, 1879-01-15
Heavy Taxes Levied Upon the
Whisky Gang Of Pekin
and Peoria.
Egypt Orders His rrivntcS In tho
Rear Ranks to Report Every
Ten Minutes.
Little Tooley-Street Mass Meetings "
Now Grinding Out Resolutions
Everywhere.
SPRINGFIELD.
Ltt0AN WEAkESs.

LtIUAN WEAKENs.
Hatcta! ntsuateA q 7as Tribune.
SrnlNur1ELp, Ill, Jan. 14.-TuE Tn1DuNE's
prediction last Saturday naorning-tla. tho
Logan caucus called for tonight would not
tako rlacc-.has boon fully verified. It waH
foreshalowed in thcso dispatches that Tho
calling Of 1t was boomerang which would
inilics far moro punshment on tho thrower
than on tho game which ho intended to
cripple. and the prophecy has boen carried
out to tho letter. The only aquealing which
was heard emnnatod from tile headquarters
Of the Logan gaug, and to the disiuteroHtcd
looker-on the spectacle WINS q pitiablo one,
for tho rcnson that tho strikors and
fuglemon, hoalod by Long Jones, had for
nearly a woek boon singing peans to the aI-
proach,ug victory.
This morning tho managers OF tho Indian
Chief Waited 1bth Houses in force. aud itn-
pressed on tEo minds Of their followers that
tho ti1no had como whan rotrcat must bo
sounded.
THEY HAD GONE TOO FAN,
tho enemy Ind maascd their forces, and the
prospect was that dank-move1neut would
be attemptod which would double them up
like tho buckled roofs Of the old Chicago
Court Honse. Tho rank and file Of tho Lo-
ganite ar'ny obodIently acqniesced.
4 caucus Of the Republican souators WIS
hold In tho room OF tho Lteutouant.G Governor
Immediately after adjournment. Kuykondall
took the chair, and explained that tho call
for tho CAUCUS this evening had occasioned
no much dissatisfaction, aud was 80 decided
departure from ail procodents, thas It WA
doomed advisable 10 lavo IL postponed
until dato TINT would be satisfactory to
all tho parties in intorest, and thus allay
any ill-feoling TINT bud exiated or might
spring ur.
Senator Mum, OF Will County, offered a
| resolution providing for committee Of five,
Of which tho Chatr should DO ono, to
meet a similar committee from tho
IIouse to consider tho subject in all lis boar.
ings aud tix tho timo.
Senator Mcclellan. Of 10 Davioss County,
favored tho motion. 1io wautcd tho Isapub.
date without any outside pressure.
seuator Bash, Of Cook, spoke in tho same
strain.
I
senasor l''oo'e, OF oook' was not feaoy %
vote On tic question: anu wanted more ta1no
lin TACT, all tho time Ao could got.
After little further debatc' the resolution
waa carried, auu the caucus appointed ~ th'
senato COMMITTEES Senators Kuyiondall
Mum, Fosdick. Dement,, aud Mcclellan.
TUE LouAs cAuops 4As nhEa toStroSho
ahtA fflaay next, ano tn's II LILO way IL a.
caiile about.
Until yastesday the trombone crowd hav
been very confident OF SUCCESS, aud have in
sisted that there would ba no postponeuien
OF the caucus called 70 mees thls evohlng'
Last night after tho return OF tho non.
L. MORRISON from Jacksonville. at ABOUT
O'Clock, 1t botan TO cfoep through the's nal
that tlore was an uadesourFont OF sontlinen
at work antagon1auo TO Logan "h'ch gFe'
and grow until u oyorwhe'tned them Will
fright aud dlsnaJ. Ihe managers logan !
perceive that tue CAUCUS was mole
there was pfooaollty thas 4atR
proportion OF Tue anti Logan eso"a WON
stay out. Knowing full well that such
course would bT1ng dlsastcf 70 them' tAey pt
sheis heaaa toeothef 10 aeSlse 'ne'noo
getting oos OF sho ahncu'ty'
Ih's morning. therefore. "a the Ionse vi
about to adjourn, Dill. hol Hopkins sent
n mn 11H m sf.thk HI