, 1875-02-26
low f1aines Wa Selected SreaHafe.-
SalO Of tho Independents.
The $500, 0-Appropriation for the
Illinois State-House Fav0ra-
bly, Reported.
Tom Merritt Blows His Fog
Horn at a Prcss.C0ra
rospondcnt.
a Now Partition Of Illinois and Indiana
Mooted in tho Indiana
Legislature.


LeR1slntule.
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7111yOye
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THE tFc1e, A1,vE SESSION.
BONE courAn1soys AND pulnr HISTORY.
Sheetai correspondents ef rhs Chicago 147tun4.
srn,xor1Etn, ILL.,, Fob. 24.-To-lay cloaoa tho
| forty-eighth siuco tho General Assembly oon-
yenctl hcro in Springfield. It has done nothing
get, mud, Us tho indications point to very uu-
certain future, brief history will not DO out Of
place. Eirat, II should bo slated. howeyor. TINT
tho scnato has proceeded regularly with It's bus-
| incss, and has devoted very little timo to bum
comba or unnecessary legislation. Tho House
| Of Representatives on tic contrary, Inns done
| ,othipg. It Is, without doubt,
THE wons7 nounn
that eyor assembled In tho State.
| In tho ecaaion Of 1897, at Vandnl[a, there
was good doh Of excitement in tho House. aud,
on several occABions tho Bpcakcr-Jamea Senl-
| plo, Of Madison County--found It almost i'm
! possible to restrain tho mombers Within the
! bounds Of parliamentary law. Con. ushor I.
| Lindcr, Abraham Lincoln, John Dement,, Tur-
uoy Of Wayne, Bond, Shields. Ftoncu, Col
Dunbar, and other pioneer, in tho political hIs-
tory OF tho State, wcro nmone tho mcn,betB
| The Hoard OF Canal commissioners Ind submit
ted report providing for that grand system Of
;nto~.,,t i,,,roron,nnf. ,r,i,,, ,e,o.,,rd .,r,o.
."se'nn' ..nP.o'e'uaass "A4s4 ~4eo' A''ao''
nrousht 1no etatot tno soFge o1 oanKtuptey
tue capitalists Of tho stnte were present In lobby
| Ia srcufo additional jeeisiation for frre-
enona,hl, banking .aaociattona. t,cro vna
sf ".'a s.... . .,,s 1Ts.,s T., rs.,. -,
s'tons ns.s a.!.s..,a ~ .uo nuuse ~ aasof y.
another strong party determined to legislato ont
| Of onica wbnt yyea known IA tho Council Of
nov;a;on for Il. a,b,trnrv cTorciso NJ novar
.1e'!euu' ~, 'so a.o'ua'y e.'.A VI po"e'
| condicsing insorosts,-each bent on accomplish
ri Hnx in Session onr
tha ,annl ncriod norfornoc1 All tho labor I'm
people demanded II tte hands, and adjourned
sins die.
THE coppEnuEAp HOUSE or 'G9,
In January. 1868, tho ueuern Assembly con-
| seneo a. the oap'sei, 1ao oenasc' Win t.ancis
A. Hoffman as presiding officer q Rcpub,ican),
| won't Immediately to work. Tho uouBo orgau~
izod BY tho election Of Samuel A: Buekmastcr
ss speakef. Iheso were from from tng TO- sefy hfst'
alaeotdant olemonta IN tho Houso: The Ropub-
party was not unit by any means. The House
III. ~. g-e.,s" n,.,.".". ~. .",. ~ w
1a Au1t 8aeeeeoea IN aAe-
Moa1AluH tna Gon9eI!n8 tiMms Apu PIeteh6ions
INC sopporneaa oea Hemocla.a SO tnhl 10 cona
.ue uAys ~ speGlal iek4s!atou: hna eell-lnsetoes
PEoA'Ptou tue uomoc5Rto saopio 70 pefloct .
sco1o or ho u pIlSale 1--WE butt aa LOT iegslat-
! inE lor tne staso' snd rs thousands of brave
.ae piesG.sauon o. tue gnl9n' II PROVED ltsclt
| ntteE'I Mcocapoteht; leb' ", " o'clock tn
sno morning: me-. ans nonso adJousned amid iho
F. .nS ~ .nJ o.. ~ msmpess foe!ed
| W oseII naa9. tonua1Y 70 q! pfeeedent, now
evel. tAst dchefa! Assembly, Aat reeolved to
pesp''a9'o PET t "Se, anu psos1aea rof another sos"
tho peonia Woro nos slow In expreHs-
iuB tAs'I coAteaPt 1o[ ooay OF
| Men VINO coulo not r1ae abova tho
oaneatn u paFty Huea common country was
sttu&gEng Tor ox1atencs IN tho terrible wago Of
Ganlo. IN june following, rernnant OF t4e
General Assembly convoned at the Capital. At.
;cf oIeI sesason sno a'ses 1etlizinK how utter
snt eohseHPelnso ne "a aad n3eeome, o9y' Yates
seoretafS, moasagn containing tho following:
YATEs raonoouEs THE noouEs.
nrsn ~ =, aa , y 11eYs ~ r., t: to- tntsss.a q ths
rs.sonae one bspees =. se rs.,s o. ho o
citizens Of te State or the army In the foi from its
further continuance:
hoc fh<stfo1t I, Achard Yates. Governor, do llere-
~ ths General AEsebly now In session tho
"as IT., Aoaa'5 III January, 1s,o'
Thua was pforoguel body Of men who had
demonstrated thar utter un!ltness for discharge
OF tho duties tho poopo had lnttuated them With,
and who, for tWolTe ycarH Thereafter, wero kopE
! unaer tho ban OF TINT aanle people.
UNHEALTHY coNrAnlsoNs.
| Under featotod Union and tho Republican
party, other Isg!slatureg (soycn In nuu!bor) have
| quietly to work, and, without any such dlagsae
~ exhibitions ~ characterized the Democratic
Mouss o., oi 1Ss5 9r tug orpos.tlon Iouae q 1876,
a1gaHl'ao!y sna labo5'ons7 proceeded with tho