, 1879-04-10
mil 6ro,apparatus for Tho blind Asylum Mt
T,eksonyilIc, md throw out tho appropriation
ior an cxtra building.
TIE CANAL,
soMB Abuses POINTED OuT.

for an cxtra baluEb.
TIE CANAL.
soMB ABUSES POINTED Our.
To The Editor ot 1ha Tribune.
N.cuusA, ILL.,, April 8-page 18o of tho
pcvi,e,l Bsetutes, paragraph s, fcuds ~ fol-
inw.. "Each Of said Cnnai Commissioners
sIall ,ecciyo Is a dny for each uny employed In
thc discharge Of the duties Of his ofllce." And
m nare Of tic stato Auditors rcpost you
vii see TINT the Canal Commissioners have
charged for the 8o5 days Of each and every year.
And paeo g01 Of tho Revised Statutes, para
rraph aDl, says: "Whooyor dsturts tho pence
oud sood order Of society by labor {works OF
NECESSITY and CHARITY exceptc0) or BY any atnusc-
rnrnt OF diversion Oh Sunday, shall bc fnel
not o1cce.llng s25." Now would Hike to ask
OF you II II Is right for tho Stats to compel her
Caual Commissioners to work on tc Sabbath
dnY, md ut tho name t!mo make them 1labio TO
fins Of e25 for each and ovcry time they work
unnecessarily on tho Sabbath You will per-
1aps say they do not work on Sunday, but how
eap they help working on tho Sa,bat'l day whom
they charge for the B65 days OK the ycar1
Again, II you will look over tho report Of The
Canaa Commissioners, you Will scc they taRo
from the Canal Fund their railroad faro atla
ho,cl expenses without the shadow Of Inv Tor
the same. And 1t has been intimntcd they Fado
on the rhilroads On FREQ passes. anu nt Lie sans
time charge their railroad fare to tho Canal
Fund ns legitimate expense. And 1T lcast otie
Of the Canal Commissioners las been 5raxcn, a;..
faced enough to tnkc 1t ns M it,stlt hnu sHm tr,
Ills temper when his nctghbors 1ilvo nsReu 'l..a III
how II il that be can edit newspaper anu ~
ccye SALARY Of $1,000 ycar from the etoeh 4;
holders, ant In tlc Discharge u tic aHaes s,na H..
sal ettorshlp hc sEcs a. tin,n ISnss ca woyt lis
flnys al tle wear for the State ns Canat Golll,
missioner, 1t il claimed by ono Of the Canai
Commissioners TINT lio las tile sa1ne
RIGHT TO INCLUDE BuNpArs
I, b,s rcnort that tile members Of the LcEtsla-
t,,ra have to include Sundays when they draw
thrfr INV from tlle State Treasury. Tile consti-
tuition of thu State says the nombsrs OF t!io
Legislature anl1 receive ", Pc. nny as "ua 's
cn,ployed, rs ttucR the 3aw fixing the conipcnsa-
i!on Il Canal COMMISSIONER. II the Canal
Commissioners wcrn to ho paid ut the rate oi
az per DAY for every day Of the year. Hundnys
tnci,uled why wern not The oflccs Inade anlnr'ed
jnsIcad III pcr diema Every i'lan ID tic st9te
knows that the water IN tho canal Ia frozen solid
At least onc-thirl Of tlle ycar. ant eyerr one
tnnws that during tint ttnlo theru Ia no nay'gn-
iion m tho cnutAl, md nothnE, comparatively
spcaking,. for. the Canal Commissioners TO a., do
us regards the canal; but. nevertheless, tl'ey
Charge for The 35 days OF the year at the rate
ri Al day for their valuable services, and tho
enuc Ia paii out ut the State Trcnsury ,irtl their
l,utrI.bi!Is and raroau-faru they talic from tue
Canal Fund without authority oi low Tor ule
Xud wilt you plcaso Inform the readers Of
TuE TR,nHNE why II fs the Commissioners re-
eeiyc their per diem from the state Treasury
and t}plr other expenses from the Canal Funa
hratn. could not our legislators Wttli tlc sathG
nrol,ricty cliargo their hotolls md other ox-
pcuscs to tho State during the Hcssion ol the
LEGISLATURE, a,u would there not u M as 1ua cl1
Commissioners 10 chargc thcir expenses to ,hc
Canal Fund.-
AYoEI1, or TIE PULLMAN pALAcr.oAH coM.
rANY.
