, 1881-04-08
The STATE CAPITAL.
Favorable Scmnto Actfon ON tho
Canal Donation 10 tho,
Government.
The Proposition to Tax Railroads Two
and a Hail Per Cent
Advanced,
Scheme to Deprive Springfield
Papers Of Some Fat
Porquisits.
Annual VS.. Quadrennia1 AS
sesssnc1,ts Considered
ut Length.
A Combination Of Country Men,
bers Against Chicago on the
Canal Question.
Advancement Of the Measure Regulating
That Foe ot All laankind, the i,
Plumber.
q Decidedly Disgraceful Scene Be.
tween Member and the Pre-.
ui1iug 0tiicor.
It Arises Over lilo Question Of Appro-
priatlng Money to Persons IT,
iurcl by State Cannon.
Final Conclusion to Establish Question:
able PRECEDENT by Ordering the
Bill to Third Reading.
Advancement Of the Measure Regulating
That Foe oE All mankind, tha
Plumber.
a Decidedly Disgraceful Scene Be-
tween Member and the Pre-.
niding oticor.
1t Arises Over lilo Question Of Appro-
priatIng Money to Persons IT,
iurcd by State Cannon.
Final Conclusion to Establish q Question:
ablo Precedent by Ordering tha
Bill to Thru Reading.


SENATE.
HOME AGAIN riInM roI:E1GN sl10nEs.
SpsslIl Dspateh 10 The chieaJo Tribune.
SrntxUf1EI4p. ILL.,, April 7.-Itlu Eeilntc con- |
rgtcn ttlia luurnnI nj tlln usual hour Pres1deht-
pro-tent. Campbell In tho c!snr.
No petitions hr resolutions wcrS presented.
amt tho 0rdrr If bills u!1 Ecconl rc.dtnE wis
tuken up.
Eenntor Ariscy's bill mllsing the penalty on
delinquent tuxrs 7o'pcr cent WAS sent ~ tlo
cunn,ttuo OH ieyen,,e, wllcso 1t Will stop for
tho remainder Ut tho session.
A bill providing tint
E1.E9,TlOS plyr,:IcrH
ehall not contult, ,.lore t.s, uUO voters went to
tillrd rcntng. Urrer the t,ili tho polls ltrc to
opgn ut n. NJ. mn, cluso 1T y. III. I'll eitius.
Senator ehnw's Till, giving tho Court uf Cfnsn'B
exclusive Jurisdiction Of cluitns against tho
State for tho taking or or tlu,nAKe to prvllte
property in Tho construction of any State In
at[tutiun. river, culul, Or other Improvement
tuuk 1t slnstfnr eultrse. .
senator iIcrXyrcns chnttcl-n1nrfeaEp bill,
heretofore rsvavnteh In these coltuns IN fltl,
~ns sunt ono stnto nuarcr towards beconasng II
Inv.
USc1: MORE TILE cANA1~ .. /
Tho Hcuato hill setling tho Illinois & Mtcht-
RHn Cnunl, with II strip Of lnnd ninety feet IN
width on ouch sIde Ut tho sanIc+ to tho United
6tAtcs VIVA rru' II sccosld tins and made
HprGlnl order FIR Wednesday, next.
scnator acrKgtens = 6tll permitting 5hcFiMs 10
tak" hall 'ttorfs''1na chses wnofa mo Court is-
sus1H tho WIFI NOT IN session Ut tic tno Ut tho
arrpst wnB sent to third reldhIg. .
senator AtluInB bill permitting 1ares to scttIc
the AMOUNTS to bo I,,id Htiverso ctAi1nnnts to
property eontlcmned for public purposes won't
u tn1fd readl06
TANNING THE Iron HORSE.
The Senate h1ll imposing n tax on rnssroad
companies III w per cent per nnnufn III lieu of
the Gnpttai-stHok tux wila rtnd u atGnnd ting.
Senator MUM, tnuyet to refer, Claiming tAnt
tho bill WIS unconstitutional.
senntnrCa Cal(uH opposed tl1a tnottou, Tho Gon-
eral Assembly hat! II power 10 tux franchises.
Thls bill did not taucti tanEibe property. al1d
the schctno It prorosed was tho nnly fa'r ""yto
re'lcl tho ralne OF franchise. lie was i''will~
Ing to hnvo tho bill purlth Without a dscusstol
sirce 1876. he wns informed, i,o tux o; capital
block Of taallro.ts hnd been imposed. Tlla bill
wuud put
S1.ND, oco PER ASSust
In tho State Trcntury. The senatar rcHd from
tho s.atc. except tho Illinois Central. wcry
cyu,,tnu their tnyes. thn Crntrul uIvtnr
three tines tsS~'i as u,uen as my oth. s
es road III tho ssatc. Tho taxes
f,pntrui ,y.a r, rrnr,Iur ,ut,nr III MIR reut M
,nnnsrn ,. ..t s.,,sa ,,.,...,,,, ,uhI. ~ t.,,
trul ,o,s n,,'r ,,. nan, u, ,,,.,,n ,,onnv ~.
~ ,rhi @ ,'r,,i H. . a. se ~ ,;.r,n,t,,
tlon aaaus1 tho Central. Tho hlll
S1MpI.f Etlr-ALlxkn TAKES
supposed on railron'is VIM was injured by tt7
49,, ' . .'. S' 49,. en..s ,
ia thu why Of getting Mt II.
Senator Mum wputctl tho hill ,,iscttsscd in
committee, whero It culd be .'ot,u lii .cl'heruto
%.a.hner' hammer ~ t'loh attacked tlo blll on eonst'tu-
t'on"l grounds. principally becnuso # did MT
SEEK. na he alleged, to Impose Il tax On asevr-