, 1877-04-10
The Bill Abo1ishing the Rail-
road Commission Ex-
posed and Throt-
tied.
Mr.. kehoe lnteIects d Bill to
Reorganize the Cook
County Board.

ILLINOIS,
MORE or MN. EkliNE's TtcTfCs.
Eatrfxzt [astx,tck 4, IL I.tLuA.

Special Dtspateh to he 7ttb.ne
srR1SoFIE'1', III, Apti! o.-lu the Bcna:o
this morning Mr. Kctoc introduced !, lill nro-
wiling for tho reorganization af tic f,oar.i Of
Commissioners Of Cook County. 1t provides
for throwing Couk County into single district,
and for tho election OF tho entire Board o,l
tho cumul&tiye-yotinE, n!uurIty-reprrscntatfo
plan.
Mr. Kcl.oe said this was precisely tho bill
which hal been agreed upon at caucus Of tho
Cook County delegation, Of which ,ft. EolEt,.
son was Chafrnatt. But tho Robinson l,|lt had
not been amended or ayrccl upun. lie thcre-
fore introduced this bill anl morcl It's reference
To tho Committee On Municipalities (of which
he, Kchoe, ts ChaErtnan)
afr. Riddle moved to refer 10 tho Committee
on Towne ani Township Organization, which
was tho COMMITTEES u Which, In tho regular
order Of business, 1t should go. It was
4 LITTLE REMARKABLE
to him 1atddlc) that tho moYes Of tho bill lad
waited until this very late day to discover that
tho Robinson bill did not provide for minority
representation, nor for tho election Of tho
entire DourI as ono ticket. The scnntor iron,
Cook (Koloe) knew that tho Taxpayers Of
Cook County were agreed upon this bill, anil
would bc satisfied with It. They dbl not want
uny hill introduced lIow 10 KIT! the Robinson,
bill, which w.s .,uw on third reading.
MF. Baai' sasd tho Cook County delegation
AGREED TO SUPPORT THE ROBINSON u,1t,
and nt tic meeting upon lhat slll,ieCt hut q
etngiq member pf the Cook County delegation
IKcarncy] had objected to tlo bill IN tho forn,
II which it was now o., THRU reading. As for
thu pllmper,,psan of voting, any man could scs
II Would cna!ilr the wor"t classes by coinhIniug
to elect members OF tho BoaHl.
Sr. ualncs said thu. q: q n,ccting Of tho Cook
aided. the changes proposed In thu btl nor ID
tsoduecd lad been aertcd upon. Hc ttfaiucs)
WANTED THAT AGHsEaksr cAHklzp OUT.
sfr. Robinson, Of 'TazeHc1I, suggested thAt It
send it to tAc Htnmittcc Of lI!s own selection.
Aftcrwarl 1t would hc seut to the proper cum
mlttce u desired.
1'hu b'l was tl4cn referred to tho COMMITTEES
on Municipalities.
1MK PENNSYLVANIA rLas.
BIT. tast!e's resolution, proposing on ameud-
!ncHt u tho Constitution providing for tho
lennsyl'anta aystcm Of revenue, %as retcrreu
tu the Judiciary COMMITTEE.
THE sTATE.liuusE COMMISSION,
Mr. J.'nrs' select ConIHltteo on the new
state-llollsc. since Inz TAnuxE's reminder su
thcln tlat It was about time they wero hcaru
tue fact that there Is III earthly reason fur cot-
tlnuIng the Boanl Ut 6tatc-I1ouec Commission.
crs unless 1t bo 10 enable the Commissioners,
mud &rcllitecta, aud sMperintr,N1ents, rte, to 70
construction Ut tic new Stutc- liouse-tn ali IL
footS UP ~, 00u-has, with tho exception of
few Thousand duiiars perhaps, Leeu exhausted.
No further expenditure can be male Until Ill
appropriation 10 n,ale aud ratified By popular
vote 1t The next general clcttlur. Now thc,e Is
nothing for thu Stutu- liuusc Commission To do
but to Eo nl.esd casg'nx ~ their s!arlrs, to 10
I,a:i out OF the appropriation 81 made. Waking
knowledge that II woulll l'c
WELL To HAVE skTrLEMENTO or ACCOUNTS
Elts tho present. Statc-l!unto Commissioners
t"r tue .ntl!9ns expended by them, NJ: Joncs'
lyn's bill pto,1d!!E fur tlse abolition of ttlA ST.
pcrdAous Btatc-llonse Hoara, alsu tic Gtil w.as
ordered 10 q second rra.liaE.
HolDlEHs' oHtIfASs.
Nr. Josl}n Introduced q resolution instructinE
thu Committee OH statc Charities tu Inquire
tntu ths propsIcty Of abo!shtng tho sulu,ct.'
orp!!ana' aoti,e. 81. JusI,m cr:lently u ul.4cr
sh!s stllss aru mainly fullroUn men and wosnc,;.
sba to tAEo for t4elnsGlyta. Ill1 resolution
wss laid ovcr untier tie rules,
TAXATION or CAPITAL STOCK.
Tie AFTERNOON sussi,,n WA Occupied III q t1is-
clssion uf an amendment To tlIe tienesal lleye-
nue. bll, usosidtus fus tlla taxation Ut rapliat
stock: The amendment, which was offered w
AZ. Wh!tsng, !nsospo' ated Tho Present law IN
Whiting tnadc III. elaborate specrh, in which ho
advocated the taxatIon Of all capital stock which
has marketable value, though held by ainglu
luult1uual. subsequently uuE1nI tlt uE0atE,
Alr. JOslfh elaborated tho saMu doctrine, citing,
for illustration. tho casc OF the Chicago papers.
Tuk TRIBUNE, hu aal.i, WAS worth
4 MlLtlON puLLAhs.
1ts tangible property might DO $40,o 600. What
reasun was Tiers why THE TRIBUNE should ilUt
bc taxed Ut its yalnci The IYM<s was worth,
say, $10t,u0, It's tangible property might be,
Asy, S40UO Willis TUE Tribune was taxed
324O U00 Oh tts capital stock, the Iyn<s was taxed
nottIug. Both ought to bs taxed. That both
were not taxed was no reason why The torpota-
t!ons taxed under tue psescat Law should bo e1-
Mr. Marshall said the way to equallxo 1t In the
case put w&a not to reduce the assessment upou
The TA!RrNK. but to
lNCaHAsA THAT ON Tux "1lAks."
The true Fulu NILS that the pToperty should 10
at Its true value. That would f4Irly
asseaS both properties.
Mr.. Aiayb0urnu offered substitute providing
foF the taxation Of the fraachlses Of III comp1-
4lss aud associations Incorporated under tho
aws u tlle STATE.
Mr. Mcclellan urged that tho newspaper illus.
EEation MAS nnforlupate. Thu Faiue VI nex&-
paper depended upon
TIE ukAias or ITS CONDUCTOR,
Ind Il ought mot to he taxed upon bruins.
Mr. Mcclellan also argued that the proposed
amendment was oppressive upon mxnutar&ur-'
Ing cutlp2nics.
Mr. Hanua made the strongest argument
ssaiust the bill, Ia which ho polluted Que the tn-
|u1tlce tleru was In allowing 4 mAaufart1rer
With i large aud profitable business to bo taxed
only Oh his tauglole property; but four men
Iook Tue SAM business, aud for cqnYenieuco
arg a1i1ed as coinpauy. then they Wc1e taxed
au TUG tangible property, aud, besides. IN tho