Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 9, 1873, Page 5

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THE STATE CGAPITAL. [Unnlimwh JSrom the Firat Page.} Jrominnl torm, which subjects tho Stalo to tho ox- Penso of convoying tho offendor to tho inalitution to Temaln for o term to short (0 by _productive of bonc- fit, whilo n Bentsnco to confitemont in tho comty Jall_produces cll the wikchlefa in- {ended to o avaldud by tho catablidhiment of tho Ro- Torm Hehiool, It In wigzorted that {6 would bo n fudie clows nethod of removiug tho diffloulty to amend fho faw 0 88 to nuthorizo tho Courtn to_seitonco. juvoniio alcndets to tho 1t form Sabool untif they nrrive at the ugo of 31 years, TNEBRINTY: MOSFITAT, Recent $nveatigations bave led the most inielllgent thiinier to the concluslon that drunkeuntss f3a_form of disenen that adimits of trenimont nud care, This is ot thie proper occaston {0 diactias nor preeesct nt length £y of the theorlea that liavo beon lately adsancod fn Folntion to hin form of misfortunc,but cuough f8 known Lo fuspire moawiro of contidonco in tho powsibiilty of curing drunkenness by tho uso of proper moaun, ‘ind 1o one familiar with thc subject will icsitate focon® Tesn thiat, fropi lts oxtonsivo provaleno and 1o mle- chiof and dangern 1 I conptontly produciug, il lforte hould bo tnnda to neccrtain, by oxporimant, whetlier It does nilmit of pormanent cura; nor would 't fufl- uiro of any ezporiment that might be mado by tho Blate rolfovo thie subjoct from embarrwssment, for thero will still romafn in tho _community o largo ahd dungerows ‘olaes, to whom may bo tracen the commisaion of & largo “proportion of the crimos that oNlict ocinty and dis- Turb soctat order, aud tho timo Jus come when it 15 a :reproach to tho Stuto that no measures can bo_devised hieh will Lring elicf, I am dwaro that somo still airgo the totul prohibition of tho ue of {hio lquurs tint -produce intosieation, ai tho proper remedy for tho eyil f drunkenness; but I havo nover obseeved any satfi- foctory ovidenco of a real Intontion on tho part {of tho peoplo to enforco menstroa of prohibition, nor “do 1 believe tho fotal probibition of the uso of intoxi- leating ngencies possiblo, 1t if T am mistaken i thin Gpinfon, and the o shall lorcafter arrivo when tho _men whto belfeve {ho total prohibition of tho uso of Intoxicating ilquors Judicious or puselble, wiil conto to onsider Ohut abjectof enough importarice to induco hom to prefor s nceess to that of polilical partics and voto nceording to tlclr convictione, aud succesd T giving offect to thelr viows, 1t 1% not &0 near at hand thet (o Genersl Ascombly eiould, on cecount of ita uppronch, delay fo_mako provision to rollove soclety from tho simost unendurable evis that drunkonnoss wow produce, Nok would it, n my judgment, greatly nffoct tho Aduty of fhs Geeral Asncmbly to mako provislon to roteet soclety ngfust the fornt of dauger now under ensidoration, to oxpress n concurrenco with {lioso who Jeliovo thiat intoxication fa only a crime that merits punisliment—and that {8 {ho Hght n which it ia re- Furded under exiiting laws, Asn crime, nauo of tho Hhodes of puniskment. heiotoforo omploged inve been Touud suficient to suppresa it, Asa soclal vice, it {3 Seatcely roproved ; 3%, feom tio chnracter or statfon of Tho guilty paxty, 1t {4 thought propur to punish tho \oircudor, 3¢ i done by tho intliction aud_collection of Snca, that ouly Impoverisls whthout reforming him, 3t tho ouly effeet of tho frequent fmposition of fues a0 deprive him of ik property and reduco Lls famlly W 10, W05 1e theorles upon which th Iawa respeeting drtmliennoss depend aro s munifestly abaurd as they 5 oppraswsvo and unjust, 1¢ 1 {s o mere habity tiat fafiona o public nury, oll the luws that treat itns o “rime ars unjuret, s slould bont once repealed, i A At ot be prulehed whenover cominit~ fod, Tho lews sienld Le enforced fmportinily, sud iliiout respact fo tlio sochal sanding of tha olfender, Taddr 3 erime, pereons who becowo Intoxicate Oughtto bo aubjected fo tiolawa thal wulliorizo da- o1 ersond to bo reetralned, SR tmmiionicas 16 o (lecaso or habit tht produces iy eical altorations that susumo (io form of n divcased Jnoatal or nervous action, 50 that the pubject beconies i objoet of danger to jelividuale or to tho pitblie Yicace, puniatumeits that gewimo Ll Jegal Tosponsibil- Jiy nro anwarranted and uajust, thovgl his confl Jniont may ho justificd npon grounds that ure consis ent vrith propier re;mrd for this eafoty of tho public, tnd \With the Teal interesta of the uukuppy victim, “Accopting what T concelvo to o tlis most” cnlight- cri0] 8 woll 08 tho most humano view of tho subju Trecommond to thio Goneral Asscaubly tho - establis Tacnt of on daylum or rotreat for nebriates, o whlc 4L porsons consclons of thoir unbappy condition may Soltmtarily resort upon consenting to” such condltions “nd reguiitions for tho govermneiit of thelr conduct 25 muny be proscribed under tho nutliority of law, aud fowiich ul liabitual drunkards aud porsous who Lo- comso dangerous when intoxiented moy bo- committed, and if need be, confined until cured. . setrution will'bo Injd beforo the Genernl Assembly. T Tntoxieated perwons, Trom fhisir condition, netneo th safoty of othem, 1T ntosleatin s d al, irime, &8 T think itis improperly suppased to be, \socloty hasp right to }emaud that' preventive meavs e emiployed for its protection ; if u discase, an I sup- soen it to be, tho victin of ¢ocigl crrors and viclous igiviation, ought to bo provided with o Tetreat, aud 4f possible cure. . NESIFION OFTHE LAWS, In18c0, 1 comumisslon was appointed, fn_purstance sof un uct’ providing therefor, to roviso tho goueral “Stetutenof the State, At the mubscquent scssion, o ‘Tortion of thio work was reported to the General Au- Sombly nud adopted. Ko fur i tho worl of thy o Visors' hus como {o my ottentiom, in viowof tho «ifliculdes_ they hnd onconnter, {6 has been woll performed and showa that It Las been cnunsted to fuitbful ond o skilful Lands. There buving hoen no revision or codification of tho geuore] statutes sinco 1845, o perlod of nearly Thirty yoars, aud there having dccurred, during tho 1{me, two e ral rovislons of tho Constitition of the lutds, {b requiros no oxtensivo urgument - to show the Jccossily of - completing this work of roviuion’nt an arly day, thut tho luw may bo suppliod o public ofiicers atid citizeus ot reasonablo cost, aud u proper und Juteliegiblo form, 1t obedience to thio Taw is cxpocted, it reemans if ample provision ehbould bo made by tlio_ lnw-making power 1o Lring ite provistons to the knowledgo of thoss for whose government it is intendod, und Lt too, in Smothodical and intelligibilo foru, addressed to the ccin- ‘mou underatanding, It Is, therefore, to bo Loed thiit 2his subject auny receive at your bagds that exvly und Savorublo attention which the public futereat would soem to dewnnd, Ty JonioAny, Tt will bo tho duty of tie Generul Assembly, ot ia prescut. sevelon, 10 divide the Stato auew fa.0 Judiclal Circults, 3 aizected by tho 19th section of the Gth or- ticle of the Constitution, The duty to be performed ia ono of much delicacy, and will, no doubt, bo ac- complished in tho just” ind impartial spirit conteme wilated by tho Constitution, s NEPORTS DY BTATE OFFICERS, *Thouo reporls of tho Socrelary of Blute, tho Auditor, +thio Treasurer, and tho Superlutendent'of Public Int \cannot. permiit myscif to oparato from theso ofiicers ‘withiout {eatifying to 48 £ Athfulness with which all of hiove dischurged thelr dutics to the Stat, “The reports present 8 clear and full statement of aho condition of thio business i tlclr respective oftices, #ud contain much information of great valuo to i Peoglo of tho State. “The Staty of Dliilols Is now aubstantially freo from dobt, nud tho tiuo 1a not distant when It will ocotpy \tlie proud position smongat tho States of having dis- +=hurged ull its obligations, and of imposing 1o burdena Ju,v0u 16 citizens excopt Auch as may bo required to cay "ty on its government, STATE OHARITANLE IXSTITUTIONS, Tho* excellent and cxhinustive roport of tho Board of Btato ¢ 'boritica contains informution of tho Muaneial Gonditio," and wauts of tho various charitablo inatitu- tation, fud, at tho samo time, afforda ovidenco