The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-05
FROM SPe'NGFlEL.D.s
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'rni>uFIEtp, April J, 1871. 3.
Tho General Assembly has had vaca-
ton and made u tript u Peoria, on the in
yitation of the authorities ind citizens of
that citv do not think that when the
invitation wa. accepted, tho members had
any idea that the removal 81 the capital
was in fact an opc" question, and many
Democrats opposed accepting the invita-
tion on the ground that ii was waste OF
the peoples money to spend two days Of
! the valuable time Of the session in mere
! pleasure excursion. But the affair has al
ready produced results which show that it
was indeed profitable investment Tho
new state house Was commenced at Spring
field under the auspices and in tho inter-
est # - ring. OF which tho rroprictors Of
the N'ofs JuuyHai are commandments
chief IT WAS located in the immediate
vicinity ofproperty owned ly those indi-
viduals and their friends, although better
and more ample ground. were offered in
q part more attractive. II was in
tended that ~ soon a, money enough had
been expended on the new building to
make the location certain, that it would be
found that more grounds were needed and
the state would be obliged 20 buy the ad
joining lots at greatly enhanced prices.
Now this Peoria move may not make that
city the capital Of the state, but it will GER
tainly save the state large amount in
making the necessary Enlargement Of the
state House grounds. Springfield now
ozprcssc. its entire willingness TO give the
state al the ground il need. adjacent to
The new State House. The price ut which
the owners held their lots a week ago was
$4,000.
Tho Peoria excursion wa. perfect in all
It, pa,ts. Tho day was fine the train of
palace cars was magnificent beyond COM
;perison; the banquet was feast to the
( eyes Us VOL as to the palate; the reception
iund bail IN the evening was the gaye,t Of
| the gsy--in fnct every item OF The enter.
ta'umeut was cxqu,'itely delightful. The
,prop'.ei lite ror the state House nj Pcots
. ~ on tho bluffs overlooking the city,
4 the Lake and the surrounding country, and
b If the building is completed here, Their,
!, Twin Away, remain ia the minds OF ,hos,
= who visited Peoria last Friday, n regret
that 30 exceedingly Gnc building hat
not been located where IL would be sect
J and admired by thousands and thousand
: more than will ever visit II hero. In fac
e there are no points in Springfield iron
which the ya.t Capitol ofIllinoi scan be- ad
cIuately viewed, and you need not wondc
/, /, with impression, on the minds of thu
members of the assembly, they agree I,
> submit the question g. vote of tho people
= The senate hes to.day,bccn CONSIDERING
!. tho hill toprov,de Cor ~ peuiientiary in
N vcsugn,ing committee. proposition 4
IA empower HE minority of the committee I
II send for r'r'ons and paper in further
Rnce VI the investigation. which was intr,
duccd 10y Senator lIolcomh and advocate
by him and other Democrats, was vote
down by strict party vote. The radical
have no intention of allowing the Dom,
: crnts any power which would enable thcr
TO make thorough exposition Of tho mi
" management Of the pcnitentinry. II u
ie report tuu. out TO b. "a job Of whitcwusl
ing, lc, DO people remember that ii
q, Democrat. lid their lc., 90 have il othc
of wiso
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