Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 22, 1879, Page 6

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: ‘STATE AFFAIRS, Proceedings of the General Assembly at Spring= field, 1L Scheme, to chb the State from Looking Beg- garly, The BSenate Refuses to Re- duce the President's Salary to $26,000. The House Talks About Drain= age, and Puts It O Tl Next Wednesday. Failure of an Attempt to Ad- journ Over Washington's Birthday. Passago of the $50 Garnishment Ex. emption and the Hotel~ Keepera' Bill. The Attorney-General Deeldes that Coun- ty Commissioners Cannot Grah $5 a Day. W State -‘rinting---Doings in the Other Legislatures Yes- terday. THE LEGISLATURE. BENATE. #pecsat Disateh 1o The Tribune. ' 8enmorisLp, Feb, 21,—A number of petitions on sundry and divera sublects was preseoted and referred to the Committec on Miscelluneous Bubjects, The Committee on Canals and Rivers, by Senator Whiting, reported in favor of the bill appropriating $100,000 annuatly for two years for the support of the llliuots & Mlichizan Canal. Scnator McClellan, from the Committee on Revenue, reported In favor of the bill Hmiting tlie number of Committees which shiall visit the Stato fustitutions to three, and the number of members of each to flve, The Committee on Federal Relattons, by Benator Marsball, submitted the following re- port: *Your Committce on Federal Relations has the honor of making its tirst and enly report. Wa nre happy to state that the relatfonsbetween the General (overnment and the great Common- wealth of Ilifnols are harmontous; that all Is quict on the sloping banks of. the 8angamon as on tho peaceful bosom of the Potomnc. Your Committee did thiuk of making a tour tu ‘Michifgan to {nvestizate the Totter Committee and cipher dispatehes; to Instruct Secrotary Bherman how to' crculate the dollar of the Colonlal fathers; to urge tho ship-canal across the Upper Penfosula of Florlda to connect the Guif and the Carribean Bea, aud to gotasn oplnlon on the Drainage bill, But the fate of other committees at 8t. Louls, and at the hads of the indepeudent press, has deterred us. Mr. President,” your Committee mct, considered, and adjourned ein edic. Like others, our ocen- ‘pation 18 gone, and we rethe to the shades of defunct greatness, Lot us have peace.” In conneetion with the above, the Committee roturned Senator Jones' resolutlon to fustruct ‘Congress to sccure the passage of a law requir- Ing Natlonal-banks to chargae for interest not more than 6 per cent, and to redeem thelr cur- Tency fn coln, with a recommendation that it be Inid on the table. SCIIEME FOR ANOTHER FAT OFFIOE. Also Scnator Callon's resolution for the ap- pointment of a Stato Azent to present the clalms of the State nxainst the Natfonat Govern- ment, with a rccommendation that it be adopted. tienator Bouthworth wanted the clause which cxeupts the State from lnbility to pay expense the salary unleas the claims ure collected strick- on out. It, In his opinlon, looked begizarly. No competent mun wonld uudertake such o work without u certainty of pay. Senator Callon would not object to payment it the ramo was propcrly lmited, Benator Joslyn was of the opinfon that itwasa Job for some lawyer. Ilo thought Congressmen tould attend to such matters, The resolution was then postponed, and made the spevinl order for next Thursday. TO KELP IT UL, ‘The same Commnittes returned Senator Kelly's resolutlon looking to a reduction of the salary of the President of the United States to $25,000 per apnum with recommendatlon that 1t be laid en the table, Upon the question of concurrence, Senator Jovea called for the yeas und ngys, with the result of 20 to 20 to table, Senator Wilson’s blll to redfstrict the County of Covk for the election of Bupervisors, amd Hmit thelr pay to $5 per day, fn the aggregate Botto exceed §1,000 per annum, was reported back and ordered to n socund reading, Senator Herdman's LIl to repeal the acts of 1857 undd 1858 for eatablishing uad matutalning Normal Universitics, und all smendments there- to, was reported upon favorably by the Com- mittee on Finanee. Senator Hamilton moved to refer this bill to the Committee on Btato Iustitutions, Lost by a vote of 10 to 80, DIFCUKBION ALOUT INTEREST, The Finance Committee returned Senator White's bill to reduce the rutoof tuterest to 7 per cent on contract, with recommundations that it be laid oo the table. A minority report signed by Senators Ford and Kelly was recolved, recommendlog thut the bill be amended by fn- sevelg “eizht ” fusteud of “eeven,” and then to puss, A motlon to adopt the majority report was lost by o voto of 11 to S Senutor Fuller moved to refer hoth reports and the bill to the Committes on Judlelry, Lost by & vole of 18.to Bl The question then recurred on ordering the bl to s second reading, Benator Juslyn held that it was {mpossiblo to regulnte the matter of fnterest by luw, other than by the law of supply sud demund, Ho contended thut the reduction of the legal rato 43 now stawding would drive money from the murket, which would workgreat hurdshlo, The cry for o lower rate was mere claptrap, It was the weuk and toolish who supposed that the Tate of Intereat could be regulated by Jaw, It «ould not bio done uny more tiun could b rog- Uisted the price of wheat and corn, Buppose you enuct 8 law smuklyg the rate of intercst 1 pereent. Could you got money at thut rate?’