, 1873-02-20

tl,at justice, 1iborality, and tho eftual
good OF tho Whole poopte mado 1t necessary Chat
| thoy should bc represented In tho councils Of
| tito Btato. Tho whole pooplo wero represented
In tho House, wlll1o In tho Hoiato only portion
| woro represented. Tlreo Senators on that floor
Woro elected by minority Of voters In their
districts: Tho Senate represented 2f7, ,078 voteH,
against All, ,8A voteB represented in tho House.
| Thero woro uHroproHantod in tho Bonato 1B4, ,782
votes, againAt only 10, ,257 III tho House. Did tho
gentleman propose to disfranchisa the people
| Was minority representation "born Of dtatruBt
81 tho peoplo92"', Ho thought not. He showed
| votes elected majority OF tho House, whilo
837 600 votes oloctod minority. Was that talr?
1nHtond Of boing representation Of tho minori-
| ity, which was 1nisno1nor, the system allowed a
aonted. Mill, Duckalew, Modill, Mattoaon, and
other oxpononte Of the ByBtorn wore quoted from.
! THE rEN1TENTARY.
Joint resolution calling for Joint Commit
tho penitontiary WAS adopted by tho HouHo.
1 ANNUAL INSPECTION.
Tho Committee ), On state Institutions loave to-
morrow, to visit tho institutions ut Carbonda1e,
| Anna, 1rvingtou, and Jacksonville.
| MINERS I'LL.
Tho Senate oriorod to q third roading a bill
amending tho Mining law 80 that children undor
"a yoars of nso, mud femalos, may DO employed
III conl-1ninoB
THE rAnsiEns IN COUNCIL.
l. The legislative farmers mot tonight, Senator
Baldwin in The chair; 1lr: Whiting 9f1erol e rcd
tiou is required 1T our handB during this aession
Of tho General Assembly, and wo recognize 1t to
DO our solemn duty to tho people to labor with
on tho subject as nany bo necessary and expo
don't"
Mr. N1cAdams moved that It ia tho duty Of tho
Legislature to put down monopolies, and that
nil tho Fartners' Clubs In tho State should CO.
operate with tho Legislature.
After speeches BY McasrB. Whiting and Hart,
OF Lneallo, Afr. Alofflit moved to postpone the
consideration Of tho resolution and conalder tho
appointment Of Raifroad Commissioners Tho
motion prevailed, and Mr. Davis who aat beside
him. offered 4 resolution setting forth that no
board would DO satisfactory which did not con-
tain tho naulo Of Mr.. Morgan. This resolution
would hayo boon worry well we're 1t not In tho
handwriting OF ono OF A1r. scammon'a mon, Rhow-
ing worry distinctly whence 1t otna1ated, and that
TINT aa1no was sot up on tho farmers. How
easily arc mon, honest but unHophisticated,
ropod In. Perhaps this explains tho source Of
the y RESOLUTIONS % adoptod BY tho Farmers' oubH
Dlr. Moore WAS not hoaxod by the resolution,
which he opposed because he thought Commits
sion might be found without Mr. Morgan that
Moua 5i, DO entirely satisfactory to the formers.
ther DICTATE to the Governor.
hlr. Stewart did not think other men wore
bad, Int hlr. Morgan was very good.
|, Mr.. Whiting spoke in favor Of Morgan.
demand the appointment Of any one man, and
le thought Flagg or Reynolds would be Just as
satisfactory to farmers Us Morgan:
IT, @ to The tn,t resolutions
Reynolds wero good men. Ho did IN not wiz WHIT to to
GET up fight with tho Governor or any other
man, especially Us tho Governor stated he lad
good reasons s tor not aprointing Morgan.
tion sctting forth that men should be selected
whose courso in the past had given unmiutak-
able evidence that their sympathies arc
with tho producing classos aa against
railway nonopolios, and whose honesty
and earnest attention to thoir duties.
hlr. Hart, Of Lasalle, thought they could got
other men as vol al Morgan, and tho Governor
evidently IND roasons for not appointing him.
sume tho responsibility Of dictating to tho Coy
ornor. Ho had no doubt tho man Who would bo
aont to tho Senate next timo would be con-
tlrmed. Mr.. cassoly, from Mclean, was in
fGn IL M # no 0 ni aRa H. qpesea mpqseas the sea
vas IN unpardonab1e sin.
mir. Hawos did not pelioyo Colonel Morgan
wan tho only good -naa9 in thn stata. md it Gid
to tho Governor. They should not pass oven
tho substitute. They should lot things tako
thoir course, and por1nit the Executive OF tho
Senate to perform ther duty untrammoled.
Mr.: Harrington moved as the sense Of the
meeting that Morgan, Reynolds, and Flngg
would be satisfactory,
MIR. Warner believed that there woro hundreds
Of names that would be perfectly satisfactory to
tie pooplo-just us satisfactory Us Mr. Morgan,
Mr. Docock did not understand that tllB rising
up Of tho pooplo waH tho result OF Morgan not
boing nominRtod. but because representative
Of tho producing clasacB was not appointed on
| tho Board. He thought thoy were wasting their
time. Ho believed tho Governor and Senate
| would give them q good Commission. Ho moved
to lay Ill tho motions on tho table.
Mr. Harrington asked leave to withdraw his
resolution, md it WAS granted. All tho resolu-
| tions were tl.on laid upon the table.
MI. Stewart offered motion complimentary
| to Mr.. Morgan for tho way lo discharged bis
| duties, aud it WA adopted.
Mr.. Gordon moved to hand all the names OF
those in tho interest Of tho producing clnHsos to
tho Governor, and that ho be requested to a1-
point tho Commission out Of them. lLaughtor.]
The motion was not put.
The Club adjourned, having dofeated tho
influence tho action in favor Of Mr. Morgan.
THE ooyERNoR's CounsE.
Tho Governor consented to Withdraw the uom-
inations from the Senate at the unanimous mud
Ravo done so Of bip own volition,
but tlloy naturally shrunk from harsh treatment
at THO hands Of Senators, and tho Governor was
constrained to accedo to thoir wishcs: The Rail-
Road conmitteo will report to tho Senate, and
low.
TIE COMING alEN.
The Governor has given no intimation OF who
the new set will bo, but the 1,aes given yostor-
dny aro still prominently mentioned. BIr. Nor
gan is here, md his c1artsmen arc get.
ting in forco. Many Of thom announce
thor ability and Intention to aofeat
any Board Of which he is not member, aud arc
busy manipulating tho farmora 40 as to bring
more pressure to bear OH tho Governor. TheY
got hold of the Farmers Club tonight anu al.
tompted to run it to- suit themselves, but failed,
It IL not likely any action will bo taken to-
PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.
SrnINoF1ELp, Feb. 10.
SENATE.
BAFETY OF MINERS,
tttc sner{n1 or1nr fha cnnai1aratinr bv unc