, 1875-04-06
ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.
Report Of Yesterdays Perform
anco in tho Lower
House.
Il Con.agion Of Idiocy Beyond Hope
Of Amelioration.
Sample Of tho Daily Disgrace which
Illinois Must Tolerate
till the 18th.
tho EouSe Votins, anl Gobody, hot Escn
tao Clerk, Able to Say
upon What.
Spectacle Of an Inferior Officer Order
inn Bills to Third Reading.
Unlawful Proceeding Of tho
Speaker in Pushing III
Insurance ELL.
Failure Of the Attempt to Abolish the
State Board Of Equalization.
4 Aeasuro Preventing tho Selling Of
Railroad Ticket Calming
Advocates.
Spectacle Of an Inferior Officer Order
inn Bills to Third Reading.
Unlawful Proceeding of tho
Speaker in Pushing III
Insurance ELL.
Failure of the Attempt to Abolish the
State Board Of Equalization.
A Aeasuro Preventing tho Selling Of q
Railroad Ticket Calming
Advocates.


livery INCH A MOE
Erfefdl Dspatch t1 The Ch.eaas 7ttounS.
Brnlsur1EtD, April 5.--Tho House nssomblel
this morning without q quorum, and before tho
Chaplain had fairls sald ameu about two-aozen
tnonlbors wcro OH thcig foot moving to suspcud
the ordor to talo up two-doznn several sbills on
t'iffcrou. orders. whio everybody elao was on
Lii foot trying to find ont what WIS going GU. 1u
tho midst Of the dtn, Merritt mosed to suspend
the pendiny o,der to tako up aome bill which It
waa suspected by tho Hopublicans to 10
that ropoapg tho Registry act. Thors.
upon call Of the 1Ionso WAS demanded,
wl4orcas DradwelI, who IN giftod with powerful
lurgs. morod sunponsion Of tho preceding Or
aler 10 tako up ilis bil for lilo exemption Of Wit
ncsses from prosecution 81 to matters by them
testi1lod to before tho Grand Jury touching
which tho court shall llnvo cutorod upon record
au orlcr that such witnossees {wAoso testimony
might crmuato thcmsctvoa) shail he re!caRol
from liability to prosecution on account OF tho
matters u 10 which they shall le required to
tcatify.
TRULY 1ploT1o.
Tho Speaker ordorod tic Clerk to proceed with
clio roll-ca,l not moro than haif u tluzou mau,-
bors having loasnod in the midst oe tho uaual
disorder what it waa about, the Clerk lntuseif as
Ao informed Tue TRIBUNE correspondent
hot knowing what tho cali was upon.
When the Gull Tas nLout half through
Cullom rose and asked that tho House might bo
Informed what 1t WAS voting Oil. 1Iaines, with
bis customary Rnlaytncss, replied that it was too
1ato,-tha rol-oa1 could not bo suspended after
votes had been given in RESPONSE, mud 40 the
csu WIS completed. Less than quorum voted.
Ilen can1o call Of tho House, and by drum
mlae up memboEe' and By making rc-
aponses 1or abBenteea etc.. m oxact
quorum Was figured up, when tho motion to taks
up sonase tilla IN first aud second readings waa
pnt aha carried, aud tho samo Was accordingly
ooho. eaoh bIll on second reading being or
ac1cd to third reading without vote being taken,
everybody oonHonting with lazy indifference,
neither knowing uor caring to know whot was
being done 10 furthcr 1omonu,r.to tbo +sro,,s.,
Of TIC wLo|o norrorm.neo TIM ros,u so .,a .. ons
from tho cIorks dosk bv rs uowsa.nor nsr usus e"r
respondent whio tho Clerk played ''hookoy."
TO COMPLETE r,lr r.no1
aftcr thu ftcrk hn, rosr,on, H. -.
ta t,rst .o,,,n,,o. -, ~, w pAee' =" 4oaa
p4hR, maao an endorsement upon it. Haines in
quired what hc {tho Clork) was doing.
"1'm ordering this biil to q thtfd ,est,,pp ~
vsa tho Clerks response. 'S'
"Ihata right; 60 ahead" observed Haincs,
with laugh, aud tho FARGO was continual. thn
noxt bill being takoo up aud tue clerk Aaytug.
""nou. aaeA"'o' ''ao'ea ol4 10 third reading,
- s'@seo'
RICE 1lrr1.E GAME,
Immediately Rftcr Senate bills on frat and
seeooa .eao'ne hha been takon. up, Merritt Ap-
p'e~euca eao opoaho1a oosE aAu, soto yoce,
"ssou VIAL naa oaon ooho With h1o bill. 1lainca,
soto yocs, toplled th.s 1t haa been ordered to
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