of tho wsdom snd policy that sugyested tho creation of that onrd, PO reun wtanco conneoted with my offclal ifo affords mo mc o pleasuro thun to bear witness to the Saruiest dovotica of tho members of tio Bourd to their Interesting and_sometimes porplexing duties, Thoy Focolvo no salazhes for thelr sorvices, though uothing, Taany judgiment, would bo more proper than that thu Jhould bo allowed Lereattor such coinpensation as will At loast partially indenmify them for tho loss of thelr timo, "Fhio report of thn Trnatecs and officers of tho Flox- plial for tho Tusar's, tho Institutions for tho Dilud, 20 tho Doaf and Laimb, show that thoy nro swoll max: figed, and no doubt appropriations will bo mado ade «quate to thelr wants, - "t acoma to be my cepeclal duty to nsk the favorable consideration of e Legislataro to tho coudition und Samta of tho iugtitution for tho eate of {he feable- aufued, Oatil atels, s tnlitation vou segurded oe an experiment; it i now au estublished success, and i offeeting an amount of good for tho unfortunales under lts coro thnt fully JuotiGus its inercased de- Tnands upon tho Treasury.” It appears to mo that & competent Board (und I know of nono more compe- Zont than tho present Trustees of the fnatitution, aud its Buperintendent) should bho uppo:nted to eelect Jocation that oiforda nll tho requisito facllitics, and ‘orect thoreon a bullding muilablo to its wants, ' Sucl ufldings 08 should b provided need not bo oxpen- sive, butt should bo adequate to the wants of (ho clas tntehded to bo tded, TNTERNATIONAL PRIFON REFORM JONRTSS, 1 alho huve tho bouo to ubmit Lo the Generul At ‘soubly tho sblo report of Tiev, Nehowish Piorco, ouo of tho dolegates appolnied by me under authority of 3 Jolnt rekolution ndopted ut tho last ocsalon of tho 1 Generat Asseinbly, to attend tho meating of ho Ine turnationn] Prison Ttform Cougrond, Which assorbled it Middio Templo Hall, in tho Clty of London, in July Sast. e, Plorco attended tho doliberations of tho Con- cay, and the report. mude by bim embodics much E Ighly-valuablo fuformation ujion tho iuterosting sub- Tects tht clalmed the attentlon of tho Congross, The ervicud rondered by Afr, Dierco i atlending 4ho Congrom wera ontiraly gratuitons, and I subimit 2hiat it would bo worthy of thio Jiborality of tho Goner- al Assombly to appropriaton sullicient”wum to repay Dilm for the expeusts incurred in proparing his most (valtiablo report, Tho reports Tolating fo tha Tndustrial University nd tho Nortnal Institutions will shuw e condition of #hiowe Iualitutious, and I commend thom to the fuvor- able consideration of tho Geucral Assombly, NEW STATE HOUBE, Tho Commissioners for tho crection of (o now Fitato Houso, na will appear by thulr ropost, have wado conelderable progrom fu_tho work, und’ lave dis- “hiarged their dution with fidolity to o Slate, T ean- 10t doubt but tiat sppropriations will b mado and the ‘bullding pushed forward lo compiction, Thero bro other subjocts that will demand tho tton- tion of the Goneral Assombly, nud that migl with ‘propricty bo mentionud, but as tho distinguislied citl- Zion who will auceeod 1o Tins Inrygo experionco fn tho ialrs of tho Btate, T canuol duuht but tiat they have slready seoured Liu attention, and that his viows and rocommendations will bo snbinittod to you at an eurly day, > CONOLTAION, I am not willlng to closo {hin communieation and Jny ofilcfal connootion with tho Governmont without expreasing something of my gratitids to tho pooplo Zor tho honor they conferred upon mu with tho Olilef Afagistracy of tho Hiate! No oo fs moro conselous Fhot I o, that fn (ho necesearily nelivo sboro I avo Inken In tho varied affuirs of this grest Commonwenlth, 7 huve, In tho Judgmcnt of some, conmitted anfalaku Bt I Hiave, 3 ull iy lnportant ofticiul cety, be=n goy ried by my own convictions af duty, only anxious fhut tho freo pooplo of tho Blate, to whoso coudid jndg. paont alouo X sm- scaponsible, shiould fully undorstand J 13y onduct nud tta_rensons and mollvor, and then de- cldoto npprovo or rolova Uionielyea fromm tho conto. quenices of which they may regaud a8 my nfstakos, by selecting n citizen for my auccessor who Will nvold any error they may {hink I liava consmitted, ‘Durlng my administration of (o govornment of tho Alato 1 liava alondily aoted npon political principles that Thiayo adwaya chorlalied aa Tiolng cssential fo tho woll-belng of my conntrymen, I Lavo never fultored in tho aweertion of fho" tigha of ull men to liherty, abitunlly dintrnsttul of power, I liavo itlatod upon mibjeating 1l clalms of n right (o govern (ho peopla or to oxersiuo any nuthorlty over thom to {he test ef tho Conctitulton, and 1 avo never willingly oubmitted to any pralomitn of any norean claiming yowor {a st qusider tho anthority of the Government. of the United Htates, unlcss tho”power clnfmed was found to binyo Doon oxpresaly granted or was necesenrily fipilod n s0mo grantof powor contaitied In tho Federal Gonatit- tion, And when thonuthorlty xought (o bo exorclsed been claimed under State, T havo a8 carnestly gought foknow fhint it wag not comprebended within rono pover tho peoplo of {lic Btatn lavo by thelr Conntiti ton reservod to themnelves or forbidden to ho oxer- cleed by otliors, X hnvo at sl timos regarded it amongat my noleniu dutivs to oboy_tho Conatitutlon of Lo United Siatos, and to nld fu defending tho Guvern. ‘mont created by that {natrument, fn tho cxerciso of ail itw fuat powers, nor have I felt that my duly to support 1he Constitution of tho United Blates orfgtnated in my ofticial oath to do ko, d My dutlos to tho Govornment of tho United Staten Tegnn with rmy birth, and_ linve nover Leon forgotien Jior neglaoted, and my unnltorablo purposoto dischargo Hiigna ditios Jina tio upport of my Sudgment and my affectionn, and T havo folt under {ho most Aolemn of enzity oligation o obey mud defond mud aupmort Lo Coustitution and lawa of tho Slato of Lilnols and to cnforco iho lawa of tho Blato agoinsf il who might offend ngainst them, I meed not eny Uit tho duty of oboylog and Qefending thio Iawa of tho Btato lias tho support of my ‘Tiost carnest convictiono—for tho prescrvation of tho Just antloelty of tho States 15 casentlal to tho pers Dotuily and uncfulness of tho Goverument of the United States, und tho maintenanco of both i cezon- tial {0 1hint which 13 moro precious {han cthor—tho Hbertics of tho poople, o Qoustitution of tho United Slates and that of theitatu of Tilinols sliko admit of amcndment aud alteration ; (hat of tho United Btatesin ono of its nodus, by tha netion of three-fourths of the Stater, and. the Cobiafitution of tho Stato of Illinols by tho couscat of its peoplo ; bitt noither tho ono nor tho ofhior, nor the powers created, or the restrictions imposed by clilior, cun Do enlargod, oxpanded, or restrictod, or limited, by mero’ conatruction, a0 not Dalicvo’ that tho civil war or its results altered or chouged {ho Coustitution of tho United States, or that tho wnrorits results enfarged or ox- yaudell thopowers of tho Tolersl dovezament, or con: tracied or diminshied the powers of {lic Bates { nor aid tho war, cithior Ju ita OFigit, oF history, or ta’ reaults, ‘prova that, nccording fo the Just theors of tho Govera: ment, the Federal and SLito aystenis aro rivala for power, or that thoir powors, when rightly underatood and wlsely oxorcieed, can bo brotght fnto collislon, On tlie contrary, thoy aromero ngenieics and trustoss of thio peoplo, Wio isvo aerigued o tho federal syctont certain wall-defiued duties, rescrving to thomsolves, it expreas term, ull other powera of government ; and then, that tho cesenticl 1ights’ of tho cilizons might . bo modo eccure, ~tho peoplo of tho Btatea liave, in thoir Conatibiitions, doclared that thera ore powers (hat no authority Aliall’ oxaralse, and thint they posucss rights thint 1o Gosernmont shall ovade o at all tios £elt (ho doapcat solieitudo for tho maintenanco of (he rights rescrved to tho States and tho peoplo for tho reasons, alone, {hat thoy nra tho Tights thataro in th greatest dangor of invazlon { and wiilo I bavo been watehful fo mafutuin tha sutliority of the States aud tho righta of tho peoplo whon threat- cucd from suy quartor, 1y approionsions Lavo beon moro alive (o dangor fron: the ubiteo of tho powars of tho Federal Government, nnd from {ho infiucncen of puworful and corrnpt combinations tlnt hava thelr centroat thoseat of tho Federal Goyernment, and from that ccntro extend thefr bunoful influences over the wholo country, Itina fact, attested by hintory, that nll tho great dangers and convulsiono that’ have threatencd tho overthrow of thio Repnbic, and thie subvorsion of pub~ Yo lberty, havo had thefr nourcea there. 