Is now doing service 10 ting stato for npproprt'
ntilg to hts own use mud benefit other 1Ioplc'a
money without tlleis consent. And will you
plcass tell your readers why our Stntc officers
wl1o appropriate to thtts own use tue rcoplo'A
money without thelr consent anh without uie
thc fato Of Angclla II Pat takes u lew dollars
from tits neellbor without lss CONSENT, f!e Is ar
raigued forthwith md tried for tho crime, md
. term oi ycars. But Il your Aligh;;.oncd poIitl
Wv q thu Canal Fund.- da,'a., HIl t"k:s y,
thsrsio hatrss q icr ao,rn eonaaat o,
without tho shallow Of law fos tllu aet. 10 II
apparently respected By the people Of tlia sta!t
whom ho hNs robbed, md frequently moves II
what Is called The best society, nn.l Is pettcd b,
people Of Tic stato who liyo remote from III
sana Should ba indlsposod to 1ako approi'ra
tt,n5 for thu improvement VI tle cAilal ltl'
competent mil dishonest Commissioners II ii
unlawful mnnnurl And have thu Canal Com
Hisstonors been selected from aHioag tl!e seictl
edge Of inland water navigation, man who tav
shown tint they havo the capaetty 70 n'allatt..
their own pirate business fn an Intelligent a,'
successful maunort Or haye they bce:l se!cetc
ticians like themselves into political rowcr1 A
!east one Of the Canal Commissioners Inns
NEvER aIowN SUFFICIENT ABILITY TO MANAd
Ills OWN PRIVATE APFAlNs
in n successful manner, mud the oMlv qua'iaca
tlon hc las for the otlico Of Canal Cumn'isslonc
Ia that h0 ID the edtur ol very treakfN news u
per, and uaes that raper to keep ~ polite;
power men as Incompetent as h!lnsclf; Hut,
concentrated owl wlk<lo.n, touoiy distilled IN
missioner, md tl,at Ia the only qualification II
quretl, at lcast ono Ut the Commissioners ca
Ill tho bill to ''cs,usm," and ca1, got u certit
cate Of the entire community tn which ha i've
that he posscstes that trait Of character 70 pc
fecton. And Is II not tllis class OF 1ca!l-hc
ns,d Parasites TINT Is dragging down the Ropul
lean party from te hlg, poait!on that s !; 9nt NJ
tho peop!o Of the 6tase uf lllInols hold the X.
publican party responsible Tor tlu nets OF liz
etata otIlccra who hAyc been elected Or al
pointed to otlee aS Nepub;cans by tnu Kepu 1n
he nlorcctlasy, dishonest, and Incompetent nl
arc unworthy iu every selfu Of the word, to o
cupJ tllrtr present 0tllctul pOsisto!ht
Nov, It t1iu Republican partY Will not r!a
aclt Of these polltlcnl lecchcs, will not dIsoW
their acts aul me!e out to them tho punialncI
they 50 richly deserve, 1t ought to be releEust
t. oblivion, Is 1t certainly will be uticsa
takes
IMMEDIATE BTEF5
toputlfy itsclf, mud hereafter elect nt.l appo!
only men Of Intelligence, capacity, usnl honor
0ll tho ulsiclal positions In thu State. Tl,erc
manly Republicans In tho 6tato OF Illinois
daY who aro becoming terribly desperate, II,
nre acter,nlned not to wear the Republican yo
much longer II the Yrakt corrupt, u,l d1shant
men Of tic pnrty aro the only ones to 9e Elae
N Official Positions, and thereby brlng them 4
ri great mass Of tho Republican party) tuto dlal
pute by tho acts OF tlusu who llaye tiu lio.