, 1870-12-23
Preparations for the Meeting Of
= !. Tho, Legislature. ~ :.
The New Senate Chamber and
Hall for Representatives,.
Canvass for United States Sena.
torship.
Candidates for Office in State
Senate and House.
The Kew State House and Lincoln
Monument,

:hadowa before, ths coming Legislature
II nl1nota csu Already b discerned In the
preparations making for its reception. Ths
inhabitants arc looking forward to tho 4th Of
January next, u it 1t were ths 4ih OF July, or
; univetha1 birthday, in which they were Ill
Interested. They think and talk about It dur
ing tho day, 4nd 60 to bed Ut night to dream
about 1t. Truly, It will 10 great day for
especially for hotel and boarding
house keepers.
Fer the past month everything has besu
undergoing process Of renovation, and
has been the occupation OF
tho majority Of the people. They Aro
to keep boArders, the business
that fourlshss best during the session,
and out Of whict thay c,t:u}ate to m4ks
money enough 10 Pay for the dull aad Idle
lines that exlst when tho uenbeEs are not in
toAp. It il unfortunate for legislators that
they have appttlteB, aud that thsy uu4t 6at,
ESPECIALLY ahen Tho eA:ing has to be done in
Springfield. where it costs twica Is much ~
aly~hsre e.!se. Thty mat submit TO be oled,
however. What Ia tbs use OF having Capitol
aid r. gesis,u1e ia town il .hsylon's ray7
According to the representations OF The
tcartlpe Letlte lIopIietgrs there il not Va
ctucy in TOXIN; everything il filed up, Acd
thGfe Ii dsI ger Of CONS Of tue honorable
Gettlenerpot berg abioto ind ! plaza wheIe
to lay thtir heads. Til. IL good story to tell
just nos, when nppliclti-na jor Load are uu-
M.i1C4, ,and rns MI n afraid tia: shuy wilt not
it'd accomuudRtton. Hwsek or two will sim
nft the, Excitement down to truth. aud tru
chances 70 ona 1hsre eill' be 10 OF room, at
cl,. Aper r.ta y tt1u are LOW keu.
Dontd vAEi,h b. Vi {. utae, According to locality
a'd e;sle Sixty ds lllrs week can be eqlar-
dertd ,e:s en- ,iv. aid ten d.lla.s can be MADE
t6'oSe1 e1letset. vld-d man has no
taDzttil 6 alter he gooA rttiuss Of this lie.
lAic out ou :au'e, a CHE can g-t boanl. and
n.nsecto ietp loay AID soal tcgo her, 90
eli III dolslr- week, tu' be nj ! NIX l's apt to
g.t the goat fr,,u. htgu living: ho eau live
dttentl, 1t fIou ten to fifteen. aud luxurious
.ly fun th!r'> up~uo-. The facilities for
ii" uasl ( sn.uei ttEurJed uy this pi.es ara: :nn-
surpassed any ~hste.
1Io1E1R.
Tie Eo:rls expect 10 msk- iay ehils The
su- ehiots. The. afa a!itcsdy for :he rtcep-
tio:- :, gust Att. val tr PIE y tut It tho
tpstlns Il the ternion. rhe Leland
II the iavYsite. :tcsusr i: i.
tho ost styli.b. ItA lotrido:s, no ,
ramp II bororab'a heels, aud oottonho1ins
aid caueuaing wsf1 be the o.dor OF tbs eAy
xLd malt. Here ttl, lJtD. :oes most Of l.s
foIinS.ia. TLe house is IN. rendezvous OF
sve1* ont dung Tia eeeNop; sort OF ue~s
depot. nheie rso 1lc s" ts swap infortu vi ~,
A1a taoo out what il gotng on Tha s:uato-
risa contest will a:'Eact laIge cra~d Of out-
eidels At tie beginning Of Tie aesesoo. AID
The Ittand will BE- i. full ~. it eAn hold
Doaid Is nov 43 = cay: but. during the Aes-
siou, 1t will probably oe -. Many ruoaa
have bton engaged in advance , memhsrs oil
the Sci ate aud House. and. probably, thsre
are not ten who wcul not hang mp their hArps
In tie sane place, wese lhair ambition not
oeundsd BY five dollars day. It adds toue
TO man to be aola 10 iEv,te his frieuds t.
call and soc Kim 1t bis rooms '.as The L..
land" One room il not enough, the plara
i..rTeshion Of power and fupats s'ylc to tbs
| !nvttttion. Some members require these ad
jnncts to give them weight En1 influence, Aud
t to tueh to. y are u~etul fer I hhort tine. Fic'
tssiuus Importance. however, does not l4sl
long it varishes lks dew before the rising
thar leFels in the House, and arc rightly esti
mated BY theis colleagues according to thsi,
! worth and ABILITY, '"rooma" II the Leland ol
anywhere oles VII not save them. ksves
tbeless, tho Leiard ia Agood plaoe to stay
AID 80 think the following aamed geutlemnn
Jobu n. JoHett, ". II. King, Horace T. Waite
Egsn, OF Cock; W. n. Smith. Gao. Y. Funk
Warren G. Watkins, and John McNulta- o
Mrlean; John J. Harper, Vt FL PA:o; Gus
tavus L. KctrEer. e Iseliesil1a James II
William MORMON and Al!sn T.. Fuller, Of B.1
MI q l,aby. Governor Kcerncr, Ja.se Klsste @
AID delegations Of I'm nss ct lbs csniiiJ,ies
will to tlete during the Senatorial Campaign
The st. Nicholas and the Everett Uouse Iii
baFe the honor Of feediog lsrg, numbrF o
Senators and Representatives, and both ar,
p!cpattd to feed them we'll. It is pro oabls
no. eres, That the majority Of the n,em.e
WILL hnd homes IN piiy2te :oarcinx hous.s,
l THEEKNiTE cNAXprH
| Uron Mr.. HuHn+l Secretary uf State, de-
| Sp'sfo tile GUY OF providing balls for iht
S'nR:e acd Huuse. The iucsea se in tho nun
bt1 Of representatives made the old hall too
tnas1I, and he tccfeseo IN the number OF Sen
Ato1s had The same effect on the Senate chim
ber- Now aTIalgements had to be made It
or"er 70 lrovide tie necessary accommoaa-
| tiohs To-. both bodies. Accordingly the GL
heretofo.e u.ed BY tho House viii b. used b,
the Senstt, the SsrAte chamber being turned
over to the suureme Court, and provision be.
