, 1879-05-24
corporation Of cities and villaRes. The bill was
hays heretofore appeared In theso dispatches.

corporation Of cities and villages, The bill was
introduced BY Wentworth, md the provisions
havs heretofore appeared In theso dtspatchcs.
TuR DANKkns' LtTrLK JOKER
Senate Dill 27l. regarding pawnhrokers, was
panv enesaed il tie busacs. 81 teeeiving prop
csty In pledge or securitv for money or othef
thing advanced to the pawnes or pledRsr: shall
be held to be q pawnbroktr: that 1t shall &c un-
greater benefit or percentage npon money nd
Yances, and for tho usa and foFbcarnnca there
Of, than the rate Of per cent per month"; pro-
yiaou TINT nothing herein shall Ge construed 80
usury; tiiat every pawnbroker who shall be
found Rl,tY Of violation Of thu proslsiona OF
this net shatl for ttc first oltcnso DO inesl In
sum ndt leas than $20 nor more than $l00, aud
nor r,ors than 500, nr imprisonment in Tic
County Jail not exceeding thirty t1ars. either nr
both III the discretion ot the Court, provided.
tt.at this net shall not be 60 construed as 10
In anywisc impair the power of cittca or ytllaaes
III this State to license. tnx, regulate, tupprcss,
md md prohibit paTnbrokers' as no" pfoS'dea pS
THE DOUGLAS MONUMENT
Appropriation bill, nppropriatng $4,000, Wa
ordered to a third reading. si'nilar nlcasuro
Siiiea IL 'hnt t hoy i 'f Todsy tts consideration
awakened some discussion.
McCtrIIan opposel 'naklng any appropriation
In tic direction on the ground tint w!len TIC
last una was made protnlso was Et7on BY thoss
having tile monument In charue that It would
be thu last, ntd now they returned !or m addl'
tional sum, Is they would do TING and again..
Caioo favored mud reviewed the reasons for
asking for sush appropriations now. H., s.... t.,
Daeh thought that tho pride Of the State 10
Que Of her nub1cst eons should prompt tic citt-
gems to u,ake any needed appropriation.
Ritdlc paid happy culogy TO the tnamory OF
Douglas, nnd strongly favored ths bll.
FINAL pUsINRss
The work Of the Senate was greatly advanced
during the last hour by carrying forward to
second reading many bills.
Fuller obtained 1caye to call up House Bill
1o0, amending tho act concerning voluntary as
signments, which wns ordered cngrosseI Tor q
third reading, and tile Senate adjourned.
Business in the House this morning WAS be-
gun BY passing Senate Bill as555, for an act to
amend Sec. II Of al net to regulate public
warehouses aud warehousing, aud the fn-
specsion OF grain. and to give effect to Art. u
OF the Constitution OF the State. This bill
provides tor System OF the State inspection Of
grain tu warehouses OF Ciasscs IA" md " D. u
under the direction Of the Railroad alld Ware
house Commissioners. This law merely ex-
| tends tho present law to small cities.
JOLIET.
House Bill g04, approprattnE $50, 900 for the
| ordinary expenses Of tic Joliet Pentcntlnry,
! which was made the special order for this
| morning, was taken up anu passed without
opposition, By vote Of III to ~.
THE NOTORIOUS DEFICIT
| Senate Bill 140, known aa the Joliet Prison
| S50,oo0 Deficiency bill. made tile special order
| for 10 O'Clock to-dny, wns takeu up and passed.
This bill has created mitch disturbance, aud has
been recommittcd several times to the Com
mIttee. The price Of the gas.machnct an item
In the BILL WIS struck out, anl It passcd
u amended. The Prison Commissioners
/ will now pay the owner Of tho machine 50 pei
| tllousa,ll for tho gas tint has been consumed
a,,d which ia TO be consumed iu the prison,
which, they claim. will pay him large interest
Oh bis Investment, and will be more expensive
to tile state than II would haye bgeu bgeu
to purchase the maehine outright. fhc
Democracy generally voted agninst tho bill
Tie vote stood yeas 81, nays 30, and the sneakcs
declared 1t carried. lsusslel, Of LIE, a!oss to
polnt Of order, which was that this btll was .
Deficiency bill under aec. IS Of Art. Of ths
Constitution Of tho State, and that, therefore, ii
required constitutional majority Of l03 yotcs
| to pasR It. While proceeding to argue this
po!ut, Granger arose to address ille Chair
Claiming TINT there was NO question pending be
fore the House, ulld llat, therefore, Trutdel
was out OF order. The Clair was inclined tt
hear tic argument.
Wentworth scnt tho point Of order to th
Clerks dusk IN writing, mud insisted that tlla.
should be l,enrd.
SHERMAN, Shaw, and others Insisted that til
1ninurity side Of tho House l4ad no right to pre-
sent such an assue, mud tlat such action was Gu
Ut order,
Huntington insisted that tile Chair shon!t
mnku decision on this question, and thai. II !
was against them, they
SHOULD PRESENT PROTEST
to the House.
Wentworth said the Chair had declared III
bill tarTlcu, mt 1t Wns from That uec9iou till
it,ey desired to appeal to the House.
Shaw. said. as parliamentary question:. n
| point Of order ever Ens or ever could DO raises
IN lcclsi9i, OF the Char. This was consl
tutoHnl question. mil he maintained that tn
| minority altle Of The House nd no right even 4
appeal from, the decision OF The Chalr.. Thi
| flleasure had been declared passed. and It wa
now a law or It was not d lu~, and that aucstto
was u judicial one. anl not parliamentary ont
nl,u could only bo settled in q court
Wentworth clnimed Tint tic Speaker Was OIL
% ta se'sa%, Az Of IT. the s,,d dho1,s. 49, G .o.1 hs d. q,
rulfuss. The uensral Assetubly was not th
obcdteat servant Of the Speaker, mud under III
control. liz WIS surpElsc1 that It sl9ultl
maintained that the dccision of the speakt
llousc.
Before this parliamentary question was dl!
entanRicd q message was received from I'll
Senate, which proved to be- thu Militia btl! vii
the senale amendments. These amendment
will he concurrcd Ia by The House, ail tic bi
will bs sent TO tho Governor at o1lce.
Mitchell made the polnt uMt, u the posftio
! of tie minority aide. Of the House waa co
rcct aa appeal could. be taken from tn
J decision of tbs Chair OFT ah
bill that passed tho House tiAt received
votes, ,anl II majority ot. tho House on all q
, peal from tho decision Of the ChaIr, decide
: ulut tjs Chais was wsong, that
WOULD atyB THE PowER TO THE MINORITY
, OF tho House to undo what majority ha
donc.
, bIbbeo declare1 that this was question of lay
.. . and that no appeal could bu taken froIn the
! | ciB!on OF thu Chair.
q This Chair decided thnt The gentlemen In IL
minority had the right to aupca from the u
cislon Ut this Csnir, but l,o expected those VT
voted for thu bill to stand BY tho decision Of Il
Chair.
q T5uslcll then proceeded to make Length
{ argument to thu lIouso, to prayu that this b