, 1879-02-07

Mr. Moffett introduced bill reducing the snl-
aries Of Judges OF the Supreme Court to $1,000.
Senator Hamilton introduced u bill prurttltrV
!t,at eonyEets iron, IFoqnots, Ford. Mclean, Mclean,
sun, and al counties north, shall he sent TO tio
Joliet penltcnttary, and from all counties south
to the Southern rcnttentiaFy Al Chester.
ROUSE.
On tie opening Of the session Of the House this
morning The Speaker announced, as additional
scntatLrcs Meyer nnsa Ftelc.
Leave of abscnco for tl'c week Mas granted
The 1'cn!tcntEary Committee to visit the Joliet
X number Of committee reports wcrc present.
ell by tho respective Chatrmen. ..
Among the bills fcnorted back faTorahy was
ono by ~. Aiuk. Of Montgomery, regulating
Mso ,ho sane.s nd nsns nai
standing, of business men in. this State, to
mercantile AGENCIES, shall first flo bond In Tie
County Clerks Office, binding them
to pay },s1 s damages tat any persSn
's os s! reports 1fssa Tsts repset. or .'s "'s:
gucntfy mntio ly irresponsible persons, and
often, through malice or caEeleskncss They ruin
business mans standing. II tl,c blu becomes
camille reporting out Of the hn,n!s Of irrcsrnn-
tihtu pcrsJns who abuse their privileges. The
judiciary Committee atronE1y favor the bill.
THE MILITIA.
communication was received from Al H.
Gen. llil1ara, IN response to = rcqncst by s!r;
been mallc 10 tho Governor, As required ey Inv;
that 1t was placed In the. hAntis Ut tho state
Printer on Dee ~, 1873; That = porlton .! y
had bccn printed, atd the proof corrected, but
reason tor t!.c delay cnnfd better b circn b.
tho State Printers expert, who was entirely
familiar With tho eauscr.
The Committee OIL Military Affairs reported
t1S,fn Nr F{f
fDKton. concerning tho necessity for the exist
ancc Of the militia: which report, signed by F.
D. Sherman uni others, WAS forwarded md pub
llshcd in full yesterday in THE TninuNE-
THE COMMITTEE on r1ISrlSa
held ivc hours' session yesterday. All The State
three practical printcrs wofc present. md were
examined by d. W. Clark, Chairman t,croggs.
snigE, Murray md others. The facts devotopcd
wcrc to prove the erroneous character Of tho
work, nn,l went to show that there is room to
dcfraud The Stato II an alliance should be formed
between printing contractors, printers expert,
and the paper custodian, j: II. liberty, OF
tion Of valuable character. The printing under
the old eystcm cost S1t9, ,0n; The printing under
.le nex system costs $4,000. The printing
.. Under tue "eW s,.! systcm was poor IN workman
ization. etc. Ono 81 tiio Witnesses
examined In regard to tlle ru1a Of capfeatizthg
satl the rule varied in different Offices. lie
tho rule In that office Was to only capitalize TWO
namcs,-storcy ntd God. Tho present system
of prices Ia too low, ntMi compels the contractor
toemploy "b1ackalniths' nnt( boys, to the dettt
Murray will offer resolution at tho next meet.
ing recommending the appropriation Of &e0, ,0U
10 fit up book and job nllicc md bulcry ID
the State Capitol, and invoice the Office to the
A$N S$f IL all
practical "orkmcn to compete far contr7lcts,
without capital.
CAPTURING wonKMEN's WAGES
After somewhat nrotractcti debate Oh the
bill relating TO garnsshn1c1t, which WAS up for
consideration yesterday. the amount Of wages
the bill was ordered TO bc presented ati ordered
to scct,Nd reading. MI. Sexton, Of Cook, steug-
Eied to make the exemption .$l00. but iint!!nR
Tint sMeh ao amendment would result IN killing
tllc bill hc accepted whnt nc could Ect. The
u1escnt exemption Is e1si,
pAudAas GRAuBING
Tho following measures were introduced by
Mr. Harrington totlng, presented by Chicago
hotcl.kecrors:
An Act 10 eAtahlEel, liens upon property In favor
10 provide Tor the saio Of snch propcrsy: "
Hxt:rns !. III It enacted by the people u the
sns Of ino @ II tho nsnst1 A.
kerpcrs sla1t have lien upon, and may nike,
seize. and hold the baggage md other yalnablea
e"ardcrs 5eiug In sacn hotel. ia,,, Or eosrdIng.
house. ind tho baggage and other valnabcB and
property In the possession or caro- Of and brought
by such Rncsls, customers, or bOarserB Into such
"es s', d ihe tseteoi. ior iii adssess W. Il
such guests, customers. or Ioatie;s Tor thcF &C. &C.
cpnnodattons. boarding, and lodging, and for tho
value Of such cztras and other things a. arc fur
SEr. O. That Whenever m, hotcl, inn, or hoard