1t was o Waehington that disunton was coneelved, and all tho meusurca that mado robellion poseiblo were oraulzed in the Congreas of tho United States, It waa® from tlicir seats 1hat mombera of he two Tlonses of Cons greos from the Southorn States arousad tlio fears and stimulatod tho hates of their constituentr, until they bocamo forgetful of the feparnto Idependent oxlsi- encoof tho ftates, and tho wholo accticn was orgatie fzed fulo n % United Sonth.” Tebollion wos not possiblo wntil all tho Southern Stutes woro stripped of ol independent, athority, nnd ceaved £0 bo ccntrea of patriolie roaistanco ; and it 18 from Wauhington that fnflucnces now proceed that threaten tho overthrow of the libertica of the penplo; and to theso fnflucnces T huve felt it fo bo my duty t0 interposon ateady resistanco, T do not, oo may be in- ferred, ntiributo unpatriotio purposcs'to any - depart- mont of the Government of tho United States, but I do deciaro my bolict that, aa the result of the now and dougerous viewa cntortofued by many in nuthority under that Government, from vicions tnd dangerous alterations which our political syatem hus undorgono from tho ambition of some, tho corruption of others, and by tho combination of il these causes,tho harmony of our syatems, and the authiority of tho uwe, and tho purlty of the Government,nud tho ilbertia of tho eople, aro in danger, . My belief that {heeo causos nd dangors oxist, has fhie Bupport of many facts, Tho Congress of tho United Slates I8 nenumning to Hteelf tho entiro domain of legislation, rud to draw under its control overy in- terest of the country, and to cnlarge ond extend iho Surisdiction of the Courls of tho United States, and to incresse tho mero discrolionary powers of {6 Prosie dent, fWhero uro fow subjocts thiut aro not now claimed to bo within the control of tho Govermment of tho United States, aud with the_support of tho doctrino that tho nuthiority of tho Fedoral Governiment ovor subjocts within the Acopo of §18 powers {s exclusivo of that of tho Statcs, tho day {5 not far distant whien tho Tight of tho Sintes to Inferforo tu tho control of tho sub~ Jocts of education,oloctions,tlio management of raffyuya ‘und tolegraphe, and others of Jikoimyortance, and thele 10 ortoenforco Justicen their Courts, will be denied or greatly nbridged, But tho wholo forco of thia nflu- Cuco 3 not confined fo mero direct askortion of tho aulliority of Congress, but it oxtonds to tho support of the prefezsious of perwons who hold thelr offlces nt the will of o distant authority, to intorfera with tho yeoplo in tho exerciee of thelr most important rights, 1 nced not refer to all thio facts that oxist to support ihio statement, Tor neatly two sears tho rivalrics of political parties havo disturbed tho peace of tho Siato of Louislana, A fection, largely composcd of and headed by Federal ofice-bolders, has notoriously em- plosed {ho froop of the Unilod States, mud vearels counccted with tho revenuo service, and {lio patronogo of tho Custom Ifouse, tho Post Offco, and tho Tederal Conrte, to defeat and counteract {hio elorts of thelr ndversarien ; and, moro recently, aJudgo of the United Btates, by an act 'of dring usurpation, Los nesumod tio chimplonship of tho inturasta of o of tho rival organizatlons that ato contending for power in thut wnbappy State, and s, by o Judielal order, without paraliol in our-history, on bills filed by persons clatm- g ofices under tho Constitution nnd Jawa of the Btate, dispored of and settled tho great political ques- tions'that grow out of tho diaputed resulls of o State clection, snd bo hat, in fact, appointed tho futura Gov- graor, aid thio peruus wh aro to composo tie Legls- Iaturd of the Btate; and aftcr having dono so, thon, by thio uso of tho nrmy of tho United Birtes, fook pos- suasiou of tho publlo bulldings and othor frgporty of thie Blate; and none of theso lawless usurpations and uvasions’ of the laws ond libertles of that Btate have boen puniched or rebuked. Acts liko theso bo perpolrated in Ty tho Btato of Iliinois, ond {ho consclousness of that fnct s impreased wpon mo tho necessity of reasting thiol influenco, and demanding of all obedienco to tho Conatitution and lnwa, It cannot be that tho peoplo of tho State of Iilinols aro weary of tho right o rogu- Tate and ot Jor their own domestic institutionn in iicir own way, or that they 8o doubt thelr own respect for thie Goverument of the United Btatcy, that {hey muat culnrgo its powery and subject {hemstlvos to tho dos- potic sgencles that are employed in many of the States of thio Unfon, Illinofs has alwsys discharged all its Qutics ta the common Union, oud its people’ bavo ev- crywhero shown themclves eapablo of comprehiending and vindicating the contral princlplo of American ro- publicanisn, “Blate ovorelgnty, Natioual Union.” Jomy M, Paruzn, STOKES. Demennor of the Condemned Man in Prison--What s Fcllow Murderers Say About Xfs Special Despatch to The Chicano Tribune, New York, Jan, 8.—Theimpression Lhat Stokes will bo exectiled is gonoral among tho prominent Jawyors, soma of whom 86y ho niny got a stay of xocnudlng’g but cannob cscape ultimatoly tovernor Dix In Lis meskage says:, ** It will bo in vain to hope for & B\IKprouElon of crimo unloss rotribution is promptandcertain. Nobodyexpects any clemonoy from the now Govornor it tho case ot BtoLes or any othor of tho nsassine in the Toombs. ~ RBtokes’ demennor in ilnil to-day wao very quiot, Ho spent sevoral hours with his clorgyman. 1Io will bo restored to-morrow to his former woll-furnished coll, the Bhoriff hay- ing decided that his safo-keoping {8 not ondan- pered thero. Tho other murdorors In the foombs swaiting trial have oxprosuod yarious gpinions iu rogatd to o sontenco of Stokos. King recived tho nows suddonly, ond was somowhat shooked. ~ Scannell Lid not snid anything, with the excoption of asking Jiow Bto¥ton slaod it during tho sentonco, Fos- fary who hna got & tay of proccodings, and i the second tior of tho prikon, has folt vory despondont since ho hoard of the coutletion of Suolios. 1113 uppetito Las bean altooted, and ho ssoms stupefled, Bharkoy said to au otior pris- oner, “By gracious, o is gono, Htoken ia. Bimmons haw behaval with o doggod and sullon obatinacy. Btokos holds no conununleation with tho otlior prisoners, aud profora to licop to i gelf, aud hardly ovor uttors u word oxcopt to tho looper or u roportor. ————— A Eoreiblo Stovy, NEw Onieans, Jap, 8,—The Z'imes of to-mor- row will contein tho narrative of Mr. Buvillo, firnt ofticor of the wrecked ship Golden Houd, who hos just arrived from Rlo, Tho vossol was wreeked on tho west const of Patagonin in Juno lnst, and fourtcen of tho crow apont forty-olght dayt in two open hoats in tho Straits of Mugel- Iuni. 'Phoy wero compotlod by starvation to do- vour tho liodies of flve of thoir compauions, who died from privation and oxposuro. A —————————— No Compromise with the Mococs. Ban F'nanomco, Jan, 8.