The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-02-03
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JfflCIAl CITY g. COUNTY PAPER
sPaINGFIELD CORRESPONDENTS.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. +,

SpRINGFiELD, ILL. Feb. /, 1871.
EDITOR OF ARGUs.-Oysr three vssks
have passed since the couvening of the Leg
isiatare, snd yet you eau tell in moment,
Gil the business that is done. Two bills
have been passed by both houses the Sen
Ase mas pais1d a saird aud & has been cent
10 the douse tor action. Valuable time has
oeen wasted In foolish discussions in regard
70 onoiai reporting, stationery, &c. The
oehate with It's fifty mem bers, got rid OF a
sood deal OF Its superdGous yeas week
ago and has settled down to the work
IN the House however, it seems
a. though the yeas has Just
generated. Il is entirely wrong
theory IN our American politics that man
must be q representative In the state legis
lature before he can go to congress. If it were
changed and no man permitted to so TO
Washington City who had been at Spring.
field as u representative. q large number of
bids would have been going on at an ex-
Ceilsnt rate.
On Saturday afternoon Mr.. Barnes, of
Morgan, the youngest democratic mem Der
Of the house, made q home run on radical
ism by Introducing the following resolu-
tions
WHsREAs, Large subsidies have been
voted By the national congress, and bills
for the same object are now pending upon
the tables of both houses, in lands, bonds
and other aids to railroad corporations,
steamship companies, and other private in.
terests and,
WHEREAS, The present condition of the
country demands q return to q stricter econ
omy and,
such grauts IN aid of private corporations
are OF doubtful constitutionality, and con
- IL
therefore,
ResoIped By the house Of representatives.
the senate c0HcuIring herein, That our
senators in congress be instructed, and our
representatives be requested, to use all their
lnhuence to prevent the passage of laws
giving frontier grants of land and other
aids or subsidies &c railway, steamship com.
Panles or other private corporations what
ever.
ReSoLced, That the governor be requested
to forward a copy of this resolution to each
OF our senators and representatives.
The radicals from some cause, let the res
lutions be passed unanimously, and Colonel
Turner moved TO reconsider the vote, which
they carried and moved that the motion to
reconsider bs laid upon the table. which was
also carried unanimously; this has always
been regarded Is q nnslIty of any vote.
Mr.. Harris, OF Lake, was In the chair on
Saturday when the resolutions were passed,
bat he spent Sunday 10 whipping in the rad
icals to change their vote. Accordingly
Monday hs moved to take from
ths table the motion to reconsider and the
speaker deciding that no such motion could
be entertained, Mr.. Harris appealed from
the decision Of the chair and the appeal
was sustained By the radical ma jority.
Thus, to recOmpenss for the consumate
ignorance of the radical representatives, all
parliamentary law was overridden, and 8
precedent that is as disgracetul TO the ma or
ity in the house Is it is demonstrative that
they are set of asses. By strict party
vote the matter was sent 10 the Committee
on Federal Relations where it will gently
stun Der till Gabriel blows his horn. This
matter, however, gave Haines the leader
ship of the party and last night a caucus
was held to see what the radicals should do
in thu future. They appointed a committee
consisting of Mayo, Root Haines, Carey
and Snort, to select n leader and to shape
out the general course for the party to pur-
sue on political questions.
nun Der Of in portant matters are now
before the, various committees for action.
But so much time has been frittered away
that 3 great many important measures will
have to lie over until next wiute--as it is
already conceded that there will be second
session of the Legislature.
10 the Senate an important bill has been
ordered to third reading which
is equivalent, to its pssssge) in relation to
dogs. 1t provides that the town clerk, of
each township, shall procure collars for each
and every dog therein, the collars to be sold
at one dollar each, the profits to 60 into the
school fund. Every dog that has not q col
lar IS declared an abandoned dog, and is
liable to be killed BY any one. 1. will no
doubt pass the House in the form in which
it comes from the Senate. There is also an
important bill in the Senate in relation to
saloon keepers. 1t provides tha. they shall
be rssponcible for all damages sustained
from persons intoxicated. 1t will hardly
become O law. K.