, 1873-04-08
Composition Of tho Special Committee
OH the Railroad Bills. j.
The Cook County Delinquent
Tax Bill Reported Back
in the House.
The Williamson Warehouse Bll.--park
.. Bi|ls-.-Wages Of Legislators.


AtlE ANpb43EMs
Bpn1NoF1ELp, April 7.-Tlo spoalier announced
tho soloot Committee Of Tl,irtcon on Railroads,
nA follows: Hart, of Lasallo Dlol1ltt, Crawford,
Cber1y, Collins, AfoPherran, Stroud and Scott.
Thoro aro etx farmors, four lawyers. m otitor, n
spooulator, anl doctor, giving tho farmers n
solid front, II they aro united. Hart, nroflltt,
Savage, oborly, probably Scott, mud porl,apa
Stroud, nro "maximum rators," and will be In
favor Of tho farmor idon Of fixing the ratos,
Tho best mon horo bolioyo such D law
would bo 30 much waste paper, and
TINT tho only remedy ia tho common
law enforced by statutory penattios. Calkinas,
Swan, Mcphorral,, and probably Johnston, will
favor suoh bill, and hlulvano loans in to ea1no
direction. Crawford, scanlan, and ID, Stroud havo
10 admittedly Weak. Thore Is no extraordinary
ability on It, no groat man, no man who has
mado tho railroad question II spocla! study, and
spoaker Is not to to bamo. fIo did Tho best with
tho matorial at his disposal. Evory man on tho
nailrond Committee lad to DO excluded, or the
Speaker would have boon accused Of "unjust
discrimination" aud the mon who had OK
disqualified thomselvos for service on the Com
mitteo. place on tho Committee Is unenyia-
bio. Those untrtored sotlls WHO think 1t Ia nn
easy job to soloct from tho bills bcforo thom, or
Qioting material will find themselves miHtaken.
Alroady thoy aro boing buttonholod by tho pro-
prietora of Bills who desire to havo thor beloved
Offspring roauHcitatod from the grnvo to which It
Tho prospect is TINT q now bill will DO introduced
only to bo attacked by the frionils of
tic rejected bills. and lay tho foundation
Of now fight that may result disastrously
to A1,y rniroau legislation. Tho hopo Of getting
effective lnwn on this absorbing subject grows
moro md moro dim.
COOK COUNTY BACK TAXES.
On bohalf Of tho judiciary Committoe, Mr.
House @ iii 42a, introduced by Nr. Walker. q
Union, to provide for tho collection Of back
taxos. alleged to DO duo by Cook County on tho
loyy Of 1858. Tho history Of tho transaction,
having boon rotated ct every session Of tho Leg;
Of Equalization raised tho rato in Cook
County oiork neglected to o1tond, and
tho books wore in tl,e hands Of the Collectors,
for diBobeyinB which tho Clork was hnod. Tho
amount Of tho tux unco1locted waH $780, "a,
which the bill claims, with intorest from Sept. L.
1903. It is q favorito stroke Of policy with gen.
tlomon from tile South to Introduce bill pro-
viding for tho collection OF this money, as It
tioklos thoir constituents, aud helps on the way
to Congress-. Thoroforo, no gontloman can be
blamed for indnlging himaolf In this harmless
It is foolish for Cook County members to try and
smother it, thereby provoking fight. It aGould
be allowed to dio natural death, and discussion
Of tho matter can do harm, for Il Cook County
There is fooling that i would be- Unfair to tx tax
persons who acquired property in Cook County
since 1868 for tho delinquency Of the County
Clerk Of that yoar. Some Cook County gentlemen
dosir9a to hayo tho enacting olanse stricken cut,
aud tho bill took the natural course, and will bo
printed.
GRAIN INSPECTION.
Tho Williamson Warehouse bill already nassed
proetdoB for toxioility Ii grading Of nrn, Sor
Committeo Of Appeals md for eau.efiiag W "sis. M ).
ordored to 4 third reading in tho Honso without
opposition. This bill should md will pass.
WEST SIDE PARK nILL.
The West Side Park hill still hanga tlre IN tho
scnato OIL its third reading, t viii probably
will ''go for that cla,lso" and endeavor
to haSo it stricken ont. He may Buo-
coed IN beheading the bill. i will 60 through
only, by close scratching. If at nll, as none
catos Of it except Afr. Dow, who is the guardian
angol OF tho pnrlss, in which his constituents aro
intercstod. fts voyage through tho House, il it
eyor reaches thcre, will bo stormy and danger
oua.
Tho House oponed very badly this morning,
without u quorum, anl proceeded to order impor-
tant bills to third roading. Finally, a division
oighty-one. A man cannot bo In two places at
tho samo time. barring ho Was q bird, as aomo-
body sold, and as most OF tho nlcmbors we're at
homo tney could LII not :, oa a. oa barrng thy
tho doors woro ordered to bo shut, and
tho doorkaepors sent out to search the hotels
and bi!liarl-rooms wloro honorable men might
tako their natnt!nai exercise; Tho mombors
Hin hail fall Jnt~f
entering foolish motionH- Tho na1neB Of those
prosontwill bo found in the regular proceedings.
Tho list is interesting and should be scrutinizod
by ovory constituent to SEQ whether his ropre-
tho Senate list. There were 81 Senators present
and 80 nbsent. This neglect OF duty at this
stage Of tho session IL shameful, and should bo
Remembered in the future against eyoy man
sYAO lb guilty, nnd ViCo VorBa.
FEMALE SCHOOL OFFICERS.
Tho passage Of tho bill allowing women to be
ploctod school officers, has drawn out the state
ment from the women Bufgragors that woman
Batoman gots through, and they predict that
women can oaaily DO elected County guporin-
protty girl they Gun got tGo young ioloSa to %or5<
for hcr and succeed. Why not? Devotion in
OF declaring love. and nho could reward tho most
successful politician by marrying him. That
women will run for school ofllcos il certain, and
that many Of thom will perform tho dutios US
well If not better thRn men, can hardly be
doubted, In ono of tho Morgan County
districts, HRS. Gordon, wife OF hlr. Gordon,
member Of tho uouno from that county, was
made a candidate for DireotreBs and como within
five votos Of boing elected. This was in antici-
patton OF tho passage OF tho law, and tho lady
would haye been elected were there not aomo
doubts as to whether Bllo would DO qualified until
the Inv goes into elfect in July. Thus tho world
moYea.
1pa1ar ATrvE ,vAara
No BtopB have been taken to fix tho pay OF tho
next General ASSEMBLY, although the Oonstitu-
tion raquires IL to be douo by it's prede-
coesor. somo Of tho members would
aa aoon adjourn aino die without
pasaing such . law 30 that they might be con.
yoned in spccial sosaion, and got the stationery
money, ESQ, and mileage. It would DO a potty
btoal. There IL disposition to raise the COM
ronBation to So or $40 day. Should that be
tlono, il should only DO for actual service, aud
rnornbera should DO "dookod' like any other
laborora whom tlloy do not work. Tho Senators
who hold oyor should bo satisfied with tic rate
fixed by tho lnHt 0nucral AsanmlfY. aR tho Com