, 1879-05-20

OF an oct entitled IAN net for re9fstry OF electors,
n @ opco 70 s saSsn f. % 4b. h nfo9. H
TINT persons authorized By law or nppointctl,
pursuant to any town Or city ordinance, in any
tnwn, cltg Of ward, shall constitute n Donrd OF
Rcatstfs. which shall meet on Tuesday, tlIrco
n!cipal election at 0 o'clock n. m, md
proceed to make n list Of qualified yeters
u such precincts. Within three days thereafter
this Boar!l Of Registration aIc directed to tllo
Clerk or City Clerk, and another to he ticllv-
cred to the Judges or Inspectors Of Election,
this list 10 be uscsl aa check or election iay:
Any pcrson nut m this ilst may TO compelled
stating tint he IA resident And legal voter,
nni' also provo the sano bY some other house
holder or legal votor. 1'ia bill passed tho
Senate, afnl was sent IL the House. On
Elections, whereit now rrposcs, waiting the
t.tstnn Ut the COMMITTEES. The Chairman Of
tie judiciary Committee, Shaw, mud Wright,
Chairman of the Election Con,mtttcrt express
themselves In Its favor. It Is ku,newhnt donbt-
iul 4 this necessary ncasnrc can become law,
for tho seasuh that tho scsaloh IL 20 far MI
ranccsl. 1t will bc sent back to the House to.
moro" or next dny BY Mr.. Wright.
sAIAntEs OF Coox COUNTY JUDGES.
There Ia vt9urota ilrllt over the hill rcdtc.
salary Of tic statc's-!attorncy Tic I,i!l for
that purrote tns ALREADY hecn rcad Mt large mud
discussed, many Of the country members being
In ts favor. strong protest was
iy Thomas, or Cook, signed By largo
number of the most prominent business n,lsl
professional men IN Chicago, declaring tho pr0-
visions nf tho bill il-advlsed nnd not IN thu In
solved to report adversely on the h!ll, and u
now lies OH the table. An oitort wtll be mndc
to take 1t from the tnhle tomorrow morning.
FosuENpE1.
n fiery Bourbon nctnncrat from Marshall, this
forenoon c:catc.l sensation in the House by
cd tint tic insurance tohhy Ind offered money
to Newspaper correspondent to abuse him for
inaklnga tnottnit 10 strike out the enacting
caause of certain insurance bill. a strict In
any admissions OF, this subject. This Democratic
'aH,lnnrv, will HnfIer nn eclpsc hcfote thc ses-
sion is closed Il lts persists In such reckless
statements: Ihe btl I'LL n qnssastfon sa 's Senate bIi
AN net to revise The law 10 relation, 70 towt'-
ship Insurance con1pantcs." It was claimed un
the floor Ut tho House that tsis bill aimed a
blow at county insurance! companies, bY re-
duel,,g tho numher Of DIrectors from nine to
three. thus putting tho power Into tho hands OF
two mon to relneure policies in a forcun COM
pany. md compelling the policv-holders tO pay n
sim, pro rnta for reinsurance which they had not
contracted to do. Tic motion Of Fosbeudcr to
strlke out the cnaetlng clnusc was over
wlc'ininglY carried.
CONTRARY TO EXPECTATION,
Strnckman called up tho bill relating to the r.
Luctlon OF the snartea Of Cook County JuLues,
Antl moved that the rules be suspended for the
purposo Of taking the bill troin tho table.
Thomns objected vchementy to this motion,
atutlng that lie thought It was folly for this
uousc to nIyance the hil1 to . third reading
which shoalu l,y no possibility become law.
Collins, Of Cook, spoke IN fnvos Of the bill.
Sherman opposcd l: In lengthy aud some-
whit fiery argument.
Thu bill was tlnnlIy tnkon from tho tablo and
nato apccial order fur s o'clock, which hour
had arrived by tile time tic motion was carried.
Hopkins got the l!oor, n.ld statca that this
bill had becn unfairly sruatcd slncn Il eau,e from
the Senate, never hayn,g been referred to
| co1nmttter, unt1
HAD BEEN sr1aAN0LED IN THE uouss.
lie believed that tie bill should pass for he
ConsIslured that tho Cook County Judges
services were worth no moro than tic services
| Of tic Judges OF the Supreme Court Of tie
| State Ut Illinois.
claiming TINT good Judges could not be Ind for
thc sun OF $5.0O0 per annuia It was expcnstvc
| to live IL large city, and no JudEe hut o,e
MiarY) had ever saved any money on the bench.
nc was In tasor VI killing the bilt now, Tor Il
| couldn't pass.
/ Ttua,as ngain protested against the people OF
the Ssato debating whnt the County Of Cook
| should rnr their Judges. II ther chose to do It,
4 was nobody's business
| :: shuW safl this practice Of taking bills from
tho table that could not possibly f,ass which
lid Geen voted agalnst, and nad bec1i laid aside,
VAS pcrntcIous in the cxtrolue, aud ought to bu
| discontinued. :;
! Corc Thought there were other bills pcudng
tcforo th,s Legislature Of much more in,nor.
t.ance. Ile Rlnye1 to indefinitely postpone tho
hill, which motion was declared out Of. orler.
NeIore ttu pcnding question was disposed OF tho
| House adjourned.