, 1873-04-24
What Chicago Pays to Educate the
Children Of tho Rural
Districts.
Special Assessments --- MOdifica"
ton of the Registry Law.

6Q1GG Dill 16 lI WCnE W suo 1oAAtcs AAo AoHeAsH
wore postponed until tho printing Ia dono.
Tho House Special Committee Which was IN
etr,cted to renort back tho Donnhue bill met,
but d quorum conveniently Htaid awey. Thcro
is no intontion Of returning tho bill ut all. Tho
uouBe awaits Developments in tho sonato, md
eooms determined to stlnk to its own pct, t
through thick aud thin.
Tho Indications tonight point to tho passago !
Of tho House bill by tho sonato. AL that can DO
counted sgaiuBt 1t arc fourteen. It's frlonds havo
certainly majority to dofeat tho amendment,
and ordor It to third ronding. With roaaon-
ably full Senate 1t will pnss An effort will DO !
maao to call It up In the morning out OF its
order. -.......
10 prevent oztort!on by railroads, and proviaing
Tor tho arrost of agonts aud officers Of roads,
and their trial hoforo aJnstice Of tho poace, hay,
Inc como up on third reading, wns Wy rocomm1ttea
to rst s 81 P9sa' s1a 9oa BY aw aud IN po Is
sch rate, and is not Likely to bc, tho bill Ia ase-
less. -:----.-
THE m11oEUr POLICE RAILROAD DILL
passed tho House by largo yoto, and waa sent
to tho Senato.
THE WEST eide rAnK BILl.
Tho West sido Park bill wont through tho
House only aftor tho moAt persistent efforta on
the part Of ta frionda It's paasa8e ID duo to tho
ior. Under this bl Z Tux Of mills eau DO
Levied on tho valuation. There is no limit. The
Park Commsaioners claimed TINT this leVy would l
produce somewhere in tho vicinity Of S8o, 900,
though Mr.. Runyan admitted that it would riso
to $114,000, if. not $120,0u0. This was On tho
old syetem Of valuation. Strife an average, and
gny it would on that basis produce S10o, QUO ii
lion, it would produce four times thet
amount, or about 9A00 900 por annuu1. Such is
tho result Of investigation in tho Auditors
Office. Tho Auditor IL determined to insist that
full value, which w,ll bo from four to five times
the present valuo. Tho question then arfEcs,
nre tho Taxpayers Of West Chicago willing to
permit tic Park Board to oxpend sz0o,0o0 @ year
parties : II tho Board has power to lcvy that
amount, they will havo no mercy, but loyy it,
They will insist upon "tlo pound Of nesh."
The vote Of tho Cook County members OIL tho
bill WIS aB follows:
Ytas-Dooth, Dradwell, Ferrier. .1Ierting, Kann,
pelzer, Rountrcc, scanlnn, senne, "ayman, Wicker,
% %Nays~ou11erton Mclaughlin, Sherman waahburn.
Absent-Dolton, Condor, naipn, lomax, oleson.
THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
On Tuoaday tho House retuaoa to pass tho
Senate bill making appropriations for the Normal
School, Tho bill giveB tho entire interest Of tho
e1e,o60 additional, to pay ordinary expenses, b.
sitlrs 50 0l5 to pay indebtedness. Things look
cd gloomy for tho Normal for two days past, but
m effort to sayc it was rlndo this morning. Nr.
NIr. Rogers, Of Mclean. Mr. streotor dc.
nounced tho institution as luxury tllat might
bo dispensed witll Tho anlarios amounted
to $4,000 in 1871, out Of an appro..
prlatton Of 72o,A94. and to s25 goo ~ 1872, ont
that WAS ratLor stoop for salaries. Mr. Hito,, Of
st. Clair, n1ado u strong. appeal for tho instit1-
ton, which arc tho foundation Of tho common
school system. Tho bill passe1-Sa to 81. Thore
was lobby on hand from Mclean County, and
Afr. Wines, who takes charge Of appropriations
Tor gtato institutions, stood by tho Clerks dank
and watched tho vote. Invent through by close
ecratching This may be M atlmcnition to tho
managers Of tho institution to do precisely the
Square thing by tho public. Very lIttlo would
have suspended its operations for two years.
THE T1LsoN cLA1n.
Tho Sonnto passed. tho bill npproprnting
@10,0oo to pay tho pretended Illson claim.
ANYTHING would go through the Senate to savo
eimo iust now.
DIsLoyAL LEHIsLArUnE.
Tho bottom hcs fallou ont Of tho proposition
to invite prcsidont Grant aud suite to visit tic
capital. He won't be invited aftor all. This "a
lisloyal, but 40 tho two HouBos condemned Hia
Excellenoy'o action in signing tho Balaly graf
Law, it is better lo should stay away, US it NIGH!
embnrraBs him to meet theM.
1MPonrANT TO TAx-pAyERa
Tho Auditor claims tl!at, undor tho present
laws, property munt bo valued at ita full casl
yalue and instructions to tint effect will DO sent
to tho AsBouRorn. Undor thls ruling Cook Count,
will he heavy loaor on account o. ! tno gsaD Ia"
2-mill tax is not limited to 81 Q00 In pre-
vious years Cook County has pa!d moro into th'
State Treasury aB hor sharo Of the 2-nill to!
than was paid back to bo expended on nor SCHOOLS
WAS sl5G, ,6se.7o,. Of which she recciyod bael
sG0.6l7.65, leaving 595,010.14 to DO dis
trlbutod among other countios. n -, 1s7 =;
tho net tax amounted to -. sl59'a5s.Sa 10y ~ Sa
boing 9B00SD2o lcsa thnn waB pal. Tllis va
undor lava that hayo ainco boon changed. Th
valuation On Which these amounts woro raise
was about one-fouril Or ono-tllth the cash yalu
On tho basis Of aroa. Now tho distribution wi
bo in proportion to tho number OF children i
zach county Which IL slightly botter 1: tor Cog o.,
County. Tho tax to DO ri paeed 90 th,s year " u.
amount in gross to 9lsS a q " Mh1en u
eo5, ,78o.14 to bo dstrllutetl around tho countr!
without being directly henoncial to til
people Who pay it: Aa ,,od tho 9,oIas.p tax " II
10 Levied On the full ys1alo a aoTavef tho ota t
counties viii be about -four times $o5, 786.14
e20Y. l1l.5O. Those figures nro from tho Audi
or's office. TB swindto Is infamous, nnd #
worso than the original grab law, after which
iB copied.
SPECIAL 1Eo1s1Ar1oN.
The way specal blla aro run through tn
Legislature s something like thia: Mr., Coz
nolly for Instance, mont excellent Gentlomn
in hls way fillcd with unhoundcd reverence +
tho Constitution whom it does not oross his patl
rccoiyon intimation from tho Town Of Tu
cola that It IL necoaHAry to o
low tho railroad botweon TINT TOW
aud Danyillo to iasuo Arat-mortgago bonds to tt
amount Of 100000 mile, although itu Chart
llmits the amount to f3l2, 2,G00 mo. T,sbcoia
In tho Congrcauonal Diatrlot, and there iB !
telling what political COMPILATIONS may ariuo
The future, OF who may bo Tho candidate for Co
gross, 80 It will not do for Mr. Connolly to diu
6li9o tlla Tuscolana. Eshor tho OonB!itution
tho Tuacoans must DO ignored. Tho choice
ouiokly uinls, and tho Constitution ss4coumbB
lie It1aeolaus. h[r. Connolly Introduces bi
coucl,ed in general torms, but intcnded to GOV
tho wants OF Tuscola. Debato shoy
That It is too general and mny q