? asked the Senator very forcibly, It was the luw of supply und demuud that regulated woney rutes, [t fs impossible by legislative ennctment to change that law. Tv was un axiomatie fact, und coulid not be moved by any legislative body. ‘Ilie people izt bowl about the present rute, ‘I'ie Sunutor sald as far as he was concerned ho didn't cure if o willlon people howled ubuut the matter which coused niin Lo take the position Do e, 1t was only recessury for i to know {llnu hie wus right, uud lo fimly believed thag e Wil Beuator Kuykendall sald thut the object of he bill was 10 reduce the Jegal rato which fs churged by shopkeepers and merchinnts, who always druw the notes dus them ut the legal rate. ls did not cx{ et It would cutrol the Jawyers und the capitalists, but the debts duas by fariuers and others to merchants aro of much frenter umount thuu the money louned, beuator Neeco wanted 1o kuow whure mouey | could be borrowed ot 7 per cont. ‘The rate Is 10 in s district, and there s no rruanccl of the law of supply und demand making a reduction, The bill mid amendimenta were then ordered to a second readiig, TIR SLRRPING-CARS, The Committec an Railronds returned Sen- ator White's bill to fix the rate which steeplug- car companics may charge, which was ordered to & second reading, SALARTRS, ‘The Sennte Committec on Fees and Salarles have agreed on o bill which makes many imoor- taut reductions in theisalarios of Stute officers. The new schedule as proposed {8 as follows: Governor, 5 Asmlitor, Srerelare of Sial ornoy Gene S!lm\!'rlu{undnnlol Iabife Instruction Adjutant Generalone e coiieiiraina. The fees of the Becrotary of State and the Clerks of the Supreme and Appellate Courts have heen reguced about 20 per cent; those of Sherills. awd Clerks of Circuit skl Count: Cuurts nbout 25 per cent; County Colleetors ner cent, The hill riso Pronusca to nmend the Iaw fixing the mileogs of Sherilfsand Conatablea for the service of nrocess so that, fo all cases where two or more defendants are served at the same tine, or by the same visit of the ollicer by the sumo process, or by sy pracess in the pame suit or proccedine, mileage shall only e nltowed on une service, ‘The bill for the most part only affects county ofticers in connties of tlie first and sceond class, It also ’vrupcmcn to add a section to the general 1aw on fees and snlaries, oroviding that, where any oflicer shall take greater or other fees than those specilied and 1imited, or take any fee for service which hine not been actually performed, or charge any fee for any sorvico other than those expressly provided for, abull forfult oud puy to tho party injuved 8100, COMMITTRES. The Committee on Corporations to-day re- solved to recommend the passage of the Massa- chusctts law containing strjnzent provisions in vetard to life-Insurance, and the meusure seems likely to become a lnw, Senator Ford fntroduced n resolution ealling 0o the Secretary of the Unton Stock-Yards to rae port to the Sennto the rates forfeeding, yarding, ete. eharged by that fostitutlon during the years 1877 nnd 1878, BILLS INTRODUCED, By Senator Ford, to legallze the purchase for schuol districts by 8chool Directors of furniture and sehool subblies, and to legalize orders drawn by School Directors or Township Trens- urers in” pavment of the same sinco April 10, 187, and prior to the pasaage of this net, By Senator Thomns, a bill for an act declar- ingz who shall be fnelfgible to ofiice In this State, The bill provides that no person shall be slfizible to any office in this State who is n dafoulter to the Sinte, or auy county, township, or municl. pality, or who s in urrears for taxes past due and unpaiil to the Btate, county, township, ete. Alt elections or appointinents of such persons are hereby declared to be nutl and vold, By Senator Ford, a blll to amend an act to establlsh nnd wnintain free schools, approved April 1, 1578, ly Senator Delanes, - Uil to amend ma act entitled ** An set to establlsh Probate Courts in all connties having & popuiation of 100,000 or more." The Committeo on Agriculture and Drainazo reported o bill to bufld and construct lovees for the protection of -overflowed lauds, und for drainine wet and swamp tands. By Benator Bent, a blil for an act requiring banks und bankini assoclations oreanized under the laws of the Btate to make quarterly atute- ments, and to provide for the examination of the affalrs of such banks and banking assvcia- tions, and foreclusing