, 1873-02-12
No New Nominations for Rail-
road Commissioners Yet
Made,
Alleged Penitentiary Frauds
---Executtve Appoint
ments.
Senate Bit Introduced to Repeal the
Lake Front Act.
The Tariff Question Creates Lit
Ito Stir in the House.

ALLEGED pRHrTENT1AnY FRAUDS.
SPRINGFIELD, Teb. 11.-Mr. Johnston offered
resolutions setting forth that chnrgos we're pub
lioly made Of frauds committed In tho manage.
Inent Of tho Penitontiary "by the aalo Of largo
amounts Of State property contrary to law at
much losa thnn its va1uo, and that tho State has
thereby suffered loss Of from thirty to forty
Thousand dollars, and that ono OF the Commits
aioners has been converting tho property and
convictB labor to hiB Individual uHo and benefit"
therefore committee Of five, three from tho
House and two from tho sonato, should bo vcst~
ed with plenary powers to Investigate
said charges. ThoEo ohargoa are basod
Oh alleged interviews with convicte
and others published in tho Joliet Republican,
md rofer particularly to Mr Rold, who ia NC
cused OF having been Interested In contracts md
sales to his own bonoflt. h1r. Johnston said TINT
11r. Roaon1old, Of Moline, and 1Ir. BeardBleo,
Of Rock Island, woro implicated by the ohargos
II tho charge8 wero true. Flo fc1t 1t Ills duty to
have tho charges againHt Lis constituents inveB-
tgatod. It grioyod him to think TINT charges
wore brought against any public ohlolal IN III
nois, as In oil the corruption In National affairs
ut Washington, no citizon Of this State WIS i'm.
pltcated. He had boon proud Of tho record Of
Illinois men IN Washington, and was Rorry to SEQ
apparent corruption cropping out OF home.
He hoped the resolution would be adopted. Mr.
Swan thonght tho regulnr penltcntiary Commit
Mr.. Quinn thought so too, as ho was on the
Committee. Tho resolution was referred to tho
Committee on Ponitentiary, tho Chairman stat
ing It was intended to fully investigate tic al
legged Irregularities
NEW COMMISSIONING.
Tho Governor, to-day, appointed Hiram T.
Walkor, Of Union, and Jesse Bishop, Of William
son, Commissionera Of tl tho southesn Insane
University at Cnrbondalo, In places OF John
Wood and E1ihu ). Palmer. Also, John r.
Stuart, OF sanganon, State House Commits
aioner.
Complaint ia Justly nude that tho Committees
OF tho House and Senate orc not attending to
businoss. Ihia ie true, with fow exceptions.
The Committee on Contingent Expenses or
rather On Contingent Extravagances has beon
In almost perpetual aeaaion. Tho Judiciary
Committee las returned aomo bills; tho Railroad
Committee two bills; tho Revenue Committee
bus worked the Education Comnittco has an-
all Of Importance In tho House. There has boon
even 1oas work done by Senate Committoos It
Ia timo they went to work in good earnest, "a
the session ia nearly half over, or should be, and
nothing has been douo TINT Is really beneficial.
ANAToAIICAL.'
1lr. Peltzor introduced bill appropriat1ng the
unknown dead for tho purposes Of acience. It
is the aame bill introduced last year, slightly
+.
and Drs. Buck and Price, Of Springfield.
1usoELLANEous.
Tho Senate concurred in Houao resolution
asking for United States Court st Peoria.
seutees recorded in the journal every day, but
the Senators declined any .a1ch diaagreeablo no
toriety. ..>.".
Among tho papers Of EraatuB Wright State
Agent appointed by Governor Reynolds to re-
ceive the arms used in the Dtack Hawk War, tic
following documents we're found:
BEAnps1owN April %, 1889.
The Brigade Inspector having inspected Captain
Abrsm Ineo1n's Company, and mustercd them into
aerftee, reports that thirty guna arc wanting to arm
wards Viii f1rniHi tie Captain With that humber Of
arms, II to DO had In his department.
ns4ssaiss aeasr.l samael SiS WSieslds Com.
Rece$sd Apri 2a 1859, for tho use Of the sangamon
selfto return on demand. a. tNoo1s, CAPTAIN;
order were evidently written by Lincoln, MS
they arc In tho aarne hand as the last signature.
Was hia ha,no Abran or Abraham These
documents, owned By Captain johnson, Asslst-
arc framed and On exhibition in tue Secretary
Of States Office.
DUTY ON RAILROAD IRON.
Tic motion to reconsider tho resolution OF
Mr. Collina inatructing 0ongreaauen to vote for
The repeal Of duty on railroad iron came up as
special order. MI. 8eanlan spoke in favor of
protection, which lie conceived requisite to do
velop American industry. Ho wont into IN
elaborate argument to prove that m,
and general decentralization. The war
revenue. Thon manufacturer aourIahed, work
men got good wages and the country waa in bet
1n6 f1rHtantfrA
Laws Of 1869 manufactures increased 500 per
cent Free trado now would destroy 1nanufac-
turos, because wages in England wero lover than
here. Tho motion to reconslder prevailed Mr
Oberly moved to raise taxes for royonuo pur-
poses only. Mr. sawyor moved to roruit tho
question to the Congressional Districts. Mr.
Collins could not SEQ why tariff should bo i'm
posed OIL particular articles for tho benefit Of
was contrary to the equal and exact Justice to
Dc demonatrated the evils Of class 1ogialation.
The motion to remit tho tariff question to tho
Congressional Districts whs lost by party vote,
montp Of tic fhiladoiphia platform vas aus-
ta!nod. blr. Dunham entered motion to ro-
sa9a1aa consider snbtscquontly Lost est Mr. nount5eo
Ing, mado by Messrs. Durham, Mclaughlin, aud
Quinn.
sENATE p1L19,
Bills nero introduced in tho Senate: BY Mr..
the d3ue-moi3ena declaration Of the decoaaed may
be given in evidence. BY Als. Nicholson, pro-
hibittng rooBter and dog 1ghts, and tho employ
mont Of children under Il in alaughtor-hoases.
TESTIMONY OF CRIMINALS.
The Senate discussed tho proposition to por-
init criminals to testify On their trials but camo
to no conclusion, tho debate being postponed
until Thursday. Tho Senators arc about evenly
divided.
TIE RAILROAD TEST CASE.
BY a largo majority, the Senate requested the
Supreme Court to speedily decide tile railroad
case appealed from tho Mclean Circuit Court.
eome Senators regarded tho request as inperti-
nent, and the Court may possibly think 80 too.
THE LAKE FRONT ACT.
6euator Reynolds introduced q bill to repeal
tue Lake Trout act, leaving the ownership OF tho
land where 1t Was before, Mr, Reynolds thinks
tie railroads have agreed to no ownership In the
property and thereby have forfeited pone Of their
rightB SO far. 1t WAS ordered to q second read
ing. This amounts to an invitation for the rail-
Foads to put III an appearance.
RAILROAD AND WAuElJnTtsr nnBrbusaTnvrna