, 1880-12-18
The Springfield People Dissatisfied
with the Present Pay Of
Members.
Able Democrats Who VIII Be Present,
and Prominent Republicans Who
viii Be Absent.
Canvass Of the Probabilities in
Regard to the Election
Of Speaker.
The Railroads Resigned to a Belief
that They Must Buy Up the
Whole Outfit.

ar,..ot ,,,,ro,t, :, n, c,,rrso 4+4a.n..
e,.p sp.s.a n. ~ ~ 1,no ~, @p t@~,r,,. Tb,-t..
second General Assembly Will convene III
ainn nuncars to l,f regarded win, compare
tive Indifference, even W ne professions. '..
politicians. Asa matter OF fact, tfie SESSION
dnes not promise to be I'LL especially lMpor-
taut one, as compared with others Of recent
1es 1"ustk l'n n,;,n ~ ,,,.,st 'tr,.,,,,lv
An vSKSowx QuASr,ry,
80 that NIL predictions as 10 It's action on my
given subject, or ~ to the Importance of It's
work, must bo the s,eerest r,,csswork.
1t Is we'll understood that member of
1raisla,,yo body ren,,frt.s nt least ouu scs-
value either to the general public or
to his immediate constituency. On
this account 1t is always desirable
that members OF tho LEGISLATURE
should be reelected rs many times rs tlioy
nre willing to serve their districts, provided
they make iar1y good feeor '.!o! lint Mt, tns
4ac.' .Ao ''"is o.'u.a ..s ,, p"'S H.. .,'n ~ @
portant' IS persislehtly lehorea ny ulo pG''.
p'c in selecting their representatives IN the
fre,,,'.I't rloores n,o,Ie IN tia mc,,harsI1jn Of
4.,a t,I,,i. ~ ~ s-o,'arnt,,. ,,nIor.
tle i''1'io's !,es's'Alte i!oe su"''ats n, n,.1,,
crop Of "statesncn " annually produced by
cocI cnuniv in I'm S.ntn constltutcs large.
.".,',o ',i -. anaia,s ,,.,,,,,. ~ mo,1,. =, am;
s,an' na, aas,rs neo"s IT. o"Ssap, uc"y ~ coMip,i"u
ngainst tho "tns." IN tho second rtncc, n
legislators lot Is not always u happy one. 4
1nv,,1r doc,nr ar nrofcssfnnnl r,nn of nny
nh,,i+,, ~, t.,o Is r. nn,iro ,,racticc ~ n farmer
.rnn.,ma.a.r,o, counot ntTora r. .rcn1 tl,o
Ut pns'hesslI, cah!ioe "nutu ~ p,l,lnl spInn ttto
winter ut Springfield during LEGISLATIVE
session for
dent that 70 secure good laws' TUG Leg,sI'.'
!afc shonla pe composed OF men OF "o!l'ts'
rience IN affairs. Such men are able 10 carn
moro ,a, tnan tue sst s week nn IL u t'y " &c,
personal sacrifice. either because they nre
actuatGd by m ambition for political prefer
ment, or because they have private interests
to subscrvo by representing somo great cor
porat'on.
But Tic few hundred dollars received by a
Legislator during u session Ito not stay long
naaa,',st IN. ~, xn,,,.1 Ii ,s,.'asr,, ~ ~.
account Will 10 1oaha ,, nls necessary ca'n,
paigt EXPENSES, lt!s disbursements to tho
n cfeassd incldent.l uxpsl,ses, and lie eonri-
buttons always expectctl fro,t, Il ,nail holding
MI Important and "I1crntiyu" Ofcu by il
ccrtaIii scluss Of Its "c0nstitucnts." Wien
ut Inst TIC session ctltls, ,,l tllu ,ccounts arc
bairnccd IN, thrifty I,lcci nl,tst Dc t,o get,.
tr,uan will M Hliouornblo" before Ills
llatne wlit, can find any ba|a1ce remaining In
1'is ;,s s;xsl'ea,%,eri q, rio.o .,r,ms,n,,.o. ro aon
sItjernI It il 11ot sl,rnrisit1r thnt thu hist npn
in Tie GtAte sb ilfreu11pNtiy lind thDir way
Into tp l1egis!ntnre, and TINT their PLACES
arc too often tilled w men OF hlediocre abll
y, 10 some or whom tho Slender GE{U lfIlG(ltS
received aggregate much lnnre thNn they
could make nt homo BY following their
ordinary avocaltol,s.
tue NATURAL. nta1gpY
for tbcse cyils would om,,car n Il. m tncrcaso
IL thn rn,nu,nsnttnn NJ J,i,cmhers NJ tha f;nn,
nrnI * ssoMhIw with ts,fs ,vnu n"t "1 mi =
ga,,tnr ;I 4,,er tran
vn ~ ,rras nsii,, i;t,nnms II 9v,, .,
1no nv 70 ~, aIaoto oopp ~ ,,rsnm ~ sa.,riu n
~ e ~ ~ stanIang IN NIX u it,1'cm"n un IL: