, 1881-01-25
GOSSIP FROM sPR1NGFlE1n

'Ah9 AAl4EOn0 HnA "nFGn0nsG Board
Continuo to 1se tho Subject of s1ueh
Contested sent.
sptetdi DbpateA to Ias Chicago 7r4buna
SrN1s0rIEID, Ill.,. Jan. 2f.-Tho situation
Tonight, so far as tho probable contlnnatlon
of The Isailroad and Warehouse Commission,
ers is concerned, Is Just trllle moro cornpll.
catcd ty tho fnct that tho Chi
cago Grafn-Recolvers' Association are aux,
f0us to have something to say In
the matter, md, as is understood, propose d
put iti nh appearance for that purpose betore
tile Warehouse Committee of Tic Scnate 10.
morrow. Whether the gratn-fnspectton end
OF tho trouble Is to parl-0rt more than, IN 10
date. tho alleged winklng by tho Board a,
discrimination by tho railroads has, remain
to be seen. Nobody appears to be Mt alt
scared, 20 far MS heard from, md the prevail
Ing opinion Is TINT n confirmation Of all titea
1pel need OCCASION r,O surprise.
There arc doubts Tonight even as Ia
whether tho Mo,Yilllans resolution will bo.
reported to tho 1Iousa tomorrow, Ms was e.
pccted, and certain Of the lang-headea ones
nre ftin 10 predict that Its author will soon
be discovered paying moro attention to HI,
bill prohibiting tho railroads from pooling
their Issues than lie will to his Investigating
scheme. The mode Of reasoning upea
Which this prediction ls bnsed |,
about this: If tho Investigating
resolution should pass, tho chief investigator
would be at the !leau Of q travelling commit
tee going Up and down the State md hooking
into churgcs Of nonfcasance On tho part ot
the Board, and would thus be unayo!dab'y
absent tnoro or less OF tho time, aud theretcs
not III position to Violently champion his
pooling BILL II tho resolution should fatl-
and the perambulatiug-conlnit idca is one
OF tho unfortunate features connected With
it,--the backsct which, would result
therctrom might tend TO prejudice
tho fnto Of what he appears to
regard rs Ills trump card-nauley:
the No Pool bill. Putting ono thing with an.
other. the expected wrangle ir tho llouse To-
morrow may possibly not como of.
Dick Rowctt turned lip again to-day, and
Inns been intlastrioualy onEagel tlIis evening
III circulating pleasant assurances that ht1
| rMnlored bombnriment OF the joliet baste,
end .ccrtain OF the officials Rt ono time corr
ncqted therewltli,s syas all q mistake. The
blood III Richards eye lias to oil appearances
been removed, and he roars now ms gently ii
any nightingale. ..
The report Of tito Printing Committee d
| the Scnato this morning Is very apt to breed
nnpleasantness. Tho Committee referrcd,a
clulms tint Rocker, tho State Printer, shall
print tho synopsis Of tho Senate mid lloua
bills, under classlllcatIono Of his contract
whilo Nokker insists Tint the work comes
under classification. 0 instead Of 2. ctr'
mnttcr is quito npparollt, tare lMdustE[ous!y
! eEginE on the fiEit, Rocker yayS liH ,Ell
ioso SD, 600 II lie IS compelled to 10, y
work as the Committee recDllaniultls, n!d NJ
protest against anything Of the sort will ass
only bn iOua but deep.
The sclIarIal,-3 -3lieraslawski contested e!ef
tion case, which was transferred from Ch!.
caRo to Sprinateld viii, the opening Of tha
General Assembly; came Up !o;nlaht t! 9e.Gn Ai1,
o oones 5aonse pses'aas 81 Seharsa SSs VI, p
sentel by Rockwell, OF Cook, and Mlsts;
slnwskt, tho sitting member, by Sexton. q
Cook, who" appeared rnther rs Ills lr!eaa
than rs his COUNSEL. In conseq!,cne9, ,.t at ~
who i.ns been attending to the case. Tha
first thing tho members Of tho Co!ml!tes
lad to do when they learned to tl.eir hoitof
that the matter would como bel0Ee fne@
rSo Mas to- to astsf n 2anomsne aEs tf1 ssrosa9 S
nalne., Joo. Mann. OF Vermilion,, who sus y
ceetlctl, perhaps, better than all the rest !:
tributes hts victory to tho fact TINT 10 Nen ven
| to uRnytllG SATURDAY night, ara apent u Eous
part Of Sunday Ut setting Np, tho sitting tleE
bcr's naano on his woOtshed, out In Ills osa oNn
backyard, md then firing ut 1t, ~ one wopa ~
do 1t mark, Rockwell opened tho ba!| H., :!
rcalltnK tho transcript OF the procegAllnfS, i
before Justice. Robinson, from wlIlch, ~ y
appeared TINT OIL tho recount nenatas ne!as
had received 2s5h majority. Sss!|os St|os
ttSetftS9 teet tSe sIiins e. sber, sans NH f ILL., osia
j0rtty Of 404, certainly had tho best l.,s. O. !:
md denying tho right OF the Chicago Jasts. a,s,
to decide who Ind been elected. In oIggs H.
words, all that Justice Robinson conf! .u. Gs
was to take testimony md keep Ills conear, coss.r
stons to himself, that function helnngliss
s6ioly TO the Committee sitting as lntless.ms.
the matter. Several OF the Committed Mei' MA
apparently struck With tho ldea nsTs In
10 ueclde the thing, THO C9lnnal!l.sss tals sss
pigilt % well 60, Tito other bas'iIesSHs y s;'nIsSs
Rockwell enleay0rel to tltsnbESe tilclt ni'ud MI
OF tie Impression TINT JMHtlce Robinson ;sa In
decided the case, claiming that nus ls,smifss <. "
In tho ;nlatter was analogous to Mat =. anj !
Muster In ChAncery: taking testimony TSs rSa
reporting tho facts aa 10 found tlle'n ~ VI.
Committee got no farther tlan thts. ~; 9ns,s ia
1ourned until Tomorrow oyenlnE. !sasailff III III
question as to whether they Wo,.M se%a ~ ID.
tho ballots Or not an open question to W "
cldod hcroufter.