, 1881-01-04
Reports Of the State Boards Of Health
and Agriculture, and the Ches' =.
ter Penitentiary.
The Tennessee Republicans Elect
the Speaker Of the Lower
. Aouse-Ohio.
uen. Bcn Harrison, OF Indiana, Con.
cclcl na Certa1h OF Senatorial
1Ionors.
,Has His Own Way in the Penn
sylvania Lsgislature-Praotioal End
Of The Fight.
ILLINOIS.
Spteiaf Dispatch to The CAjtdoo TRIBUNE,

Spttfaf Dlspateh to The CAieaoo TRIBUNE.
SPnlStlrIEID, ILL.,, Jan. sa.-We miss the
ohl veterans III Illinois politics. Since tho
lust session DGntl, llns lnit l,Is cold hn1ld
nptIn many; wcli-eariled promotion causes
tito absence of others: involuntary banl;-
rnptcy lIns interfcrett With still otl.ors. Tile
meetings Of the General Assembly, Ut tic
Stntc llunrsl Of Agriculture, Ut the State Lar
Association, and tho convenfng ot the United
Stn1es Circuit md District Cuurts are nil set
for the first week II, january. These aro
1.AtsuEt.y REPRESENTATIVE GATHERINGS.
1}ut today tic wrll-knnwM voice alMl elleery
smile Of Col. David j.. Phillips. the tlig1liicd
but genial hnlMclasp Of Orrfn IL. Miner uf
Springfield, tic hearty greetings Of tic jolly
md c0nvtyinf Sam Bncklnaster OF Alton
arc heard, known, a1rl felt no more. land
sumo Georgo scroggs lies In his grave Mt
Champaign. teM. Logal,, Gen. OKlesby.
clIar'io Farwell, oven james T. Root, Long
Jones, ainf Dan Shepard nre cotlspcuo,lsy
absent. Sarcastic Sol Hopkins, Of tho Union
tock-inrtis, the venerable anil yo1nbte
Wash Armstrong, alul witty a,ltl brilliant
lucian II. Croolser, Of In Sale, tako no ILL.,
lurcst III tic present gatherings.
Nevertheless. there are SONIC otl-tilneB
present. Awhile ngo thore was q crowd In
tho ronlns OF Luther Dearborn nt tllo Leland.
G. Robinson, United States Marshal
jacob Wheeler, Senators Evans Of
kano Tnnner OF Clay, ail Needles nf
| Washington, Representative Durfee Of Mil
con, lIerrEigton Of Knne, Mitchell of Nc
Lean, md others. As usual u. occasions of
| this kind, by common consent Robinson WIS
TIL: CENTRE OF ATTRACTION.
lie ia II Bourbon Democrat, md without ex
ccptlotl the u,ost entertaining conversational
Ist Ut Illinois public meM. Snlno OF Ills oil
TING anecdotes nre roo good to hc buried III
| private. Tho conversation tlrlftcl back 10
| tho lust Senatorial fight, and comparisons
mt 0tlnls, loweyor-wcre being drawn lis
to tho different characters possessed by Lo-
gnn antl Oglcsby. Sald Mr., Robinson: "1n
1868 Og1esby nnd myself were billed for 4
| jo1nt tlebate ut Louisville, iii Clay Cnunty.
BY common cunsent Oglesby opened tic dis
"ensstol,, niid aDUke two hours. l then took
the stan.t aud began. but Dick went
out of tho Courthouse, got a. fiddle,
md began playing MI old inck-
el,sack tune, aud, damn tne, III less ttaH ten
minutes he had tic wllole crowd away from
me, ind fifty Or soyenty-Ave stalwart fellowg
DANCING poUnIE-s11UrFrEs
1 and cutting ptgc0ll-wfngs III tic dirt r0atl,"
| "When Tyler WINS President" Alr. Robin
son continued after while, San old Vlr-
g'nla friend of his called on hTn, ono tlny.
Said he, llow aro you, john? Tyler recog-
nize.l Ills old friend and gaya him hearty
! greeting. john, snltt tho uid VlrEintal,, you
know you AMI were boys together? Yes.
You know we studied law together" Yes
We'll, wo both started ont together fnIr III
- t,,o ioI,or a,,, hn,,o t.o,,o a,no,. ~ ~
'' ,"o WV. a. ""so '' s~"" e1s;.. Wf'.u ~ eitu
T,.,"r ,",nt i.,,,t ~ ~, ,ta., ~, ,.',, ,a''.
"""s ~ .t,1n =" ,,.t,, it..i.
,,,r,. "%''' n,n, rio,,,v ns ,o" ~" T"ar h.r
't.,.,,a,, "" '"+A ,,,,,'",o t,ro "' o,,d ali.
StIeo daa ~, a'."u % " wv ,von,; au '"',s; u;
v"N1' 49,. "Mo .,s,.s,. -" ~ "
o NV .,se ,,t. .i % rms', ~ "s -, "uS 1,..
,,na ..o ~ noo n,' '. s''o ,t 49,, H. ",
t.'n ia rrois - ,v,,ts,,,, io,,'.,,s n,,', s,.s.r
t"o pAtic!s " "u'sh}s :H!oil'' natn s"sMss
arNl nitc 1t MI lp l1lt0 whisky punches. lie
t'son or''efetl a!i tho prisoners Into tue War
den's tooYI. and In llalt nn hour t!le whule
crowl was ssayln' blind drunk. Tl'en the
Warden iliade them speech. Saltl he:
Now, my men, MS long ns l nth here pro-
pose to treat you ali like gentlemen. and
tl-n Inc, II you don't behave yourselves I'll
kick the last one Ut you out OF this cstab-
; lislnnentr' - -
Tho Thlrty.sccond General Assembly prom
tscs tu bo
- FElf bEcESi Aohi.
TIC members already l.cre nro rcspecta'
bio, well-nppearing. Intelligent i'leli. There
II tr1ontl'y eulItest gnllix oll Tor tlo ofRafil.
zatlol', ntd thcra ID not tho slightest prospect
OF tic uslial Wrn',slirgs anu acrll'I0nlnils
proceed.ngs' bellevo II tue ualiy press will
let t'.is body alone moht!l IL VIII simplify
Its allotted WORK 70 .tnat IN ntl!onsnnael'1
siiie '!lo can be IND by All'FooFs lMy. The
newspapers cnll either !nnkc tho LeKislntnrt
quiet. in!1'ssrln''s. anu slecent, Or they cal
goad 1t Into the extfente OF folly. The pro
portion OF sllcTcenary men Is smaller III tl1if
Il body tl'al! .m:Qliy preceding ono fur twa1sty
five y}srA1' Indeed, knoW Ut but half 4
, do1eit. ;sT1o aVow themselves as ION the
4nka'" ,:PllocioS.
|, ltEro1Er or .TiiE. COMMISSIONERS or TIE
:" eiiEsTi's rES!FESF1A'l.
sptetas Dapasea to Tia ca1aao Tribune.
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