, 1873-02-19
A Report to Be Made In Favor OF the
Confirmation Of McCrea.
A Fair Amount of Work Accomplish
ed in Both Houses Yes
tcrday.


ras in the chair. and the full Committee present.
The message WAS road. h1r. Voris movcd not to
concur in tho nominations. Mr. Dow moved to
divide tho question, and lot each tub stand on
Its own bottom. Mr. Vorin spoke against con-
ruoation on behalf of nino-tenths Of his diHtriot
The people wore opposed to confirmation. Ho
know 1t. Mr. Youngblood thought tho action Of
the Senate should be cooxtensive with tho action
of tho Governor, and thoy had no right, under
the law. to decide the question. Mr. Whit
Ing said tho Committee should be harmonious.
They lad harmonious constituesy y,y ''o aho1a nH3
neyed them independent of pnfdty a esv
It to tho Senate. That would be tho most r.
spectful thing to do, Ho was f1oe to say no
was in favor of rejooting tho nominations. ~ Mr:
Yors boeyed 4 his m9tlon paoVanGGa nG aana ny n
new aet. Mr.. Henry inquired what ground me
gentleman had for saying the people Woro op-
posed to the nominees OF the Governor, M.
ecrt in. md from oonvorsation with his constitu-
the best man in tho State for the place, p,a,, 49,,
Tho question was taasn upon ,ery;o aya1ne Mr he
ySse on hs noTs to eso ap M wi Robinson first
Mr. Henry believed he represented q larger
farming community than my man In tug senato,
and would be guided by tho voice Of big con-
atuente he not neafn hov o. 1zar IN f.Vor
Of lin. Thoy had not heard much OF Mossra.'
6tillYell and McOrea, but they Ind known A1r.
Robinson oil his lifo, and he had constituency
e o., e0oo asnans md deaang Ss III 0a'f Robin
son. son. Ho lad aeon malignant sspsre!1on,s in in
aome papers against Robinson which he knew
TO bo untrue, and, when he saw tue samo papers
Announcing stillwon as rniroaa man + anq tre, MG
OF the statements, and ho could not sec single
valid objection to any of tho nominaes: They
should lay aside protudieee, and vote for men
ainply on their qualifications There was per-
country, and he Was sorry to SEQ men IN high
ulaces. whose names ho could not mention,
urging their cons tituents to tear up the rail-
roads Mr Robinson Eaa ehoa9n ta aa a+tr tue w. w.
victim 70 be inundated On tho re- a,nr. mcat "eS az
his interest ip. land. He lad thirty thirty
not ship fecauao Of high tariffs On = railroads.
FDm the e1ftire district IN which 2 PC lived not ),
though he had written to ascertain their Vows.
Govornor Boyorid.yo knew moro Of the men he
appointed than ontsddors, who had no menns OF
Judging. He had 200 letters from his distfact IN
III. Nhiting sud It wae not Q question q az m to
what these mon had not done, but "hat they nad 1l
done. What record had these mon made III tno
railroadsquostion7 Ho had nothing aga3innE asg;3inn
they should b ponitontiary Oonlntsslonars, T., Or
Notarlea Public, but they were not tie men ~, Ino
people wanted to execute tho law against fall,
1oads. They wore chosen simply for pohncM
nasnu Tis md thoy @ Should ] not put now vine Old
bottles, because 1T would be bad Tor tue pot1leg.
Mr. Robinson was not o soldier il tho CAUSE, u
was said ho did not understand tho Inv or follow
the auit now in progress. They wanted o man
1Yho HaB soldier in tho cause.
Mr. Yagor said ho would Like to know who
chat WaB.
llr. Whiting did not say.
Mr. Youngblood understood that Robinson was
"a lawyer, nico yonng man, but he knew no
more OF railroads than he (Yonngblood)* There
tWere twenty Republicans in Southern Illinois
who Were better men. He was chosen because
h,e Was an active politician: ho might ne IT 1ar,
meg, but ho know ho was now trying to got Q
a railroad butit to his own town.
The vote to reject Mr. Robinson preyailed-9
to s, asf followa:
Yeas-sxnford, whiting. starnc, Nicholson, 7orta,
Nags-Yager, williamson, Henry, Wilcox, Dow.
Mr.. WHITING moved to tako up John Stillwe1.
He was rejected 10 to 4, tho voto being tho
same az on Robinson, except Yagor, who voted
Mr. McOrea was not reiected-8 to 8--aa fol-
lows:
Yeas-whitng, Nicholson, starnc, Younsblood'
Sqsse HaspYogor, ssnford, Williamson, Henry, sarne,
'wiieoss, 1s Dow, Voris.
Mr.. Dow moved that tho vote be taken aa the
:eonBe OF the Committed in favor OF Mr. Mcorea.
1t was adopted.
Mr., Sanford moved that tho Chairman bo In
.atructod to recommend that tho Senate advlao
and consent to the confirmation OF hcCrea, and
that It do not advise and consent to tho nomina-
tious Of Stillweu and Robinson.
The motion prevailed, and tho meeting i'd
journed. :,
.>anvassing tho situation and gpeculating upon
thu issue tomorrow; Ih1 O., action OF tug hal
That thu entire Board will bo confirmed, except
si;i1wa,1 aud Robinson. II the Hame proportion
Of yotoa ar.> cast in the Senate as in the Conn
mlttee thia AFTERNOON, MGoroa Wlll go g through
sesut sas Of Fl tho % gurn6 betwoe now and ho lmo
n vot,nr. The vote in tho Committee was com-
nitmantsry to Mr.. AteOroa, whother confirmed
Or not, and indicatos, that he coala PC 20
aueessstu nSSsn, sF9 It anS npS uptaie to stis
well and Robinson to mako m tnyld-
ioua discrimination again8t them. Even now
It is not quite certain that ho vii! not be con-
hrmed. It Ia understood TINT mslslon o. ,tn tne
separately on each namo. # stillwall and Kobin'
sou come first, and arc ruthloesiy e!alBhso1eof
their frIonds may insist on killing Moorea opt s
ct pure Spite o. rahe easaGdnesq a aho, eVo
He may get a majority Of tho Senate present,
and vel not eet quito majority Of tho whole,
which ID requisite. 1t is undoratood that Bald
win, Burns, Cannold, Castle, Hampton, Ntohol-
vii vii vote against iii. That Is tho calculation,
now, but probably more will DO found
to follow their example If wanted, 'o51s a
is the only mombor OF tho opposition who - VIII
vote for confirmation, and he only for Molfea.
The rejection Of these nominees will relieve tho
Governor Of much responsibility tor the conduct
OF tho Commissioners, and cast It upon the SOP,
ute, whial refuaoB to confirm. It ia pretty vol
the new men, but that two Of the new set will
be chosen from tho following: Guinip, Linogar,
Boyd, Reynolds, Kerr, Richards, Tlagg, and Per-
ham, with Q third, whoao 1lamo has never heon
mentioned In connection With tho ofico. There
viii bo lively session Of tho Sonata tomorrow,
unlsss the names sllould bo Withdrawn at tho
last moment, which Ia not at all likely,
THE PEN1TENTlAEY coaMlrTEE
could not agree to SO to Joliet togethor, 30 the
House Committee will bc thero on next Tues
day, and tile Senate wook after. They will