—Covornor Tooth's rogosition to tho denoral Govornment fo give rhu Dlodocs_ 8,000 sores of Inud, and not drive {hem on to tho presont resorvalion, hus not beon nceoptéd. Neustor Colo, In ronly, says tho Iu- diany would olaim the rovocation of ‘tho order a8 & victory. Any mow looation will have to be mado through tho Buperiutenden’ for Orogon, 'MURSDAY, RAILROADS AND WAREHOUSES. Report of the Illinois State Board of Commissioners. Ingufficionoy of the Existing Lowg--- Bills Prepared to Rorody Defoots, The Railroad Cases in the MMoLean and Kankakee County Courts. Tnfl iblo Freight Tariffs..Statisties of Raitroad Construction, Cost, Lurn- ings, and ¥xpenses. The Inspection of Grain in Chicago. Warchouse Frauds---The OCases of the Lown Elevator and Munn & Scott. BTATE OF Irtixomw, OFFicr or RATLNOLD AND } WAREROUAE COMMISSIONENH, SrmiNaFIELD, Doc, 1, 1872, To Iis Exccllency John M. Palmer, Governor of Minoia: ‘Wo liwo stated in our last report, made to Your Excollency on the 18t of Decomber, 1871, that wo found our courso besat with difficulties, arislng from the fact that the laws undor whicl w0 ara to nct lacked systom and symmotry, and prosented many obscuritics of language snd mesnning, while the remedies providod for every violation of the lawe woro mostly confined to the porson netually aggrioved, aud, in g far as thoy indiented public prosecutions to bo instituted by tho Commissioners, were, with ona or two ox- coptions, so indefinite—providing no particular penalty, and giving no clue in which way thoy could be proeecuted—ss to provo practically, in mauy inslances, _TNSUFFTOIENT. Upon our inquiry, put to, tho Attornoy Gon- eral of tho Stato (sco report of 1871, page G5), a8 to how wo should proceod, under tho net cre- nting tho Commission, for & violstion of auy of tho provisions of sald not, thet ofticor roplied , (800 pago 67) 1 follows : In this connoction, thero arino . goveral giovo legal uestions, Al yizoceediug under the provisluns of 1hls uct to whick. my utlention hus beon enlled must bo dustitutod really for the purposs of recetving certoin penaltics; and tho kind of romedy toho sougit, or the naturo of 'tho action, or thosrmonit of tho ponalty, will 110t bo presumo by the Cours. In this regard, (ho act i R0 jmperfect In many of it foatures nnd provisions, that I fear {t nsust e umonded before hetionn for ith violation (excep. unuer Seetion 10) can po- iustituted a1 Bticechatulky prossettiod. flo unys fuzther (on pujze 68) : Thio offonces named fu safd nct woro not misdemesn= orsat common Iaw ; therefoze, thoy ato not indletablo nud punishable, unless in tho procise vy nud anenner Indicattd or pointed out by tho act creating tho offence ; and tho not, in my udgment, falls to give any {udlcation (exoept in Bec, ‘16) of the 'Iind of nc- tion to be brouglit, and iz, in'his respect, very crude and fmperfect. Tn ono inslanco orly & » unocified remedy pro- vidod, in Scction 16 of tho act, when rsilroad companies wilfully fail to furnish roports. The oxcaptions Loretofore alluded to,—that is to any, whoto tho public romedy fs unmistaka- blo—aro tho provisions in tho passonger faro aot which provided for an information in the naturo of n quo warranto, and judgmont of forfoituro of charter if fivo judgments havo hoon ohtained by vrivate porsons iu an uction of debt; and & similar proyisionin tho act forbidding discrim- ination in tho clinrgos for froight,—the lattor no not requiring any pr:ovious convictions, Tinding this to bs tho condition of tho law, wa havo, whonover complaints woro made as to iscrimunation in fright-charges (and thoy were numorous), aud o8 to overcharges for prsson- gors, roforred tho porgons so complaining (o thooo provisions which gave them a certain and unmistakablo roraedy, offering thom overy us- eistanco in our power, and giving them all tho logul advico wo dcomed necoseary. But, finding that tho porscms nggrioved proferrad rather to submit than to engago in & contost with power- ful companies, wo resortod ‘to the lest and only remody reallyloft the public. TIE OASE: IN THE W'LEAN COUNTY COURT. ‘The Commissioners, in order to enforco tho net entitled *“ An nct 10 prevent unjust diserimi- nattons and extortions in thorates to b charged by the differout reilroads in thia Stato for tho transportation of freizht on seid roads," approv- od April 7, 1871, in forco July 1, 1871, having received information of n violation™ of tho firat nection of tho seid act by the Chicago & Alton ailrond Company, applicd to tho Cirouit Court of McLean County for leave to file an informa~ tion in tho nature of a guowarranto sgainst said Company for'such violation. On tho Gth day of Decombor, 1871, pursusnt to lenve thorofor granted, nuch information was filed in enid Court, sotting forth that said Company had ropent- edly transporiod lumbor from Chicago to Lexington, & distanco of 110 miles, 'and charged therofor tho sum of §5.65 por M. foob as toll nud compensation for such iransportation ; and that, during tho snme time, the seid defendant transported like Inmbor from Chicago to Bloom- ington, & diatanco (126 miles) greater than from Chieago to Loxington, end ~charged for such transportation $5 por m feot, and no moro, The lumbor trausported to Bloomington over the rond pagsed through Loxington, The defondant plended, admitting tho facts ulleged in tho in- formation, andketting up'divornactaof tho Legis Iature by which it was incorpornted, und inslated that it hnd tho right to fix ‘tolls for tho trans- portation of proporty at ita discretion, and that ho uct of April7, 1871,i8 in violation of the contract made with it by the Logisla- turo in_its chertor, end is, thereforo, void under tho provisions of the Consti- tution of tho United Ktates forbidding any Stato o puan any lay impairing tho ‘obligution af contracts, “To this plon & goneral domuwreriwas interposed on bolnlf of tho Stato, und tho caso come up for hearing ou tho domurrer at the May torm of tho Citeuit Court of MoLoan County. The casa thus presented was arguod orally bo- fore suid Court near the closo of mnid term (ourly in July, 1872), nud_was {alen under nd- visioment by tho Court, Lnto in August, 1872, tho counsal for the Railroad Compauy applied to_the counsol for tho Stato for lonvo to filo o printed argument in tho cave, whichwas assonted 1o, and tho argument filed, and an arguniont on behalf of the State in roply was also filed, Tho cnse thus presonted was considered by tho Hon, T, T, Tipton, Judgo of snid Conrt, and, on tho 27th day of Novembor, 1872, ho ron- doréd his judgment in favor of tho Btate, and filad an opinion giving Lis reasons for thio same. Acnpx of tho argument of tho counsel for the Railrond Company; and ulso of tho counsol for tho State, and of the opinion of Judge Tipton, will be found {n tho roport made to cthia Snm- misgion by tho Stato's Attornoy and counsol for tho peoplo in £aid caso, to which you aro rospect- fully roforred, and which is horoto apponded, marked 0. ' Upon this declsion, n judgment ot forfelturo of corporato frunchisos aud oustor s been rondorod, from which au ppoal hus beon taken Lo the next January torm of tho Su- promo Court of this Stato, Tho hoarlug of tho Ccauo ab that term will bo pressed, aud no dolay that can bo avoided will bo allowed to intarvene. ‘I'ho exporienco of the Bonrd confirms them in tho opluion, oxprossodin their last anuual ro- port, of the lmrurmnnuat suthority being vested in yomo suitablo dopartment of the Govornmont TO EMPLOY PRONESSIONAL AID possossing tho spocial and peculiar knowledgo roquired for the proper prosccution of casea growlng out of violntions of the laws rogulating roflrondy. Thoy would, therofore, suggest that authority should Lo conforred upon this Board, wilh tho epproval of tho Governor, to employ such counsiol s they may think nocossnry to ald tho Btato's Attamoy in much pronocutlons, and that suitablo provision be made for tho compon- sation of such counsel. Woalso doslro to eall attontion to the fact that, while itis mndo tho oflicial duty of the Btate's Allornoys to talko chargo origlually o2 such proseoutions, no logal provision oxints YOI THENS BUITADLE COMPENSATION, Tt will bo apparont that litigations involving such vast Intorests, and whore, on the partof tho ruilvondy, immenso capital i rondy to reslst tho unthority of the Slato, and to pursue the con- trovorsy by appeals through all the Courts, both of tho Btato and tho Unlied Btatos, waloss pro- vislom™s made by law for componeation of coun- rol to reprosont tho Intorost of the State, and to pay tho Inaldontal oxponnos of sich liligation, tho Railrond Gompantes might succood in dofy ing the Inw, simply boovuo o ndoquato pro- vislon is mado for their prossoution, o, thore- fore, recommand thatan approprintion of n sufl- cionk sum to pay tho oxponscn of sich litigallon should bo mado, which shall bo paid ont only witth tha approval of tho Govornor. ~An nmounit whould bo approprinted sdoquaio to com- mand (ho necoseary professional nbilily to protect tho vast intorests of tho oplo Included In_ tho ~ questions* undox Hemoton 'l far, tha . caso spocially roportod upou ling beon prosecnted without any approprintion made therefor, and the only amount yot pald