, 1881-02-24
AN OLD-TlAfER,
1I1:CnI.IECT1nSS or 4 Mi:MpEIt OF THE FfF
TlESTII ASSEMBLY.

T1.ESTfi ASSEMBLY.
Special CorrrspoadrHes II 1he Chitaeo TtIbant.
SpHISaFIEi.n, ILL.,, Feb. aaaa.-itcc0uling to
n venerable journalistic traveller now an
cllored here, but who shall be ,,anlelcss, tlfo
In Springfield during Legislative sessions Is
divided Into three clochs: sleeping, drink
it.g, anu waiting for The Chicago papers. Tho
second stage was rapidly shifting Into the
tllir.l to-day when Senator Wright, Of Ct,nst,-
palgll, wl,o tlad for sontD tine been cnsefully
acrutintzing tho cGtlIng of the Senate CllaIl-
ber, removed his heels from his desk. and re-
,aarkrd to MI equnlty Industrious TEIn;SE
n,am Tint Legislatures In Illinois wero not
conducted III In tic Oltcn times.
srlle reporter. thinking Of certain corpora
ttons which were mt In existence twenty-five
years ago, ami wl,tcl, aro generally supposed
to bc runstes! Now. said hp hoped not.
Senutor Wright, wAo was apparently IN tho
contcIupiatiye mood, eytnccd II disposition to
tnlk, mil
INTERVIEWED II1MsELF Az T0t.tDWs:
"lM tho year lsiN l lived III Champaign
County, III. Thu county wAs Democratic.
/ wns IL Whtg, md run agatnst N. ". l,uscy.
the l,cmner;ltte n0tMfneu for tho House, and
beat HIN just fifty votes. So yau seo was II
number If the Fifteenth, General Assembly
Of this State. And from my experience As
II legislator, cuN Institute HuMe few
comparisons between thu legislation nj 1916
alli 1881. III December, ls4N, left 1t0iner,
which was my residence, for Springfield. At
Urhaua tho stagO broke down. WIS conf
tcIleti tn borrow q horse AMI ride lnt0
Springfield. Il.e American llouss was tho
lotel III tIosu days, anl stopped there inr II
short tlme. WlIlle there l remember my
roUlu wns bursaIfzct. alul lly rtonl-lnate's
1mutnlOn,s and pocketb0ok wcra carried utl.
Ills luser discovered ti,u thett about hrcak-
fast-tisnt, ntlll, atllring 1llmsUlf IN swallows
tailed 1eatls cont, aud nothing elst, rushed
trnnttcaIEy into tile crowded t!nlng.rooln In
yaiM search for tho thief. TllN estcct' ot this
exhibition at rnEp MI! swa'low-tail coat u IN
I'uc|;, can bo better imagined than described,
But to
lsETrNS Tp THE LEGISLATURE. !,
II, tlle Scnatc, Nor'nan u. Judd, Josiah
Mrllobprts. J0et \, Mattcs0n, and Z. II. Con-
stnbl0 weru tho Icntrrs, while TIT the House
William y. Ayllcr, tllU turnpike ll,a,,. asul n
recognized aut'lorty oil roaas, md inter
w!,unt tho Chicago roaI tn bridgeport IL
| sl.n WIS nttrrwnul tt0y. Uglesby'a private
| secretnry; Stephen Il, i.ogau, Henry Eddy.
Sam t;tei,s!, Usher +. l.lnder y: ). liayts.
Civ, Ju|ll itpylUltls, ultt MAsk Skinner wcrti
| thu bright a'rf shfting lights. \ yery few u
inu ica,ier 0,, tno WlIg sltc, uhly
assls.vu by Usher +, 49,, l.lnAer, viii,
| furnished tho uratory. 'rlM Democracy
were clian,rI0nul b.. ti0y AtattesoI!.
Wn met III the old Stnte-It0use, although It
wus unity partially completed: Nuwton C!ouh.
nf Aorgl!!t, coHnly, wns spgaker nf t IT,
llo.lse, ulld !Io waa i Eotul Speaker too; W.
elected Stuphen 4, n0ug!as SenatoF,-tl'at iS,
ti,e Democrats dtl. I'llU candidate. against
| nt,,1 MI mi, ~ 1,nI
Wic,, liu.ier's nltllie WIS caile1 by tho Clerk
Il, yute fur Senator llu rnarr,l Ont, cast iily
Iu,e fur the luousc-eyrl Stephen Y. !t'lT!i!,.
ind tllink his llcni WIS lUyul 0i. lful ftlllt:
vntctl fur llolitl Thu Hrail!l social uyrnt nt
thu session VII. Il ball given fn ho!.or nT alr
Douglas, Which lattettled. n!ul, II you.wnllg
| tul!otI | rrerlyrtl." :,
Sui,ai0r Wight pro.lueeA \ sll,all ulussy
salslure 0f thlh pnper upon w)Ilcit WHs psllltet
lls follows:
Thu undersigned: by rcqurat OF tho HIM. B. A
! DuuQtAs. Quilted Etl,ca bIuusor-c!eet. respect