, 1879-03-07
The Unauthorized Expenditures
at the Joliet penitentinry
Sharply Criticised.
MIR. Frew's Insurance Bill Treated
Most Frumiously in the
House.
The Temperance Ladies liaTfnE a Great
Time at tho Stato Capitol.
Views Of the Illinois Engineors' Club on
the Subject Of Drainage---1ndiana.
TEE LEGISLATURE.

the Subject Of Drainage---1ndiana'
TIE LEGISLATURE.
Sp<ciol DiEpa.ch to The TrteHne
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. March 6.-rraycr as usual,
and the Lieutcnant-uovcruor presiding.
Senator Fuller reported several bills correctly
engrosscd, aud they wcre pitt into tic hopper.
The Committee on Warehouses. By Senator
johnson, reported adversely on 217, aud faror-
ably on Munu's bill to rcgulnto warehouses.
senator Mnyborne, from the State Charitable
institutions, reported adversely on the Rankin
kcc Asylum bill; nlso the Anna Asyium nd
yerscly.
Il,c Normal University at Normal was In.
tlorscd; also the Casb0n1alc Normal and the
Chan1paigno University favorably.
TnB CANAL
The Appropriations Committee reported the
Canal bill, as tc1cgraphcd last night.
scnatur Merritt moved to refer to the Ju.
dietary to settle constitutional questions.
Senator Whitng-1le bill has been approved
bY two Committees, nnd should not 80 to tho
judiciary.
Senator Joslyn agreed with Senator Whiting.
It wna onlv question whether the State had u
right to take care OF its own property. The
EQlbk4tAIl0HW4 PANF''@nh 'SF~s Ne"teh"FA~e~0
such neglect
senator Merritt read the constitutional pro-
vlso, which was In plain langnnuc. This Ia
large appropriation, nIl question that Inns
never been bnfore either branch OF tho l.egis-
laturc since tue adoption Of the Constitution OF
1870. It Ia judicial constitutional qucstton,
and for that reason VIC canilos be ton careful.
Its cot.stttutionality has not been considered In
either of the other Committees.
senator Bust, corrected Senator Merritt by
,,ripv thc Arnrnnrint,ons cnm,n,ttce had hem
considering tn' o'Il LOT tho"'o' lle opposeo
nny reference 10 tue dudieasS.
Senator Hamilton sustained tho prop osltion
TINT Tie state lad a right TO keep It's own prop
49,, fro,n .roI,,, IN rn,n 1y,n tha a+,tn nro,ec,
Wy Wy a1 so hn.a ,.o,n ..",ar ~ r,,,, rr ~,
thls eanat anu keep IL 'Eo',' gum, W so'o "
competition With tlr rallFoadsa
Senator Archer believed there was no constl-
a,.,, sa.. ,.t a.s s..t. =. n.an-,o," ,s,,,,,.
ae"o'5 nas ''Ia,' :, ~ appsopllato oasp.u' c"'"
nsa no" III tne treasury 10 heep up 'ne eanal.
Tho proviso only prohibited appropriations out
nf ot]cr than canal funds. 17Ie Constitutional
Convention neYes 'nseuea ~ ocs'toy '.,a , tsua. @
II ~oula 10 anomalous 10 oee'ata t1'at ''e state
could not protert Its own property.
h,h,t ,vtIl nro,c trtercstinr. Tia fntn1 ororrt
s", .a.,,,o,, H., ~ e,n,a ~, ~ ha,,ofs ~ :.
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por.tvn, for .nica sf lnmis . H. Hs,t iii, III
iho tots ua net sarn,nss .:. f,l y
~ oIitnv tbn rrcciota for thr snfo nf Jnn.1,
mi fhc eanni tlows n r,cdlt nf <, oG3. nh. n
1sn"r ~" ,ntci cnst AZ .a,f trsn arc fl,o i1,rrs
f"rn5 Ky, % m In, n"s,a1 hoo,.s Il n - goo show.
ius- h,,t -" cStrem"sv ~ in1i"ci1ns' '"'"
AAe' '"s s
ianusThiAL' SCHOOL FOR oiRLs.
Pending discusslon. senator iash's btll Tor az
order, but . strange unpurltanlentasy pro
ceedlng followed, a1'd senator llerdmun'a
bill on castratlot, was rushed In md discussed
briefly,