, 1877-02-14
DISTINGUISHED. VISITORS.
Several Legislative Committees
Looking After State
Matters.
An Official inspection of tho Chi
cago Eye and Ear In-
Urinary.
They Arc Shown Some or the
Lions OF the Town.

The Legislative Committees which arrived In tho
city Monday evening, having rac,t 10 t1,eir duttcs
proceeded yesterday 10 attend 10 thR buences
which brought them here. The membership OF Tho
three romn'tttcea was na folowa:
Stnate Ca,nmittte m Safe Gaafitab md Education.
;oa.oa Ppsts ne6sf is1'oa fsis
ior Maj barne, lsotison. lsidde. Davis md tanll-
i:nw tn..'n'..e eta,. 1n,tItut!cn. MI shel!.
ksxsr, Isecd. Motrlr. berry. Morrison ct ch'l'ap.
,Ss% caS,.tss On Jasc G. g,,,,
;slHn lI.!l!.Isr Williams. scess!, jssk Wright,
These Committees ha.e between them visited tho
Enrnlal School and the soldscss' Orphans Homo at
Normal and tho 1n4nnc AAylun nt jacksonville.
Their ubjcct in Chicago Nas to visit tho Eye and
Ear 1nfrfnAry.
The Committees all met In joint session In par,os
~ Gfand racldc yesterday morning. with Senator
Jones lu tue chair, to consider arrangements.
The programme adopted was carried out noted be-
low. After tho ctose OF the meeting. The party
svcrs packed into funr omntburcs anA taken to the
Eye ard Ear lnurnlary OH tsc curner at Adams and
Peoria streets. lieru they spent nboMt an lonr IN
p!.!iise% ihe need. q sSa institution, + t1e
ss:aca ss, IL ne, ,ssf tSy"s for s sssrent
expenses, 81. o1o for Improvements md repairs,
s:.ooo fur furniture. sn!I 81. Ds5 for new boiler.
Guiiai. r. soom wa1, lie Doctor sut greatly needed.
tnasu,ueh ns ths butler was ut present n the asc.
~ he sea ms
which canle up Into tho building Tie outside
pnticnts at present arc nbpnt sixty iii number aud
sniaii. Thu removal Of The boiler to .rForpr
building would gtvs much needed additional room,
asns md n d axs sSaS IL
ios pfopor operatIng room, which The Institution
lacked now: II appeared that there were dfty nine
sun, Powell. Holmes. ilutx, Dnnforth, AMI JONES,
whS asis tsr'ses t :or, q, ,
Conm!ttes, atet iaey had 1sis the inuFnafy, it va.
FAVORED TIE GRANTING
Of tho money asked for, ai,a must Of. them added
that they considered tho Institution one Of to bert
aanased and mort worthy in tI!s State; There I.
s;,2 900, and tho regret that VIII tear Ills BOSOM
when ho does set It viii bu that he didn't ask for
Atter1eavtng the 1narn,ary tho party drove to tho
Fire insurance Patroi headquarters On Frankl.
street. where they were shown thu wnrktnx Of the
With wch tho n,cf, answered au alarm nnd came
on lhe street fully c4utppca In eight seconds WIS
Tae iarty next made d forsy on the Doarl OF
Trade. aud marched lnto the hall n pr'ce4slaa,
healed by senaior Robinson md Representative
ZONE ot II. party laI bcen Introduced 10 ilesiient
Llnc"ln, they wandered about - thcJ cho.r. A.
ss ss aS ts IT, sta Hsy y, nns to tho
4 ilttte ufser O'Clock tho suush.lar!: Commits
aieners made it known that carriages In rcahi
at tae parEa Abont twenty .iiss of ta sItor. RI.
sponded. the others prefesrtng to attend T. thctr
tlc South Park co.nnitsslou Tho cnyalcuds made
lts wny to the Douglas mounn,snt sltc. Which tue
e IN hs and as
selves hot BY climbing up to get nlsht Ut The u!3
telescope, and In looking over the building gensr-
Having again embarked IN. tho carriages. the
leelsls1r. we're driven aronud through tis park:
~ f pns tans
.n I'D cs o ws
OIL fcr l1n,tcr tAeso untp!eious citcunisancss
uoy. Iicser!dgu assumed the chair. and ths Sen-
possession Ut knlyea and iofks a. naturally ~ POS.
s1hle. After season Ut dErappearnnees, Involving
ss.as ;5s, ss; sSs s tssf q IL Z s, " ] Sssf
rcascs 4 Dcnianlin. proprictors Ut ths Agd Park
1iouse e.. . thS'r m mseHrtssy: H. then eas.l %
tee Fafioua other short speeches were made W
sssr, wl;!ans sla%ay: Mss nHa ~ shssmsn. y ,n
DOUGLAS MuNcMEET,
which tho porty had setn 9nd thought II disgrace
to tbs fnse that 1t Anould remain In lts present
s join viii him IN i spsiar an an app.cprasSn 10 rn'h
the monument: whether In it1 present place OF
some other. liz cioscd by proposing the memory
houors.
After .ome further de:.nlto.y sable; ;chat, tAe
ess s.sss SSs sa. .o' a
happy speech from tnat Rentlcmnn. Tho party
then returned to tue city In sich order ~ was con-
Tnk TRIBUNE Fepnrter undertook 10 ascertain
the Idea Of the members nb'ut tho various propo.
asss u aa ,o Il
! q Willingness to v1te a sum for thHt purp0Es. II