, 1873-02-20
Tho Names Of the Nominees for
Railroad Commissioners With
drawn from tho
Senate.
Debate in the Senate on the Minor
ity Representation Reao-
luton,
Partial Report Of the Com
mittee on Judicial Appor-
tionment.

oPee1at Deepdtch 10 dhd thttago Tribune.
THE RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSIONERS.
SPRINGFIELD, Fob. 19.-The fight ovor tho
confirmation Of tho nominees for Railroad md
Warehouse Commissioners coasod this morning
when tho Governor Withdrew tho names from
certain defeat. Hrr. ntcorea handed in his roslg-
nation, and wan followed in tlvo minutos by
etillwoll and Robinson. In five minutes more
tho Governor sont hie Private Secretary to tho
sennto withdrawing NIL tho namcB and tho
crowd, which had gathered anticipating fold
day, went away grieycd and disappointed.
BTuLvELL'a nEs1aSAr1oN.
Tic following In copy OF tho resignation VI
Mr.. Stillwo|, hnnded,to Tho Governor when 1t was
understood tho three nominees would rosign. 1t
was subsequently withdrawn, but, as 1t contains
Mr. Stillwels viowa Oh tho railroad question. 1t
ID interesting:
Ln1Axp HOTEL, spn1soF1E1p, Ill.,, Feb. 7, 1879.
70 Il ~ EtetieHcys job" L. Deeerfd9e, 0orernor Of
DEAH SIN: Tho honor tint you l,avo conferred upon
by selecting my nauo from among 30 many caudl-
dates, among whom there wero many gentlemen Of
aroaa and wsrsholao s conmiaaoners, rs II iuiiy ap-
prcciate, aud return MY heartfelt thanks But
lion that 1,a Hoped would, and n likely to produce
1seults which nY be fatal to the accomplishment Of
la oS o Me o m IL tn@' "
My feolinEs aud earnest convictions In favor OF
rigid enforcement OF laws touching tho railroad ques
ton, and hnpo that tho gentlemen who will compose
Legislature, aud that thoy vii 10 provided with such
the powerful corporations that hanging like In
cubus upon our stac, md drawing our lfea blood.
may 10 restored 10 tho caso wo so much 1ovo, and
that your administration Will DO successful one that
ts IL s n u NAV
ts!gned) JONI sT1Ii1wxn1.
M'onEA's LETTER.
II hrfr nj fr111n{ {{fftfe 10 fall
srn1sorMLD, Feb. 10, 1879.
John l.. Derertdge, Gorernor af Illinois:
DEAR sm: 1beg leave to request your E1celency
to Withdraw my 1n1ne from tho Hennts Of tho
Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner. pIcaso &C.
cept my thnnla for tho confidence manifested in rec
position. with nnabatcd dovotion to T tho % %princples
aho Railroad and Warehouse Commission was created
@ ay Se IN Brga ai tho re-
1o to the agricultural and producing ctaHsos Of
gae ~ r rn ea and tho be H.
your obediept seryanf. s'o t'a1'S' ysr5 MY
Mr: Robinson's resignation was spoken, and
nnwritten.
THE GOVERNOR TO M'onEA.
Tho Governor replied to tho resignation Of
1lcCrea and Stlllweil, accepting thom. Tho let
ter to McCrca reals as followa:
Hon. S. McGrca:
DEAN SIN: In reply to your letter Of this date,
would aay That have withdrawn your from tho
sennte aud deeply regret tho neeeasity for such
Following that you had tic ability to enforce the 1aa
road and Warehouse law TINT you wcro In full sy.n-
your time asa energies to he wor lg ana ths
a'ss Ssss s1 eSe ys es III @ 4
- ISL {signedj '' ' 55s51s'142i 5ois L. Ssvznrpor,
TO Mr.. sT11IwE11.
In the letter to hIr. Htillwoll he sayB: "In
making the nominations I had in view only tho
best interests Of tho people Of the State, and I
cannot but believe, wero you one Of the Rail-
road Commissioners, YOU would labor faithfully,
al ,t{rss
of the Inv. -.
The Governors message withdrawing the
ualaeB Of the Ruilrond Commissioners waB chilled
sholdon,. Following it WIS necessary the Senate
should agleo to allow tho names to be recalled,
made motion to that efIect. Mr. Cummings
moved to refer tho communication to the Rail
road Committee, and it waa 30 reforTed.
THE STATE HOUSE DoND.
Mr.. Jonos, of 10 DayieaB, moved to reconsider
the motion by which tho report Of tho Commit
tee on the Validity Of thu stuto nouao Bond was
instrument, Notwithstanding the report OF tho
Committee. Mr. Bra1woll MIS- in favor of re-
consideration. lfo SAID it was m important
question" invoking lnnl to d largo amount.
ling transaction, unconstitutional and unbeconl-
ing tho dignity Of tho State. Mr.. Wicker de-
sired tho Attorney General to pass upon its
.conHtftutionRIity. Mr. Nonntreo defended tho
QQQQ, CUuEcuullb ~ "Rd uu4Atsl1UuuDly ful1u Ill
:apite Of tho opinion OF Nlr. Bradwoll Mr..
Moore Of Adams, was UNCERTAIN rs to tho bond.
"sPooria bluff" I1o wau satisfied with tho bond,
Aowever. After nearly two hours spont in talk,
the bond was reforrod to tile Attorney General
for bis opinion.
JUDICIAL ApponT1oNMENT.
The Joint Committee on Judicial Apportion-
ment hayo agreed upon the outline of their re-
port: 'Tllero was soulo trouble anticipated, and
It was stated, apparently. without any founda-
ton; TINT the present Judges wcro working with
thor members to defeat any apportionment 80
that the5 might hold over under the Constitu.
tion. for SIX years moro. Thoro Was proposi-
tion to divide the State into large circuits,
containing three or four counties each, with
rotating Judges, but The majority opposed the
movement, and there will probably lie q circuits
with $4,000 people e"cl. Tho northern and
oaetern counties. .wcro divided easily enough in
committees, the only trouble being In the south,
whelo tho population iH smaller aud the number
Gates matters and makes combinations difficult,
as every one wants to bo ploascd. Tho circuitB,
70 far ns outlined, are AZ followa:
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