, 1879-02-13

In0 IeElB!0tur6 0l ILLINOIS, ms p1HctlcAly
adjourned 10 enable one-thtr1 Of its mom6trs
to mako festive tour Of Tho State nt public
oxpunso. We aro forced to say TINT tho pro-
ceeding Is not crolitablo 10 the aonoral As.
scmbty, nor is It oretIitabfe to tie mombors
who aro thus "swinsln' round tho circle. /"
The programme Of tho excursion Is on two
slcoptng.cars from Springfield to Lincoln,
thence to Bloomington, Normal. Pontiac,
Chicago, Elgin, Knnkakce, Champaign, Oar-
bondalo, Anna Chester, st. Louis, Jaclsaou-
villc, and back to Springfield. Tho officially
appointed motnborB number, we boliove, IF.
teen Ssnators and forty.eigtit Representa-
tives, besides clcrks, Stnte officers, members
Of tho Board Of Charities, besides Trusteos Of
tho several institutions, together making n
formidable body, mud nil travelling in tho
nnno Of tho State of Illinois, mud for what?
Though tho number Of members Of tho
Legislature engaged i'll thia business IL only
sixty Or seventy, tho result Is intended ty
the projectors to 10 the same rs If tflo whole
Gonoral Assembly wcro on tho bum." It
has loft the two Houses practically without d
working quorum; LETT tho various commit
toes without working quorums; arrested
progress in tho two Houses, aud pnrnlyzcd
legislation. II Inns rendered short, bnst-
moss, and economical session M tmpossi-
bility, aud alt this for what?
This expedition is dsosoditablo, beonuse
undertaken for falso pretonscs. II per-
sonal inspection Of the State institutions
was nil TINT wns intont1cd tllon such investi-
CATION could havo boon performed by three
| members from each House much bottor than
BY three score. Al prosont tho railroad CON-
pnnfcs nre dragooned into having this hatta1-
lon Of dondhoads rolled all over tho State tho
Pullman Company Is sponged-on to furnish
| It's pnlaco cars each institution is required
to prepare and furnish dinnors, snppor., or
banqncts to this hordo Of hungry doadhoads
| md freo-luuchers; and, undor the thin cover
Of performing somo official inspection, those
| members arc registering, foasting, nnd por-
ambulating the State, md for what?
The State Of Illinois has been launched i'll
| to aystan1 Of public CHARITIES md Of State
| institutions TINT throatons with its annual
growth to mako this Stato tho general asy-
lum aud hospital for the sick, lame, halt,
blind, deaf, dumb, iaiotio, insane, aud
orphan Of tho wtole West, aud tho FREQ
Bchool-Aorso Of overy young woman in tho
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