the same, By Senator Hoener, 2 bill providing for the nppropriation of $35.000 to pav the indebtedness of the Southiern Illinols Peniteutinry, uud to incet the eurrent expenses thereof untll April 1, 1830, By Senator Fulier, a bill In relation to crim- Inal jurlsprodence, By Senator Mollfett, n bill to limlt the charges of stock-yards doins business in this State, By Seuntor Munn, o blil to amend an det en- tatled an act to promote the selenca ot medicing and sureery. The provision is to allow Wardens of Penitentiories, Buperintendents of County Poor-Hlouse Asylums, or Infirmaries, ete., to dizpoae of deard budies to physicinns. ¥ Sonator Johnson, a bil'te apyropriate for the Dilinois Charitable Eye aud Ear Infirmary the sunt of $20,000. By Senator White, & bill fa relation to tha bonds vf Tax-Collectors, BILLS VYABSED, Benate bill No. 107, to compeusate Willlam R. Archer for professional services on bebalf of the State in the Commisslon of Claims. ‘Iie pro- vision 18 that there be aporopriated to the sald Willinm R. Archer the sum ol 81,000 for profes- slonul gervices I assisting the Attorney-General in defending the Btate arafnst claims, Benate bill No, 83, Seuator Herdmun's bill to amend the law in regard to changea of veuue, Senate bill No, 83, Mr. amitton’s bill, fixing thie time of holding Cireult Courtsin the County of MeLenn on the sccond Mondny uf September, first Monday of November, first Monday of February, and fourth Monday of Aprfl, and n the County of Ford on thé third Tuesdny of bA\muat und first Tucadoy of April and Decemn- ery ‘I'he Senate adfourned until 10 o’elock to-mor- row morniug. Mr. Day's bill to smend the School law was latd on tlie rable, Mr. Weber's bill for an act to amend See. 8 of an net entitled an nct to revise the law in rela- tton ta rate of interest, npproved Mareh £5, 1874, was reported, but with the recommendation that it do not pass. Atr, Mason's bill for an nct to amond Sce. 87 of the Justice act in relation to lfens of jude- ments rendered in Justices' Courts, waa revort- wd back with tho racommendation that it do not paes, hd : TRTIPIONS. Mr. Mitenell tntroduced a potition from John . Lowis and others, residenta of MeLean County, for an amendmsnt to the Road Mr, Wright, of DuPage, olao prescuted na pe. tition from I, Wagner and others on the sawmnn aubject, Mr. Powell presented a petition from the citl zens of 8cott County, prayior for the lu\mtfifl of 4:‘n act establishing & unlforiity fn schoul- hooks, = During the scssfon this morning Mr, McKin- loy, of Kdgar, occupled the ehale for an hour or more, v CITATTEL MORTGAUES. ‘The following bill, fntraduced to-day by W. IL. Thombson, relates to rallroads, and is, there- fore, inportant AN AcT to render valid leases, ballments, and con- ditsonnl salea of railway rolime stuck. §ro. 1. Ie it anacted by the People of tho Btate of Iilinuls, rentesontod in the General Assombly: In ull cancs where nuy cars, carriaves, locomnotives, or vehicles uacd upon rallways shall bo delivered fo anv person or pereons, or carporation, umlar any contract of lense, bafiment,” or conditlunal eale, upon conditiun or reservation that tho title to the eanie ahall romain in, or not paes from, {ho lexror, batlor, ‘or eanditlonal voudor, untll the vaymenta shall be mado according to tho terms of the contract, such contract sball be held and cone sidered to bo good, valid. and offectusl, according 10 the terias, tenor, nud effect thereof, both in law and in equily, s agamat all pereons 'whatsoover, whenever the said “contract shall b reduced to writing, duly ocknowledged, and tho same flied for record, ns herelnafter provided. Sec. 2, The Justrument of writing evidencing auch contract snall be slgned by the lessor, bailor, or conditwnal vendor, and by the lesuee, bailee, ur vendeo, or thelr sgonts, and_acknowledied by one or othur of ttein or their agrents, in tho same wan- sier as provhlea by law for the acknuwledgment of canvovances of real eatnte, and alnil bo filed for record n tne Recorder's otilca at Springfield, inthe County of Sangamon, SEc, 8. Such jnstruments, knowledged, shall be adwmitted quest of any porson intercated, of the Jegal fees, whon properly n 10 rocord at the ro- upou the paymunt without regard to the residence of the parties, Src. 4, Every coniract made, acknowledged, and recorded in pursunnce of this act, may be read in evidence without any furthor proof of the oxecu- tion thoreol, and when 1t shall appear by aftidavit, or othorwise, that the origina) of wuch contruct Is lost or canuot bo produced, ncoFy of any such con- tract, cortalled by the proper Hecorder, from the record thercol, mny be read in evidence In the like mouner and fo the sawo- effect as tho onginal thereol . Thia act ahall notanply to raflway rolling stock leased in the ordinary way without condition regarding parchaso und snle, nor shnll it afect the leenlity of any instrument of walo or leaso