by tho Stato ig 500 pald to tho otlginel spocinl coutnsol by Governor Palinor, out of tho Contingont Fuud, leaving all tho Incfdou- tal exponscs of )nrlnnnr tho argumonts and opinfons, and componsation to {ho Btato's At- torney, and also to tho counsel, unprovided for. TECOMMENDATIONS. Tho Commissioners recommend that the Leg- fslaturo should poss n law Hrov!dln for the temporary operatlon of il rallronds whoso char- tors may bo forfoited, by Iccolvers or othor oflicors, Lo hm\p}mhnu by tho Court rendoring Judgment of fotfelture, until such roads shall ho Toorganizod. They also rocommond that a law should bo pasted providing for the roorganiza- tion of all Reilroad Companics whoso charlors may bo forfeitad. WORI OF THF COMMISSION. Boing Informed, 1 Moy lnat, by some gontlo- mon rosiding at n railroad-contro, that thoy wero willing to suo sovoral Railrond Companies for ovorcharging for Pnssuugur fare, wo ot onco govo thom insrructions how to proceod, and fur- nished thom with cortified coples of such records of our offico A8 Woro supposed necessary an vl donco. - Ono of thono caioy, boing ngainst tho Tllinols Contral Raflrond Company, was nrgued on o domurrer ndmitting all the nllogations of the declaration, in tho Gireuit Court of Ford County, on the 11th of Soptomlicr last; wan takon undor advisoment by tho Court, to bo hold untll tho noxt torm thoreof, viz.: tho third: MMonday in February noxt; o this important oint fins not boon mottled yot, oven by tho firouit Court, . 3 In many inatances, wo have succersfully rom- odiod complaints; and we avo satistied that, when tho peoplo becomo hotior acquaiuted with tho laws on tho subject of railronds and ware- loueos, and tho conirol which tha' Commission- ora catl oxoreiso ovor tho Raflroad Compnnios, oven without regorting to law, tho usefulness of such o Commission will become moro apparont. Taving, for instauco, recoivad information that, on somo of the roads, the law requiring tho putting up_of sign-boards-at ovory roilroad Srossiug of highways lnd luon, bub partinlly obsorvad, wo ab onco gave nofico to tho Railroad Companies in question of such dofoct, and do- sirod thiem to remody it immodiately; tnd_our dirotions woro gonorally promptly compliod with., Tho inatructions o gave to the County Burveyors to put the law in forco ns to thy unfoly of crossings of highwayn also producod favorablo results in many instauces. ~Other de- feets, na to the nocesaity of bridges, &e., having Deon brought to tho notico of tho Commissions ors, and examinations having boen mado, upon notleo given such defects woro romodied. Wo only mantion theso facts in order to show hoy, it tho publio would only pply to tho Board, nad Turnivh tho_ roquisito nformation, muny incon- venioncen and ovils could bo remodiod. “Iho Following statomont of fack and suggos- tion, contained in our Inst annual roport, totich- ing f vital part of tho dutios of tho Commiusion~ ovs, is of such importauce as to justify again cniling nttontion to it, viz.: t1to bo romorked {lnt this Stato hag moro milea of raflroad uctunlly constructed than sny other Stato in the Union, and that n pereonal and critical inspee- ion on the part of this Board of all tho roads, with a Yiow to thetr condition in detall, ny vegards their con- struction, connected with tho safoty of tho lives and roperty of tho community, would bo {mpossiblo, oven If evers member of tho Ngard woro supposed to Lavo b requisite technical kuowledge; sud it may bo necessary, if tho law contemplated such eritical ox- amination, to suthorize the Board to omploy com- petont experts to nako special inspection of the condi~ tion of any railroad when, in tho ]\ldf(luunl of the Toard, the safety of tho publiv mgnln‘l . " On 'tho 16th of Novehber, 1872, the Commis- sionors received & communication’ from a Com- ‘mittao of tho Board of L'rado of Chicago upon tho subject of tho UNDERDILLING OF GRAIN when shipped by rail, which covered o atatement to the managers and ofiicors of tho railroad lines engaged jn tho transportation of grain, mado Ty puth Committoo, and thelr responsos thoroto. A copy ot iy communleation. 1o borowith pro- sentod, markod “D." On tho 80th of Novem- ber, tlio Commissionors propared a roply to naid communication, & copy of which iz also sube mittod. In tlju connootion it maybo stated, tlint 110t & singlo complaint iy beon mado to tho Commission agninstnuy Railtond Company for not complying with the law roquiring tho construciion of trael-seales, in certain cnsos tho Qsropard of which o tho. chiof causo of the underbilling complained of. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST WAREHOUSEMEN. As utated in our lest roport, all tho ware- houses of “Clasa A™ Laving rofused to tako out licenses, wo instructed tho Stato’s Attornoy of tho County of Cook, a5 omly an September, 1871, to comuienca proceedings under tho Ware- houslo nct ngaiust tho delinquont warchougemon, Charles IL. Yteod, Leq., pursuant £o our instrue- tion, promptly commaiiced an uetlon to fest the validity of flo law ; but, owing to tho groat fire, Oct. 8, 1871, and tho fotal destruction of all Ozt tho'papora’on filo, and the cousequont interrup- tion of logal businees, o9 also tho dolay pro- ducod by tho absonco of the counsol for dofond- cats, 1o cago failed to como to o final hoaring until tho Gh of July, 1873, and resulted in & vordict of ¢ Quilty,” aud 1 fino of $100 wae as- sossed. Tho pariics dofendant invo takon an uppeal to tho Supromo Court of this Stato, and tho caso has-beon Lieard at Ottawa, ut the Sep- tember texm ; but no decision has yet been an- nounced. Under the ndvice of tho Attorney Goneral (pago 66 of formor report), wo did tiot deom it advisable to commonco st ngainst warehouse- men for charging moro than the legal rato for storage, boforo tho 1st of Janunry of this yoar, But, ot that time, vo instrucied tho Stato's Attdrney of Cook County to commence such roceodings. Ilo, as well ns tho Commingion, 1:d strong doubts of success, owing o tho vague- 048 of thio Inw in vhat respoct; but, boing do uirous of tosting tho yalidity of tho law, un informntion was filed on bohait of the Btato. Tut the Gireuit Cautt i July last, docidod that there wis no publio remedy, tho Iaw having fixed o ponalty. o As wo indieated in our leat report, tho Chnir- ann of tho Board, in order to strip tho luws of all obscuriticn, and to make them moro officiont, ELADORATED TWO DILLS,— and consolidating and digestivg ol lnws horoto- foro pasaod ey to ailronds, aud anothor doing Hhio samo Ul us fo (bo {Weroliouso lnws,—to Tio adopted in lieu of tho six difforont laws now in pxistonco bonring “on thoso subjeots, Bomo fow essontial algrations woro propased in tlioso Dills, which Lind boon suggosted by our cxpori- ence; or by that of the Ghiof Tuspoctor of Grain, moro fully dovelopod by him in lia roport, which formed part_of our regular roport. In rogard to the romadinl part of thoso laws, the snid bills, while rolainiug tho privato romodios to persons naggrioved fprovided exprossly for ponal actlons i bolalf of (o Stato, and o oz ho. prampt, cheap, wud effecliva romedy of crimingl prosocution for tny violntion of sy of tho provisions of tho lnw, by indiotmont, pro- seribing tho procens to o pursued in such proso- oution aa Lo gervico, judgmont, &e., leaving also the romody of forfoituro of charters in cases concerninys railronds us a Inst rosort, Thoso wo bills (Touso billa Nog. 712 aud 718) wero introduced in tlio Honso of Roproscniatives o the 10tk of January Inst, and af onco roforred to the proper Committeed. Thoy woro disoussed Ly tho Chairman of tho Commission with somo of thio moat notiva mombors of tho Committeo, But tho immonso amount of businoss bofure the Fouso romaining ovar from tho firat part of tho sosslon, aud tho auxioty to bring (o Yoy long seusion’ fo n closo, proventod thouo bill from Tioing reported to the House by the Committes, andso they failed o bocomo laws. Tho Come mlgsion hiad eluo carofully propured a bill om- Dodying all railrond polico laws in forcoin this Btafo, tnd oattored (hrongh uoversl volumes af ot utatuloy adding thorcto othors whil wo found in the railrond logislation of some of anr slitor-States, and which aro consldorod practica- Dlo hora, Thin bill wag presonted (ently in Jan- unry) to