such salaries shsli be nxrtt hy law they sh
| not te diminished during the Eer1s for which tn
| Judges shall have been elected
amendment h. providing that such sa,ar,es shs1
! not be tncTraset
Mr. CSDEKWOOD epokc at length In favor o
! thv aspen,Ju,ent Ct Nj, Alien. WHICH was sttortcd
amount Of SALARY +, 900 insiea1 Vi x5,ooo
| MIR ALIEN ti Afrxant oppoScd the amend