, 1874-02-28
The Contun,acious Paine Weakens and
Tells All He Knows.
It Was q Very Little Matter to
Make So Much Trouble.
Defeat Of the Bill to Extend the Juris-
disction Of Boards Of Health.
TIE DOUGLAS MON y MENT.
Special Dispatch to The Chicuoo Tribune.


Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.
IN APPROPRIATION OF $4,000 REFUsED.
Spn1saF1ELD, ILL.,, Feb. 27.-The bill ap-
propziating $4,000 to the Douglas Monument
was up Is special order in the Senate. Tho
Senators from Southern Illinois were present
and strongly advocated the bill through Tom
Casey, their leader. He delivered strong
eulogy On the characters and lives OF Lincoln
and Douglas, calling each the peer OF the other.
1lr. Waite explained that Mr.. Gago's resiGna-
ton Is Commissioner Was in the hands OF the
Governor, which would obviate some objections
held by Senators.
Mr. Whiting did not want to say that he was
opposed to the perpctuation OF the memory OF
great and good men he would not say anything
against Mr. Douglas ne would not say any
thing on the other side of the question, though
ho would not vote for the bill. As usual he
talked long time without saying anything,
either wise or funny on the subject-matter be-
fore the Senate. AL he did Say Was to insinuAte
I Ia moda TINT
l. BARGAIN EXISTED
between the friends Of the Southern Penltentin-
r. and the movement, Which Was perhaps true.
lii. Casey asked him, point-blank, If he in
tended to insinuate any such understanding.
Mr. Whiting raised his feathers, and said that
Casey could not brow-beat him."
Casey repeated the question, walking toward
Whiting.
Whiting stammered little, and said he would
answer the gentleman in his own way went on
with his talk, aud said, after little, that such
suspicoDs as those referred to lad been widely
entertained"
Mr. Owens followed. opposing the bill, with
criticism on the political record OF Douglas.
Mr. Shepard opposed the bill because Of the
CONDITION OF THE STATE FINANCES,
submitting the following interesting statement
from the Auditor:
Tie amount due to July l, 1875, On appropriation
heretofore made and payable from the general reve
uue fund, is follows:
Expenses Of the Tweaty-cigtth General As
xemb1y. ooooo
Expenses Of the Twenty-ninth General As- -, ooo
E1pana:a se Of The Executive Department..:.. 1ol3s4
Expenses Of the Judicial Department. 336,353
Expenses Of the State Institutions. 335
Expenses Of the new State-House: 100000
i've nanaion. Conveying convicts, etc....- 23so5e
Total amount due to july 1, 1s75..... 4ess
70 meet the above there Is revenue fund
now IN tho Treasury 14oooo
And r.te Of tax has been levied On the
sessnlont Of 1878 to produce net to the State
Treasury for revenue purposes. 2,oooooo
Total. s2,s4o,ooo
Making according to the above an excess If
the :und over tbs appropriation of........$ 165,767
Mr. McGrath read q nicely written yarn about
Douglas. and uttered q strong appeal to the
masuani1nity Of the SENATE.
mr. Voris threw himself in defense Of the
illinois Central Railroad record OF Douglas,
and said that q larger amount than that named
in the bill should be appropriated from the
revenue the State derived from the Central
road to the honor OF this man as
DEET OF HONOR
Mr. Hampton could not see the consistency be-
tween refusing to confirm Prof. Turner aud now
passing bill with Dave Cages name in it.
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