Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-18
CIRCUS TO BLAME.

Legislative Bureau Chicago Eagle.
Springfield. May 15.--JOhn A. Corwin.
the Tribune correspondent. says: The
Legislature could with all ease finish
lts work ana adjourn by June I.
The Democratic state convention
comes June >.
To-day. however. u circumstance
transpirptl which. though trivial In II.
self, and apparently not germane to
the question Of adjournment. cuts the
most important figure In relation there.
to. Three men wearing canvas over.
nlls. carrying big tin buckets filed
with paste, and brushes on long poles.
began decorating the dead wallis Of
Springfield with the biggest posters you
ever saw In your life. There were pie
lures Of gorIllns nnd git1,ffes no tnll
they could stand ON the ground ind
cat hay from the Capitol Flagstaff. and
men and women riding on horses. nnd
band wagons drawn by. q, as many
ns sixty speckled steetls. and steam cal-
Hopes. ana men flying through
the air--in other words. bright. new
Autographs. II means that Barrum's
circus IL coming to town, and II IL go.
Ing to be here June ~.
Now, the Democrats In the Leglsla-
turc want to stay here for the State
convention. II In the first time on rec
ord when the Legislature could remain
In Springfield for u State convention
ut the expense Of Illinois. DO you sup.
pose for single minute that man II
going to run away from Barnum's cir.
cusY Probably the Representa- tives
from Cook don't care much about It.
But how about the folks from down
on the Ohio River who never see any
thing better than patent medicine
wagon ar Il show boat! Not ON your
existence.
Judge Samuel y. Cummings. Of AZ.
tOria. Fulton County, who llns for tllr.
~ years spent his time In Springfield
during the session Of the Legislature,
looking after legislation Of public mo-
mcnt. says that In all his experience
~
jOurn II It's members had IN Opportu.
nifty to visit the circus when It came
to Springfield. The Republicans Of the
House will try to get the Legislature
out Of town the last Of this month.
The task IL going to be difficult one.
1t will b. worse than weaving calf.
The attractions for June 3 and IL arc
too great to bc disregarded.
The House revenue bill got into
third reading to-day, but It has been
amended until Its parents don't know
II. Nearly every feature Of the bill OF
vital Importance has been changed and
touched up. The men who have beer
here lighting for It week after week
are Disguised with II. The provision III
to the Supervisor Of Assessments ha'
been amended SO as to include In tht
assessment board u number of count
officers. The bill IL not regarded ~ ol
any particular value, and many PEG
pie incline tn the opinion IL will moi
bc regarded M u factor for tho remain
der of the session.
Mr.. Ely's bill amending the garnish
ment law known as the ''grOccr's gar
nisllment bill' came up on secon,
reading az u special order Mr.. Rer
~ moved to strike out the cnactln,
clause. Mr.. Jones, Of Cook. moved I,
lay his motion on the table, hut hi
motion was lost. There was long 4.
bate on the merits of the bill. spee,.he,
In favor Of 1t being made by Berry
Steen, Muir, Mclaughlin. Klein ant
Mulac. The motion to strike out tl'
enacting clause prevailed. The meas
IRE was opposed by II number If In
Dor organizations.
Petitions We're presented by THE
mann, Cover, Daugherty, Klein ant
others favOring the passage of the Mer
riam bill repeating the acts creatin,
the Catholic bishop Of Chicago II cOlpOl
alton sole.
Mr.. Pel'rOttct from the Committee Il
Visit Penal and RefOrmatOry Institu
tiOns made report on the State re
formatory ut Pontiac, the penitentl
AIRY ut Chester, ana the penitentiary a
Joliet. The reformatory and til
Chester penitentiary Were found II
first-class condition. Out of TI2 con
victs at Chester only five were sick Of
the date of the visit. At Joliet the com
mittee found 1,635 cOnvicts. of whom
80 We're women. The report says tina
the health of the prison IL not good
owing to the location and the sanitar
conditions.
Eve find" says the report, "27l me-
working In the shoe department, TO
which the commissioners receive 3
cents per day. We also find that IA
men are working In the harness shol
This department IL considered to b
the best paying of all the industrie
In operation there; In fact, Is the Onl
one that IL self-sustaining. All the Otl
er industries operated there by tn
State are run ut u loss to the Stat'
the deficiency being from $4,000 to "
600 per month";"
The committee recommends the ere'
ton of a new hospital and that the Il