The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-01-18
BoUTwELL's ISSUE OF GREESBAcKs.
FROM SPRINGFIELD.
THE LEGISLATURE.

THE LEGISLATURE.
The business of the leeislst ure dr.gs slowly,
the inauguration Of the new Governor aud the
election OF I. S Senator abser bling SO much In.
,erest tha, other business Is neglected.
RIVER INVOLVEMENT.
One OF the leading measures to come before
the legislature will be the continuance of the
improvement of the Illinois river. 100000 will
be usked for to build dam sad lock at Copperas
creek, which is the mex. work on the programme
The leading proposition now discussed on the
subject is. that the state shall now appropriate
$500 900 and levy tax OF four.tenths of mill
for four years, which will produce 5000, 900 a
year. Add TO this the revenue of the canal,
100000 year, and let the general government
spend Its promised $4,000 on the work, and
in four years the entire improvement can be
completed for $l,75O,0 900, its estimated cost.
THE OLD STATIONERY STEAL,
Which it Was supposed was killed off by the
new consultation, was revived in the House on
the 10th as cooly - ii no new constitution was
in existence. A resolution was passed to supply
each member with a copy Of the new constitu.
tiOa, list Of the state officers, &C. and another,
that the Secretary OF State be required to supply
the doorkeeper of the house With any article tn At
the doorkeeper "mry deem necessary for the use
and convenience Of tho members of the house. :"
This placed the Secretary under command of
the doorkeeper, who might call on him for sta.
tionery, wet groceries, stovepipe hats or any.
thing he could think Of 40 necessary to the icon.
venisnce Of tho members Of the House" On
Tuesday the house got ashamed Of this last reso-
lutio. and resciudsd II.
CANvAsslNG VOTES.
The two houses met in convention on the 10th
and canvsssed the votes fer Governor and Lieu.
tenant Governor At the November election. The
fo0tings were, for Governor, Oslesby 237,774 !;
for Karuer l97Os4. For Lieutenant Governor.
Bevsridge 235, l0l; John G. Black 1897
| INAUGURATION OF Gov oGLEsBY.
Monday was spent BY both houses, III joint
session, in the ceremony of lnaugurating Gov.
Oglesby, and administering the oath of Office to
him and the other newly elected state officers.
The inauguration Ger. mony was very simple
and matter of fact affair. The new Governor
was conducted to the speakers stand, where the
Chief Justice administered to him the oath Of
Office, upon which he proceeded to deliver his
inaugural address, VI the close Of which the
convention adjourned. We have read tho in.
aueural, but really fad II 80 dry and unmpor.
tant, 80 far from numbering our columns with it,
our readers would not thank us for even y synop.
sis. What could the Governor say, as he has no
idea OF dischargius the duties Of the office for
even week.
| PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
Az Lieut.. Gov. Beveaidgs 10 expected at orcc
to assume the Office Of Governor, the Senate has
elected Hon. John Early, Of Winnebago, presi.
dent Of the Senate
MISCELLANEOUS.
Over hundred bills have already been intro
duced in tho two houses, but a. their titles only
IRE given, and they all 60 to committees, from
which they may never como back, it is now
needles to refer to them in detail.
Tho report that Jay Gould was at Springfield
or had a lobby agent there to secure such rail
road legislation as should enable him to gobbl.
the Northwestern or other RAILROADS. in the state
10 oontradicted,