Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 19, 1875, Page 3

STATE AFFAIRS. A Dag Bpont by the Illinis Lower House on the Union- Dopot Bill, It Is Pejected, Reconsidered, and Recommitted. Text o the ludiciaiy Committee’s Repor on Amendatory Acta. gwoamp-Land Swindles and Pris- cn Investigations in Indinna. ILLINOIS, HOUSE, AOE SESSIOX DEVOTED TO TAY DEFOT BILL. svecial Dispatch to The Chicano Frabune, SpAMNGFIELD, IiL., Feb. 18.—In tlo discnasion of the amondment to Horrington's Uuion Depot blll, subjecting udion depot compantes to tha provietons of the Raflroad lawa of the Btate genorally, Hainos took tho flagr, nnd io & brief #pocch Fatirized tho amendmant as in tho nature of o bill to do overything for everybody. Tho it (which In no ecasels o uvlon depot bill, slnco it provides simply for 1 dopot for two Ci- ¢ago componlen, apd dooa not requiro them to allow other ronds to centro at tha dopot) bie ad- vocated on groupds of pub'io neconsity. Panson followed Zagainst the amondment, whicli he oppotcd as abeuzd in that it proposed 10 make el raihond police regulations applica- llo to railsays by the gencral law spply to unlon depota. That would ro:quire unfon depots in complisuce with the goneral law to feucs up their dorots, ete, As to the 1ight of emluent Jdomain grantoa depot companics by the bill, It was only that now oxercised by railrund com- ponles. Johnson, of Marion, sskod why, if that wers 0, waa tho passage of this bill grantivg such laro rights of eminent domain, nrzed. Branson roplied that thoso rights wero grantad to rallroads, not to privatefodividusls, swho might form & depot compavy. In conclusion, he arpued that tho bill was word for word copled from that of 1871, omtted in tho rovision. Aftor furthor discusston tho provions question wry orderad on the amendment. Inquiry was thon made whetter that precluded furthor smendmanta, The Speaker (Cummings In .the chair) ruled that it did. ¥ Inscoro notified tho friends of tho bill that it théy proposed to road tho Lill through in snch manier it might as well ba pet under tho tablo atonco. It could mot bo put tmiough in that wav, Cullom said that, while hs favored the object of tho bill, it seamed loosels drawn, aud re- auired eateful conslderation. ‘When the amond- {nont was disposed of, iie would movo Tacommit- talof tho bill. The nmondment was lost—yess, 52 ; nays, 83, By leave, Conpolly offered an amendment, which was sdopted, resorving to the Legislatare power to prevent uujust diverimiostions by Tuton Deopot Companies. Tals was evidortly dealgned to provide for maknwz tho union dopots contemylated by the il such iu fact, by siving tho right to il roada toccotre at the wame. Tho languago of tha amendment, how- tvor, Is mot brond cmongh to sccomplish bat object, and Jonvesw the lnll a8 ofore, & bill to authoiizo any two Chicago roads (it ia conceded 1o ko & Chicago bill) 1o build connections, mida-tracks, spproachen, etc., sud condomu any proporty or streets aad croes- atreots for that purpose, and to build a Jolus depot to which no other roads would hnve the fight of mccess. Aillor, of Cook, sticrpted to offor an tmendmeut, pe did T.andricon, bat the_previous question ordering the bill to the third resdivg basing been ordered, the amendneuts vore ruled ouz of order, This, end tho fact that, while every momber know tho bill, thouzh genatal in torms, to be o specint set, notody had oxplined what it was wanted for, 10d toits dofaat, the vola tefne 17 avoa to 110 nocs, Miiler then attompted to offer his amendmont, Tho Bpeoker.announced that the il was not pow baforo tho Iouss, baving bosn kulled by tho Yote just taken, RISURRRCTED, Cullom moved o reanrrection, with tho undor. standing that the il be zmonded aud referred bactt, Carried. Miller tuen offered an amendmont requiring roads §n consiructing counoetiou track to bmld viaduets ovar streets. Horinglon said that, with thet amondment at- tached, he didu’t caro whotber tho bill, of which ho was the author, jnssed or not, Ho assnred the Houso there was mo Lxlyb In tho L), nor monoy init, It wasa fair il toald railrosds which owned Lheir depot stonnd-, and tanted powor tn buwild annion cpol. It had begn opoosed oa wuspiciun, aud by rentlomen who had not taken trouble to find oat what was fu it. Mr., an!(hsnn sald what be wanted Lo know was whothér tho bill was o private project, or whoslier it was Intendod to ‘be & gonoral law. o bad not boen able to find ont what it was far, nor lind bo heard apy reasons why it aliould bo passod, If it weyo fu fact & wpociul bill o whonld oppoue It Tho bill, with amendmonts, was then vecom- mitted, A noteworthy feature of thio dobata wan that, whilo the bill was advozated on genoral < grounds, though it was underatood to rolate to s spociat Chioago pm{wl. nobady stated what it was mount for, nor whal necesity there was for couferring upon any two roads having termiod ab Chicago tho powers askod, nor was the satare &nd ecope of chara powers dobatod. All chat wea #sid in explonntion of them was that simier {mmn had been granted by tho act of 872, ropealed thraagh inndvertance, it was etaied’ by tho tevision, This ciroumstance ex- citod such opposition that. In the tempor of the Houro now, the prospect is the bill wal be final- ly dofestod or nmended to death, Tho undor- atanding to-day is that tho Inll {s In the intereat of the proposed Weet-Side depot, Lut also do- migned 10 b6 applieablo to tho Lake-front dopot project. Until the objects of the bill sre moro tally disolused, itis “safe to say it will nut Lo Euml. thongh it sooma to Lave stroug suppoit, ¢ 1a Rouse bill 89. B SENATE. Lquosn, Sprefal Dispateh to Ire Chicaoo Tribuna, BrorvorreLy, 111, Feb, 18,—~The temporauco question was again bronght tonotice by the pre- sentations of cltixens of Monmoath, prayiog the tepeal of the llquor law, snd of tha Isdioa’ tem- Perance association of the same place againat soch ropeat, Doth were referred to the Come imitioe on Licenses, BRAARDING INVESTIQATIONS OF IIRECULARITIZS, Mr. Upton intraduced a bill providing that, in Proceodinga against any colloctor fur dofault, the books of the auditor shall be pritha facla evl- @ancs of tho true state of theacconnt, AOGLINGT PLUBALIIY OF OFFICKS. Btrong’s bill in relatiou to tho management of cbasitablo justitutions, intioduced to-dsy, pro- ‘vides that no ofticer of such_fuwtitution. ehall be 4 membor of tha Bomd of Truslocs, nor aball ® 8230 person ba a mowber of wore than one such Board, nor sball thero be sppointed from the enwme county more than ono Trautes for the ible matitutions altoellier, P 1LY PASSED. °'W:;.u bt pmvfilng for the issue and registry by ods to ruse funds for building schooi- ‘:ull«i 1\ authonzes School Direstore, uvon haiie Hon being held ordesing such boliding, oxcooding !‘nmuv therelor to an smount ot rmvem‘o i Ono year 5 por cont of the toxable d G p‘-l;'c:.‘.':‘.’““ todraw taterest not ex- Jucab's Litl to saih goods atiached inhuahrlln for ai &ny bt for which he has s lien on which they are mortgaged to bim, FuCAL BNy, Haines' bill autl to recover on lu?gu:‘::‘:é:“u' Tl‘n.l‘n Soromtone rite of interest thet ellluu‘: i‘r“:l.lz‘:‘ E::‘:: might, snd to authorize co; poraf sn uale uwu':l"v'rl ;ldnm‘mtflzl:;:ncu:? ptxo'::n{n": martgs secure was adeied 1o 8 thlrd N.Ifliul'? tiathoss; ESTRICTINO TUE GUPUENE COURT, A bill wes Iutroduced by T the setlivg wuide or n#h f,“m" J':v Bt Oowt an arror or verdict beiow oo th .l::::; b the Mo was Bot waszauied by the taatle s gerulabes to sell iafaction of THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1875. 3 mony. 'The objact of this bill is to restrict Buprems Court to its Pmmr proviuce,—that o deciding quostious of law inatead of trying cscs on tho racord of the testimony. ———r CAPITOL MATTERS, - Aft. CANPIELD'S DiLla Breclal Dispateh to The Chscama Tribune, Henixopee, lil, Fob, 18.