, 1873-01-28
Two Hundred and Forty Bills Al
ready Introduced.
Calibre of the Two Houses---The
Cook County Delegation.
Loquacity Of Old stagers---A Brace OF
Remarkable Speeches.
Remarkable Documents RelatTeGto the
Industrial University and the De-
partnlent Of Agriculture.

74
pafluienI VI AsiAeua'uAo'
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srn1ser1r1n, H., Jan. Is, 1872.
7Y,~ Genera1 Assembly is awav
on A wEEk's rpB1ouou.
The members we're weary, their intellectual
faculties being oyertaxed By the passage Of ono
i,iu, tho election OF United States SENATOR and
.he terrible mental agitation caused by drawing
psy. They vent home to "conEult their con-
st;tueats, tho hnppy euphemism for aban-
Daring their duties. What they vent to con-
.n1t about. is past finding out. They will re-
turn on Wednesday, and work continuously
until Friday. rhen those living on the direct line
If communication will fold thoir tents again
and steal silently away, leaving the House with
ont qrorun-and, consequently, without
.!ecor1u,-or with 30 many empty seats that no
a.root;r, 1aoia1at;on can be accomplished. It
80. .,,,t j., +,a fran,era of the Const1tu-
"as N o'eis3out ~ 'no =. 4.s.1 ...z;.o
tioa that they Old not Am1s pay u se.ut soh ''so
That would have Kept quorum all the time anu
raye shortened the sessions. Is it ia now,
.s..--7.5 .ra.,a.,~s era nh considerad 1eoia-
~s:o1uase Aao uoa ~. $500 - d.o n.;ro
iatlra days: except Tor the purpose u os"tne
rev,-a duty performed with trlghtful rogn4ans5.
Durfnr ,te thraa veeks' session,
TIE CON
'.s not only ou'raeeousis '4o.AI NV s1'1np,s1 nv
ra-h1csay under foot and stamped upon. Inc
Constitution is an iutolernhe nuisance. It is
fo~aro, =, +ho row nf eonoa1,od1. ana ;nterferes
:.., a. 49, - 7,,enhars 10 themselves
VIII 'ho eeheios'' ~ .I,,
.aaush, indeed, fn1s oene1ai Asseno's naS
e7irced an appglGng contempt Tor the document.
Ii.ay lave voted themselves stationery ria Com
I11-ces aau' sno'1s 'io oeo1.as',o ~. ~
r-ocseding has been sustained og some OF the
znlest lawyers in tbs House, the action is to be
ro.--c,ted. AZ it opens tho doodgates, and
~, ,.:,5a - s-+r,v. .oance Thav
'11ni.s q al hn1un ~ c.~n.~,.:.s: .-
e:o draw the S9o allowed, " 1ne oone.asusluh s.np
They have voted to supply copy Of tho Statutes
10 each Chairman Of Committee, in manner
.:uaa.1 ;r.s;s;ta1N Non = mara resolution Of the
r.sss.s LIN w.. ~, 1ota thsnsairas anything
aoa4c. 1", t1n ., 'os r.;. te,5aaos
is'e- desire III tho eauo way. 1nss teHoenc5
70 e51auder the money in the Treasury
:os !';T;r own convenience is not attributable to
,:akcu:ss motives, nor, perhaps, to q malicious
i..e., :cn TO violate the Constitution, but rather
Ia .nora,1ce of the inetrument, which, it IL
rid. many of the members have never
;ak.n time to peruse, and certainly not 70
s,udr. Had thev adjourned one, two, or three
-7scls to study the Constitution. there would
i1a7e been some senge in it; and they might have
como back with notion Of their duhes as Linz
Ted ny the fundamental law. But there is sad
10 better informed as to their functions and be,
gin TO repeat their mistakes with nudiminiehed
Zesl.
Ihcro is really but
a SMALL AMOUNT
Of Legislation absolutely needed. Very few new
laws are required. After the appropriations are
made, the 12ailroad lar amended, the few re-
manning chapters Of the Revision revised, Grim
nal jrr:sprndenee altered snd the 9qalcn ap
sine dig without hurting the people. One month
Ct noNd work would do all thnt cannot be done
without. II the farmers kept at it as steadily as
they do their plowing, or the lnvyers as closely
es they study their cases, the ist Of March
N1ight 500 them at home pursuing the svocAtions
NV which they earn their daily bread when not IN
fe employment OF the State Ih1s neeo NOE Do
NzEected however:
Up to the time Of adjournment, l35 81 bulls had m
been introduced in the House., and 85 in the
scnste,-making total Of
enough to ruin any people, we're they all passed.
Fortunately, there iB no danger OF that, aa not
more than 10 per cent are likely to weather the
voyage through the two Houses.
TEE HOUSE
has moved along very smoothly. Once IN
while, burst Of temper would vary tho mon
zioa kickedu occasionai fun There have been the
regular resolutions, pertinent aud impertinent,
mostly impairment, and great many more are
being prepared to give the authors opportunities
10 Ielefo t0Eu1E61ft6 u I'LL AICA1k4N1aI4oA W
words which they must get rid OF or burst,
There are many subjects that hAye not been
e,ucidated, which can be made pegs OF which to
hang oratorical illusions. The Bible in the
public schools will raise q most elegant TOW for
The benefit Of pngnacions members. Annexation
OF Canada, South America, and Australia will
enable man to circumnarigate the globe in u
speech Cuba and poor old Ireland have not had
their biennial appropriation Of sympathy; and
tho widowed Eugcnie and Mrs. kame-
hameha have been left to mourn in sack
cloth and silence without the condo
lenco Of tho Illinois Legislature. Mhat =
en-! They will meet again, Providence and /
snow-dritts permltting, and empty their carpet
sacks OF carelnliy-cog1tated resolves, and them
selves OF "fow brlef 1emarks, one or two |
hours long, A1d OF unprecedented 6p6eChea,