, 1876-12-19
Mr.. shorey States the Case to the Cook
County Members Of the Legis'
lature.
Tho Back Taxea md flow 10 Collect Them
...Evils OF 1ilsty Legislation.
Mr, Reed on Amendments in Criminal
3urisprudauoe--Remazka by
Mu7y Nelson.
Ip,oiuimtnt Of Csnmlttees 10 Confer With OLDER
Cemmttlees aud Submit Reports.


,.,turr aud tho Citizens Association Was hc!d
yesterday afternoon for the purpose OF talking
oycr the subject Of Legislative reforms, partlc'
1or}y III tho matter Of taxation.
Among tic gentlemen present were Senators
1ohn C. 1latncs, NJ. W. Robinson, Miles kcloe,
y. N, Dnsh, r. II. Riddle, NJ. Delaney;
representatives c. @. Easton, Firat Districts;
Sal Hopkins, j. W. E. Thomas, Joseph Z.
Smith, aecond District; +. ]. Hickey, Third Dis
.rtct: George ". Reed, E. u. Sherman, Fourth
District; NJ. J.. Dunno, john A. Roche, Peter
Ktolbassa, Fifth District; Eugene sittig, II. 0.
sexton, Sixth District; JOHN II. Kcixtc, Seventh
District; with hcssrs. D. l.. Shorcy, r. J. Crane,
i. L. ueIknap, Marshall Field, Charles II. Reed,
Murry Nclson, Thomas F. Wtthrow, md r. T.
Derlcxsun, OF the Citizcns' Associations.
Tic meeting was called to order by Mr.. 4. T.
Crane, Vice-pres.lcnt of tho Association, In the
sb,cncc Of tho President, Mr.. hurry Nelson.
atr, Crane stated Tint tho object Of the meeting
was to secure the corporation OF those present
With tbs Ctlzens' Association in certain icgls!a
tyc reforms. He then called on Mr.. shorey to
make fuller statement Of what WIS to be
uudertnken. ..,....
MH. SnonEf
thought the meeting MI important one, and sald
that u 1t was followed TIP 1t would lead to I'M
poE'aMe %',u "sS.soo , .,s,s;,., ,.as,, ~,
ihele haa pegn ot1sele ~ 1no ~ 49,,
State" said be, Ills pretty well settled, and has
worked with tolerable accuracy, 30 TINT the
1cyruucs have ordinarily been collected over tho
State with certainty and efficiency. Thcqucstions
WNyh will come bcfore our Representatives utld
senators arc such questions In relation to tho
revenue rs perhaps will not excite the attention
nj Icr5slOfurs generally IN other words, the
wanted To take the city Of Chicago out OF Its
ycry serious emLnrrassrnonts. Ofcoursc II that
matter Ia nrooerlv i,ro,,p]lt To the intention OF
ma'ss, ,D. pps5 sua snra,nrs IN ~
the osheF hepFee.".ut'ses a''u acnatp,S IA oll.
fercnt sections OK the state' tncy VIII sec a.
o1cc TINT there is no occasion for collision be-
tween their Representatives md ours; that
,..,or INV Ro,,rdeonto ottroa anil ennntora in.
eide to do under the counsel OF our citizens, to
relieve US from our cInllaffassInents, WILL bo
entirely consistent with tho interests
Of ths rest Of tho State, I say tlrts
sysrvhn1iv ~ +hnt liz Tcnrcsrntaftvcs III iii
motInnn3tnn ntirs t5ni1 ttp,n.civr. In t,cntsjn.
turS tfc objects Of suspicion to certain extent.
Thcrr IL a curtain fejinr nf rivalry md lrni
a;cr nusy ~' IL forys hvs ennscr' and n1esctad a
.nn,rn n hn !. mottnr thut wi,f rni In Il, thn
the way. or mi not cYritc t;u riyatry aid Icai-
sn,v ~ Observation-Disclosures rrn,u tst.cr se"tta1s "f
ths ,nnIn eonceru otf,or sections ot ti,S State
tint thnv and MIR Rnnrrsnntatiyrs. actfnr In
III rrcert thrnuRh tia gntiru session, anti G,v
inn ti,rir n,jn,is to ti1osn isnuortamt matters.
sitizcns IN CItar, viii la nl,i 4, ar.onntsl, &
ia jns,rcd res"fts t,,;n1t ~ si,aii nj amrn@
ihst iy far the most imnortant ti,tng prcssine
apon 4 ihe "a attention Of Tie Lurslaturo s. durins
ion W. SS1s s,n ,sortv ,S is III yas{ aHnnt
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