, 1875-03-07
OUR ILLINOIS S0L0MS.
The Return They Make to The State
for Their Daily Stipend.
A Lively Muss in the House Over
the Whisky Bill

S1feid{ DiJpatth 10 Iae CAtcddo lT90u"@.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, March Con the ASSEM-
bling OF the House this morning the array Of
empty benches proclaimed the absence Of about
4 half-hund1ed statesmen, more or less. The
vacant seats for the most part were those OF the
statesmen who yesterday wasted tho day In try
ing to amend to death bill that every ono OF
them knew ought not to pass (Mooney's Mining
bi1i), snd which every mothers son OF
them hadn't the pluck to vote down, because
the bill embodied some Of the trades unions
doctrines Of the most obnoxious type. While
this vas going on, the Statesmen, to-day ab-
eentee. were, Of all the statesmen hero assem-
bled, most patrotically indignant 1T the PROPOSE
ton to waste day and waste the peoples
money (that would go for the pay that run on
al the aame) by adjourning over to Monday.
Az oftan aa that question WAS put they
demanded the yeas and nays, and this
with such emphasis OF patriotic indignation
Aforesaid to defeat the motion. Having thus
uut themselves on record, they last night left for
home fl.od with that sul!-sutficient satisfaction
which is felt only by statesmen who bave placed
WHAT thoy didn't intend to do and do not do.
This morning, while these patriotic ab-
sentees were enjoying their break
fasts and morning cocktails amidst
tue loved ones at home, the Speaker
ordered call Of the House, thus putting the
proceeded with, the statesmen who didn't leave
last night because they wanted to draw their pay
on the rolls made out to-day, busted themselves
with hunting up the other statesmen
who were playing hockey" tsn TO to III an.''s the
enough we're brought in to mako quorum, with
two or three 10 spare, and business was proceed
ed with. That business Was the furtler con-
sideration Of Moneys bill, Which Tas again
taken up with view to its amendment to death.
When. enough amendments had been t,cked on
to make sure Of that, the bill Was ordered en-
crossed.
MUNICIPAL BILLS
The Committee On Municipal Affairs reported
back with the recommendation that they bo
passed: Hise's bill, limiting ths total expen-
ditu1o in any county for public building for
county or county and city purposes, to $2,0oo,-
600 (which would reduce to that figure the total
expenditure for the Cook County Court -House);
the bill for taking ceusus Of the State (here-
tofore given in this correspondence) Danlapa
bill to prohibit voting non-5ssdept inmates Of
Building bill.
Az INDEPEEDEET BOLT.
Quite lively row arose in the House this
morning over the motion to table what il known
as the :. Whisky bill" or the blu to license the
sale Of liquors. 1t came up in it's regular order,
and the motion to table it came from the Repub-
lican side, who to-day we're largely in The ma
jority, the Independents having gone
home. At once the Democrats began to
fhbrster, but in spite OF all they could do
the motion to lie on the table came to direct
voto, when nr. Merritt who "bosses" the
Democratic eiuo. shouted out at the top OF his
voice to his snbordlnatcs: "Run, damn it!
run!" and thoreupon they did run. Even Dr.
Rogers, the venerable Representative from Nc
Lean, ran, but they cornesed him in the Post
Office The Republicans attempted to get call
Of the House, and to voto to elut the door, bu.
tho Speaker did not, could not or would
not, hea1 them He did hear mo-
ton to adjourn, and put it, and de-
clared tho Rouse adjourned. This
is not the first time he has saved his Democratic
friends from defeat by zdjourning tho House
over the protest Of : majority Of those present.
Haiues Rill pass as 6rst-c!ass = Bourbon" now.
Tie scene ras cisgrsceful, and the Democrats
were Responsible Tor il.
IN TIE SENATE
The session wss devoted chieHv to the first
reading Of bills, after which teshmony in the
contested election CAGES Of 6eh1ing vs. Marshall,
Of the Will County DISTRICT was ordered printed,
and the Senate adjourned.