tho Railrond Commitioo of 1ho Sonate. "Whuf Committoo consldorod it (lonving out, how= ovor, what wo connldored tho muost oiiciont part of if,—thatiu, providing for indictmonts in overy inatanco of u'violation of auy polico law), and roported it to the Benate, whore it passed, Tho Commianionors, u as far ns thoy conld with pro- prioty, wied ovory porsiblo_cffort to bavo it also prsuod in tho Hoitso; bub it it had ronohod thoro &0 Into that, notwithatanding tho intorost whiok tho Commiftoo of the Houso displayed to pro- cura its pasnngo, it Aually failod. Wo rospoot- fully submit theso bills for tho considorntion of tho Leginlature, coplos of which aro horoto ap- yondad: markad ¢ 0.0 BENATOI VAUGHL'S BILL, . Benator Vaugh, of Knox, prosented a bill to JANUARY 9, 1873, . & o on Naflronds, which Commilico had roforred anid bill to tho Comminslon for its opinion, and which roport s aunexed oroto, marked K. INFLEXIBLE TIREIGHT TARUEFH, a In thls conhection, wo_call attention to tho opinion oxpressod by tho Bonrd in the Iast an- nunl roport s An far o frefght tari(Ts aro concorned, it jalatdl down 1y campotent aulhoritics that to fix goiosal tat1fTa in- floxthlo for n poriod of years, which must ho tho cdo It tlsoy aro fixed by tho Legisiature with no provision for modification oxeopt by Jurialatiyo netton, seems o bo wholly fmprastieable, Whoro it han boon atiempt= o, 1t Tinn nlways fuiled, nover bofug properly compiled willi, Whint i _resronablo for una raad fs not far an- othier, and would dostroy tho lntter, What, might bo Teaaonublo I o1ia reaxon might bo vory birdennnmo at., anollier, Peaca or war, famino or plenty, the atato of tho doniertio ur forelgn marketw, would” exerctse vast: inflicnco pon Lo proper ndjustmenta of yuch tazlifa, . Iteasonnblo maximum “ratos, iufloxible, say, | for wo yours, and high onough Lo nvold such * fluctuating but certain and controliing condl- .| tions, would possons no comploto and satinfac- 4 tory forao to govorn tha oharges of Railroad Gompanion, whoso tarifs would, most of tho 3 timo, bo voluntarily mado for withiu tho limits thua ecstablishod. On tho Continent of Turopo, thin mattor is Jooked upon not as a Judicial or Togislative, bitt an Administrative funclion, ‘'fhe Tinanco or Qomumercinl Miniaterial Departmont of the Btato is Intrusted with ik, It is oxercised by trained Govornment oflicinla of the highest clesn, in conforoncs with deputations from tho Boards of Tradoand_ tho Rnilrond Companies. It iu(}lnbln tobo modifled, as circunistances do- mand. Batlsfctory nn this modo may bo,—nnd it fn roprasented a8 worling woll;—it would be difli= cult to introduce it horo, for reasons whiclh will rendily suggost thomsolves without being spoc- lul}l{ pointed out. ovorthioloss, the facts atalodshowthoprobablo impracticability of estnblishing an infloxiblorato for frolght transportation, aud point to the no- consity of providing for modifientious from Limo to timo, a8 tho oircumatancos of tho country nud of tho railronds may domand. Tho discrotion may bo vostod in such persons as tho wisdom of tho Logialaturo shall s0o0 fit to conflde in, and it must be controlled, It docmod oxpedient, within limits, aud oxorcisod In mothods, to bo ostab- lishod by law. APPROPRTATION FOR ADDITIONAL COUNSEL. In accordauce with the recommondation in your nunual megsage to tho lnst Logislnturo, that an appropriation should ba mado for a rea~ sonablo sutn of money to bo expended in procur- ing additional counscl in rll casos of the State vg. Railrond Companics aud Warchonsemon, and {o cover nocehsnry costs, tho Chair- man prepared o bill to that cffect, per- mitting tho Commission, under the dircct{on and | control of the Governor, to cmploy counsol, nnd ¢ to pry exponsos and costs, in order to séouro aofficient and cortain prosccution for violation of tho Iaws. 8aid bill mado an nlxvproprlut[on of £20,000 for that purposo; but it was not noted , upon by tho Commitice to whichit was roforred. INSPEOTION FEES, ‘Upon n critical examination of the financen of tho Inspoction Department, the Board very enrly matorially reduced the inépoction focs, Tecog- nizing tho apirit of tho lnw, that only 0 mud should bo clinrged upon tho peoplo for tho sor- vices of tho sorvants of the Stato as should sup- port an economical adininistration of this do- portment. 'T'he inspection foos fixod by tho Chicago Board of Trado, and first adopted, wera s follows : For In-Inapcction—1Lhirty centa per car-load; fifty conta por M, bushels from canal-bosts; onc-quacter cont per bushel from baga, For Out-Inspection—Fifty cents per M. bushols to yostala; forty conts porcar-ioad; ten ceuts por wagon- ond, Bat, on and aftor March 1, 1872, tho Board havo establishod tho following fees : “ For In-Ingpection—Twenty-fivo cents per car-lond; Aifty conts per BT, bualiels from canai-boats ; one-quat- tor'cant per busliel from bags. For Out-Inapection—Torty centa per M, bushcls to vosels ; thirly conts per car-load Lo cars; tou centsper wagon-Toud {0 teama. INSPECTION OF ORAIN. The 7th day of August, 1872, ended tho firat your of tho muuagoment by the Stato authoritics jnsfon na rensonablo, and, undor tho clronm- nces, ono Lhnt could not prn}mr]y Lo donicd to men of thoir standing nt that timo,” It hing sinco heon ascertained (hat Muvn & Heott mnde uso of tho timo thus oltained to place falso bot- tomss in tholr bing, ko that thoy wero monsured a4 full according to their npylmm'mmo, whon, in fact, large portions of tho lower paly of tho bing woro ompty, By ihis means, Mumn & Beott succeodod In fmponing upon thoInapoctors, and obtalning a false cortitleato of tho quantity of_grain in thelr waraliouses, 1t in due to 24r. Tompking, tho Chlof Tnapac- tor, and his nssistants, to eny thal this Board comsidor that (hey fully b proporly dinshisged tholr duty in maliing tho mensuwroment, and thnt thoy nro not binmoworthy for not linving siti- pected that n firm which had for go long o timo ‘ceuplad o high position in commercial cfrolos In Chieego hnd perpotrated o fraud 6o novel and ingonfoun n alnost to defy dotection. Tho aub- joct-mnttor of tho fraud has alnco beon invosti-| || Bnted b{ tho Chicago Board of Trado, and that o ablo and oxpericnced body of buelnoss moen havo bron able to-nrrive nt no cortain conclusion as to tho partieulnr method by which Munn & Beotb dolivered the grain” which way nftor- wards found to bo wanting, That Doard snys it was dono elthor by delivering grain withe out cancollivgg tho warchiouso recaipts rapro- senting it, nue colurned to thom for cancellation, a tho [nw roy 1w 10bo dono, or hy disposing of grain xe‘pmue.,md Dy thoir warohoitso rocolpts hold by third partics, and that wero nover ye- turned for the delivory of tho grain, Tho Bonrds hins called nttention to this fraud ns o striking illuntration of the dificulty of wholly provonting unserupwlous and Ingenious men rom porpetrating sucl wrongs in conneetion with the vast trado transncted at Chieago, UNIFORMITY IN RAILROAD RELORTH, We would also reporl that, in order Lo produce desirablo uniformity in the anuual reports of Ttailzond Companics to tho Board, and that tho statiotics recoived thoroin ehould bo pre- sentod in an intolligiblo shape, the Com- minsionars _caused & Dblank ‘form of re- ‘port_tor Do preparcd, which ombraces all tho quostions contained in tho law ostob- lishing this Board, and also such additional quos- tions as the Commissioners in thoir discretion framod. (os, for fnstauco, concoriing raflrond accidenta), which thoy woro authorizad to do by Section 7'of said act. These blank formg wora nont out to the Railroad Companies on tho 12th and 19tk of July Jest, and havo beon roturned, contaiuing {heir apnual roports for the yonr mldintz the 8Gth of Jnuo, 1872, and havo alroady baen found by ns to Ho of great valuc. Notwithatauding the proparation of tho form of roport to bo made Ly tho Companios, when the roports camo to the hand of tho Commis- sionors, many of them woro found to bo 8o im- porfect as to bo of littlo of yo valuo for iho pur- poso intonded, Ii\ was ncoopsary, thoroforo, to return such ' imporfoct reports, in many nstances, ~sovorsl limos to tho Companies _from which they lhad beon regotved, nnd to point_ out "such imporfoctions, and roquast their amendmont. Tins work alono fuvolvod