exlsting ot the thne of the passing of this act, Sec, 6. Any and all contracta mentfoned In Yo, 1 of this act, which shall be made, cxecuted, ncknowledged, and recorded, in pursuance of the Emvmun- hereof, ahull bo held ana considered to o full snd suficlent notice to all persons whateo- ever, but shall ccass to be notlce as arafnst third persone aftor the explration of one year from the duy tha last payment under such contract came due by'the crma thereof, ANTI-CONSTABLE, A biil Introduced by the Judiclary Committee 88 o substitute for House bLill No. No. 214 was assed, This bill provides that any person who by virtue of any legal process ur distress war- rant shall selze any property, and shall there- after hide or conceal the same so that it cannol be recovered by writ of replevin in the county whero such sclzure took place, or aball rofise to dollver - the same to nuy ofllcer having a writ for the roplevin of sald “property on his de- mand thercfor, shull bu zulity of s misdemennor, nwl on conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than $20, nor more than $200. The bill changing the thme of holding court in Mucoupin County to October, Febraary, und June passed tlic House this morning. LIEN, Mr, Matthews' bill amending See. 23 of the law in relntion to llons was passed, amending the law 8o ag to read aa follows: . Bre, 28, ‘lellltlon.] No creditor shall be al- lowod to enforce the lien creuted nnder the fore- golng nroviaions, against or to the prejudics of nn' other creditor, or Incumbrunce, or purchaser, unless sult be instituted Lo enforce such flen within ix montha after the last paymont for labor or ma. terlals shiall have tecome diie und paysble, LANCENY, Mr. Holden’s biil for an act to define the erimo of larceny was passed this, morning by the House, providing that any person bolng the puvee, or assignee, or the agent, or the repre- sentatlve of any sich payeo or assirnec of nny bond, blll, note, or any other negotiable {nstru- ment of writing, who “shall have assigned the sawie, awd shall convert the same to hls own use, or has knowledge of any such asslgnment, who shiall recelve from the maker of sald {nstru- ment or other person lahle upon the same an maoney or thing of value as & paymont or eredit upon the samne, without firat [nforming eald per- son 8o linble of sld asslenment, shall be deemed znl;ty of Inrceny, und shall be punished accord- Tugly. PETIT JURIBS. Mr. Sexton’s bill passcd the House this morn- ing, quvlrlnu; thut, 1€ one juror summoned shall be interested in the event of the shit, or of kin to elthier party, or shall have formed or ex- pressed his aettled ovlnlon In the matter about i bo tried, or has Aerved on 8 jury in any triat before o Justics of the Peace ‘at any thnd with- fu three manths, or shall for any other cause be a purtial or Improper person, in that case the HOUSE, A large number of petitions wers presented this morning, together with seversl bilts and some resolutlons, Among these wad a resolu- tion from Mr. Ficklin, reciting— ‘Tliat, aa it appeara from the Canal Commisalon- ors" roport for tho year 1877, that $17. 870 were ex- | Justics shall dischinrzo wuch Juroy at the in- oended In anlaries of sakt Commibestuncrs, and ofii- | srance of efther varty, or if any juror cors, and_attachece, in addition to tho sum of k shall be personally known to the Justica to bo o person swho habitually spends his time v and about the varlous Justices’ Courts, or who fs known by the sald Justice to be a professlonal Juror, thop, in that case, the sofd Justice shall tischurge such juroron his own maotlon, and when, by such discharge, or the fmlure of any Juror to'attend, the jury shall not be complete, the Justice shall direct the Constable to sum- mon as many jurors among the bystanders or other persous us shall b required to il such Jury, whieh summons shall be = vorbal, and the pervous so summoned shall b bound to gerve on such jury, und, on refusal or fallitro to da 8o, may ve attached and tinea for contempt ; provided that eacn party shall bave the right to three peremptory challénces of such jurors, REPLEVIN, Mr. Mack's bill amending Sec. 4 of an act en- Htled *An nct to reviso the law in relution to repluyin,” approved Feb. 9, 1874, was also pass- ed. Thls act provided that the person bringing such uction shull, before the writ lssucs, fila with the Clerk of the court in which the nction s brought, or with the dustice of the Peace belforo whom the suit fa commenced, on aflidavit showing that the plalntiil in'such setion s the ownor of the property deecribed fu the writ nnd about to be replovined, or that ho {8 lawhuly entitled to possessicn thereof, and that the property is wronglully dotained by defendant, and ‘that the Enmo bas not becn tuken for any tax assess- ment or flue fovied by virtue of any luw of this Aeetlon agzafust the ovwner or person entitiod at possesston thepeol, nor selzed unider auy