, 1873-04-16

bera who perpo!rato such m outrage on thoir
constituents should bo 1narkod forever
OBSCENE EtrEnATunE.
Tho law In Now York for tho suppression Of
obscene literature has driven its publishers from
that 6tato, and It boing undoratool that tho
headquarters Of this domoralizing trnf1o ia to DO
to 9hsagG Eo yal M n tm h ose ro
II should DO passed..
THO Houao ordered tho printing Of $4,000
copies Of tho Road Inv, rotating to eountiea I'M.
dor township organization, and 5000 copies. Of
tho Inv relating to countios not nndor township
organization, Tho copicB will bo distributed by
mombors among thoir commitments.
REVISION or TIE srATurEs.
Tho HouBo Judiciary Committee. to whom woro
referred quorios aB to tito .progrcas mndo In tio
revision Of tho Btat1ltoa and as to the proproty
Of continuing tho revision, reported tint tho
original plan Of revision Ind boon departed from,
4 tic aa Ia9e ag py
tors subn,ittod to It and mado appropriations to
pay tho cxponso of tho Commission. It belng
uncertain that tho last Legislature had desired
1oyAion to proceed tw9 OF the 1"yisGrs @ Mnssrs
WAS on tho vorgo OF doing llkowiBo. It WAS
recommended that tho revision 10 continued,
Mr.. IIurd to turn oyor tho papers to n joint
Committee of tho sonato and HOUSE, which
should employ legal clork and proceed with tho
| work. Tho ollaptera thus prepared could DO
submitted to MI adjourned sossion, or to tho
noxt General Assembly in case no adjourned
session VIVA hold. Tho report waH cononrrot in
VAS vas atatomont by lii: ffuPPd showing
tho preBont status Of tho difreront chaptora,
Mr.. Nelson had drawn %, 600 from the Treasury.
Mr., IIurd and Mr. sohaffor 81, 600 oaol, aud the
esOo, making tho total cost Of tho work 30 far
about 4l2, oo0.' ..-- ..,' -
wEsT sIDE rAnK. "'.''''
Tho West Side Park bill wns read a, FIRST trno
Municipal Affairs, whence It will bo reported u1l-
an1cnded:. It contains little clause which will
enable Lincoln Park to construct oil the boule-
vards logirod by tho Commissioners.
n1unTEoU8 lNDldNAT1oN.
The Senate pasaed the following, introduced
by Sfr. Forrol, anl eont It to tho Holiao:
WnrnEAs, Tho frequent md, lawlo,a 1ntflan dcrro-
on our Il n o IN ah9
tho Mooes, adonshcs un tiat tho future use of aoft
words an1 Rontte means are ,,aelesB, therefore,
Resolrai by tho Hcnatc, tho 'Houso Of Hepresonta-
tvcs concurrng, that thde cnora1 Governments should
Of refractory tr1bca Of 1nlianp md that have
sympAthy With respect for any course which docs
aasanation Of tho ilstrious ocor and bis associates
tho actcniug details Of which hare not yet ceased to
:tbrato ovcr Tho telegraph wirca Of tho country.
THE CITY TAX dill.
siu11e gentlemen In Chicago have boen mislod
NJ. r,l1tlor that tho Governor had determined
to veto House bill 800. Thoro Ia no foundation
for the rnmor. Or tho eonAe9uent qneasinoss:
thcre ID hardly any doubt that 1t will moot his
approval.
TIE LAKE FRONT.
Tho Governor has signed the Lako Front re-
pealing bill, Thfch will 60 into effcct July l.
GRAIN INSPECTION.
THE Williamson Warehouse Amendment bill
has also received tho Executive signature, which
will be good news for the Board OF Trade and
for the new Inspector, Mr: Harper, who worked
ontiro responsibility for inspection BY allowing
an appeal from Ills decision In caso Of dispute.
TRANSPORTATION.
The Committee On Federal Relations reported
favorably on d memorial adopted BY tho Wiscon-
Bin Legislature with reference to the lako trade.
Tho memorial as adopted roads as follows:
This memorial Of the Legislature Of the State Of
Illinois respectfully representa- tat In tito opinion Of
| regulating tho navigation and commerce upon tho
Great Western Lakes aro unnecessarily embarrassing
b. %h
removing an restrictions now imposed on our Lake
n.y!aat.o1 md commerce which afo not esssna1 for
tho protection OF tho roycnne.
This Legislature il aware that tho proximity Of tho
foreign territory, tho comparatively unprotected CON
| high tariff, makes 1t matter Of necessity,
that laws sha bc made to protect the revenue, and
that for such purposes commerce and navigation On our
ent restricted but thia Legislature, at tho aaro imo
Is of The opinion that tho solo object of these iawa
commerce and navigation only far It Ia absolutely
necessary and eascna for such protection Of the
Ths Legislature bcaa to cal attention to tho pro.
vlRons Of &c., 10 Of tho act Of Congress entitled An
@ snd oer s 9ss
by virtue of which ships and veasa duly enrolled and
so On md s sse issip L Cd .s Sswsn
S@sns @ % 5sqaiTsd e ,t..1 report Ct custom
cargoea, and to obtain clearance previous to depar
turc, or on arrival within such aissrct, to maks
Legislature auggest hat theso similar privileges IL
extended to all sps vesses enrolled and 1lccusc
to carry on tbs coastng trade the Northorn, North
wcstorn, and NorthoasGrn frontiers Of the United
statcs, and truding between port or place in one
6ato and port or place In tho Barue adjoining
or place and that to tRs effect Ill acts Or part ii aet.
conflicting with thcae privileges bo repealed. And thi1
Legislature, your nonoriallsts, will over pray.
/ CONTEMPLATED IMPROVEMENTS,
Tho Governor has beon invited by tho Coy
ornor OF Georgia to attond n convention Of Gov,
ernors at Atlanta, In May, to consider tho feaai-
bllty Of digging canal to connect the Miasfs'
Bippi with the Atlantic ut Savannah or therea-
bouts. The Governor docs, not know yet II he
can attend. Ho has another invitation from
the Governor Of Iowa to attend a convention, to
be hold at eomo point not yet determined, tc
| consider tho improvement Of the Wisconsin
4 HlFeft anu OF CouHtEuctlfH cAItli RtDllnu M.
agara Falls, and asking hfs views thoroon. The
Governor ia of opinion that such q convention
should consider the whole subject Of Transports
tion.
THE rENITENT1AnY.
The Penitontiary management will certainly
be changed. There is e1cellont authority fol
tho statement It Is expected that tho Commits
sioners and Warden will resign. There is regi
mont Of candidates. Who the now Commission
era will DO 1t is impossible to say. Mai. Pink
ham, OF Dixon, ia most prominently spoken O.
IN connection with the War1onHllip.
| TRANBrEn OF RAILROAD DONATIONS.
Tho 8onato discussed the Casey bill, to permi
tho transier Of municipal subscriptions from
| rallraada naYer huilk to nthara Fiat mic],t h,