, 1879-02-13


strong Tuesday, an.l suggested lint, with thc
rived from tic s5ls oo0 diverted, ts canal could
be put ~ repair asld Kept III order. lie n.nin-
shtpnors, md prevent thu reductions OF
so%e ~, however, SSN t'as q i it. viii n,s!<o
n reoto ese n Tn a ,s % ,o 5sads s eaa hs
cort'orn.iont, The Company In tiltno!a trims,
port tue grain to Chfrngo, wllcrs It Is delivered
to the tnfeEn roads, wlIu rcnaY tho freight pail
II r. this state 10 the shEnncrs, thus avoiding tho
lnation.
TUE SENATE COMMITTEE on MuHIc1rAr1r1Es
listened to-day to M address BY Mr. llarrv'
!tttbcnF, tie attorney Of The l}reWGrR' nni sn-
looli-hecpcrs' Association al Cltcage, in refer
G.ien to Senator southwortlfs bill amending tho
Dram. .Shop aGt SO rs to require q gully knowl-
cage tn be sllnirn In prosecutions Tor the salo
Ut liquor to minors in oil sllch eascs wlierc the
ntnOr i over IL years uf nge.
Mr.; Rubcns contcndctf tint the law us 1t
Stands to-day works great deal Ot tnjnstlce, rs
IT Furnishes tic H,an who Vulatcl tic law simply
BECAUSE he t.issook thu arc bt n customer WHO
was apparently moro than 81 yenrs old, but in
tnct WINS few months Ut ono ycnr less old. 1lc
clnltnct! tint thu proposed amendment did NIT
change the existing Law ut oil H. b1'cn cases
whcre t!ir n,tuor was 10 years old Or less, hut
was simply Intended d, profession to law.
abng saloon..kucpers. lle further referred TO
not slnEtc .an!oon-keeper, lias ever becn n:
dIctctl In Cook County, while indictments could
cnsily bo Ind If tho Ian WAS LEGS obnoxious, al1tl
would not punish the iunoeent a. we'll ns the
guilty. For this reason t1a ctniInet tho measure
to be n temperance measure, nlNl hc asA'rctl t!,c
Committee that the Assoc!atial,s represented by
him would gladly usslst the Cittzcss' League IN
NIL prosecutions for w!llful violation, OF thu
statute. The Committee decided to recommend
the bill To second reading.
TnA HJusE COMMITTEE ON MECHANICS AND
LABOR
met thia afternoon and nErced to recommend
the appointment Of committee OF Tive 10 ElsIt
Chicago and BraIdwom, to mcct delegations
iah0r question; also the plssnEo OF Mr.. Vent
wortll's bill. providing fur the naytllcnt Of
wates fourteen dnys from the 1st Of The month
after thu account bccou,e. due; also, the pas-
snge e. Of Meeclan!ss' Lien law introduced curly
Tie lion. John N. Jcwcst, Of Chicago, is here
to-day.
senator-clcet John A, Logan arrived in
Springfield this morning.
'rhe iong-dclayei r1'Iort Of the Adju.ant-
General was presented to the General Assembly,
tl,c rcpurt having i,ccn IN thc hands Of the
Public Printer aiuce Norcmpcr,
The southwest corner OF the Representatives.
Chamber is called "'lie boar's nest,' and IL
this locality are seated 1l",kins, Crookcr, sc-
crist, Thornas, and Aso Matthews. The pro-
ptletY ol this designation is apparent.
The etats Printer vot ano,ller stlrring-up this
morning, the legislation Of tho House being de-
laycd on account OF the backward atnte OF bust
hess In TINT 0lI1ee.
THE GAME LAWS.
Special Dispdtch to TIT Tribune.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. to.-AfcmbcEs Of the
State Sportsmcn's Association hny1 been In
consultation this afternoon "nn,l evening with
members Of The Legislature relative to proposed
amendments to tlle tsll and game laws. Finally,
after labnring all the evening, series Of amend
hents wero ngrced upon Resolutions wore
atao adoptcd rectiuE that the song nl,tl gni,c
birds of tho State are being exsert'sEna,ed; that
Ctr waters nry becoming tiepupulnted Ut food
md 5amo 0ses; that tlie State of Illinois Is be-
hind other States In eucOuraginG tho nrtt.
llrial propagation Of food llsl.cs; that
tho iaterests Of al true sBuets,nen
md forn1ers are facntcal;, requesting the
cooperation ot a!f farmers mud NIL sportsnen to
ndvanee tho protection and breeding OF game
und song birds md food fishes. and asking the
Legislature TO favor such legislation as will Gu
courage tho protection Of game md the propa-
Eatlon Of fish, The meeting adjourned stne dto.