au elaborato and laborious corrcepond- onco, 1*"Feio but just (ith a fox cxeoptions), o tho “Railroad Compnnics o tny, that tho imperfec- Ytiona in their roports resulted from soveral wonuses, partly that tho systom of reports insu- pgurated whs now, and ealled for information not erctoforo monfionod in tho nuuual roporls &m:\do by tho officars of thoso Companies to thoir atockholdors, and ulso, in part, from tho fnet it‘mt the dafo solected for the closo of the year to o roported on diffored, in most Inatanced, from htho dato heretoforo selected by tho Companies ifor tho closo of their respectivo fiseal yoara, A steady continuance in tho wuso " of tho laystom thus ndopted will couso tho making of such ‘roports by the Railvoad Compies heroufter to bo greatly facilitatod, and thoir aconracy mora to bo relicd upon ; nud, ¢ at tho namo time, tho labor of the Commission in anzlyzing and tubulating the information con- - tainod in thoso reports, ot tho wwo of the Goy- ,ornmont, will bo vory much roducod. Though ~tho Conumissionors have mado constant effort to obtsin all tho roporls of railronds in duo ‘(’){: tho inspection and -yogistration of grain mn icago, The following comparative statement of tho smount of grain inspacted into and out of storo, and the'cost of tho samo, for tho years 1863 au 1870, and the year onding tho 7th of August, 1872, speaks for tho success of tho last yoar: TENE|l 208 &5 Sz H R 2 i }ga H:f»;t 4‘!&{ \|.(f‘.fl‘.%; !fi flmw & 1 60110, 231, 7 15,151 47,170,869 792, 070[27, 617,924 | 70,310,001 40;2408,85 25134, 487, 011 £33, 249, 26¢| 45,869.11 * Thoamount from Aug. 107, 1573, is catimated. “I'hia tablo doos not includo tho cost of rogis- tration. A Tor moro complete information in dotail of tho oporations in thoso departmonts, and ro commendutions, your attention o called to tho roport of W. F. Tompkins, Isq,, Chiof Inspe 1or, hereto appended, marked “'A, 1 aund ko tho roport of T, Olexy, Tegistrar, morked WARRUOUSE FRAUDS. Wo had overy rensou to bllova—and such was tho opinion of juay businoss mon of high stand- ing—that the system of ingpaction and rolstra- tiou, onnoted by thio laws of the last Logisfature, would prove_ effectual to kecuro tio pnblio ugainst” frauds which might bo committed by warcliousemen. A sovero ponalty—confinoment in tho Ponitoutiary—for igauing iraudulont ware- lonse receipts, or removing grain from etass Without {ho rolwrn and cancolation of any and all ontstanding recoipis thot may havo Dboon jwemed fo ropresent sich grain, was provided by thoso laws, Yot it socms that tho foar of this condign pun- ishment did not le'ovunt the commission of the . offonce, and tho burning of the Iows Llevator dieclosed tho fact that, from that establishmont, Iargo shipments of grain kad boon mado withoul tho recoipts thorofor haying boon_eancolled. It i bolioved by this Board that, had tho ware- ‘ housomen fully couformed to the law in othor rospects, such u fraud could not hava heen por- potrated. Tho most vigilant officor canuot. pro- vont erintes committed in socret, nor can o law do moro thun throaton pupishment for . orime committed. Upon conslltation with business men and membors of the Board of Trado, the Commissionors,—two of whom immediatoly ropairod to Chicago, where information was given of the fraudulont practice,—nt thoir ‘monsion in Soptomber, 1872, mnde n rulo by which warchousomen must produco to tho Registrayr tho cancolled yoceipts, 6o that tho smount shupped out could bo proporly chockod on the Registrar's books, which "show the amount of grain inspected in from the roports of tho Inspector. It iu thought that this mode of procoeding will provent roceipts boing ro- tnined uncancelled whon tho grain thoy ropro- sont;lins beon shipped out of tho warchouses. Thie Commissioners took immodiate steps to P“niah tho person allegod to have boon guilly, 1ad evidence collected, nnd the caso wasbrought Liofore the Grand Jury of Cook Couniy at the Hoptombor torm by Chaxles 11, Read, Bsq., tho Prognouting Attornoy. ‘e rosult of tha. pro- toodings will appear” from the corraspondonao with that gentleman, which i aunexed to this roport, marked * 12," I'ho Grand Jury ignored the bill, and instruo- tions were given to renew tho complaut bofore sanothor Grand Jury, since which timo au in- dictment hing boen found, ALLEGED ISCORREQT INSPECTION, In conncotion with this, wo would also stato that, about the samo timo, chinrges bad beon made that the inspection, in somoe Instances, had not been correct, and that grain had been gradad higher than itshould havo beon, Whon thero is such an immense amount to be inspoctsd at all hours of the day, and ovon somotinios by night, by u large corps of iuspoctors, it would bo but natural that now aud thon sn error shonld hio comimitted, quito unintentionally, But thus far the Commistion have novor had "the least com- plaint, and 1wembors of the Boaxd of Trado, whon those charges wore circulated, made & caroful oxaminationof the warchdhees s to tho [i:‘udlnf; of grain, and found not ona_instaneo wioro it lind beon invorrectly graded, This spoaks in- deed vory highly for tho inspaction servico. TIE MUNN & §COTT CASE, Wo must not omit to stato that, ae o furthor precautionavy messure, and to restore publie confldenco witl rotoronco o the amount of graiu actually in storo, tho Commission ordored n exreful moasuretuont of all the grain in tho biny " timo, no that thoir anunal roport might bo pro- pused nud submittad on tho st dny of Decom- or,—tho timo fixod by Inw,—no loss thau sovon ;Companics had on that day failed to respond at “5ll, and somo, whoae reports had buon roturnod for corroction, had alko failad to furnish wuch corrected coports, ‘Tho Commissionera have, thorofore, heon compelled to delay the complos tion of thoir roport until after the 1st day of Docombor, #0 a8 to bo able to_furnish tho” full information contomplated by tho law. Mnny omissions and defects oxist, romulljng from tho causes nbove tated ; but, a6 an aggro- goto informetion, tho roport ia belioved to” rop- rosout tho condition of tho railrond intorest of tho Btato with n reasonnblo dogres of scouracy, end which will improve year by yonr ay the Rarl- +road Companios and the Commixsionors besoma moro familiar with tho requiroments ond pur- poses of tho lnw. Vs THE CONSTRUOTION OI' RAILROADS during the past year has been charactorized by a vlfiur aud activity similar to that which accomi= tished s0 much the precoding year, Sinco tha st roport of tho Railrond Compnnios, 1,700.68 ‘miles of railronds havo beou Lrought info use, giviog n grand {otal of 6,268.60 miles in_nctunl oporation on tho 1st day of July, 1872, and 1,537.80 in procoss of conntruction. THE AVERAGE COST of {hio completed and clasnificd railronda in the State, as oxhibited by tho reports of tho yariony Tnilrond Compunics, tho mileago boing 5.33L.41 milos, I about £42,264.48 por mile, making tho aggrogato ropresoufod cout of thosd ronds €225, 949,271.81, Tho fact that our ronds show such great cost cannot, as nrulo, ho tracd to natural obatacles and difileultion of conatruction presontcd by the ‘materials ouconntored, or by the contour of tho murfneo of tho Stato, 'On the contrary, the to- Jograplay of the conuntry fa aspactully idapted o lio_ building of railronds at n modoruto cost. It may Lo nafely assumed that, during the past twenty yonrn, the nverago csh cost of con= strnoting tho ruifronds of {ho State, including toir ogfpments, hng ot oxcesded £25,10° pex milo. Tho differenco betwoen thin and tho cost thoy ropresent hay arisen in various ways, such aw fletitious stock, saerificos mado in snlo of se- curitios, nud othor losses mnwiufi out of bad manngemont, aud unavoidable delays in {he work of congtruction. THowover it mey havo oceurred, it is noverthe- Tess truo, and the mauagers of railroads aro cx- pected by tho Lolders of tho securitics and stock 1o obluin not onrnings sufictont to pay the intor- gt on tho bonded debt, and also dividonds on all classos of ptock, in_nddition to improving und adding to the capacity of the lines ns rpidly ns the growth of the country tributary to them dc- nands, This unfortinate excess in tho cost of tho ronds of tho State, ns sliown, should at least gx- cito onrnest and efieetivo nction to provent any increnso to. tho