The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-01-30
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
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, reported on the COMMITTEES On educatiSe
making .varicps changes in the school Law
was looded DOM viii ameadmSntA afte
u como iaeo tko nease end D0de 20 oh
jsctionable 10 It's friends that one OF then
mercifully moved that The enacting claus,
bs stricken out, AMI Il WAS % ordered.
The compulsory educstion bill met with
bsess fate. IL was ably and safssstls
edvocatsd BY Mr.. Snow, and before tn
opposition had time 10 rally their forces
wss pat spoa lie passage and passed
without Amendn,spt. The result was re
ceived With hearty ds,nonserstIcrs % y.
plausc. The enemies OF the bllf made a
desperate effort 10 secure q Reconsideration
OF Shs VOTE, but oil III vain. The motion
70 reconsider was promptly tabled. The
bill 10 now In the Senate and IL Is believed
that II will pass that body without amend.
| msnt. The argument In support Of this
measure 10 briefly this "A1i the prop.
erty in the state 10 taxed for the support
Of tree seheois, therefore tho tsx.p. ,-rs
have 8 right 20 insist that all children 10
The state shali share IN the benefits TO be
derived from She tax" kN
COUNTY suPERtNTESDESTs.
The House, by decided majority, in
structed the Committee on Education TO
prepare . bill abolishing the office Of
Oount6 superintendent Of schools, and
esteotssh'ng Couosy Boards of Eduea.
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Verify, the sacred tights q individuals
are in danger, thai 10, the sacred rights
Of those who believe in ignorance and
free whisky, for while the House is pro-
viding for the compulsory education Of
neglected children, the Senate, by making
drunkenu ness fnable offence, proposes TO
sbrtdgs thJ inalienabls right which many
individuals think they have TO get drunk
when they please. Hitherto drunk en- ness
has been regulated only by municipal law.
Now Il y proposed TO say that any man
found drunk In any public highway or
othor public place-or il drunk and dis
orderly at bis own home-may be arrest
ed and fined. -
TEMPERANCE. "a 20
The special temperance committee has
been revived. The subject Immediately
demanding Its attention 10 . resolution
asking legislation to prevent the sale Of
intoxicating liquors under the guise Of
medicines The committee has q ii flieult
task in hand.
CONSTRUCTIVE CONTEMPT.
The case of the Chicago Journal
against the supreme court hss been dsci-
dsd against ,hs'J ournsl-ths bill based on
the Journal contempt case having been
defeated in the house by an overwhelming
majority. -. Lg1- 4 =
Tho discussion Of the bill afforded 4
line opportunity for the display of legal
n N slohs opt ., al
Mr.. Shaw Of Carroll, representing the
popular view Of the question, msds a
clear, concise and logical spsech in favor
! Of the bill limiting the powers CT courts
to impose fines tor contempt. Connolly
Of Coles, the "littlc giant Of the House.
followed him In mastery speech, deprc-
eating any change in the law. The
House listened with rapt attention; even
tie eloquencs ofthe"silvs r.ton gued' orator
OF tue House. Obefly. who followed him,
could not weaken the force of Connolly's |
Arguments.
Tho result Will o! course increase the |
icon tsmpVot the journal for the twenty.
eighth general assembly, OF which L. once
said coatemptuooslyy any one Of its main.
bers could be bought with ave dciisp
bill .--...
Perhaps tho power Of courts "a i'm pose |
anes for contempt should DO moro clearly |
defined, but the bill before the house was !
too radical In its provisions and would |
have deprived the court of authority to I
snforos obedience 10 their most RICH teous |
mandates.
DEAD AGAIN.
Minority representation comes up about
once in two weeks to bo killed. The last
time 1t made ito appearance in the shape
OF proposition to oleet the Cook county
com missioners on the cumulative plan.
The Hoass went through the usual csre-
mony OF calling the roll, and the Cook
county cumulative pc. was again
| slaug htered.
lls confidently expected now that the
next attempt TO apply the cumulative sys-
tenn Of voting will be An attempt 70 elect
scboo! directors on the minority plan.
MONUMENTAL.
The honorable member Of DO Davies
county ought to be called Monumental |
Jones'" We do not know upon what
principle It is that he opposes all monu- |
ments, unless it 10 that being SO tall and |
therefore something Of = monument him. |
self, all other monuments appear insignif.
icant to him. First, be opposed the sppro-
pristion Tor = soldiers moe umont at
Mound City; next he made his monument
81 spsech 10 opposition TO an appropris-
ton 20 complete the Douglas monument;
and last week no placed the cap-stons on
his monumental efforts by violent speech
IN opposition 30 the proposed appropris-
ton OF 81 900 TO aid in building the sol.
disrs' monument At Antietsm.
Qainn, Of Peoria, Immediately got the
door. Quinn 10 an Irishman, and bis
" Irish WA up" He broadly intimated
that the gentleman from 10 Dayiess need
not DO concerned At all about y future
state OF existence, for, said Quinn, "his
soul 10 too small to be saved or 10 DO
damned"
Order order rang out over the
nail. The speaker raped violently with
MS gAvol, some one Kissed, but Quinn
stood In HE place looking pale and mad.
Jones replied in very much the same
spirit, and people about half sxeuss them
both. They say that "Qninn couldn't
help u, for he 10 n rand y-haired, sandy.
whi,kcred, hot blooded Irishmsn, who
has been through the wars, and In the
remarks of Jones wouldn't arouse him.
what would ?? And they say Of Jones
that he Is the sslf.constitutod guardian
OF the Treasury, and IL lone, didn't yusrd
The Treasury, who would
Illinois 10 placed In an unenyisb,s M.
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