execu- tion or attachinent sualnst the ouds und clint teis of such plalntiff lable to execution or de- tachment, nor held by virtno of any writ of ro- plevin ogafost such plalntif, THB CANAL. Mr. Chase, of, Pearln, to-dav introduced a bitl to maintain the Hlinola & Michlzun Cunal by 1he approprintion of 100,000 per anuim Jox the UEXE Lo years, to relmbiise the cunnl for the Toyenuo ji bas pald inio the Treasury, nnd which hus boen applicd towards the coustruction ot the fucks nud dawms, HELLING P'OISON, Mr, Allen, of Whiteside, this morning ntro- Aueed u bill subjecting druguists who sell auy and of poison (o persons without the prescriy- ton of u physician to s fine of uot less than 350 for cach offence, Mr. Bluongon Introduced & blll substituting erlintunl proscentlons on an [nforisation, ne stead of un {ndieument, thus avolishing the Grynd-Jury system. TUIRTY-TIIEN YEANS, Mr, Wright, of Buane, is not in favor of n longer perlod of conflnement for crime than thirty-thres years, und lns presented a bill to liit the purlud of fucarceration to that tiwe, WAGES AND MATEKIALY, Mr. Davia belluves that wechanics furnishing Inbor sinl materials should huve a hien on all the real und personal pruporty of the person for whom they were furnisbedl, und he hus fntro- duced 8 bill providing that uo such property shall bo cxempt from scizure under thy Ex. cmption Jaws. SU7.D7L. 20 for maintaining tho Ilinoin & Michizan Canal for sald year, andaa public policy and econ- omy demand o'reduction In both tho number nnd wularles of public ofictals, and as it 1s currently reportod in the public press und othcrwies that the title 10 possesslon and nse of the whnrfs un the hanks of wald 1llinola & Michlzan Cunal (proporty of grent value), i the City of Chicago, han prssed fruni the control of sahl canul and ity Conuniselon- ors, #0 thit whartae folis are charced ed by private parties for private use; ul Rexpleed, "Ihat the Committoe on C Juvers s hereby lnstrncted 1o exami expeiioncy of obulishing sald Commission an placing the entirs manucement und control of cunulein this State in tho chargo of the Superin- tendent of Canaly, or sumo other competent per. #on, and report to this Lot ke, by bill or otherwiue, ot ue curly o day as i practicubly, the result of said inveatigation, Lesoived, Ao, that wald Commilltes 1a heroby furthor instructed tu thoroughly und fully inquire tnto and axcortain, and reput to this Houso iu do- tall, s suon as practicaole, who have pos- sesnton of und occupy thy waarfs on the banks of enfd canal I the City of Chicago; low and when #uch pusscasion wasoltalned s of whoms: what—anid the smount or amounts, if money—was pald for ity and 10 whoin; and that said Comamitics ie here- by dulerated with all Lhe powers necomsary 10 aend for persous and papers, adminieter oathy, aud exumlne Witheseed, o the end that said cxuminne tlon way be full aud complete, DRAINAGE. Mr. Wheeler moved that the further canaider- ation of the Dralunze bill be postponed until 10 o'clock a.m, on Wednesday of nexy week, and it it Yo wude the speaal order for that bour, My, McKinluy thouht this was an fmportant measure, i that, ns it lisd not been dorsed by the Drainoge Commnitter, he belioved It duo the House thit (b by recommitted Sur amend- ment atd aporoval of that Comumittee, Mr. Matthews belieyed 3t was unnccessary to recommit the bil. He know it was an lmpor- tant rneusure, and for thut reason he believed §t shuuld b left on the ealendar 1o 1ty position, Mr. Mitchell thousht this Louse could gatn credit for Htaelf by spending two sulld weeks to its consideration, “Ile was (i favor of u Drafuuge Inw, he cared not whose messure [t was, aind he winted one framed wnd possed. Jle did not thiuk it was necessary to recommit the bl Mr. MeKivlay sald this 0l had o fudorse- ment, nud he hoped it would be recommitted, Mr, Matthews usked it the bl was recommit- ted, the rulos would have to be awspended In arder to ullow the bill to oceupy its present place on the calendar fn the order’of the sscond reading, ‘Ihe Bpeaker dectded thut the bl would re- turn to s present ordor attor amendment with- out u suspension of the rules. = Mr, Matthews ssid I viow of thut rultng ho would yleld to the motlon to recommit, which touk thie precedencu of Mr, Whe ke It the special order for W Inesdoy next, und the bill wus sceordingly reconnmitted. SBCOND HEADINGS, The House then proceeded with {ts rogular order of busitioss, which was the reading of bills o secoud thme, Thy Cominittee on Judiclary this morning made o report declaring the LI o provide for the publication of the Lewislative Record uucon- stitutfonal, und the bill wus ullowed to take its chances fu the Housce on ite order, A larze number ot Comittes reports wore recefved this mornlig, "The Judiclary Commit- tee huve repurted back the mlluwhuf meusures ; Mr. lilsbee’s blIL to amend See, 100f an net entitled au act to rovise the law {n relation 