hurdens of (o publio of & Fimb: lar naturo, doue in otlier methods (cepecially if thiero bo 1o rotrospeotive relief), It may ho that o luy to protect tho public wel- faro, prohibiting any rond: from nccumulating or Soprodouting granter than n given valito per milo, oxcopt undor specified conditions, would nieet tho poasibility of felion ereaping if tnder otlex forms, {lctitfous in alt but the tithos demanded from tho people. Wo cnlled attention {o these gvila in our firak anmunl soport, and the inipor. tango of the subject seems o Juatify it renowed mention, ‘THE TOTAY: OAPITAL BTOCR of the railrard compauics of tho State properly chargenblo to, embracad and ropresonted by, thelrines aud proporty withia tho limits of (o Ate: Preferred stock, $8,155,100,09 Gutnmion stoc] 1,070,861.60 Tonded dobt,..., 111,450,435,07 Tloating debt,,...y ,1k0,173,20 Totul capltal represented, 4,912,064 EARNINGS AND E Tho groes ocarnings of tho comploted nnd clasuified railroads aro ng follows: Trom frelght, $30,074,504.42 Trom pagsonge Ve 10,135,161,05 Trom matls, cxpress, und miscellancons,| ~4,957,609,67 Total.evvvseaens $10,327,429,04 The avorage proportion of the exponses for maintenance aud operating, to bo deductod from §toss enrnings, {8 05,60 por cont. Mo uvorago o onrniogs por milo per nu- num were §9,108.00, . ‘Tho averago not earnings por mile wero £4,789.18, ¢ LAND NEAR RATLEOADS, With _n viow of presonling, in n comprehon- #ivo aud aleo dotatlod form, the rallrond facili- t108 of tho Bialo, with roferonco to the ngricul- of tho Chicago olovators, so nato dotormino whotlior ocelpta issuod for graln remaining in utoro, thut wero uncancollod, roprosontod a groator :qumy than tho warchouses actually contnined, At tho timo the Commission ordored the measuroment of the grain in the warchouser in Cliieago, bove spolen of, they wore walty. upon by‘otla of the firm of Munn & Beott, who stated {hat their grain was seattored in partly- filled waroliousos, and that tho firm was vory do- slrous to have {holr grain in store ncouratoly ontablish meximum rates of charges for the trunsportation of frolghts, which was roforred to tho propor Comumitioo, but falled to pass the Bonate. That bill was propared on a plan of & statutory tariff, and showod extonsivo labor in itu proparation, Tho main objeotions to tho hill are_mot forth in & report of thiv Commission wmado to tho Chalrman of tho Bunuto Quaunitiee measured ; that they would immediately procood to collost the grain in ns fow ina ny would bo sufliofont to hold it, so that the quantity could be moro rondily aud_ncewratoly agcortalued I and that that flvm would do overy- thing in thelr power to fucilitate the Commis- tural and ;Ennuru intorosty, tho Commissionors caused o tnblo o bo propared, exbibiling tho amount of laud in cach county of' the Stulo ly- iug within & miles of s rallroad; also, tho amount lying betiveon 5 and 10 milos, botween 10 and 16 miles, and botweon 16 and 20 imiles and over, g hlmrcu(lll‘;; {ablo will bo found in tho appondix, marked “H.” It shows, with sufliciont securacy for iho purpose intouded, that 73 por cont of all tho land in tho Btato lica within 0 milos of tho rallrouds {n actual oporn- tlon 2136 por cont botwoon b and 10 milos; 4 por cont botween 10 and 156 miles, and 13¢ por cont botween 16 and 20 miles and ovor, To ok advantuges add thoso which ara pros sentod b{ tho Inko, navigablo rivers, canaly, and slnck-waler nayigation of tho Btete (alwo tho slouors iu the worlk, of moasuriug tho grain in tho warchousos, “This vrongsition was asneentod to by tho Cora- soilrondy adjoinli its bordor, not ineludad In tho estimato), and it may bo' falrly presnmod that no othor Btate in the Unlon posuosses oqual foollitios for tho tianavortation of poraqua and wroporty, no uniformly distributed through it orritory, (Bigned) QuatAvus Koruwen, Tuonann P, MondAd, Jn., Davip B. HAumoxn, Additlonnl Ioport, SHineo tho annual report of the Comminstonord wan proparad, & decislon waa madoby tho Hon. Judgo Waod, of tho Knukakeo Circuit Court, Doaring upon an important quostion arising undar the fnte_railvond lagiulntion of our Hiate, which the undoralgned Comminsionors deom of [ Continved on the Eighth Page.] SPECIAL NOTIOES, Pulmonic Syrup. Schoencelk’s REAWEED ToNI0 and MANDRAK PrvLLar, Thoso aro the gy mtiiotug That wiil auro Pumonary Gonsumplione D Belionaic fian boon In sonmtani, brasiico ovor Thircy e 1y ozmnining Winge, And knows s medf- ghos, oy takon, Wl 'cuto consuniptian, Ttin Handenkn DPifln cloana tlio liver nud atomnch; his Bua: wood Tonlo dissolves the food, stimulats tho coating of tho atumach, and sids digestlon: nis Pulmonle Syrnp ripons tho matlor, and naturo throws 1t off without any wdertion, Proparad wd. for anto by J. 11 SOHMENOK. N, N 16, coror Niath and Arah Thiladolphis, E-'ill by drugegtats and denlers gonoral rs BANK STATEMENTS, Statement of the Condition OF THR farman National Bank OF CHICAGO, ILL, At the close of usiuess, Dec, 27, 1872, RESOURCES. Tonna and Discounts, [ILZS It s Unitcd Staios undi D.\'.Td'fi’&',‘u'nfi‘ oty §08,284.80 = Duo from Natjonal iy 20,009.28 42,106.03 —saoo6p 170008t 531088 & including Nickely Snoci old Colti Logal Tender Notés .. 3 SRG4TB.31 2,50 LG61.06 g LIABILITIHS, Capit b1 Canltal Btock pald In 8500:000.00 Tixehan $,210.07 Interosts, 2L GG Yrofituid Loss B1GG0.bi 8,612.25 450,000.01 Divh Indisidunt Doposi 135:08 ,208.4 Uil chei e 10922803 ..fln‘;;o ~ Natliait 0 11848077 Notos and Bills redia- HB1IAIOE COUBOd. s versr 76,037.28 82,801,651.06 1, Herman Schaffuor, Cashor of The Gorman Nattonal ik, Chicagn, 1illnaid, do solcninly swoar that the ahova tement i3 iriia to tho o3t of my knowlodgo ond boliet, HENMAN SCHAFENER, Cashlor, o inots, Conuity of Caok, . Swrn to and dubtcrlbad batord, mo thissth dar of Jans uac Vi BOThiE . SorUrES Oestost=Dlea en o vvnnmmumy i N TBREING, 3 LENRY LEOPOLD, % bl oad Report of the Condition OF THE bird Kational Bank GF CHICAGO, At oloso of busin ess, Dec. 27, 1872 RESOUROES. Loana and Discounts, Orordrafts. vovsne. United Statos Bgiids to 82,797 1791 soouce elraulatioy 061.000.‘00 (eost 56,166.67 d Keseeso Agonts. 8200, 2 D:x{: ‘xm?mr"/‘ ponts: B200,757,02 and Bankery,, 11031 5 ] 2 Furnltnro and Fistarca BRI b Expense: 41,472.50 8,015.39 210,687.7L 384,161.00 ous < Bills of sihcr Nafioal Iianks. Tractiona and Nickel Spoclo. - 84,73 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock pald in. 0, . Llsohanges. Protivnnd Disldsnda wopat Cireulation qutatanding, Inilividuat Deposit Uertlied Checks Duo to National fiatia, Duotn Othor Hanksand Bunkers, . Nolos and bills red! counted,ue v 139,454.12 530,006:00 906,450, < LI BUU, 730440 308,365.05 = 0,860,119.60 175,000.00 BTATE OF TLIaxots ) Couxry or Cox, 88:y o 1, Lucl Tarsons, Cashler of tho Third Natlonal Bauk of agn, do solewinly swear that the abovo stato. suent I trun, 10 tho best of my Inealodio and balief. : . V. PARSONS, Cashiior. Subseribed und oworn to bofora o this Bk day of unuGEs, MAUK, B, BRADY Notarf?u‘)l a NG PRARCE. Corroct—Attest: Report: of the Condition OF TILE Gook Comity Hational Beuk, AT CHICAGO, IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, At elose of businesy December 27, 1872, RESOURCES. Tonnu and Discounta.,... Ovordeats, nlted Stal 1 e Unitod Statas ilunds to seenro do, osity Duo from ltedoeming and Hedvrve Agonts. - AtonT Diud Teom Haiionel ks 2ty Due from Htate Bunks and Bankors.,, Gl Turnlture and Flxtus E .Uél( Curront Expouso 203, 10, b3 Deombim sk Ttewms ‘nu(“uihr,x o s for Clourit Houdo Jilisal Nastonat Hank 202 s 013201 51 o P Legal 230000 81,718,101.16 LIABILITIES, 1 Stagk pald i 1)L, GO0.00 e, S B0D000:0 oxchangy RSt i 2 Watjonat Tinak Cle- 40,020,095 Sulntion ontatands o P 316,000.00 pivkisid 2OLE Individnal Depo; . Cortlim Ulloch [ B, Dopo. 1ts . Dio” 10" "Matisial Tiauk o 105,168.01 Duo to Ktilo und Banke 185,657,280 — 880,012.33 » Notos and bill reiscountod ... 811 00040 1A% 1, porant, Prostdunt of tho Cook uunts Tia- okl Dt o Uhici s docblomuty swtaar that tio ovs statcmont fe truo o tho bust of iy fnawiotyo i boct. DD, BOENE, Vetaldeuts Btata of Tilinols, Connty of Caok, a, Sulagcluod i mwrord (g bofaro i, tnts 8t dey of Jan. ary, 1970, DUX, UaLk, Notary Pubilo, Corroot~Attosts POTTER PALMER, T B DOBEINS, O\ H, Hovull, 2 I Divoctorsy