, 1879-05-30

pE0ee1 III llE Aul1GL IEUtlCNLt1t9{ MsFCls
Itouso Bill BS1, viii. m amendment, in which
concurrencc was aske,! '!sakin. M nrp1opriA-
tim for tho Southern rciliscntlary, .s'ssca. lts
discussion 'Wns participated IN hr JpslYh Nh1
nmcnducnt WA substantially injecting hcrs-
tofDrc defeated till into What was Wlch before
tho Senate moderately we'll Cintdctt n!lti good
blli TINT 1t offered ut guards agn!llst t!!c t'cr
pttratlUll Of fraNs In tile Uycna that tfkhDncat
commissioners shonlA take II in haAtl to Ateal:
The bill when hcfoso thc Scnate was 30 amended
as 10 let nil work ont hy contract to the
lowest responsible bidder. Herr Il comes
back with that provision stricken out. mil the
Co,,,mfssiot,urs empowered 10 do as they choose
with the appropriation.
Collins ttiuk the sanlc vfcw Of thc sub}ect.
Tie pending ttl was not tle onty ono Lint lnl
paascn the Scnatc heretofore where al affrr tu
cnhcting clauso was new, therefore 10 nassage,
would !lo Of itscf Illegal. ns IT. l,ad not passed
through tlso regular order providing iur The etl-
actment Of laws. Tic bill as ntnrndcd was
passed.
At the afternoon session mnny 1louso amend
mcntB to Sci.atc bills were cOnclirrcI Ill., trutlt-
tnenl AMONG thrm wns ouc LACKING OIL tho New
liardn Claim tlitl,-the clnims known as ahc
Henry dam claims. -.. .--.
Davis favorcd concurrence IN tile amendment,
anl set forth The iustncas aiMt equity af l,Is
elasfns. flo rend FROM tie eyi,aonca 9votsed by
the Commlsslan of which hn was q uienlller:
During the discussion lively lobby seemed
almost to tRkp possession Of tic Senatu Cha1n-
Der.
While Jones' WAS speaking Ia favor Of concur.
renee. unsnllton, who lIas uniformly npi0tei
these esasas as unjust, vas grossly t"suttca ~
one ol the lobby. tlc arosc mn! asked tint inc
their number member Of the House from Mar
hall. III faet, hud called hin, It'd I'm ssitnr
A. lie passed bv. lie asked whatller st,ct Krose
outraEcs would be suifercu- Following hard
upun this Hurly wnrfArD AMI the disposition OF
these c1aims. came another With refcrcnce to tlie
Chester PenlteUttary.
White moved reconsideration Of The voto by
which this anlnl'icu bill frpl, lie House inak-
Southern Illluois penttenttarY was passed, and
said hn had learned Ut IRREGULARITIES IN it, pas
sage, a1ll Of double salarcs t!mt would bc drawn
under It's provisions, h1uce Ills motion.
Jos1yh pnu hss RESPECTS to chester n ,ltl-
measured terms, charartertzng the whole thing
as base fraud. Every safeguard ha'l been
removed. anu It waa proposed to place 10 thc
haHdA Ut the Commissioners suthorlty TO drnW
upon the Treasury to tho limit Of slO.ooo %
Of temptation to steal. The bill hnd never beon
but tGico read, as tic records Of tho House
would show, n1Iti but once IN tic Senatc, i1ente
its epaetment would be illegal. Not aollnE
| bo drawn from tic Treasury legally:
| Gallon spoke Ia the same strain, and said
It was sought to asr!kc out all aiter Tie cnnct-
ing clause Ut bill. aud I'LL In With once de-
ented bill. 1t wns Irregular and illegal. :.
amendments, bcca.lae thu friends Of tho Chester
rentsn,iary bad agrecd not on1y m y to asseps hle =,
| $l50,00O in lieu Of the Si09o00 asked In
The original bill, but bccauso the House
amendment proposed to pay ovcr to tho COM
misstoners thc amount Of the approximation to
| bc used by them without regard to limitations
or specification. No safeguards were placed
around the expenditure Of money c1tept sacl
as might exist in tho integrity OF thc Commits
s!oucrs Of this Pcnitentiary, whose hlgh sense
OF honor was shown In tleir now reccatug
from their agreement, r., 1;, to aff'p1 n,,te tha
The ssnate aid under the tsrma and provisions
ot the hill. The people Of tho State would not
be satisfied with this loose expenditure oil
money. Chester, ut bcat, was only tolerablo,
ard 10 appropriation for. It's support or enlarge
ment could bo justided, except upon the plea
tllut the southern end of the Stats should be
mere fully represented in the location of State
Institutions. and that, some, time, thero
Tile lad faith and tflckerY Of tho friends ot Lie
Southern tentcntlarY III procuring the House
ansend.ncnt to this bill ras an outrage TUT
| Should not be tolerated, and which could not
adoptcd, tic appropriation Ind bctter bo fall.
ure nnl tho Chester Institution bo pitched into
the Mississippi River.
Tho motion 20 reconsider was laid On the table
Ca1upbcll, whnn his uame was rcaolled
called up uouse, Bill 776, amending Gee. 40 q
an act 10 revise tic law in relation TO Counties
Passed.
Chcauer called up House Bill 28e. amending
Sec .2l0 Ut the kavcnaa taw. passsd+
Fostfck called lp HOUSE Bill 5S3, the cockle
bur bill, which was defeated.
Frnntz called up House Dll e42, to aIront
% net for the assessment Of property. passsd
Davis called MP the Compulsory Educat!una
bill, which was ordered to . third reading.
Fullor called up House i'lll 400, amending thu
' 5 we4s yeu9iFg nss e. sr oassE pssf
In tla executive session the following appoint
ncnta Of thu Goyernor were confirmed: lru j
Iloomlcld, to bs Truetce OF the Orphans
H. Dyer, to DO ChIef Gratn,1rspcrtor at Joliet
Adjourned to O'Clock tiits uyentDE.
Ilodmnn offered thu following resolution,
which WIS unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, Tho Thirty first ucnrrat Assembly o
ths Biste il soon 10 teIm'uate its lanora. snd
session our worthy President has uniformly buen
S @ III as s 1 a s
tlons Of tho Senate, won ior hlmself our htghes
reeara and esteem; thtrufoto,
they arc hcrObv rendered to tho lion, Andses
shnmnn. our worthy and sms'ent nss@s!dsnst @ 8, e
ss esfsts1e I'll m ~ ns' e tSs cas Gf!
mud his intercourse with III.
At tho evening session the following bill
iIo!sse Jill 3oo, appropriation for tho Stat
Ilousu bill mo, con,pcl1Ing Insurance. com
pan!cs to deposit sacurities,
House Bill 219. enabling County Judgca tc
interchange md lnld courts for each othcr.
House Bill 1Bl, amending Scr. OF an act fri
rcsartl to Courts Of Record In citlca.
ilouse Bill 54l, amending soc- 33 Of an act tc
maintain FREQ schools.
House Bill 4aa, amending Sec. 10 OF ali ac
Housn Hlj[ ME- puntRhInr persoua for ron