, 1875-12-04

tion. No ono should offer any objection tc
tlIs plan, aud it will savo ehe public time
trouble, md expense. That Convention was
1na'le mp Of fair-minded and respectable dele.
gates. They nominated good county ticket,
aua they can be relied upon to nominate 9
good man for the Supreme Bench,- good d
! .uan as Gnu be found who will consent to
undertake. the grea. labor for the small sn1ary
Of tho position. Thoro does not seem to be
any other avenue Of escape from the present
complicated condition OF tho cRnvass, and tue
people will still! DO left free to exercise thci,
own choice and elect the best man.
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THE LAKE-Fa0NT AND TIE ACT OF 1869,
We printed communication yesterday on
the Lake-Front question, written by prom
inent member Of the Legal profession in this
city, which alleges that the real purpose Of
the Illinois Central md other railroads In
offering to pay 100000 to the city for q
quit-claim deed to tho three blocks bounded
by Randolph and Monroe streets is to revive
the rights they acquired under the oct Of the
Legislature Of 1869. =
Willie We favor the qnis-claim sale Of tho
throe blocks for $500, 1000 go far as the city
has any claim on them, we arc uual terribly
tta o,+ -, 1qro ,,or,o - ~ 49, -
do not understand that qudt-claim decd for
the threo blocks would carry with it any
such powers and privileges, or TINT tho rail-
roads otfer1no tn nnrchasa a on;t.c1e,n, r., +,o
.h.,, ,1o., 49, ,.--,-, .,
-, '. eAoe"0 ~ .4'oeaa'Aao LIS atausacuon.
4no lawyer WHO hos ses up that this would
be the effect Of such transfer thus statsa the
cnse:
rha TN. ou.st,o, a, ,.,r. :, .,,, ab.u
,o,S. n,sS t.. .r,ss.,,. s . W. su,a ,ao 4aH
fanIt, NJ III, ra.t ,nl r,,n,s .tth r,a ao.,tsa
no,,4, Il, ~. ~, =, ,us, = ~. sonaoaS 70
sont OF tho CIV Of Chic,oo. nenoa tho on..o,, :.
not the sals Of tbs three blocka Of ground for
nn' the acquisition under an act no lonaer In force Of
.hsir hse.tw.,er s,ans md ahu,p H..
Michigan avenue ffon, from thc gouth 14sr 10 ths
fonnd.house OF the H,nos Central Railroad.
Tho legal gentleman who puts this con.
strnctlon upon the proposed sale faila, wo
tAlnk, on his own showing, to make out the
case. We understand that this Offer Is renl1y
m entirely new tranaaction, and do not COM
prehend how 1t can galvanize the repealed act
OF 1860 or its intended effects. aud this we
conclude from the very statement Of tho gcn-
tleman who holds to this opinion, and who
says, farthor:
Snoaia no chy OF Chicago concede tic right Of shs
to-s MA ~ ., ,us .ss lso' ~ ,as te't
nubmorgcd Land, which unlet that sct lbs raf1ro.,,
hiss Lost b, ita repeal By suffering The road now 10
comply ra he conditions which II hoforo neglected:
s aatc, 'ua ,ss4, .. mo .s nsa ns'es
apd thervforo tho ropeal wss not yo,d "a ts ,,,n,s
claims. It viii be seen, therefore, that II the conl
tios Imposed on tho railroads. By the aet OF 'sa9
ta,. ~ ,.'' ~ y, ~ sae s''s. o' performed op ne
nos BE- altn arav b. rsv*at tail, ia H. ro ''3'"
Tho act of 1859 conferred t1,a rioht nno,,
tho railroads to claim certain strotcl, of an,.
merged land as fur south as the round. .housa
upon certain conditions, It's anotorjoua foct
that oil these conditions wero not comnltad
with. Conceded evon that the first fender
was properly made, tho second tent]er voa
certainIy never mado at ill. and Of courso mt
within tho ti1no required BIZ tho Inv, Pend,
iug tho failure OF the railroails to comn1v
with the terms Of the Inv. tho aet nf 19ia
waa repealed. Had the ra;lroatls fulfilled Tia
conditions iuposed unon thc,n N TIM 1at,,r
prior tho pasaaoe Of the repcal. .act n unx In
conceded TINT tie State could not havo ii.
Diluted a contract which thu contract;r, mar
tiea Ind accepted and fnlff.ea mt Il cor-
tainly seems n though. the railroads having
permitted their rights under the oct ~ ,ac.'
to lansa hv t,,a;r fo,,u-a ~ <,,lnn .t,a,.
part Of the contract tho Leria,aturo
haa q pcrfect rIobt IN renea1 TINT not ~ no .,
prevent the railroads from acquiring in tbo
future any rights which tley Ind faiio,l tn m.
nulro accorlinu tn the terma ~ tha mt ~
i8Dy. II this IL n corroct atatamont ~ +ha
law of the case, then thu nnrchosa hv tl,o
railroads of n onit. t.c]oim ,,ca., from +ho it,,
would not revivo fla nroy;a;on. -, a., ,ot :,
tho Io1,slatur. t,,ot h,a haan r,n,o1aa ~.
pa,vonizo r,r1,ta rni,sr .ho. oot ,.h,a,, ,.ass s
navar aoxa,I hv oor,a,,a..a ,,,.t ~. "e.'
v;.,ona II t,,s ra;lraa,,s .ost.;..a 49, a, 'ss ~