, 1873-04-19

With tito recommendation tnAt IL 10 p4eH 1Ao
amendments striking out general taxation for
sowora and requiring tho conHont II tho Council |
aud Board of Public Works to tlsoir construction
were adopted. Mr. Cullerton moved to amond f!
further by limiting the amount to 10 raisod by |
speech, in which 10 complained Of the heavy
man reminded tho House that ohicago had
t. pay 2 nor cent on tho valuation. The
mon me- WI who s were lobbying ' 10 secure It's passaso
Ho believed 51oo, 900 yoar waa eutticIont for
park purposes. Mr. ecanlan aud Mr. Bradwoll
were eloquent in praise Of the bill, and Of
e 5shng agppa e .nr M a to 1
prove proportyBi sir miles AWAY. Tho amendment
was lost--61 to II. h1r. Oleaon moved to strike
@ ont poraonsl property, which Mae lost, and the
tso 81 sho Eli 'a Tas f'n doatu ' pss IT,
-erous lobbyists, solf-impellod by aolash
motivos wero begging around tho house. fawning
upon members, aud begging their votoa It will
probably go through the House, and tho Senate
The bill allows tho full extent Of the 9-mi1l tar,
about 9120 900, to DO raiaod, besides tho special
asseasmenta. It nlso restoros tho salary Of the
Vice.Prosident Of tho Doarl, amounting to
%, GOO year.
c., L. + @. n. L. n1LD.
Senate bill 4l5, introduced in tho Inherent Of
The Cincinnati, Lafayette j. Chicago hallway.
passed the House to-day. 1t seeins that Tia
Chicago, Danville l. Vinconnes Railroad Nas
to build . road betwoon St. Apnea aud the State
line, and giyo to the Chicago. Lafayette Gin
cinnnH Road certain privileges on conditions
that the latter line would make tho former their
route from Cincinnati and Lafayette to Chicago.
Subsequently, a line was finished from, st. Annes
to Kankakeo, and the Lafayette Road now make
their line to Chicago vim Kankahee, leaving tho
Danyille Road out Of dooru. Tho Danville peo-
p!e went to work to burst the 4aisyetto pooPlo,
lion. The Dnnvil1o Company pFocood-
over their former ally, when tho
latter introduced the bill 1egalizing railroad
tion OF tho now Constitution. Tho bill, though
couched in general language, is special 1egisla-'
tiou, and shows how easily tho Constitution may
he eVaded.
APPROPRIATION BILLS.
An attempt was mado in tho Senate to locate
the Feeble-a Minded Institute at Peoria, which
failed, and tho bill appropriating $500, 900 to
build at Jacksonville WIS ordered to third
roadiug. So wero tho following. Ono hundred
md nineteen thonHand five hundred dollars
to rebuild tho Blind Asylum S7,854 to tho
Antietam Monument Association.
m THE HOUSE.
Tho House ordered to q third reading tho Tiro
Patrol bill, and tho Senate blu allowing boys not
Houee passed 4 hill dopriying tic members Of
the last General Assembly OF the privilege Of
distributing tho fifth volume Of tho Goological
Report, which belonged to them by courtesy,
ana conferred tbs right ,npon tho n,ombors of
very properly denounced the proceeding as
svgindlo, . broach Of good faith, aud dis
courtesy. It proved tho present House loss
honest and conscientious than the Housa
Th0so privilege tho memberH cpnfiacnted to
their own MO. Tho present members will also
distribute tho sixth voluno. The HouBo passed
its bill giving tho Chicago & Pacific Rnlway tho
right 9f T3y through %'g 1, the Insane II Asylum
e8o, 900 to complete tho Southern Normal School
building at Carbondalo 10 was beaten in the morn
ing, re.oonBidercd nnl passed in tho afternoon,
It has to so through the Senate yet.
THE GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD Assoo1ATroN
Have written to tho Senate Committee on Mill
tary Affairs for money to aaorn the grounds.
1t won't be given.
THE COMPROMISE RAILROAD D1L1. IN THE SENATE
Tho troubles Of tllo Houuo Railroad bill have
begun In tho seuato. Aftor tho first reading, it
ela what was supposed to be secret m;estinE "d
in tho afternoon. There WIS not much TINT was
eccret about it after all. A1r. Donah,lo took
the chair. and tho bin was taken up. TO
blood moved to return it to thso
Senate. with recommendation TINT 1t pass. Alr.
steolo promptly moyod to strike out tho ennct-
ing clause, and iuHert tho Donahuo bill. A1r.
Whiting demanded the yeas and nays, and he
which tho roll was called, resulting in tho adop-
ton Of Mr. stoolo'a motion by D to 2, Whiting
and Nicholson. voting no. A subcommittee,
sPns1s son1ssng .nS Gf in% RoRniue pow Sanford
charge Of tho amendment, with the understand
ing TINT thoy were to improve 1t. The gontlo-
men arc busy at work, and will report to tho
Committee, when something will bo transmitted
10 emphatcall rejected tho othor day, cannot re-
turn to the Houao without danger Of anotner do
foat and Hou,o Of tho mombers nro
angry already ut the Senate Commit
tee: It iH likely that another hybrid, blu
ponahuo ind House bii. Tho Senate haa lost
its fire, and il not as willing to pass railroad
bill as 1t was month ago, aud thoro aro many
Senators who would not wocp 1t no bill Waa
passed. Tho sonato will not act on the bill until
the middle OF next wools, md 1t Is not improbable
that the adjournment will haye to be again poHt-
poned On account Of 1t.
THE pEN1TENT1AnY INVESTIGATION.
Mr.. scanlan, by request, said ,ho introduced q
gu hppropretlng $500 to pay the witnesa In tho
Ponitontiaryi investigation, and 10 cents q mile
tor the State during tho aoaBion. This Is rathor
AeorRl allowance, and an unjust discrimination
ganst tnaa thS pofeott t5a. Of tho people on eontH
Eheir fares, but, as most Of tllom travelled
expenHeH wore little or nothing, M tlloy gonor-
a!y fod at public instltqonI qhe sGtal e1
Of sin. A. similar bill IN the Senate waB referred
to tic Judiciary Committee.
SPECIAL 1E0IBLAr1oN.
Tho bill allowing railroad companies Tint have
not organized under thetr charters to change
thoir ter1nini, a bit Of special Legislation. in
and Eoone Counties ia worry bad, 1t received
eighteen YoteH, WAS rocon8lderod, and the ro-