mE ntde outslde the Capitol blildiug fog The
| House.
When finished, the Senate chamber viii be
quite comfortable, Tie cnly di4sbaot will hs
The stoves oy which It il he1ted. and til, ven.
| tilaiien, which af~ays hss been. and slways
will be, imperfect. : Tns old deska and chairs
viii bo used, theseby Swing expense. A uea
the 6ooE. Portraits Of L1ucotu and Douglas
hApg eide by side in front Of tha Cha,t,. and
| will be source Of iEs 2iratfon for the members
Hhen tceit own stock runs dry. The coet OF
| fitting up tine chamber viii be qnito moderate,
THE HousE or REPRESENTATIVES.
Lbs place chosen for tho Representatives to
. meet 10 the Preshyteri1n Church, II the cor
neE OF Monroe and Fourth streets, two blocks
and half from this State House. It Is nice
new church, mado Of brick, and having p2ir
OF towers Ia 'front.' Inside 1t il neatly fniah-
%. The audtence tooE, where the assen olsd
~ Ia G+x$a III r.. \
epeechee is hzndsone rpom sc By GIL fest.
Where the pnlpit viii be when the proper
tlE1e comes, in tho speakers deak, occurring
tue eutirs chsncel, which ia 80 feet wide. IL
thaapeaker will not require ~ muah room u
the tteacher, the space behind his chair will bs
utilized, and there the ttess reporters will sit,
and the nee aend out to the world IN secount
Of the doings and sayings Of the wise men
IN fEcnt. partition walls in tho speaker
from the members. 1uat in front OF aud
,, b. low TIE speaker is the clerks desk, and on
either tide Of it viii be accommodations for
t the ofheixl r.perteEs.
On the floor ALL be 176 deaks sor the naem-
/ be1s. Each desk viii accommodate four.
, They Ate made OF ash trimmed With black
walnut, and cost sl7 eAch. Drawers in the
/ desks viii be fastened By tnmbr1l locks, -
!. that there noed be no fear Of the gentlemen
; chlizs are now and were bought for $3.50
each matiag total cost for ehairs aud desks
OF s., 45o. Tha bottoms arc Of timb4r Of
! great haEdneas, but anY member who chooses
can brig cushion for his own use. Thsn
tho chairs are on sKiyels, 80 that the occn-
| pants can ewtng themselves to a1eep II they
! wait 10 eecApe = long hAt1ngua.
Al the lower end OF the house viii be rail-
| ing to keep out tho lobby. and. II necessary.
the railing can be moved back to tbs relr
| wall, 90 as to exclude the lobby from the door
| altogether, In lhat c1se they will have to go
| 6tk5YN eth f&hAF Hy@&N and S4kA
be good idea to remove them from ths door,
- that meEbe1s may not be under their im-
mediate influence.
Tha apartment ia heated By steam, tie ap-
pAtatus having been put in 1t the expense Of
the State- That Ia tne only ootnpens alton to
be given fpr the use Of the building for tho
ert,1e session, no matter how long II i1sss Is
the Democracy hAre been lying about the cost
Of tlB heatog appaTAtus, 1t Ia proper to Bt1to
that 1t cost e4,Bo0. Ali the furniture put In
BIZ the State win be removed, except tbs heat
leg app4rasus. The betting And ventilation
are expected 70 be pe-foct.
When tho carpet u hid, znd tbs deaks And
chaiIs and spi.toons ato IN order. the hall viii
be- comfortable md pleasant. Tho root.
at the caves, il IS fest high, md 1t the csntre
81. Ths acoustic properties are said to BE-
good, but that does not make much matter,
for good or bad; tho members will let OF their
cicquence, and aepuettes cannot stop them.
MAnF Of them defJ aeous,ics and al other
se,eLce, sometimes even grammar, J!
4 galley, tunninE more thAu half WIT
round the ball, will seat 200 parsoas- Thets
tho beauty md chisAlry Of Springfield VIII ~
eeubl1 on de1d days, an1 to thAt gallery this
hlu.hinE nzztm 1iA. look for tbs he1raitsg
eni1es and apprecistive applauss which all has
rhetoric and gestieulAaon cannot draw ont af
his hardened contemporaries Gu, The aoor.
What with the ~ dim religious light" trying
10 ptesoe the stained windows, and the beauty
In tbd gallery. may rot noaae = muse iaglass-
ous " member be inquired 70 pektosm7
There afs soue four u dro rcons which
can b. used by committees. On the whole.