1o Coraners, with # favorablo recommendation, Mr. tiross® LIl for un act to establish Courte of Arbltration was reporbed back, with the ree- ommendation thut it do not puss. My, Mutthows' bill to muend the Practice act wos acted on favorably und recommended to YIOURES, Mr, Mason has Introduced & bill for an act for tho establishisent of & Burcau of Btatisties fn relatfon 1o Commercey Manufactures, Industry, and Labor, NO ADJOURNMENT. Au ottempt was made by Mr, Chaso, of TPeorla, to adjuarn over Saturduy, on the ground thut it was the annlyersury of Washington’s Birthday, The resolution "was promptly sat down on by the House, Mr, Crooker, of Lusiulle, erew almost profane when the resolution was “reached, und {osisted Ppass. on gaing on_ With thy business of legiatation, ‘I'e samo Committes sat down on Mr, Gross® Gicorpe Washington to thu contrary uotwithe bill to provent und punisl’ groundless und a- stunding. Melous suits by recommendlng tuat it do noy GLAL INTBREST, pass. Mr, Roblnson's b, providiog for “the pay- b SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 22, I879—TWELVE PAGES ment of aurplus funds dorived from Interest in aiil of rallronds to tho Treasurer of the county, City, ar town, or township i which such bonds layed, and that the Btnte officers were belng greatly nnnoed nnd perploxed therent. Now the fact was and {s that the State print- Commissloners finally adopted the May pian. itorlons vlan. T had 1 voted foritan considering It the most mer- no knowledeoe of fta helng e ——m— crable {nterosy here, f ikely to como befora Chiof 1o, [1¢t that 1 fof-Tustics jf, arg riven, in' countle under township or- | Ws vlan_unless T toak the suthorlty of nowss | 378 116 principal candidate o fun, why l!nuhmuu;\. wnlnn;;n‘s‘.-‘mll w“l?l’mutn AR, Ing nerer vasao far advauced In any provious | tanors. T had hod o conversation “with Mr, | Senator. Talust Tngaliy for THE HOTRI-KREPERS' BILI. blonnial yerfod undor the presont contract. lql.;y, H‘"m wl|(h|nl|| {cw (‘nl\,g'o; mc“z,l I ——— ”:'ma‘ ‘v_lougg, Mr. Trusdell’s bill allowing common carrfera | When the Leglslature convened the bieuniat re- | did not know whot plan Twouli vote for, There 00 O the Whele, to.gay p, aml Inn-kc:!u;lltcr:qg;’ ool boagaza_ At Jewelry on | ports of the Auditor, Secretary of Stnte, ;:“t'"';“ “:c'l“I‘;':'L’:"‘l"'llkr’l'(‘im’f“(";"fi"‘]f‘“ “R';t"_‘m"{g fi'l‘ t‘,‘:;}g‘;;;;‘gg;:{ t'::-‘ b"{ Providiye l"’fi_oxn ;T,f}"l which thev have a llen, on giviog ten days! no- Treasuror, nud Attorney-Goneral were all print- ndonuau ’,',’I my duty as (.‘l:)mm'lsulum:x'-', T | May 1. 'Tho bii lbll'l‘!‘:"l:.’lz:lll‘;:i“ to take cm:l. e ashlen phaned. ors, cd and ready to lay upon tho deaks of the mem- | thought ¢ coulid be bettered, and to the advan- | Fonil law. 1t will undonbteqps 2'C [Minojs Ry nors, Ders, a8 were alao several of the institution re- | tago of the Btate, by making changes, Mr. Beaslott’s Bill, to amend Sec. 5 of nn act " and he hut the talironds hopo Lo nef, 1158 the | at It § fonsy i not | then datalled the changos made and tho roasous | 716 House lias oceuplod fors st 1 the Senye onilied A sct (o Fovisc the lnw In relntlon to | F110%, P06 umber of pags rinted wasnet | 1384, I8L) e varlous provisiuns of 1y ty® 1 Uiy permitting animals to run at large,” was fudef- v largely In excess ol corresp: L3 The Senate has'passed n bill authorlzing citlos, — inltely postponed. uuder furmer contracts, but was fully up to the | yqpne LIS RS s which have voted ald to requirements of the contract with the State, The Lealslaturg had scarcely zot falrly or- ranized beforo the Hon, Mr. Bnigg, member from this county, Introduced a resolutlon fn the Housa ealling for an Investigation by the Print- Iug Committee, with power to send for porsons and papers, aileging that there was something very bad about the Btate printing, This fnves- Uaation was warmiy welcomed by tho Biate Drinters, 1t hnd scarcely been ordered, when the Legialature ndjourned for n fow days. Upon thelr return 1liey were not anly amazed, but im- tmeasurably Indignant, to find that no bills nor other printing had been done for the Houso during the week's vaeation, A resolution, awaunting almost to a declaration of war upon the State Priuter, was linmediately introduced, atrl & committee wos dispatehed forthwith to huut up the delinquents. "T'he sequel bordered on tho ridiculous. e Committee discovercd that there was more than oze State printing office. The public printing {s divided into clnases, and may bo let to different bidders, The con- RLECTORAL. Mr. Wilson'a bitl, providing that the annunl election . for . Trustees wml a Clork for villiwes slinll b hold at the same timo and at (e snmo polling-pluces as the nunual townstip electiong, vn8 passed, nfter o briefl sjpecch frum the author, by a unanimous vote. NEEDED AT OUR WHAK MADISON-ATREET VIA- LCT. Tlouse bill No, 1 the construction of the ald was voted, 7 AERRYMANDERING. A consultation of leading membe ni . . fntraduced by Mr. Allen, of Wiiiteside, Jan. lf, providing that persons shall not drivo ‘faster than a walk over a bridge, and orovidime certaln ponaltles, pnssed the ilouse thls afternoon, - Mr. Trusdell's bill In regard to garn{shment, exempting 850 ‘of the wages of the head of a family, was read n third time und passed. TIE BILL ADOLISIING NORMAL SCHOOLS camo up, and recelved some discssion. Mr. Bamuel, of Adnms, was opposed to the burden of normal schools, wid wanted them disvontinucd, so as to relieve the people. Mr. Neal spolag agatnst the bill ns n blow at all the schools. “‘Ih- (1t not think the author of omocrats seven membiors #ix. 