, 1881-02-14
p,yjdiug the School Fund on the
Basis OF the Census
of 1880.
r.. ra,o OF the Cook County Justice
Hills In II SunlewlIat Dubious
Situation.
, cz,,;toei Brick from the Bills Emanat-
iug from tho Brains Of 1lli-
pois Statesmen.
TIE HOUSE.

e,,,,nI Dispn;eh Ia The Ehfeapo TrhunA
,,'ov,r.1u. III, Fcl,, M.-Tt,.liny'B 8 session III
g. !,eus. wus even snurG tnnia mid nnerent fni
49, Tia ,ysll saturdays gathering Of thDso
"sr yc,nnIn over after the T'FiIcticnl close nf
,o weeks work oil Friday. Brpnfi1i1K trims
hc n.vht hcfurc, md tho I'LL. t"s- vlsi.'e etEccts
=, hllndl1,x R,lnw- Storm deposited here Rt1d
.sorc #, tho form of largo drifts md llcps were
sasnonsIbu for many vacant sctlt. an nct'lnl
I'm, nf upscs showed no Gliuriltn, but tho
arn,v nroycr WAS sail, tho slnly journal rcnt.
. sa mn nf the wrnk-vnicct nssIstMnt clerlts WIS
".".scd into sryIeo and tlreary rrncec,led with
tseso hIs III, ilrst rc..tllnH. Fnrty-ilyu fortHul
ar,,,ne, pf rs ntny ambitious legislators wcrp
tnn. nroc,aI,ucL from tho Clerks dcsk nti or~
dared 10 Il second rc;tttfuB aud tn bo printed.
1ur COMMITTEE On EDUCATION
~,,or,cd fnyprby un q. 8. Co0k's bill fu tllrttlo
,hn stnte sct,uol Fund III nccorln11co with the
census Uf ,sf1 Instead Of tho tcsisus nt ls'0.
Tna calculations for distribution Up TO date havu
~, becn tpap M tic bAsls uf tho last ttcccnnInl
census Should the present Till rnss Ctutk
i.n,nty wilt rnvo tho snug stltn or $i0.0O Gr
tharcnhotty rs u tcRult Df tho nerr1tsu In r0ptt-
i.f,nn during tic tst tc, ycnra III the outside
,n,utlc., which hnya i,ccn In tho Eatlt Of re-
friying gu,sl ,leat mDrc, with siscsi counties ,s
cook tn tIrlw frulr, thnn they hnyu contributed
IN tho statn Educational Fund. Tile Committee
Ycnorted tho bill lMck Without .tncnsu,cntt
emergency clause md ntl. and It's speedy ,ns-
SAGE should he urged by tho EooK County lclcun-
t,op mi, hy ali frun tho rrnvinces whosu scnse
IT fairness Il uut wRrpei an'l twisted By tho
pleasuut ,,elnury Of dollars WHICH tnvo ilowett
III from tho wcnthicst cuunty III the ssntu
sena,c I'LL ~, requiring truwn Collectors to de-
liver denuurnt lists to tho Cnli,lty Collectors
when they turn over their tlO,>ks III Mnrch, WIS
ru,l Il second tln.e lnd advanced 10 Il thtr,l
talIng Ills clatncd on hohntf of this 1ll which
Is ;salyocatc1 in tho tIonsc by CDilllls, III Eouk,
TINT It's passago will hu tho nlct,s of materially
assisting County Collectors in making up their
hugo delinquent lists, snra 1t will enable tflpin
to tell ut glaiice WIN IL delinquent III tho soy-
cruI towns At present tho Town Collectors
Finply turn III tho Hrnss amount ut tnxcs col
lccted, and upon tho County Collector IS de-
yolynd tho duty Of uscertntnlilg wtin nrn tho dc
]lu4ucnts in tho Territory uvcr which tho sev-
cral TDwn Collectors exercise presumably IL
close supervision. Tho Till, if passed.. wilt rcan-
act tho Inv on this slIhJCGt which. IL Is elnIMcd,
was somewhat hastily md carolcsty repealed
two years ngo.
wEnE,.'s PARK n1IE-
scantrnR property t11llntel for l,ark purposes to
bc improved by special assessment, Instead ur
by general tuxutlon, which WIS advanced Ii few
days agu 10 third rcutlt,R ni,a mntlo u ssccinI
urdet snr next Ihhrstlhf morning, WIS, on flt-
ton Of Carter, or Albums, artl ut tho request uf
lis author, rceo'un,ittcd To tho Committee OIL
Municipal AffaIrs on acct,llnt OF IL rcecntly dis
covered mistake In tho tItlr.
At ibis pont Crook, of 5angatnon, inaugurntc1
tho scheulo OF
HIKING ENrlsA rAGEs,-
faroris piece 1T Legislative tInkcrlng ntonx
about this period III thu average session. lie
vent aboat.t very n,odestly, 1t Is true, his rcso-
lutlon contemplating tho employment Of hut ono
additional member OF the "trGldtrbe brtgaite."
Hint tho hole In tho ,ltkp wAa Immediately IN
a.sed by tiasi'lnd. tho Springfield plrs-,i,ld-
needle. stnrc min. WIN sucerctietl lin rOplng-
through tho n,gdiunIU OF nti amendment n 10y with
supposedly !ntlInnto acquaintance with tho
!cencs uf counter-1umplnK ,lnts tho prnctire Of
"ta.h!"
!, FaaEhey. tho acknowledged Democrnttc ,ncnl-
ber ltim i.A sAllc, spoiled MI tho fund preG0ll-
tclyed notions u tho two Springfield nleln!tcrs,
anu at thu same time practlcnlly broke III tho
1e:siou, ty dtnlandnK tho yrns untl tttlya.
Enough Democrats were found to itsast I'll tho
.all, md tho result shuwctl thlt t!ler9 were lust
Atly'slk members presrnt,-etoyeil shirt 1T II
9norll. That ended 1t, and tito iftttIsG nectjrd-
loSy adjourned Until Stouluy morning ut lU
oct1ck.