, 1875-03-08
A CRITICAL REVIEW.

Sne1at Correspondence Of The CA,rago tribune.
SrHlNoFIELp, ILL.,, March G.-Tho dispatches
announce that Tic Legislatures Of n1tpncsotn,
Wisconsin, mud Indiana huyo adjourned and
their mombcra returned home, aud set tho ILL.,
ros Legislature lingnrB OF, every dny adding to
tho bulk Of legislation 1t has laid out for itself,
and every day get4iut, farther aud farther from
the point whers it could croditably adjourn BInc
die.
DISTINGUISHED DEMOCRATS OPINION.
On Thurslay distinguished citizen OF South
ern Illinois was III tho city, In AtsoudAuce upon
tito United States Court, lie paid
visit to tho Capitol, and rat out ono
session On the floor Of .ho House. Alter
adjousnment. lie aaid " For forty years I
have boon citizen of Illinois, and i've times a
member Of the Lower House, Duriug al those
years there las Ilo. been session oi tho LegfB-
lature but what hayo been present at loast q
portion Of the time. remember distinctly that
Oh many occasions great fcazs were Expressed
that personal rancor mud marty spirit would
nuliey al. efforts OIL tho part OF intelligent and
sLuncrvativc members to hec,Iro proper aud
needed legislation. Dut after q few bursts Of
huncombo anl ciap-trap loca! prcjulices,
tho General .Asseuibly nlwuys settled down
10 work, AMI Il. last the people
had little causo for compliant. The
Legislature OF 'GJ IL The only exception, and 1t is
omitted to somo charity, III tho peculiar circum-
stances Of the WAr exercised great influence on
its mombety. To-day, however, must confess
that my Heart hps been sallunnd; and If to
theso men the people have committed lheir
tEuste, must Say,
0un IEELP THE pEorLE!
TO one, like myself, accustomed to Legislative
bo.lieA, it IL painfully evident that tho House IL
wofulIy deficient In that parliamentary learning
and genernl ability Which arc essentially neccs.
cary in legislative boIy. To BE- frank, str,
give II a. my unprojudiccl opinion that,
taken ~ whole, II is tie most incom-
pelent House evoe assembled III tho STATIC
incompetent to tho cxtent Of abso,ute worthlesH-
meas. am Democrat, sir, but NY foaity 10
party neysr caused me 10 forget what was duo
tho people at lasgc. Tho Opposition now co,,-
trolling the lower branch Of thu Legislature IL a
degtaco to tho namo of Democracy, utld II luost
disgusting upology for everything that saYora Of
reform.
Day after day. for eight weeks, tho samo
acchcs---ony varied occasionally a. to the orig.
tilator-hnyn occurred during tho Sessions OF the
iiouhe; II DiYes could hayo got wster. u liz
likely le would hayo bocome reconccd to hol
ii 1taines. and Merritt: and Hopkins can only
get up u jalnboree In tho lIouso ut each session,
they a1o BnpremcIy happy. and relish will. a kocn
ZEhk TUG pANu1ln0EtWll WHICH inevitably 1QlloHb,
UTTERLY INCOMPETENT.
On Thureday afternoon party 0f dlHtingnfHh-
RI gentlemen Of t!lu Stato. in attendance upon
thu United States Court, met In tho lobby Of tho
tIoslse. Two or three Of tho leading members
ut tho House were n'ao present. Huid one Ut
The latter. "Oontienler, Ii iB huluilia.lng con-
fession to make, bnt u0 so haAlng my opinion
on former leslelattso experience mud without
tho BtlgItch! reference to tho political situation.
Tho Il0uAo IL in ue s1.ise coupotent to grasp
AUH or tbs iHNi1EF nf t}11 hOur it IN
to ha4d!c tho revenue question it is iucpul-
patent to laulla tho transportation ques-
tion; under tho lend OF Speaker IIaiucs
tic majority of tho House la detsrullnod to 10
dwarf lllb appropriations aB to create q dis
graceful deficiency which tho noxt General AS
selubly must provide for. Eight weoGa Of vaEn.
hllc tisue Aas already been consumed In tho ono
direction of fuslug toKsther tho homogeneous eIe-
ments Of tue Opposition. NJ legislasion Tor tic
peuplo hAH Geeu performed. aid NOW tho laad-
iuy ncn Of tho Opposition adult privately to
mo TINT four or six wGcks uaEo will be ulHoiute-
y NECESSARY T. carry out tho programme agreed
Andrew Ashton. of Wlnnobago; r. D. sAfter,
u Henderson; Dr.. JohnHou, Of blntiun Eos.
lsr Turner. of 10 Daviesai A. C. Nelson, of
Willia11aon,-a all respectable aud suba.attlal
cltlxaus At homo aud Independent lloform
me1nbets Of tho llonse,-hnye in tie last two
~tekA repeatedly declared tLat tloy had no hopo
OF tho Legislature oo!ng anything tor ths roo-
Ile, aud Tint IL they got safely away from Eprlug
10 como back again.
Az lsnEtESbENT-lkgronA SENATOR D1BousEEp.
6ouator Parish. Of Saline County. rba,lu,an Of
tho Senate Conl1nitleo on Appropriations. has at
last found htn'.ali Avctim u tbs Casey- -lla.uea-
bourbon conspiracy sgalust the honor aud Char
itY Of tho state. fhass two men, Casey In tho
beuato, aud lIaInes ia the HOUSE. three weeks
Ego, ise1el their ol!et to the 0pposltion meul-
burs OF the General Assembly. md
J. caucus WAS called. At that caucus
!hene, two men, holding the wbip-LAnd,
gsamme which. il carried cut would abolis,, lie
State l3oatd Of Kalsay Commissioners, cripple
for years TO cous each OF cur noble eletmosyns.y
Institutions. aud iu etloct destroy al tie guod
auuus.ly derived from the Department OF PUBLIC
Instruction. ltathes than 10 party tu huch dis
graceful record Senator Fasish openly declared
That, TO soon a. he could gel hIs Committee to con.
a!der what bills had already heen rcfelred to it,
he would puck up Ills trunk, 30 homo. aud ro.
main theto. Tu keep him from carrying out this
threat, t4a Bourbon nembers-a inatority-o,
tho Committee regularly sbsanted themselves
f,om it, sessions. htill dete1ufnsd 10 do What uas
right, 6ehstof Parish came Into open IenAte and