, 1870-04-25
ILLINOIS,
Last weeks Work In the Constitu-
ttonal Convention.
The Fight Over the judiciary
Article,
Inc Lincoln -F1nan-
cfn1 Condition OF the
Association.
osesA Despatch y The Chicago Tribune,
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| TIE JUDICIARY ARTICLE
erh1raP1Klu, April Alt II unjyerrat,y ron.
oNeo aaf tue convcnuon 1nade but utsle hesa :,
"A5 Last week. The troublesome question has
uea NC judiciary article, and It looks now n II
.ae oplnlona Of members upon mooted po,nts In
os.& 0uese Ire u diverse now 81 they were at the
commencement OF The dlscusaiop W}th from
a!1tS-nse To Seventy Of the eightY-ve membtYt of
ine convention arye1h, and 4 large share OF tnem
ooaeFrtood to be candidates for judicial honors
under The new constitution, it can hardly be won,
oeaeo Al thAt shey should Ind 1t dnlcult to 4a1ce
ui"a an5 enc essential feature of
ue Aruc!e some OF the member seem tn
.am1 taxt me Matter can he disposed Of ssusfac-
toH!s ~ tuesday night hope fha can be done.
hut hear inisnattons or threats, that u, Of 1he
article referring to Cook County courts i. tn ~
oFcshauied, und essentially changed, not In re-
fponce TO any request from the delegation o. peo-
iie Of thht county that 1t should be done, but out
OF revenge for imaginary wrongs which some dele
gates claim 10 have suffered from her delera.4.s
II The Judiciary article IL completed by TUESDAY
nieh1, 1t Is not Impossible that The en1sr work OF
'"e caa'enuon my be CLEARED up. IL TWO Hceks
or three It the fufthe6t
LINCOLN MONUMENT.
The managers OF the Lincoln Monument Assoct-
atlon, Including Governor O9lesoy, Hon. John T,
stuart, Hon d. H. Hatch, Hon. o. IL Miner Hon.
Jesse K Dubois, Colonel john Williams. Jhcos,
Bum, Esq.t Dr.. Sewton Dateman, and several
membera Ut the Constitutional Convention ves
tesday afternoon paid formal ytss to the 1uonu.
ment at Oak Ridge for the purpose OF Inspecting
hhc #ofH. They remained On the xroun,s for more
shAn one hour, aud examined the work c1oselY,
AL expressed themselves as heartily pleased, not
only with the general design c: Tho monument.
hut the progress which the work Is making. The
1oHo"1hX facts In regard to its uresent
co1lt1lon viii prove Interesting tn
tac people: The National Lincoln Monument
Association hare On hand, as resources for build
ing the monument, fi5,, 600 These funds excep,
1ae sSo,~o Illinois appropriation and about so, 900
alteanJ expended In the construction Of the work,
are invested In government and Illinois State
bonda The association hns entered Into Gun
tract With William D. Richardson to construct The
cn1lfe Architecture OF the monument, Inclusive of
ihatef7als, and everything e1se hut the sculpture
teF fi3a,eoo, to he completely finished during The
autumn OF 1870. Ar. Richardson HIS progressed
With bis work as fast a. his contract ~
qafrest and as fast as could be expected
The foundation has been completed. .hc
tHk, time, cement, etc., arc n]l
upon the ground, the granite u being CIT and
dressed IN Quincy, Masa, md Is 30 ncar feat7 ,hst
tnerc u no CAUSE 10 fear delay on its account and
there seems no rcason 10 doubt that Mr. Rlchar,.
son Will nnfsh his work turing the fall The asso
c!aton has cntcnd into contract with Mr. arkin
Aesd for al tho sculpture, for SO, co., to b.. fu,
ntshct br him as ordered, the association no. to he
liable until They g'se an or'lcr In writing for any
r,se,s PIT o. IT, the prices Of the
pieces or groups being settled hF
the contFact. The association has gtyea An order
to afE. Mead to proceed With the statue Of Nj.
Lincoln, the price being n1ed It $l3,70o, and the
coat ct asns At & 500 The three items named.
VIE: the building Ut the monument, the atstue Of
Ar. Lincoln, aud the cost Of arms, involve 4 cost
OF about tf:5, 900, cxhaustng about Ill the money
II the hands Of the Association. No or1crs hare
nccn Rtsen for the four groups contemplated In
the original plan, because the association has no
money to ray for them, an. 1t IL not
lis intention 10 erc un order for group unit! the
means are provided Next autumn, Therefore, 1t
Ii expected TINT the monument will bc completed
With the exception Of the four groups, and the re-
maAs Of Af. Lincoln will then b. Transferred from
their present fvstlng place ut the base OF the
monument 1t Is also anticipated that the bronzc
statue Of Ar. Lincoln Wifi bc put In 3ts place. Six
different tomhe, CT ss1cophag1, will be constructed,
adjoining each other, under The monument, one
each fof ME. and Mira Lincoln, and the four chill
ureu, tho Of whom are now laid In the
tomb With Tim. The monument will
however, Look unfinished and undressel. without
the four srou 4, Of sculpture, and it IA to be sin
cercl5 huped Cat the people Of the United States
NIL Iiramrsly furnish the means to enable tho as-
~o@~-eA ~ o'A<@ 4t91 EAA1 1St AkSH& GH t2G CVui-
reton OF each one, which will cost $13 100. IN Ill
*sa,8 To raise this amount several States have
frrn appe aled to for hefr, but the response hns
not bccn generous enc. The association hare
hoped for $1,000 from New York. In fact that
Stale made an appropriation Of that amount, hut
1t has never been received by the association, for
what nason ia not Hown- II that amount
could ae realized, another Group
could he Immediately ordercd
and paid for Oh completion, Other States have
becn applied 10 for aid, but only Nevada, believe
has responded. Chicago ought to pay for at least
one Of the proposed s1oups; the cofored people OF
the Cnltcd States for another to the great martyr
they owe uote than to any other man that ever
hscd or evef + III I've, and It would he beautiful
recognition Of that great and good man for this
newly enffanchlsed people to step boldly forward
and place IN the hands OF this Association I suu
sutacent 10 crrct OF one Of the petiestals group
lnhouor Of him who freed them from their house
u bondage.