, 1879-02-18
Confession of the Committeeman that
b., They Went to scotf and
Stayed to Eat.
Interview with Col. Matthew's
Regarding the Revenue
Law.
An Out1ine Of tic Theories Of Tint Gen.
tleman On tho Subject Of Tn1-
ati0n.
Al Uneventfhl Day in the Various Leg
iglatures West and South.
ILLINOIS.
TtIR RATTLEsNAKE FARM.

lLlLINO18.
TIR RATrLEsNAKE FARM.
sptcfd. Dtsna!rh TO The Tribune.
srH1xarlELD, ILL.,, Feb. 17.-atost Of the mep-
bcrs Of The Chester Pen1tcntiary expedition re-
turned this evening. alld M extraordinary revo.
luton Of sentiment Is observable. The nseln'
bers Of the party now appear to bo willing to
vote $500,000 this year to support the Gov
crnor's pet scheme, aud open tlle door Tor tho
appropriation Of millions more Of the peoples
money hereafter. The present Committee from
the House arc jubt aa unanimous In favor Of the
Southern Pcnttcntiary scheme rs the Coinni.tcn
from the Senate were aNtnst It, There Ia
striking dissfmilar.ty OF Views upon tic subject
not easily rcconcilnbie Frum being the mpst
hoste, forb.l.lsl,g, md inaccessible place In the
world, according to the report of the stnhte
Committee, It las Bnd1onlY brcosno the must
LOVELY AND DELIGHTFUL sror
Imaginable possessed Of uvory desirable faculty
In the world, mud sttuatcd ns II tlle Almighty
lntt created the 6F0t Tor the gspcrin purpose or
having the Illinois Southern lpnitcntfary ftscdted
upon II. There is no fault to be found With 1t
bccnlisu Jake Bunn'a lands happened to be &C.
lcctcd: tile price paid for 1t WIS ruDonRly low;
the labor of the eonvfets cat, he readily utilized:
the place can be reachea by rail an!l water: md,
iii fact tin situation Is perfection Itself. So en-
thustastfc have become these supporterH of this
fresll grab at the pnrse.strings OF ihe people,
1hut 1T would require some restraint to turn
ie turrcnt to prevent the transfer Of tho Joliet
nrtenn to Chester. The question: will hereafter
tcr Is very popular tonight In spite OF what
"the d-d newspapers say," - one member cx-
presscd hin,self.
THE DRAINAGE ACT
hns been made the especial order for Thursday
night, and It Will create some del]ntr. A
IA1la1 INSURANCE. LOBBY
eecms to be gathering here to promote 1eetsla-
in fayor Of chcnp.jack. rotten home CONCERNS.
An effort will be mnae by the Chicago Libby 10
pasa IN net compelling foreign insurance conlpa-
utcs to deposit $500, ,000 additional securities bc
fore being allowed TO DO business In tile Statc.
-. TIE NON. THOMAS r. MITCHELL,
Chairman Of tho Subcommittee on Appropria-
tions appointed to look into tic ,!atl,rc Ut the
buildings required by tile Chester Penitenttary,
is among thoso who haVe returned. lie was
WMr Mitchell, what nrovour Views concerning
tho Governors rattlesnake fnrm at Chester,
about which 80 much has been satd lately. and
concernnE. which mitch more l'as been thought
than eaid3'''
~ don't think am much OF judge ot rat.
tlcsnake farms or rattlcsnAkea generally, but Ia
view Of what has been haiu by members, aud
what has been printed in the papets. l confess
that yas very much surprised to find Ro many
Investigation" ..-.
''Dot,'t you think there was q job In the loca-
tionl'
with the farmers around there, ! 1earncd Tint
lu,ld ia worth rs much or 1orc than tlle sum
patd for ths Fcnftenttarv latHl. The cntfro snn
only amounted 70 sJ,500 paid for the lanll."
1arre tract Of land IN Ii" vicinity. OF which tic
purtion sold the penitcnttary Commissioners
was only a frugment1''
VI understand that
JAKE nuEN DID OWN 4 LARaE AMOUNT or LAND
in TINT vicinity. The fact:that It was bought Of
the Commissioners sold enough wood from the
land to pay Tho purchase money" ..-,
Us IT a1 accessible point, Mr. Mitchclli"
It ts not quite IN ACCESSIBLE Us 0tjMr poIntA
reachcl by trunk lines of r1lilroad yet' thu rail-
road running from there TO tho trunk line fur.
nlshcs oil thc TRANSPORTATION necessary. THU
there is the Mississippi River, which Is impor.
the labor and shipping tho nroaucts.'
"WhAt are tls opportunities Tor tho employ.
s''r|,e labor that they ean cxpcnd on the prep.
tncMt in thr improvement OF tho Mississippi
lAver is Without limit, IND the oxpcrlence 0l
these Commissioners is, that, on tllis kind ot
work in the position Of aub-contrnctoEs, nul
having men enough to tnso a'i orlgtual CONTRACT
last Ecnson. tl.c labor Of tho conYcts Ia worth
from w to u Gets pcr day, which is nt least q
s,,,t tha..
& ,,,t.,' H. taa aae oest ua'ccs on9et! t
H., ,rst1. ',u ' se51 aavnsltast
~ III I.u T., esnt ~, ~ ts "olh. un pfouue
tie State"
~ilAF ls foun CONCLUSION GENERALLY
rs to the who'll seheme Ut the Southern Pcni
1entfaryla
VI voted fur the bill two years aCo, att.
boluye vet tllnt 1t will proye to le wjst STOP
''Don't you thuk tic Commissioners co!llt
hnye srIeetril tnnrr ttcajruhi, lnrn,inn II,
~ do mt, unless Altou could l,nyc bcer
selected. A1y imnrUssous were originally Il
favor OF TINT po!lIt."
already pafd ont thcre:'
~ thlnts tlie Commissioners hnyc n. nush II
show for talo money txpulNicd tlleru IN c0ui.
be expected. ! bullnyn It Is huncstly slishursed
The ccll-llnuse ia y purfcct lMudGl III respect t,
Light uni ventilation"
Mu. o, ii. WRIGHT, or nooNH,
f,,t]ors41 Tim fnre0o1nt- Rtutrtnnnt liz so,a
ii vent tirrc viii, sfro,,'r nrIi.s -. n,,"t,a "aa
ain f,i,.t. ison,ta,+1nsu ts.i, st, a',asl's