, 1873-03-11
Special Dispatch to Tbs Chicago Tribune.

means Of any rebate, dra"bnok, or otner ahi1t or
evasion, shall DO taken aH pzsn,a facio ovidonoo
eeotion makes 1t the duty Of tho Railroad
CommiaBion to bring suit for violation Of tho
first section when notified Of my offonso by tho
Attorney General, my stnto's Attorney, any
Board Of Supervisors Or any citizor, such notice
to bo accompanied by an affidavit setting oas
Tho faots claimed to constitute tho violation.
Sections and provide that the fine or for
foiture may bo recovered "s enforced in an action
OF debt, md describes tho pleadings, form Of
Section 1nakos tho nnnaal reports Of the Rail-
road mid Warehouse Commission competent
evidence In cnsoB under tho act.
Boo. 8 prohibits the dismissal Of any suit, OK
.rept upon written consent Of tho Ratlroad Com
mEaalonera aud Attoruey-Goneral and provides
that Ill fines recovered shall DO paid into the
County Treasury where tho cause ia triod, Tor
The attompt Of tho author is to provide moans
etrictly in accordauce with tho decision Of tho
Bupreino Court in the Mclean County oaso for
PDnidhtng unjust discrimination, without tonch.
Fortify that position securely, and from there
moyo forward to moot tho other questions Of ex-
tortion, fixing Of rates. etc.
mI. Dunf'am introduced resolution roqnost-
luz tho Attorney Goneral to give his opinion aB
to tho power Of tile Genornl Assembly, first, to
establish by Law absolute conducive maximum
fatos Of charges for tho transportation Of paaso~
CORA and freight upon gai1roads; second, to DO
punishable crimo; and third, to mako charge
higher than that declared by lew, or charging
more or lcBa than creator dissanco' prilna 1aole
evidence Of extortion or nnjuaE discrimination.
nlr. Hay believed tho Attorney GonQrdl'e opinion
would be no stronger than my other good Inv
gors, and the House refusod, by &c to To, to
adopt tho resolution.
H. Jones moved that the subtcot Of the aboli-
tlon Of the Railroad and Warohonac Board 10
considered as tho special ordor On Thursday. It
Yaa 80 ordered, together With resolution by
mr. Morrison declaring conts milo tho legal
maximum rate for passengers on all railroada IN
Tho State.
MI. BralweI leader Of the RepublicanB On
party questions, being anxious that the contin-
'ual absaQce Of momDore should not tn5uro his
nalnes Of tho absentoes bo ontcred on tho jour
ohl eyory,, morning, hoping thereby to
shame them into attending; and hfr. Quinn,
from, tho opposition, offered & somewhat nanv at
foprimanded delinquent mombors, aud announc.
cd that when it was apparent that thero was not
d quorum. he would have tho roll called and
suspend business until . quorum arrived. Iho
resolutions were laid over.
The bill increasing tho salary, Of Circuit
Judges from So, 800 to e4 900 was jumped to
second reading In tho absence II quorum.
REVENUE.
The House amused itsof In tho afterGoon qis-
GUESSING propositions to amond tho Reyenuc la".
Mr. Holes desired TINT mortgages DO relieved
from taxation, and MIR. Gordon TINT, in assess-
Ing peraonal property, tho amount Of indebted
ness thereon he deducted. Both propositions
we're emphRtically lad on tho table.
RAILROAD AND wAnEHoUsE COMMISSIONERS.
Tho return Of each Monday morning brings up
tho subject Of Raflroad Commissioners, and sots
men to Specializing as to whether tho appoint-
ments viii bo made turing tho week, md ndcr WHO
Tue lucky or nnuolty men will DO. Tho absonce
Of Senators prevented His Excolloncy from send
Ing IN names, eyon woro llo roauy. There WAS
tn 1v an old bachelor at h9 II s S to the
Sex, "Thoao I'd have won't layo nc, and those
who'd havo me Batan wouldn't have /" md tho
samo is moro or less truo Of tho Commissioners.
Tho mon who are persistent In their ap-
plicationB are not gonorally qualified, aud tho
men who are emiuently qualified and are not
candidates Gun hardly bo prevailed upon to ao-
copt. Tt ia probable, however, that, If cortain
G*ntlemon to whom tlo Governor haa teneorod
and there is a full nate,-wllich would bo q
pl1onpmenon, tho nominations will DO made
ut Al carly day.
lar con ta1ning revolutions Of tho Council re-
questing tho Cook County delegation
to got ,an act passed to compensate
Aldermen for time Lost in tlio scrvlco
late tlolega sion has been trading Its influence
las not stre tgthoned It'll ability to get that or
my measure through, and it is due to themselves
that these .nosnberA from Cook County, who
Of privilege, and ropudiato the alleged bargain
mado on thoir b.slMsif.
-: c&3sE OF REVISION.
The Auditor ropontod to the House that the
total amount pald on; account OF revision Of the
was 713,a41.86. Tlis,includof, the salaries and
WY should :ho stato pay d hotol s for ssarisd
officials?
Tho 9onnto mud House Of Representatives i'd
jourued last week. to meet :uB morning, but
there was not a quorum in oitllor body,-only
twenty senatora and sixty H., Representatives.
to a third roading, without oompunction.,
though doing 10 III clearly illegal. For tho last
three nonths there has been small attendance
In both bodies, oven iii tho middle Of tho woek,
as useful as Sunday for Legislative purposes.
There sooms to be no rcmely, unloas inaig-
nant public opinion drives delinquent ,,membors
back to b1BinosB It ia a lazy General Assembly.
caroless about everything except drawing pny;
this morning. A momber statea last week on
tho floor Of tile lIouso that they could nottad-
1oura without railroad Legislation it they 70,
Inained until tho bluobir<ts wore as large us Wild
geeao, and yet thoro il not quorum during half
tho week III either body aud only two bills haya
boon phsHod In two months. 1t IL proposed to
give tho next General Assembly 98 q day for 40.
tual attendance, which might have good effect.
Tho bill providing nsoHSo' that aooas, mortgages,
power Of attorney, and other Instruments rolat-
Ing to or affecting the title to real oatate shall
bo recorded III tho county In which such real cs-
tate is situatod, but II nuc1 county III not Or
Eanized county ID attao}lod for judicial purposes,
was ordered to third reading.
STATES ATTORNEY.