, 1875-02-23

airy Republican corruption, though they have
prazca soma uglY-1ooking matters duplicating
leaders, Of tho oppon.ton. Tiny arc yo4 will-
ont 1tirboao or policy, and, illus faE, thougi, In
tho majority. haro, In fact, pursued tho
hab'!ual Democratic tacttcs sinco tho Var, Of
obstrucelng legislation. The rcHult ta that, Ut
tho end of ti1 weeks Bca1ion, nothing has beon
doha' a'lu. tegii'nlbE 10 reallzo that something
mnht 10 dona to ncqus them Of tllsa
responsibility, they ara hunting their Moxcs.
HatneH eubarkoi In that role at the outset. but,
Whesl ne hGl elected himself speaker, MoBca
ila!nsa' tacsscs wero exhausted. 's:nco thon no.
out Of tLc complications In which le has ID
volsed himself by oyer.sharpncas i1 tl,e clair,
III has Moses IIainea himself. Eesiaes. be- la
been engroased il tie mighty business Of weigh
1s tSs s1rsneE .e dn'sa1'o' .na h,cn and es!n'tpg
ponttmon. Is paeos. % beIiovo h he IN IL
stili wrestling with that mighty copundrum. Al
al events. 1ianen, who was only breyet-
Kouers, and MoHes Her1inEton, also Moses
Platter. have tried 10 20. tho Opposition OF. Of
tho widorncss hut nono Of thom proved tue
particular Moses re lured for THIS particular oc-
iees Ioses sy Se Jss, p'suaF' s 70 ss ts n r
mittee 10 cooperate WITH q like cu1n.nlt-
toe from tho Democratic CAUCUS. Incidentally
they tl'scusaed aso At grtat length uhat waa 70
that number Of tho rank aud die had arrived
Ut the comtnon-senae conclusion that there was
litlle, II ANYTHING, TO be done. save to paRs
tho Appropriation bills And 10 hotne That,
however,, way was not tho programme Of the
Investigations, abolition OF tho Railroad
aud Warehouse Commission, reduction OF tho
est.oaatos for tho vnrous State charitable
institutions, abolition Of tho Reseral Boards
managing thego. and Capitalization Of tho mail
agement in anglo Board repeal Of tho Rsria-
try law. and revision Of the Reycnue, Law. There
III tar from being an nBteoment anong the lead
erH a. 70 tho details Of thir programme. \ NUM-
Der OF them being In favor of leaving tho subject
Of rovchlo"roviaion untouched at this HcsBion.
How tn11oI aud what shall be attempted is the
matter Which tho Joint Caucus Committee will
detsrmlne. Whether Rnsthing In the programme
Will 10 carried OUT depends upon the SUCCESS Ut
that Cointaf:teo III flndiag their MoEos.
THE NEW CHICAGO
bill mosts far moro favorable cousidcraton than
vas accurded the original CitizouB' Association
bills. and tho tudlcEtlons nte that, II properly
managed, It will pass. Tho friends OF tic meas.
ure hare not yet determined ~hcther to strike
out bill 900 80 incorporated in the new bill. II
tint 10 dono, amondman,s to the General Revc-
nuo law will 10 offered. 10 effect the ob}octa
Fought BY the new I'LL. by tact consent action
printing. Of tho bill Of I1olmes relasvo
to collection Of taxes leyied III cit
iea under special cIlartcr. This Is tho
bill notcd in Tnk TRIBUNE dispatches, to provide
for the collection Of taxss leYied under bll 500,
through tho maoainery now provided by the
Goueral Hovenuo act for tho collection Of taxcy.
The bill, though peculiarly applicable to Chi
cago, was drawn by Dr.. Nobcrts, an ox.mcnber
from Iazo"el, and vaa primarily designed to
provide Tor tue collection ot delinquent ta1es
levied by tho City Government Of rekin. under
enccist charter. Tho prevailing opin,nn n,ao.lg
Cook County members is that, with slight
amendment. this bill will legallzs aud cifecsual.y
provide for tho collection OF all saxcs levied il
Chicago under bill 800.
uER1lsGToss UNION DEPOT HILL
will Ia reported back noxt week. aud. ita frienls
arc BauRuiue, will bs passed. ucrrinRton statea
that tire only depot project covered BY the bill
u that Of the Northwestern Hoaa mud It's conncc-
tiouB, and tho 1attsburg, Fort Waync 4 Chicago
on tho West Side. aud that, on examination Of
tho provisions Of tho bill, 1t will be found IL
does not enlarge tho powers of condemnation Of
tight Of way grantod to roads uudor tho General
Railway law.