, 1879-05-07

Hseu altnE lhb Ddtnnariea 81 ltl9hHafs, "ha
passed. Canulissf1ners of Highways ats rs'
quired to destroy eoeklo'burrs growing In ll!Il'
ways Ailsl unucrup!e1 Ea!lt1x.
RAILROAD FENCES.
House Bill .17, Introduced bs sccscst, rcQuts-
!nE railroad cnrpurhiiutbs to lnafnsn!n fcntea un
both sides nf their roh,l. ,iIul Eases or bars y
fatn.-sroas.tgs rms rea,i third llue md passed.
rHEw.
Frow's celebrated Cs'cklc.bnrr bill come np
reIt, AMI crcnlel considerable excitement.
This bill has taken ny 1noru tins tfIaa nlnIost
ans other prhthg Mtasurt.
Stevens, of FDstt tuuntY. nlalc hrtcl speech
against the blu, pointing uilt It's worthlessnesd.
Frcw followed With much sl1urter llafnngnc
than usnt, whgn tile rn was called Htnl thu tla
NUS itnalts killed, ntui forever laisl o. rest.
Tile bill WIS i,at tY vu.c vi IT ycas 10 III nayy.
4 nlutlbn tvas tiinlc IL reconsider ite vote by
which t1,t NIL waA lost, ulHt uti0h vas CARRIED
fnsnL That sslutt,tI uIl the tnhte. Il!u rcaMsfcr.
1!,,n Viii. thelclofc never hcc this bl aisc froln
tic dead.
Ncal's bill t64o] 10 amend Sec. Of an net 10
secure t!Ie free assnge VI llsl. III al! waters of
ttis hthtu Wns passtal.
7DMp1laoW.
Mitchell announced twcnty.thrce Ilousc an'
tu-tnorrow, anil slated i,at tits list c,lIl,raccd
only thu smallest and int'st n1!l'npor.at't
Fg.s AND sAt.AN.Es.
House Bill U1! In relation to ices utt. salaries,
wat pusse.l. Th!n bill authorizes tho collection
Of 50 ipr evcty hmst COMMENCED In II Cnnrt tf
Record IN all countica having II pupufs.ion ex-
ccctllng 20 UN. Tile nnpcl1ec Is nlsp rctnircd to
pnY $b on oil sli!ts taken from Justice Vi tllG
pease tu higher Cuust.
PRACTICE,
Morrton's bill t;s4f> in regard to practice In
courts Ut record was passcl. This bill rc.
4uires thnt IN any suit nnon II contract, express
1r implied, for the u,,nent OF t10urT, tn:
plaintiff sllall iilt with MS declaration nt ALL
dnytt Bhowin! the hatnrt, oi hth 0ehaA1Hs. ata1
III affidavit VI merit skull tt htel With thu de-
murfer.
House Bill do3, also ono OF Frowfs pets, to
stay Iu1gMcnts4 executions, anl decrees, MAS
killed.
CAUCUS.
THEY GOT IN TnHin l,4vo Mills, AND TrEr DO
NOT MEAN TO wEAKrH SoW, JUST At TUE
BEGINNING or THE PINCH.
Special Dtsna.cA 10 Tns Tribune.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, May 6.--Ehe Republican
| members OF the present General Assembly, hny-
| Ing become homewhnt frightened at the small
| prospect Of an early adjournment al tho 14egis-
lnture, evon at this late day, held CAUCUS this
afternoon for the purpose Of resolving upon
| sono settled policy Of procedure. Sol 11ouhins
presided, apsl Mr.. AteFfo nctesl as Secretary.
Thetc was good deal of serious talk nlulGed
in, In which Il was agreed that tho session had.
already been d!sgracoiully long, anA ttsat the
Republican majority would be held responsible
by The people at the polls II it lasted thirty or
forty days longer The general DRIFT of tic SELL
| timcut OF the caucus was tllat somuthDE sincere
and earnest
MUST BE DOM!
Jamcs ca1lel attention to thd prevailing cvtl
| OF ubsentectaHl, which was carried on TO such
nu alarming extent That only four days In thu
| week could nun 10 relied IN as working tnye.
| lio thought It would be we'll for committee to
be appointed 10 look after abscut members, uud
rcEulutc the business.
Mason wanted night sessions, hut Morrison,
| Granger, CsoolcF, Shaw, and 0t'Icra opposed
tI'at motion. They argued that II WIS not more
work HAT was wanted of them, Int It was Sc
lection Of business that WIS wanted. Tlicy could
nut hope to dispose VI all tho business pchliay !;
therefore, they should t,.acavur iu perform tint
which WINS Of most importance to Tie pcnplc.
HOPKINS also suggested TINT half thu mcm-
bcrs present
HAD TICKETS TO DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES
to be given IN town thss week, and that would
nreak n quorum. 1t was finally preposcd to, sis
| from q. IN. 10 1a III, nla from $3.50 p. IN. to U
p. M, but that motion aIso failed.
Tin: cn.aetls finally Atloptcd q resolution, pre-
sentra by Crooser. appo!nting shaw, Matthews,
Aiorrisun,, Granger, md Mitchell to yet fur
prsat!ons, utl pledgtng themselves to stand By
tcm til their Efforts to brElls them forward ut!u
push them tlrouEh thu House.
The Senators wllo were present and took part
In tile debatu did nntlling to tranlMel their
N May 81.
| 4 FAILURE.
Tie caucus adjourned to meet again ono week