—Canflold'a Eenste bl for sefundor of tho 7-30 tax-grab fs, of all the billa introdnced for that pur- 080, tho only ouo that scoms to maot the resl difilcalties of the queslon. Thene aro, that, as tho mattor now stands, the Huprome Court haviug deeldad tho tax-grab law uncone stitutional, thern aro grava doubls as to whother tha fands can be beld to bo within tho Treasury efthier of tho State or of the county, Tho bet- tor opinion amoug lawrsors hote Is, that, s tho mittor now stands, the funds ara mnot held by tho Htate or County Treasurer officiallys n<a uot public funds, and, without some enactmont apeclally in that re- gard, are not nndor logivlative control, being simply the funds of private individuals which have wrongfally como to tho handa of the Trans- wiers as individusls, for roecovery of which the parties to whom it belongs aro lett their romedy by privato suit. To abvlate, Confield's bill de- claran tho Stato, in [ta corporate capacily, & trusteo for tho tax-payora and the 7-30 a trast- fund bill for tholr exclugivo hensfit, The hill then requires that the Btats Troaeurer and county eball pav over inlo the State or Couuly ‘Tronsury, asiho cama may be, the 7-30 funds now hetd by them individnally, sod, for falle ure w0 to do within teu dave afisr tho pas sago_of tho bill, 1t s piovided that upon {11e Treanuror friling to pay over ahall be pun- {1abiod as for failure to pay over to his successor iuoflico. ‘Lhis paymout ovor, though it wonld bo in fast but an entry o the books of tho trust fuad, would rendor the suroiles of the i'reaguror liable for tha fund, for which now they ara not hablo, This cisugs plaa reachos the 8130,466.11 which ex-Treasurer Kutz. by advics of his counsel, refueed to pay over to his suc- cernor, beceass no guaranty could bo givon to securs him -'{;-Snn lisigation commoncad and threatened. The bill provides for refunding forthwith from the Etato Trossury to County Troasuty, snd for repaymeut to tss-payers of llxm{u in tho Btaio ‘Lremsury. Fuauds in County Treasnrios not turned over to the Btato Troasury, sre to bo rofunded by (he County ‘Lreasurcr withont pln:m‘y! through tho tato Treurury. ‘Tlo bill ndemnitlea tho Treas- urer for repaymeont of the 7-36 fund in socord- unco with ita provisiona. HOCTAT Tho Hon, 8, M, Cultom and ledv gave s larga parey to-night to the membera of the ch(lnlllflu and citizens geuerally. Ilis elounnt parlois were jammed, and Mr. Cullam, aided by lus ac- comphebed lady, roceived the immenso crowd in pandromo styls. An elogant supper was served. Tt was the party of tho season, GRAIN INSTECTION, Mesesrs, Culver, 1nrd, Wipht, Sidwell, ana Fonlor, thy O m=ittee appoioted by the Chicago Board of "Trade hore tv wecurs tho ox- tension of geatn fuspection, 80 as to have it np- plr to all the princlual markats of the Btate had a conference to-day with tho Co.nnutlees of the ITouso nud Henats on Warehouacs upon the subject. TOE CITIZENS' ASSOCIATION DILLY, Trankln MaoVeagh, 1l P. Derivkson, A. O. Hosing, T, Lylo Dicsoy, O, T. totehkiss, Dr. L. D. Boone, and otboré, from Chicaco, hers in the mterest of thouew Clicago Lills, Liold an \nftorual_oconferenca to-day with the Cook County delegauon with reforouce to tnexo bills. ~ Mies Ichoo ncred as Clairman of the meating, which was addrossed by Frauk. in MauVeagh, (L 1. Hurd, Souator Waito, A, C. fiesing, J, J. McGrath, and othors. MasVeagh ntatad that tho bill in 1ts new form was accopta- blo to the Cidzens’ Association, sud to sll wilh whom thoy bad eonferred. Hurd objeetod to a roorzenizadon of the City Governmant, Ilo wantod tho Rovenuoc law =0 smended that thers sbould bo but one syatrm of nssesamont aud cols loctiun of taxos, 1lo wanted bill 800 repealod. . ©. Hesing advocated such ° bl as would empower tho city to collect both aity and county " {sxes, the at'er being In amount only one-guartor of the whoto. Iu privats onversstion ho stated that he opposed tho repeal of Bill 800, bocauss thon no taxes now lavied could be colleoted, J. J. McGrath took the samo viow, and sald that, I 111300 woro ropealed, tho city would lona %2,500,000 back taxos; also tha delluquent list of 1874. After turthar disoussivn it w.s gener- ally concludad that it was at presont {mpractica- Llo to ropoal 111 801, too manv interosts being pow dopendent thereon. The mectlog ad- journed without arriving ot any conclusion sa to whether Bl 300 which s incorporated in the now bill sbould bo rejcctad or whothor 1t ehontd bo amended and p:arfecied to stand a8 & gronexal law., Tho prevaling seotiment was doemed to that bilt 800 must bo retnined, and should be smended so a8 to mako it oftectual. Kchoe, Chairman of tho Benato Mu- wiciy sl Committeo, and ise, Chalrmau of tho House Committeo on the same, will call a jolnt convention of hetr Oommittees to further con- sider tho matter to-morrow night. 'Fe bill as sent Liere wil bs preseated in Loth Housus to- morrow. Tho preaent feoling is favorable to ita passags. —_— AMENDATORY ACTS, INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITOTIONAL TRO- YIBIONS DY TIE HOTSE JUDICIARY OOMMITTEE. Spectal Duspateh to Lhe Chisaas Trioune, Srmixanizip, Fob, 18,—Connolly will make bls repott to-morrow on tho constitutionallty of the amsndatory statutes in which tho original statuto s nat embodied. Tho roport (s aa follawa: Tuo Comuwttce of Judiclary, in ripanse to the fol. lowing resolution of the TTousc, viz. 1 Le it reso.ted, That the Cammities on tho Judiclary e lustructed L funwire futa and inform tho House uf the Intent, mesning and forve of that portion of Bew, 130f Ard, 4 of tha Coustitution of tlis Hiate, which reada theteln aa follows: *Aud 10 law shall le re. visad or amended by reference to it title only, but the Law rovisad or tha section amended slial, bo inserted ot lrngih dn the new act.” ~1eg leavo to make the following report : Tha scope aud object of this josolution we under- stand to bo to require a report as to the proper moda of Trawing ameadatory acts, 50 that they wmiy conformn to the oquiremenla ¢f fbla coustitutional provision, Does this provision require (ho amendatory act to ast. out th o ta bo wmnended, and 'L S.amb section asamended 7 Thiero fa nnqueatlonably sach & degreo X of ambiguity in the languags of this provision of the Gonatitution se to make us 105k Leyond the language itaclf for aile to die Interpratation ; and whilo i1 trua that tho constructionto ba put upon the provivion caunal bo wald ta b abaolutely setticd uutll the courts ahall havo paased mpon i, wtill ¢ is one of thowo pruvisions that mut n«mrflry be fist pamed upon and comsirucd by the Legise lature bofore _ the question of s eonstrus.ion oun pogalbly arise du tho courte; bub ufter loglalalive construction s boen put upon an smblguous Cousti futionu! provision, sud thab consiruction has besn sdopted Ly ditieredit Legielatursa, sout foc 8 conalder~ aLls length of Wme, thio courts fuvarlably scquicace In and adopt the legislative constraction, unless focced to overibrow it by tho most imperative reasans, Jadgo Cooley, in bia exceilont wurk on * Canstitg. tional Limitatious,* page 67, says upon thls subject; “When s particular coustriction has bean gencrally accepled aa correct, and espe-ially whon (his lixs oge curred contemporaneously with the sdogiion of the Coustitution, aud by thovs who had apporiuity to understand the intention of ths fnstrument, {t iy not 10 ba dentedd {hat & stroug presumption oxixls that th coustruction rigbily otorprels tho Inteution,” O this ground ‘sloie the Baprema Court of tha United Btates, tu the case of Blawart va. Lalrd, Cranch, 290, decklod ao eary us 1303 that o meaberd of that Gatrt lad tho right under the Conliution o, st s Clrcuit Judges, Inthis casothe Courtesrs It by suiliciont to obscrve that practiceand scquisacience upder s for 8 perlod ot several yuare, coumenciug with tho organization of the Judicia) system, alford) ni frreatatible unswer, and has, fudeed, Axed L8 cunstruce tion, T8 8 couteingorary nlcrpratution of thy monk forcible uature, This practical sxposition 18 too stroug aud oLatinate to bo controlled.” ports of tho Hapreme Qourt of the nd of uoarly oF perhipa quite all the Histemdn the Unton, abound o mmiliar dacislaun, wlero the Courts, i coustrulug smulvious conutdye tional provisions, sustaln and adopt the conatruction plsced upou Congresa o the oo . 1 0f Art, 10 of the Coustitution of 1813 provided faat 1 Corporstions no possessing lauklug ypowers or privileges may be furmed under geuersl laws, Lut okl ot e ereatod by Apo.fal Acts, uscept for bitui s al piirposas ; ud fu cades whoro, 1 (he judament of ’.\c Generus Assnibly, the objucts of the corporation caunat Le attatued under geueral Liws,” Tt was claimed that undur & proper construction of this section & 1a) act of jucorporitiva would nat be conatitutfonal, unioas the Gaoeral Avsembly passing the sct should expressiy siate in ssid act, by way of preamble or 0.herwiss, that, in u:/mluuum e wbject af the corvoration could ot be aftained by @ aenaial faw; and in e with that law the act to lncar porite the Iiinvie Ceutrad Rallruad Company wis pessvd, with a preamble Lo that efiect, |repared Ly Licedd thers at the {ustance of Judgo Brease, Dup sgialitures, undosr that Constitution, dl £ not uni. forwly obacrye at rale, by sy wmesus, and in 1830 this clauso camo Lifure vur Bupreige Court fur cous struction In the cuse of Jobnsou v, The Jollet &k Cat- csgo N Company, @ I, p 207, snd that case the Court, 'Ly Brrese, Julge, say: 1t 16 now t0o lata t0 make thl objection, slica by theaction of the Geneul Assembly, under Wiis ciausg, special acts bavo Leea s0_long 4ae onder of $he duy, and the 1uling pesion with every Legisluture whleh bes ounvened uuder the Qousthution, uatil thetr acte of this description Ali a buge aud misshapen volume, sud haportaut aud valuable tights sro claime od under therl, o o Tuat pecamtle (10 Lba act fn= corpurating tuo iliuols Ceutrul Rafiroad Company) ‘was placed by the wrier of tlia dpintou, and & strict comptionos withh thiv clauso of the Gaustitution would have reudered it Mecess.ry In overy subscquent s, Bul the &, da tholr wisdows Lave tuuugls diffstently, aod b cted diffarently, notil Aow #patal legislation and ita mincliief ara beyond recove ery or reineldy,” ithont stopping to cite further sutharily we laks it ana well seitled ruls in sll the Courts of the Gnlon, that, In provie wionn, i 4 farmiy acted upon woy pariiedl Uausts will sdopt the nime cansiritlon, To this rals there ia uo axception, 1tnl o It 1o i & oMe whera stich & construction would work serious snd frr Injuy eithar ton publie ar privata right, Bluce the adoption of aur prosent Constitution wa have had the Twenly-asven’'h snd Tweuts-eighth [ tha Twenty-ninth la onw in neaston. eventh and Twenty-elghth Uanoral Assemblies heid fiva rogular, npest Journed rewslogs, In Uhe Twenty-aeventh and Twenly- Tighth Goneral Aswembiies ther wers sevetal mem- bare, s9me of them Jawyers, who liatd besn membors of thie (fonstitutfonal Cunventlon, sud each of thess Ase sewmbiies, throughont tha whola of these fivs wreefons, cotafrard the elwtae in question thn aama way, iz, that 1t abisil be suiliclent to set out tlie smended e tion in full 8 smended, and that 8 wan ol necersary 10 #nt nut in ful tua section to be amended, Fvery act of these twa Assembifen sroonding & Jaw or mecilon was pansed under that conmtructiou, and many such acts I force are smong the moat fnportan:. sol“necomary of aur alatutess under thoem private srd publle 1lghta have accracd,—thelr offects hva vonclicd aud ate folt In all walke of life and i every pattinent of busines, T overllrow three scta now Would nvolve mauy of the malerial Intererts of the cillzon in Liopaless canfusion and eudless hitlgation, and would indeed be s public calamity, Dt ramembering ths foregoing riile concerning the respect pald £2 conieniporsneons and ) readify Le anen that o lative ‘cou- slaictlom, it will entertalnid of such a calamitous uniform construtian of the frst tw sembied uncies tue Comatitu'ion whi couite, espectally ea ho fujury, whetber puolio o pris wvate, can result from it, Tt your Commltten heg feave Lo furthor report that, in their opfuloy, thia uniorm loghlative convlrucilon of thio claiige n quesllon fa the truo snd anly resson. able eonstraction of i, and that it should, tharefors, be followed by this Liglslature, and tuat for the sams roanold It ielt be aifopled by our Courts, Wiy was thia clause ineerted in the Constitation of 18707 \What mischief hsd ariren uudor tlat of 1813, wuich thia new clausa wan doslgned toremedy Under the Constitutton of 1848 it 4 well known that it was & common practice to smend statutes in (mportant particulsrs by referring to the fitn of the act aund oumber of tho: nection then decliro corfain words, phrases, or santchews gtruck outin the middls or ai theendof the section, and, perhiapn, others foserted, Riving the rexder no clew 1o tho rusl chinge made or ubject utended, Under this practice, for ustance, the Leglslature of 1863 wonld pass wn sct of thot kind smouding a1 act passod, say, in 1853, by striking out eertain words in & cortain moction, and by inserting athier words n their placo, For tlio citlzen, then, Lo av. certain what the law actuatly was in 1803, lis wap com- pelied to take the amendatory sct of 1803, then find tho olwolste sot or section in the law of 1333, bring the two togetber, aud, Ly atrikiug out hare and faserting thera in tisle obaolata section of Lie law of 1835, conatruct for Imaclf a soction, &a he thiuka the Leginlaturs intendod {tshonld be, A wiriking instance of tio mischief of this kind of legisletion an¥ tue extent to which it was car- ried fs found Ju the ¥ Act to amend the Fras-ehool lsw of Titinuls 1n amended, ete.” Lawaof 1381, p. 16, The first rection of this amendatory act sdds 10 1 twentieth woction of the act 10 be ameuJded the folloy fug words (neitiug out ouly the words to ba adden) ; 8180 chunges thi * jirat (icelre L.nes™ of ko tharty-Afili scction, 50 by sliall read vs follown (giving only the amendad reading of sald * firet ficelve fines,” “The socond. section provides that tha * Hrat twants. soven lnea” of the forty-second mection ba * changed ™ follows ¢ (yiving only the smoudrd readn g of kald # jirst fwenty~seven liner.”) This samo sectivn alwo amends the forty-Afth saction of the sune nct aa follows, viz, 1 4 Striks out the word ‘county? before tho word ¢ Coltector * 1n tho thirty-third Hue." The third section reads thus: ** Striko ont all before the Drst provieo fu the Oftfeth soction, and snbstiy flio following :” (uere fallow the words, 441 tn number, 10 b2 fnsarted lnst=ad of those stricke. out). ‘Tue fourth section roada: “Sirlke out the proviso in tho fifty-second nection also after tho word ‘attendanco’ in the fourth line, below the foriu of achedule, in tho ffty-third section, losert: (3iving tho wonls to be {nserted) ; also ndd to the se rat section : (serting out tho word to Lo also suuatituto in tho second line of the sevent aection tho word *lucluding! for the worl upon,’" After the passage of this act It would require a very acnte and careful lawyer to make even & respoctabio guess nu {0 what the 8:000; law was, for {t roquized a careful oxamination and comparison 0 scinion law of 185) and 1R3! to flud how much and what part of any of thesa sections of the law of 1830 were in forc in 1461, sud then tha ezamlner could ouly, guess, sud fudesd & court couid | nly - guoss (o instauco, whetlier tho *irst twelvo Linea M striczen out meant tho first twelve lines of the enrolled taw, on filo i tho Becretary of State's oftice, or the Orst twelva linea an tney agpeared fa to printod volumo of acusion lasn of 139, ¢ I8 well known that much mischief dfd arisa trom this mode of amsndiog lawe under the old Cousthtution, Tt effect of this new clauss 1s {0 pre~ vent tho smendment of statuten in that manoer, and it was unquestionally ioworted for that purposn, If, thien, this minchief did exint, and € the effect of thi new clauses fs simply to provent that mischief, tho pur- se of the clause in question would seem lo fully carriel “out by elmply requiring the amendatory act {0 wel out the eutira secilon as amended, 80 it the anendatory act may ba complete in tself, and o referouce to thu'old law necessary af- Yexcopt tar the passge of tho amendatory act, ‘To tnclude the old sestion, as It was Leforo smen:l- ment, in tho amendatory nct, could not poastbly udd anything in the way of preventing the mischief almd- el to, aud might begot great confusion and complexity in sinanidatory atatuten, or at loast might raie ques- tions fufinilely more doubiful and ccinplox thau the ote we'are consid.ring, Forexamplet Anactis pused amending a certain section 3 then the amendatory sct, which I8 the amended ncction, consiste of* fura sections, viz,: tho oid n:ction as it tood Lafora amendmont, aud the aame soctiou as it standa nfler amendment, Another Logis.aturo wonis to amand the samo section, and the questiou arises: how shall the amendatary act bo framed 7 The act or section to be amended contalus the fu0 sechions an abova atated 3 If the act or scction to be araended must be set out in full {u (ho new act, then tha new uct must contain these twoscctions, viz, § thascuifon ma it stood when first amendsd, th.u the :tjon aa it will be when agaln amended, sud su tho ing'a scction, by only two awsuduienls 10 its phrnre ology, will Lave growa to three soctions, two of tuem Letug dead, uso a8 matter, Tho alsucdity of such & reault as this wonld soon maxe It be ossary to aay that, after a soction hisa ouce Lcea amended, » second amen: nood Dot cou- tatu tho oripinal soction, but onls the scctlon un it was after tha first amendment, But what coustituted the section nfier s fiest amondment 7 Was not the origis nal soction a necossary part of 1t But agaln : Toe framors of tha Oansiitution of 1870, snd the geople, when they adopted it, must have con- strued the clatse 1u quaition as we do, ‘Tao Jouru of Dobates in tho Convontion shows that, whils other uew clauses In the e sucilon wero discussed at ienglh and varying consiructions given to thowm Uy disTerout members {n the Couvention, yet this clatise resins 10 have heen 0 woll uuderstood, an 1 the coustruction 80 well settled It the minds of the mem~ bers, that it was ol eveu seferred to or queationad fn eLotss Nor is thia atrange, for st the time that Convention was I vearlon this very same claiue, In_ Rubstuuce, swan Iu force, aa part of tha Constitutions of Touiriana, Iudians, Michigan, Oregon, and othar Buatea; if baving then been §u forco over twenty years in some of tha Btates named, and Ita construction being then a3 woll setiied by highest judiciil tribuuals {n the titatea nawiod ax the plainest jroposition of 1o com- wmon law, Beo. 25 of Art. 4 of the Constitution of Blichigsn was o followa: #No law shallba rovised, witered, oramendad by refersuco (o ita titlo ouly, but the act zevised ar soction or sections of the sct sitercd or smended shall ba re-enacted and published st length.” 1In 1803, tlio Suprame Court of that Biate, in tha case of {ie Peavle vf, Aunhaney, 13 Mich,, 407, by Cooley, Judge, say s * This coustitutious! provision must re- celve a yeasonablu construction with a view to give it ‘The miachief desfgued to bo romediod was tho ensctinent of smeudutory statutes, in terms so bitud hat leglalators thowsolves wore somelimes decalved in_regard to their effect, and the public, from the diffoulty in making the nocessary examinstion and comparison, felled to becomo apprired of the ctisuges mide fu the laws, An ameudatory act whicli pur- ported only i lnsert cortald we or to substitute oue phrasa for another, © du sn act or section . which war only referred 10, but not repr bilshed, was well caloulatod to mislead tho gareloss a8 o ts etfect, and Wik porbaps some- tmen deawn_in that form Jor that express purpose, Eudless confusfon was thus futroduced into the law, 4nd tho Conititution wisoly probibited nuck legllaifun; But un act complate 1o {tusll {8 not within (ke mischisf jgued to Le remedind, and cannot Lo held 1o Lo prolitited by t, without violating {ts p'ain iutent,” Hec, 31 of Art, 4 of the Canatitution of Judiana wea s follows: * Na act shall over be revised or smended by mero reference {0 ita 4itlo, but the sct revised or ;uc‘}ilxzuml::ud«llhdl besct forih aud published st ull legih, Ihe Bupremn Court of that State, in 1847, {n tho €as0 of 7'he Urcencaslin “Turnpke Company ‘v, The State, ez rel, Jalot, 2tk Ind,, 382, say, of this scction of thlr Constitutiont * It requires that evory enaot- ment of the Leglulaturo shall be complola within it olfs that tho prosent atate of the law on auy given sabject sy bo lesrned by reuding th last enactusent, Yituout ibs vecssalty ol seuortiug o e old, KIis can Lo doue williou seiling forth tho ofd law At longth, In every where tho mew embraces all of tho ol loft in forca, Tuo old law, and tho mischlef existing ~under 1t, uglit hot 10 be forgoiten iu glving laterprotaticn 13 such clauses, Lot us wention them. Under tho Uoustitution of 1816, & section mivhit liave been ameud- ed by o pasiage ol s ast ruuuing thues ‘1 i une acted, otc,, That Bec, 26 of a0 aet veulating d.sceuts, and the fipor-Huuient of satates, spproved, ba sud i beroly amended by inscriing efter fhe word “within® the words “nelther biotucrs and waters, DoF their dosceudante.’ Tho mischiets of thiv prave Uce were numorous, snd In same respects gricy- ous, It required much labor sud paina on the ard of legialstors fo emable theri Lo undarvtand auch bilts sometiwes i thio baxte of tho last hoursof & searion, this cave beiug scarcely practicable, billa in Jorm woce pawsed whi:ls ncver could bave ve- celved legslutive vanction if they had becn under- stood, snd in the sdministration of the law, constant refurouca and comparison of statutes Wure ' heceasary 10 ronder vuch act iotelligiite, It wan terely L pre- vent Lo zalschlels of this mode of leg.alation that the clause in quastion wad tuseried fu the Constitution of 1831, and this was completoly accompilahed by requir- Lug tbe smendatory ot 1o sab fartu st full leagib” tis This aame section of therr Conatitution Was ngain oonsidersd o satne Court fu Juten qf Martingi i 2. Freize, 33 M., p, 09, sud Courg vay 1 % This pro- vision haa glven Rss to wome diversity uf opiion in this Courl aato whetber It 1s tvcewdaty Lo st uub in ti mmending statuto the old law aw 1t stood Leforo the amendmont, or whotlier it 1a suficlent to sot out snd Jub b0 act oF sectiou Ge atundsd, ‘The Liter de~ cislons of the Court, however, seitieithie propouition that 1be Constitulion 14 ‘complica wilh {f the amended act oF seciion ia ket forth sud publiskied 04 wostdod, willis nnt & Tocital OF the ack af sestion aa 18 st0od Lofors the. smesdinent,” case .seconud, it would deprive all honest t, 4 of tha Constitutlon of Oregon * No act shall aver bu revised or amended Ly mera ratarencs fo fia title, hnt tha act reviesd or geetion amanded aball e et forth and publised 8¢ all lengtn," In the cana_of the City_of Portland ea, Atoek, 2 Oregun, 71, the Bupreme Conrh of that Blate rays “Thin saction was adopted for grod ressons, [t haw bern & custom with our Lexislaturea (o amnx.xfl U exialig | lawe Ly mere tefarouce to_(hel tlen, and under that cover to chiengn words Vhrases anywhers in (s weetions : to fnnert ntrikn out asntences : (0 rejeal paria of eections t the nast to repeal and amend until it had bhecome s real Lest (0 discovar what was the exiat. lu: atatuts h mauy subjects,” fisr thuun Aincuneinig the, mitchiet what that aection of tha Conatitution was designed Lo reimely, the Court proceed ta placs tha following constriction upon tha wectlon, vias * That when an rct, part of 3o act, or aection i atnended or revised, Lo act, part of an oet, or e~rilon phatll beaet forth a4 amemndad, fu full, with the changes lncorporated 1o their placcr, The Conatitution of Toulrians, , 118, wan a4 fol. 1own's No Inve aliall be revined o smended Ly refer. #uce (0 ita title, butin such cazen the act revinel of petion aluendéd shail be ro-emicied aud puidaied i enath. “Tuo Bupreme Gonrt of Loulsians, in 185 Arnadt va, The Cily of Noa Orleans, 11 1ovislana, 51, ®ay, in copsulting thix sectlon ¢ * This wea iotended ‘s prevent the amendment or revival of laws merely by areference tn their titlen, It wan Intended that each amendment , , . should wpeak for fteelf; *houid stand independent snd apart from tho . . rection amended. | It wan Sierefore provided that case of in auch cusnn, §f the object was to . . o smend sn act, then the section ssmended slould bs re-onacied and published at lengit, 1 In, thereforn, safe to presume that the aama con. ntitutlonal miovision. when sdapted by onr Conatitu- tional Canventiun of 1870, wes sdopted without quese tion of dircussion, bocative it meaning 4nd ounstruc— 110 wera not open questions, but were known to ba well netiled by & long itne of fudictal dscislons, bs wil 28 by legialative construction and popular acyuicscanca far more than a generation ; foeit cannol be presumed thatthe many dlstingulabsd lawyers who were meme bera of tl Cunventiou were guorant of 1he exjat. ence of the same provision in the Constitutionn of oths or Alates, ur of thie existenca of the nany decirous of ihe thl rewne Courts of thoae Btates coustructing thin pruvinion, ‘Tha conistruetion of this clause of our Conatiiution came befors our 0w fiu{:rtml Court incidentaily tn the vory It case of Tolice Commissloner Klokke ve, Javl P, Wright, uot yet Faported, std i paming on i ths opinion of the Conrt provided by atr. Justice 8'hofield, who was & dlatingnished member of tie Qoustitational Conventlon of 1870, sdopts the lan. giiayo of thie Huprems Court of Michigsn in the case of the People vs. Manhsuey, suprs, It may be sald, howsver, that thin is mers arbiter dictum, in the Klokke care, Buppose this by couced. ed: sl it in the dictim of & distinguishad ju- rist who was & ruember of the Consti tutloual _Convention; & dictam in entire har. mony with the nelected oonmtruction in sl tlie Htates where the Courts have been called upon to conatrug similar provisions ; & dletumn upou & wubject of great public concern, and therefora not to La jire- sumed to have boen Incousidorately put forth 3 aud dictum that must bave been eatisfactory to snd a proved by at least a majority of the Qsurts, or it wonld gl\l h'lit been sllowed 1o nppest as the opinion of the ourt, Your Commliites are, therefore, unsnimous in the opinfon that an amendatory act which sets out the sec. tion or act sa it will read when ameuded in strictly in accordunce with the scitied legislative construction and usiga in all the Hiates where simllar constitutional provisions sro fonnd, and that 1t 14 uot necennry fo set out o the amendatory sct the mectiom ar scito be amonded, Respectully subaltted, JaMER A. CoNNOLLY, Cuialrman Sul-Commfitee. — OTHER STATES, INDIANA, BWAMIVLAND SWINDLES—VRIEON INVESTIOATIONS. Swecial Inapateh to The Chicago Trioune, Inpiavaroris, Fob. 18,—Winle the press gen- erally has baon active in bunfing up small atealn, —thoso which would not justify & divide,—they bave overlooked the Jarge ones. Why, I do no: know, as they need not misa thom 1f the entor~ prise of their representatives i not misdiractad. Juat now thero is one in progress In tbis Stato which bida falr to riva! any which conld be dug np in asamall & spaco of torsitory as a State, It 4 only A RWAMP-LAND ORAT, but it s » good-sized one. Wihile ono end oper- ates hore, the other works at Washingtou. Ul dor the act of Congress of 1831, convoying awsmp and overflowod laods to the Btato of Ar- kansas and other Statos, for tho payppqp, of re- claiming tho samo, the Biate of Ind{is #ome 3,000,000 acres, two-thirds Doing in the marches of the K and on the bordors of Lak§’ chigan. The condition specifically ot forl 6 grant waa, that the Btatea recelving the A" should uso them to defray the expense of ‘draining and 102lmming them; sad in no other way then by a complinnes with this condition could tho Btate aequire proper title inthe lands. ‘Tho Lenlsiatute accepted tho grant on belialf of this Btate, and, after a urvey of tho lnuds, onacted a lasw which provided that tho lands might b sold at $1.26 per acre, and tho proceeds applied to draining; or the lands might be deod- ed to parties haviog done ditching under con- tract with the Btato, in payment for the wotk, Hundreds of thousands of screa wora thus daod- ed to persons in paymont for work WIICH TIEY NEVER DID, and which s not yet done, though the lands have possed futo other hands. Thus waa the State -detrauded of hor lands, and the money paid iuto the Treasury by honest purchasars was uever applled sa the law Wirccted. Huits ara now about to bo brougbt agaivat tha Btate to compel ber to drain the lauds which sho sold for money ; and thero is s good logal shiow that what onco could have beon dono with the proceeds of tho lands will now have to ba mugfn?:c of tho brows of tax-payers throaghout 0 2 ANOTHER EWINDLE ia these layds bas uow mada its appoarance ; and, if it euccecds, tho last of the doua- tion will have passod amav, withont Lav. ing- beneflled any hou citizen _of tho Btato, or tho Btato hersulf, The grabbers succeedad 1n gotting all the landawhich wero conshiered worth having, long ago; aud, for yoars, the records of the swamp landa wera imperfoctly kept or totally naglected. When M. J. C, Bhoomaker came inta oilico a3 Auditor of State, he began the work of indoxtug aud com- ploting the rocoids wh'sh belonged in Ins oflics, A clork waa appointed, but did not finish lua work during Mr, 8."s torm of ofiice, nor oven in that of gy successor, Dut, after Mr. Bhoemaker went oui Uf ofiics, it waa diecoverad that tho ad not isposed of all the lands along tho Kaokakeo by pome 00,000 acres, Tho discovery was kept *‘on tho dead,” exceptto a cortain Ring, who made arrangsments to 0OUBLE " TIE WUOLE OF IT. Tnvestigation satiafled them (they Lave able lawyors In tho Ring) that the leuds did uwat bo- lonjs to the Blato, becansa the Btate had not complied with tho conditionn of the graat, But, while this discovary was being made, it was aluo faund that tho Stalo owned aome 13,000 acres of swamp lands scattered over other pattious of the ftate, Thia was mada » haodle for tha ame, aud thin littio batch was rushod before ths Logislature by the Covornor, accompaniod by the 1ecommendation that some legislation be adopted whicts would enable the Stata to sell all swamp or overflowed lands. A bill was accordingly Iutroduced i the Logizla- tura, auiboriziug tho eale of sll such lande a¢ 8125 per acre, whils guch lands are being sold or held by {udividuala st from #3 to #10 per ncro. When Congress aesembled, last Decomber, a bill was introduced in the Benato by Mr. Pratt, “to quist thotitles of tho Htates fo (ho lauds donated to them for the purposs of drainage,” el ud the bill is now pending before Cou- RI Bhould it Lecomo & 1aw, the people of this Stata would be HOBIED OF THAIR LIGNTS in $10,000,000 worth of land alrndy stolon, ss far a8 1t could be, from tho paople, and they would ba cat off from auy legal remedy iu tho maiter, and the Htate would be robbed directly of ot leaat §500,000 in the lands whicl it Lias uot Lerotofora gold, 'he Lill baforo Conzress would hiave a two-fold effoct : first, it would, by contirming, without condilions, the tille iu the State, make good all the titles denied from tho State upon falso and fraudulont preienses ; and, purchnscrs or thelr yomedy by which the Btate can be com- pelled to ditch snd_drsin the lands nnder the contract with tha United Btates, Thosa who buught and pald for thelr lauds did so with the understanding and_sgreemens of the Slate that 16 waa to drain tho landa. TIE PARTIES TO TUI8 LART RWINDLE are mou who should be a4 high above tha col mission of wuch a swindlo as the Loayenn are above the earth; but thoy soemn to rogard such action as peifectly proper, At s futura dnfll w.ll give yon detailw of tuo counections of the schems with otborw, snd liow wany of the Riugs bavo cowtiucd thst esch might 8l the "othor®in carrsinz out thude ends which would cusblo & few scoundrels ‘to faiten off the general publio. THE PRISON INVESTIOATIONS, . bagan at thoRouthern Priscn, by Sonator Winter- botusw, the contractor for the lubor at the Northern Prinou, now threston to exteud 10 that institution ; and, upless tho Benutor aud the Wardon of the Nortlieru Privon are the worst. beliod men in tho State, the mausgomen: of that tnatiturion is suol ka wonld put the Tuguidts tiou to sbhamu in poiut of Lasbarity. J. 1L W, atecial Diepatrh to Lhe Chiceuo Tribund, Ivoraxarouiy. Igd., Fed. 18,—The Henate Committes on Publlc Buildings reportad to-day unsnimonaly in favor of bnildivg & now Hiawe~ Houee, A resolntion pansad—ayes 31, noes 16—for a Iaw illlm:g off thotax on foreign insurance com- panica, Lilln wara Introduced for the slection of Chief Firo-finginesrs in citlen svery four years ; allow. ihg alx wmonthn' terms in peniteutiaries ; requir. ing Connty Tressurers to sccount for interert reccived ot public moneys. _The aftoruoon wea apsut In Committes of tha Whole on tho Temperance bill. The smond- ments wnie not vitsl, and thebill wans reported by & majority of the Comniitteo in favor of iocal option, and ordernd to engrorament by 24 ta 18, ‘The House wpent the inorning seseion on tha County Suparintendency hill. amending it o ax to take from it )l its virtun, and then fi fail- ed to pras by ayes 50, naoes 42.—not a coustitu tiousl majority. A joint rerolntion asking Congress for in. rreased proteciion to American manufacturers of pollshed plato-gless passed with but 14 nega-~ tiva votes. Bils ware inirodnced to gmh\b!l nxtortiod and discrimination In railrosd freiphts : 10 re- penl tho Iaw grautiog 15,000 annuslly to the Normal School at Lerro Haute; crestiug Siate Gan Commismionsrs for the regulation of tha mannfacturing of coal-gas, and for the parment of tho April inatallment of the tomporary loan. The Heuate resolution Lo redistrict the jue dictal elrcuits of the Btate wan ldn[){rd bys large ra;f. but the Bpesker decided it lasid on lhu able. The Committeo on the Judiciary wera fu- atructed to inquire futo nceessary logislation with reference to the Wabash & Eris Cenal. TEMPEDANCE, In the Senata to-day local option in the Tem- perance hill was adhered to, aud the | rospect of iy agreament with the Houro In not brilliant. It 1a quite probabla that no leginlation on tem- peranco will be effected this session, — e MICHIGAN, MONET WANTED. Specrab Disvateh to Ine Lhicaan Tribune, Laxsiso, Mich., Fob. 18.—Sevoral of the Regents of the Univeraity aro Lero to-day, sug- gesting some features of leginlation which they desire, They agk authority to build water-worka it the City of Aun Arbor does not eoon ercct them, ‘Che watercan be prosured from s epring n mile distant, which wiil furnish an slmost an- limited supply. The Uuivessily furthor needs much groater hoepital advantages, aud will have s deficiency of 212,000 per anoum for both of thio years 1875 and 1876, which must bo mot. ‘I'he Committea on tha lusave Asylum pre- rented s bill mukiug appropristions for that iratitution for tho years I875, 1876, and 1677, ‘They amonut to about §93,000, and are expected 10 meet the neccasities of the asyium fally, The Cowmittes on thie Deaf, Dumb, aud Blind Asylum sle> reporced. Thera wero abont 229 inmatos of the Ineti:ution, and tho ngeregate sppropristion for ibat wevinm amounts to £113,630, ‘The sum, bowover, includes 8 Iarge amonnt of money for fmportant improvementy, and the annasl outlsy for the regular support. of tho asylum is but £10.000. Th:: Bpecial Committes on tho Liyuor-Trafla reporf m:r:;(nn of & constitutional smendmeat doing away with restrictions on the Leginlaturo in re- gard to tho regulation and licanss of the lguor- traflic. Three of the Commitice. Meesre. Gray, Qreosel, and Redtleld, are for the submission, whi'o Moesta, Fish and Jones oppore it. The maatter has not yet recelved any action from tho Henato, tho roport being simply sccepted. Tho House passed the followiug billa: To_or- ganize the Conuty of Ialo Ro ale; amonding the charter of Ludineton; changivg the uname of _the Village of Granton ‘Al Suandih. Much of tho time to~day was occupled by both Hounes in Committea of the Whola. Sennte bill No. 6, proposing to establish a State Board of Censors to regulate the practice of medicino In tho 8'ato, wes dabated at Jength io the Benate, but withiont much practical rerult. The bill was tinally recommitted to the Commit- tees on the Judiciary and Public Haalth Eulntl;. St i evident that thera ia an imwenro dlvermitv of uf;lulon in reference to it, and it 1 very doubtful if the bill ever gots through. The Democrats aro still in eaucus at 11 p, m. They aro not likely to change candidates bafore Bauirday, The llcimbhcflnn A76 sauguine of olocting Judgo McMillan to-morrow, but your correspondont’s information leads him ta be- heve that there will bo no clsction betora EBatur- day, it at all i MINNESOTA, I¥ RUNATORIAL TIAVATL. Epecial Dwspateh to Ihe Chivage Tribune. 81, I'avw, Miun,, Fob, 18,~-Lursuant to agre mont at the Wasbburn caucus ast night, Wash- burn was withdrawn before ballotiug in joint canvention to-day, and bis filends mostly voted for McMillan, Lochren gained one on the first ballot ; Cole had thirty-threo ; McMillan thirty. On the fourth und last Lallot Cole dropped to elght and AcMillan rosa to fifty-seven, with fourteen Rapublicaus scatteriog, of which six wore for Ramsoy, Lockren lacke eight votes of au election, Both eides aro dieappointed, each Laving suticipated success. The rosult ls still doubtful. Some twenty Republicans, holding tha balauco of power, will not yet conscnt to the election of efiher candidate of to-dsy. Other ocandidates_sra very much talked of this evening. The mojority oo _the Tepublivan eide {a opposed to any present change. 'The Oppoal- tion may roplasa Loohren by cx-Sonator Motron 8, Wlikioson, Liberal Republican, THE LAND-GRANT. The Benato passed tho Wil confirming the land-grant to the Winona & 5t, Peter Road with- out amendment. —— WISCONSIN. TOUTINK LUIINENS. Spacial Disvateh to The Chicaan Teidune, 3amsox, Wie., Feb, 18.—In the Assombly this wmorning Benato bills were concurred in to pun- ish bribery ot and bafore clectlons; to.sppro~ pristo §7,500 to tho Soldiers'’ Orphans' llomo; 1,000 for mazhinury at tho Iospital for tho Ine san0 ; §53,000 to the Northern Hospltal for the Insane: €80,000 to authorize tho Regents of the Univorsity to ercct a aclentifc edifice at the Uni- vorsity; 818,000 to the slind Asylum; $28,000to thes Reform School ; 60,000 to tho Hospital for tho Insanay and $7,600 to the Buperiutendent of T'ublic Property for stationery. TIn the Assembly, bills wero passed fu relation to the servics ¢t snmmons and other process on forelgn insurance companies; to smend Clap, 133, Rovised Statutes, sa to costs aud foen; to smeud tho laws relating to lrpeall from Justioes' Conrts; to render women eligible 10 looal achool ofticos, < In the Benata, tho Asaembly bill was eoncurred in amending the etstutos ralating to cemetery asociations and tawn cemeterios, ‘I'he Benate bills wera passed relatiog to. countr oflicera \thn bill yeuders Trousurcrs iucligible to a re-electlan) ; to amond the charter of the ety of LaCrosse propristing #4,450 to tho Doat and Dumb [oatituto. ‘Tha Scoato refusod to ordor w s third read- Ing the joint resointion for an amendment to the uonstitution providing for blennial sossions of the Leyislatnre, ‘The Judiciary Committes ot'tho Assombly aro still taking enidenco in theJudge Bmall impeach- mout case, but us it Is socret mothing can be learaed of ita dolugs, KANSAS, STATE OF BUIINESH. Suecial Dupateh o The Chicass Triduse. Torexa, Kan,, Fob, 18,.—Ths Legislature spent tha dey on the calendar, and disposed of quite s number of bills of local interest and ap- pllcation, 5 Tho Benate referrcd all bllls conceming rall roada to » Spacial Committeo of Throe, snd sll bille relating to publio prioting were made the mpacinl order for to-morrow afternoon. The vumber of bills now pending in the Boos ato 8 167, and in the House 233, with & dmly 1o+ croaso of avout s dozen. The nuwmber of bills passed is tan, six of whiol make appropristions, ;us\dtwo graus authiority for tesusnce of relief ouds, R a e NEBRASKA, TUE STATE PUIBON. Special Dispatoh to Tha Chicave Fribune. LiNcoLy, Neb., Fob. 18.—Au jutercstivg Iu- vostigation of ctiarges sgainst Maj. Woodhurat, Wardeu of the Biato Pevitentiary, lu now in prog- ress In {ho' Leglulature, Wondburst aud Daputy-Wardou Nobes are charged with excey. sivo ciuelty and tyramny. Tho convicts exams ined gonorally may that tho charges are un- founded, that the treatmony ls good, and the food au good as farmers in Nobrasks geuorally have. Threo couvicts, however, tostifiod that Nobes bad thom tied up lu a bull.ring from thirtys eigbt to forty-eight hours, without giving thern an opportunity to ottend the valls of nature; others that tho food fs miseral Thoeso latter oonvicks are generally the worss bebaved In the prisen, sod but Uitle relasce is placed this afternoon in rofarence ta the eub- | | on | their - testimony. 1t appesrs from | the evidence that thirleen conviets formod & mecrat wociety to asaist each other in avolding punishment sul ultimately in ercaps, The convicts engsged in the Jate rn- yolt generally belonged to this mociety. The Lnvestigation will be ropumed to-night, but itis hought that the officera will be fully exculpstad from tha chorges. Lttt NEW YORK. NETNOPOLITAN LEAIHLATION. ALnaxy, N. ¥, Feb. 18.—~The bill introduced In the Assembly by Mr. Thomes Costigan, & taember from New York, giving to the Mayor of tuat city the power to removo headn of depart- ments, and other officars, withont the conrent of mo G‘J’o\';\rx;xlx-. anid power t;‘: umlnlm offizern, tho ard of Aldermat to confirin th pasred in the ifouse to-das. SApmThnei, S WEST VIRGINIA, THP. NEW BENATOE, CixcInNATL, O, Feb. 18,—Allen T. Caperion, Who waa yesterday elected United Btates Hanator from West Virginia, was a membor of the Con- fedorate Congreas iu 1863, He is now about 60 yeara old; was born in Monros County, Va.: fiwlmlqd at Yalo College in 1832: in n lawyer y profession ; is regarded as m Conservative Demoziat. P St LOUISIANA, A MEMDER EXPELLED. New Onveaxs, La. Fob. 18.—Ward, of Colfax vaturiety, reprenenting Grant Pasish in the Leg- inliature, was expeiled to-day for disorderly con- duct yealerday, be s vote of 49 to 9. Tha Conservative cuncns met again to-dav, weut into exeoutive mesion mu usual, and ad- Journed. T GRANGERS, Annuil Address of the Muster of Pat- rons of Jusbandry of the United Ntates. From the Charleaton Nevs, Patnoxs oy Hussaxony': From the snow-clad hiily, tho flowary dales, the golien whore, and prairio lands, wo maet together by the historic palmetto, Not a8 nomads, who gather at s sbrive in obedience to a sentiment, do we como, Lut a8 chowen ropresentatives of the fratermty whose object in tha moral and material advance- mant of "the greatest induntrinl interext of the Great Ropnblic. Htanding as we do to-day upon the narrow line which divides the past from the fature, about fo step forward into thut time which {s all unssen by buman eyo, it bohooven us to well scrotiuize the track hohlud us. that wo may gain thereby some clew to the path bofore, One sear azo wa met bs- yond the Fatuier of Walsrs, sud congratulated ourselves ou the growth and strepgth of our gigantic young Order, To-day, by the ever- eoundiog ses, we prondly proclaim that ane membes have jocressed one-bundred fold. Two more sister States (sine and Montana) have joined our raoks, and the few remaiomg onos are joytully on the way. The work bsa rpread from ocean to ocean. ~ The winds have wafted the sounds across. and now they come back like echoes from tho othar shore, asking ne to extend to other people a helping hand, Thiy uprisiog sud organizing of % grest and = ecattcred interest has not a parallel in tho history of the world. The magoitudo and force of the movement has | surprised ats fisude atd artonished snd alarmed | its toes. It Loy burst upon us with tho sudden- neas of the otratic como, Jot pramises to ro- main with tho brilliancy and permanancy of the run. It found the egricnlturo of tho natiou un- organized, lsolated,” unrecognized, weak, plod- aig, and their voicos virtually unheard in the councils of the land. To-day thev are organized, united, stroug, thoughtful. sod duly respected and recognizad as ono of the great powera that be. Though mnch hae now been dane in awak- ening thonght aud clearing tho field. yol we have ;au} "\llb stepped upoa the mount and caoght » ain OLINTSE OF THE PRONISED LAND, Right boforo usit lieg, awnitiug onr possesaion. Dat arowo faiily reach tho goaland fally possesn the land wo 6ee, a wide, a weary wasto i4 ta bo cronsed, which will tax to the Gtmost oor pra- dence, onr perseverance, and our valor. Tha positona of ‘houor snd trust, the avonuce (o grost wealth, the molding of the political, finan- cial, and educational institutiona’ of the nation, huve long been in the Landsof members of other callings, Tho monopoly will not bo given up withont & struggle : and whaover eulists in the Patrons of Husbandry in the oxpectation of an ! easy victory, reckons without his host. Qur movement has becn aud will be mat by s most determived and persieteut warfaro— every moana whioh talent, wealth, and plavo cau commaud will be usod, Bo, whilo we beliove in the geoduess of God anit tho justice of gur causs, We must maintain unbroken ranks and keop our powder dry, Iu many of the Btates | tho work of a&glmzinu Grangos by been nearly ! completed, and the noise and euthusissm age tending it {s succeaded by comparative eilenco. ‘The Order is thero passing through the ordesl which slali_roveal its weakness or dieplay ita strenpth. Though entbusissm and nolso waro very suitabla and eflicient means to kindle tho flame, they are nottie matenal with which to malotain & e*eady and lastiug beat. To preserve the vantsge ground wo usve gained, and ingure permanence and farther advancemsnt, wo must be avle to Bhow 10 our members and the world that material and moral gaiu does aud will reault from our organizrtion. WE MUST KEEP OUR RANKS VDLL, our feith slrong, oar work pure, aud our actiona wiso, One a'an ago I called tha attention of this body to fo fact that thesuhordinata Granges sre ihe foundation and life of our Order, sud urged tho necessity of aiding them by dovisiug profitable and agieeablo plans of works and ro- croation, 80 that tho proscat membership and interost would be not enly malutained but fu- croased. Owlnfinlo- prers of bnsiness, no so- tion was taken In this matter, end the subordly uate nnugou Liave been thioxo on their own ro- wources, Iam happy to annouoce that most of them have been equal lo the emsrgonay, but many of tha weaker have lauguishod and failod slmply for waut of & Little paternal ald and coun- ol iu tholr infancy, We canootafiord to thus allow the weak (for whom especially wo ahould tovide) to fall by the waveide, It is our stern uty, and should bo sn unmixed pleasurs, to tend, direct, aud aphold them, If wo fail in this, we fail in_ carrying out one of our moet cardinal privclples, Lot mo then moset earuestly request you to givo this anbjeet yogr attention as one of the mont important which ever came before gnn. It wontd ba impossible, even wera it desirable, in a paper ke thia to diecorn all tho grava subjocts which will demand your attention.tbut there are somo which I counot pass without = brief natice. Prominent among thesoe is tho snbject of trans- portatlon, o which every citizen Las an interest, either an & producer or consumer. There Is & deop-seatod aud well-foundsd conviotion that tho prosent modes of carrying cowmodities are usclosnly expensivo, Tho peoplo and the Goy- n;nmonl Lisve Liberslly alded iu the construotion a TAILROADS AND CANALS, {a the axpectatiou that increased facilities would vesuly in tho cheaper rates of trsusportation. Wo relied {inplloitly oo the jdoa that by bullding numerous routes we would atlalu the bonetlts of competition, aud escure fuir rates; but sad ox- parieuce has fully proven that increase in num- bor and strengtlh of transportation compauics only results in_more opprossive aud gigantio combinations, Though we hava somo poworful liues botween the Northwest and Northoast, yot, inutoad of thoir competing to reduco rates, they bave, within & few days, formed a now combination, by which western-bonnd frolghta have beon advascod. 'I'o remedy this alarme ing aud xmwmu ovil the pooplo, fn_ thew individua! "capacily, sro powerless, and only through their united action as soveraigne can they vbtain redress, In sowme of the Htatcs somethiug of ths hns boon dong, Lut it bas been woccraarily fragmentary sud wholly inoperstive on through freights. " 1¢'{s utterly lmpraosical for the vevera! States L0 a0t (n concert through tho different Logislaturos, I see, then, no wolu- tion of thiw question but for tho peopte of the soveral Btateu, through thair Repressutatives to the Geveral Governmont, to strelch out their & ulroutr arm between tha people and thiose cor- porations, 1 know X epoak tho santimonts of the poople whon I say we would do no wrong to the e-‘mu vomiualy invested o raitroads, We tully recoguize thele capacily for good, aud sll | thelr, Juse claims, but wo demand justiceand | PROTECTION YOI TUX PEOILE. But even if ralliosds do carry st falr rates, wHill tho fact Btazcs ue in the face that transpor- tiun of beavy commoditen is at losst an vxpeu- sive luxury, aud our truo polioy ia to bring pro- | duocer and vousumer pudrer togetbier, sul 8o the less tranuporting, We, of the Bouth sud West ospecially, shonld spare no puins fo jotroduce and fostor mauufactures in our midet, that we be mot obliged to Lranspost cur vaw material out and the mauufactured asticlein, We of the East, whers mauufaciures are many aud etrong, —— ] of dependence and poverty, This position has 1oy bean disputad, and, I beliave, esunot be. low important, then, that we cultivate the most amicable relations between all tho prodes tiro industrics an only by mutual developmonut cah we ho matoslly proeporoue, and the whola hody poiitic ho mainiawned in vigorous neaith, A thousand ‘yeara ago, loarned snd thoughs- {al clieminta davotol tho anergies of alife- timo to & vain ncarch for the wondorful phitasophsr'a aione, whose magia touch shanld convert the baser matals into purost gold, snd thus #il the wholn world at onco with woal lusury, To-d ara sugorly TURSTING TOR NAMF PHANTON. Thiey ara tarturing their poor brains to devies #oma plan_ whoen taliemauio power will trans- muto bita of rymtud paper into countless mill- {ona of actual monoy of such & sultio nature that, true as thn needlo to tho pola, it hall go stralght o the pocicta of thn poor, and, like a Wil o' the Wiep," forover evade the oluiches of the rich. 1t 18 au fudispatable fact thet our country is naw senouslv anfering from ¢ derangsment of finauces. Wa peed not bo ot a Iosu (o kuow the canxa, Ttiwarolemn reality that our conntry Ii#s prased through & most wasting civil war, 3t coat us 1 monev, timo loat, induetrr distorbhed, matatial dostroved, produotion stoppod, mars than $19,000,000,000. Thoat tmmenso aum was in tour years substracted from the woalth of the countsy, It was consumed, avd foraver gone. It made us wmrlnuwl ¥ poor. To hiidgo over the emeigency of the hour, the Government issned great volumes of iersdnomable paper carrency, which wa used as mouey, and Tiie for ' time disgised and bid onr poverty, By using thin carrency vur judgient of valuables bocame mora and mors confused aa wo drifted further from tho world's siandsrd. Wa totatly failod to oalize our chanzed rlrcwmstancen and o in- augurato corroeponding Aystam of economy sud ndnstry, aud conscquently, with an ine heritanco of debt, extravagont habita, snd dis- foited judgment of valuew, wa have been tn« ceanantfly driftingto leaward, Ont of thotroubls thers is no royal road. Only by a return tc habits of industry and economy, guided by io- telligence, cau we regain our wealth and ra. move our load of debt. Awan anxiliary to tina. we want, ¥ A ETADLE AXD ROUSD COBRENCY that sball be a reliablo mearure of values. spd recognized as such by all the cisilized world, For wo may gato this truth from others an) onr | own listory, that au irredocmable, fluctusting currency aliwavs favora speculators and shaip- o at the expense of thosa enzaged in product. ive industry, In an order Lke ours, whioh in still tn the formative rtate, it has not seomod straugo that many casea havo preseutod thems. selyes during the last year which were orovided for by no writtea law.” To meot thaso emergen- 108, It has devolved upon me, a8 tho cbief ox- ecntive of the Order, to make numerous rujes for our temporary puidauco. Thesa have been placed 1 the hands of rour Comunltico for ar- rangement, sud will ba anhmitted for yoar con- wdotation, Bome canes haviug arinen insolving Eolm.u of such doubtful expediency that 1 have eastated to take the responsibility of making rulings, To cover thiv, additions! legislition will be ueeded. An amendment to the Constitu- tion has been adopted and rstifiod, providiog for county Granges uuder the duroction of State Granges, Iam fully conviuced from visiting soveral Btates that the widest possible dilferences witl exist in the organization aud miavagement of theso Grauges 1n tho different States, Under proper and efliclent rutes they cannot fall to ba of eminent value ta the Order, but if looselyand carolossly constructed taey will be a eounrce of endloss anuoyanco and coufusion. Astha Mas- tera of all the State Granres are hern togettierin couneil, 1t might La woll tur thia body to care- fully prepare A COMPLETE SYSTEM 0I' MANAGFMENT of (ifth degreo county Granges and scud it to the | Statea, Is would not, of conme, go to tha | Btates a8 law, but recommended nv a plan pres ! hated by, sud smbody ing the combised judzment { ot tne Mastors of all the State Grangos, I doubt not auch & pisn woald bo generally wolcomed, aud wonld tend to produce uniformity o the work in the soveral States, The priuvcipal oftico of the National Girange, unier tho mauagemont af aur worthy Becretary. i each year amsuming n wors svsiematic and perfect sbape. ‘The amount of busiucss dune and tho manner of doing it will be fully shown in his report. It in sn agreeabls fuct 1o rtata that tho revenuos of the Natlonal Grange bave been sbove tho exponditares, thus leaving n batance in tho treasury, aa will appear by tho report of the worthy Treasurer. This subjoct of our finances 18 ono upon which the membora of the Order arw yparticularly and \'nr‘v properly quite scnsitive, and we owe it not only to them, but ta onzaelves, that the receipt aud disbursement 6f all moneya be conducted in o wanner which will commend itself to the judgmout of brainees-men. 1t wae not my intention to tire xaur pationco 8o long. but subjects of importance kept crowding on my mind. Many atlll romain untouched, which witl suggest thomeolvea to_you. In our work zs a body, aod in our ansociation with oach other ss aisters and brothers, lot our doportmeat bo ruch as to cast & balo over the noblo orcupation wo follow, unito in closer bonds our at fraterni- ty, and intansify the patriouo affection wo foel for our common country, TIFIZ INDIANS, Licut. Buldwin's [eport. St. Lotis, Mo, Fob, 13.—The Glode's Tovaha, Ran,, special pays Lisut. Daldwin, Chief of Gen. Miles' Beoutw, has returuod from the Indisn country, ITa reports wome apprehenuicn that the Indiang wil renow hostilities in the epring, but ho ' docs mot thivk they will unless the tribes of the Soalh be Joinad by those of tha North, They have boen ba8ly whipped, their ammunition oshaust- od, and a [arge nnmber of thoss still out have loat their pouies ; sud alt 610 in & demoralized and dieaffected condition. It has boen dotinitely sssertalued that tho confed- oratod hoglile bonds of tho South canuny now muster over 50 fighting toeu, and four soporate bodies of troops are stiil in the field under tena, McKonzio and Davidson, and Cola. Hatch and Biddlo aod Hayris, and chostiva them wherever Lhoy can be fuund, Upon the wlole, Linut, Baldwin thinku tho prosrect for s kpoedy snd pormunent nettlement of Indisn trouble waa 0OVer HOIe eNCAUTARING. LEAVESWOIRTIL Ohurch and fitnte—The flisses Gers main. Speetal Dispatck o Tar Chicaso Tribuna Taveswontir, Kan, Feb, 18~A convention to support themoveaient for the religious amend- ment to the Conatitution of tho United Btates s in seari lere. The Tev. JMr. MoAllistar, of Now York, ia the ohief mover, Dalugates, lavmen, and clergymen from many of the ovungelical churclics of tho Ktato aro in at- tendanco, Coustderablo iuterest lLas been swokened on the subjecl, A non-commissioned officer of the Fifth In- fautry has beon detsiled to accompany tho re- captured Germaiu pirls—Adelaide and Juls— to their Linufolk i Grorgin, They will start to- wmerrow. ‘Yhetwo youug Isdies, aged rospectively 17 and 10, ara still iu the bandy of the Indiape, hut negouations for thelr surrender are in prog- Tess. and Iy wa have numerous citizons who —_—— UTANl HTENS. Bavr Laxe, Utah, Feb, 13.—Drighan Young, who has beon spending tho winter io Sontberu Utal, will arrive bers to-morrow, The local rates of froight eastward by tho Union Paciflo ltallroad are such that parties here hava besn shippioy froighit to San Franoisoco, wharo, mecting cumpetitive rates, it is sgain shippod by rail to Now York or Boaton, A MOCK JEWELER. Witlism Qunderman, a mock suctloneer at No. 210 Madison streot, took 3Mr, J. G, Mears in yes- terduy to the extent of $40, It is the sama old story, Ofloor MoNsuglton arrested the former. ‘Fhere {8 no law in Iitiuoiw to check tho *aulde™ jowelry business, aud it s likely Mr, Gundermso Wwill be discharged from custody this morning. -— SUICIDE, smcial Dipaleh o The Chicasa Tribuna, TaSarvn, 1N, Fob. 18,—C0eorgo Puiks, aged about 26 years, son of A, Parks, a farmer, of Hull Towuship,Nuroau County.and residing with hie father, committed suimdo last Thursday oveniug by outsiug Lis throat. Tle cawse of the act iy uokhowy. e SRS TR ) SN OCEAN STEA/ASHIP NEWS. QurNsTown, Leb. 18.—Siesmship City of Londow, fsom Now York, bas arrived, AovsiLe, F ived, , Feb, 18.—Asrived—Steamablp Vie- torla, from New Yok, sbould, with ejuul asalduity, nomate tho cultivation of tlis raw imaterial, that tha tors ribla stafu on transportation be lessened. 1 bave long ago sald that the nlstory of the world or ue preseut condition does wuok aiford a sing| mple of a countzy which hue remnaied perusuently proiperous by the pro- duetion and expoitation of the raw material, but toelr teudeuoy 1 sll the tima toward » coudition Nuw Yomx, Feb, 18, — Arrived — Steamnlipa Hottordam and Freais, from Hamburg, skl gt i ‘The people of Ottaws, meuy, are Jubilsut owiy {bat the Hiate Kair is to pext iwo yeary, aud alrcady womsures are belvg takon ‘l‘n’fl m’;h:“ those h:.a :bfl.uhl.llum the mowt. succoas! Tespod 4 Bave ever givea by the Blaie Faus in lllisoka,