'The Domocrats are Benators and the Opposition twenty-three, the House the Democrats votes ao as to hold the bal districts, Representative, aml Poindexter, tfvo Bonators o ¥ t] roposc that no apportionment 8l the otll futended that, :;n;tl‘%tgg: ml'i!?mgrrl,vlll:lln?g "n‘xln?;n‘m?i:: n;llgnl:‘.‘. shall pass at ail. “The bill fs aald to by the work | W1 the membera of the Lcnl:‘lfllui;rn:.cdx:'ufi“l’ Mr. 8ol enw no renson why the people of ate, o another party, The fuvestigation | O U. J Smith, of the Torre Iaute Erpress, who | Judeo Orasmus Cole to he n mudmm‘g Tag Stato should be taxed for tlie sunport of | §ito .0y "MONET PR e davestigation [ E O end ATeDm e Henator two | glectlon as Associnte Justico of e Supres u schools, wid ke was In favor of wiping | oS printing-offices waa there a- single unex- | Years hence through its oparation, Court, Judlfi, Cole’s }lnlt earcer gy g 1;:" them ont. ccuted order for priuting from the Mouse, All TIRB BTATE-LIOUS INVESTIGATION affunds the, best osslblo” veapan for "yt wi Mr. Crooker spoke against the bill, but was in favor of a b(lrtn allow counties having nor- u]\alulu!muln to discontinue themn it they de- slred, Mr. Trusdelliindorsed this view of the mat- lgr, :‘ml was, thercfore, agaluat the bill ns it stood. With the consent of Mr, taken up tnfs etening wlore the morning lon left {t, with Gen, Morrls on the stand under cross-examiuation. terial, howevor, Johnson, pert architeet and norlonce. o lind been finlshed days before, and the printers walting for 2oy, ‘The fact was, that immedis ately unon adjournment the clerks as well aa fhe membershited for home, leaving tn their deaks locked up all matter thut should hiave been in the printers’ hands, T'he report of the Cominittee stated that there had boen o misunderstanding, was olieited, and Thomas H. entinecr of sixteen yeara' ox- Snmuel, it wos re- 1 —that was all, nequitted himself with so much credit in the S—— ferred to the Committeo on Edueation for But the Committeo sthll lanorea with the | Snvestigation of ‘the Ashtabula accldent. He is ARKANSAS smendmont, k Snicie resolutton, In the meantime Mr, B, hind | ROW In the employ of Kannamacher & Denly, LiISLATIVE, IMPORTANT PRELIMINARY ACTION. presented a hugo potition bearlng upon the sub- | the State-Houso contractors, Ho had made a careful exam(nation of and believed witbin the estimate, strength of cvery part of nouneluy it safo in every particular, Inatfon “was exhaustive nnd very sa because of its clonrness and nceuracy. QEN, JONN LOVE, The Conferenca Cominittee on Roveuuo of the House and Sonate met to-night, wnd agrced on 2 Revenuc Commissfon of seven Representatives and four Scuntors to draft a Rovenue law, and will roport accordingly to thelr reapective bodiea, COUNTY, COMMISSIONERS. TUE ATTORNES-ORNENAL'S OMINION REQAND- ING THEIR BALARIES, Boectal Dispatch to The Tridune, BrrivoricLo, I, Feb, 21.—Attorney-Gen- cral Edenl lias prepared the following opinton by reauest of the IHouse of Reproacntatives Jeet, which by the way fs a curiosity, and {s worthy of more extended remurks than I am disposed to give it here. It ply asks the Legtslature to abollsh the Constitutlon, and nat Elve the public Prlntlnu to the lowest. hlfluer, [ hat tustrument requires. Ono day the Printing Committco met. Mr. Snigir was propared with an avalanche of testt mouy that wns_goinz to show up tho State Printers “perfectly awful” The Committee had not proceeded far bofore they became con- vinced that Snkeg was a humbug of ro small de- tzrec, and that he had no case to present worthy of serlous investigatiod, and & motion was made that the inquiry close, and 1t recclved the assent thio original May plans, tisfactory, ous charges are lodged, folluwed Mr, Johnaon, but, owing to the Intencss of the hour, his oxamination was interru, slon. The line of examl, same as Gon. Morris’, it. He denlod openl, nation pursued wos the y und dlifercd littlo from concerning the legality of the fees pntd by the | of every mumber, 8nlgg excepted., before the award, or of knowlig the Cook County Commlssioners to themselves, “Ah{mgn{fu;gblo s:w!h& un }l':tmgagntehl{ names moft “‘mu c;ml!‘rwtlng" n'rcglwcts, 19 al e ri of e 4 3 ral ¢ contonts of he letters, 0 hnd scarcely n ;’X“me:‘;""’_d:“,bmm"‘l to the Houso hy the had gotten throuwl the prlnu:ul hands. Ex- .pcnkln;&ncqun[nlnnw with Mr. May befors Tie Dfi,\'rrmwngi}nnznu‘n Obvies, Bl actly o, und 1t micht bave been ndded, earlier | asward, o chaiiges Iu the plans wero sugirested N Y- A 3 than ever bholore known, In the same’ connge- tion I saw {t stated that the ** State Printers got. another overbaullng to-day.” How was it Simply thls: Nearly two ‘weoks before, thy beforo the award, nor did he kuow which plan hefihuum vote for thros days befors the investl- gaton, GIELD, 1lL, Fob, 21, 1670.—Sm: I have fully cougldered the question suvinitted to me by the resolution of the Ilouse, ndopted on the AT THE 0AUCUS 7th lnst., requesting my opiulon as to whether House had ordered certain printing to bo of the Democratfc Rena: N h tors to-night, it was 73'5&1"8’;‘..;.% e elm{;t a"focfi’él'éi'v‘:"r'.?fi?nfl- doue, The printers wore walling anxiously | areod to oust Hears from the HeiSos 8mith to receive the copy, Ten days clapsed, und 1o copy yet, when n communication was seot to the membor upon whoss motlon the vrder for rrln:iug ‘was made, notitying hun that no copy had yeu been reccived, nnd suegesting to him thut the printers should not be hold responsi- ble for the delay in this cnse, The matter was or further compensation for thelr sorvices than $2.50 ver day? and mileage, “Tho thirty-ninth section of tho Feea and Bat- arics nct 18 as follows: The motnbers of the Donrd of Supervisors and the Board ot Commiscioners of Cook County shall each recoive the sum of 82,60 per day for the portfonment bill to-morrow. wiil op{zmu vis will d sinll first poss the fouse, and thus cut off the Iatter's power to ameimd it The Democrats, however, claim that Davis will voto for his own The Republicans the Davis bill, and 1t fa bl:lluvcd Da. o brourht before the House, and thus the printers " drunk when the donversation was held, SRR SH el chiel, v 4 e | ol St ovrtmaling P - ML g Supervisors, 10 bo paid on tha order uf tho Board | 10 8 niitehall, all the bother comes from th MINNESOTA. snrn(yrvhnuann o unseating. Senator Smith 1s till In doubt, und fears are exprossed that he will not be witlly, matter. e was Printers’ Unlon. Althongh the contractors pay Union rates toull their men entitled by thefr kil il experience to recsive them, yet they rufuse to be governed fu all things by the Unfon, In the exccution of the work, and, in short, in all that coutd reasonably be expected of the State Printer, under this contract and under the ont of the County Trcasury, ana mileage five conts cach way for necessary travel, and no other ntlow- ance or emolument, dircetly or {ndirectly, for an Bucgoses whatsoover.—/lev. Stat. of 1874, p. b17, 10 act with his party In this anl - dlshonesty. “As T underatand, this 18 the only atatutory touse the most posed to euch political l.riclu.-l;{ rovision bearing upon the question, and ftg The Democrats further agree desperato und extremo mensures for party pur- improve the navieation of Luke Minnctonk: : anguage s 8o expliclt In itsclf ne not ‘to admit | lnw, be hos more than fuliiled overy requiro- 2 o onkly 4 it oL AL, i 1a o | ment. Respecifully; Jauss K. Maow, | Do from thls time on to tho end of tho ses- | g nauthorizing Winoua City to build sud nalge : vaild luw, then its awn lunzungo furnishes a full —— talu a bridge across the Mississippt Rivor atthst answer to the questions submitted, viz.: RAPPLEYE-WALLACE, MIOHIGAN. placo, i ey S Bk iy shal) e ooty Qs | meAnvG nzronE TH wousH JubicuinT cox- BILLS PASSED, The louso Committeo of tho Wholo recon- M men of $2,50 perday for tho tine actuslly and MITTEE, Bpectal Disputeh to The Tribuna, inended the paserzo of the bill redistricting the necessarity engnged. in the discharge of his duties a8 n membor of such Hoard, . . , to be pald out of the County Preasury, and milengo (flve conts ner mily) each way'for necossary fravel, and no other allowance onemolament, directly or in- directly, fur any purnoss whatever, e vulldity of this statute, however, hns been questioned ufon cmmlluufonnl grounds. ‘The provisions of the Constitution o1 1870 n refation to the Couhty of Coolk are’ fn souis re- spects specinl, and “tnllko those nugllcuhlc to other counties in thls Btate. Thus Bee. 7, Art. 10, 1s as foltows: | The county ofiicors of Cook Connty shajl be mannged by " Buard,of Commssioners of Afteen nersons, ton of whom shall be olected from the City of Chicngo, andifive Irom towns outside of fald city, ™ tn wuch mnnoz aa-miay bo' brovided by aw. " ‘“Fhie ninth sectiot’of the samo nrticlo contalns speclat provislons ds to the compensation of Clerka of vourts of “revord, Trensurcr, Sherlf, Coroncer, Recorder of Deeds, nud the 'deputics and assistunts of such oflicers fn Cook County. Tho tentn scetfon contalus this provision s ‘The County Doard, oxcent s provided in 8ces of this articlo, shallilx the compensation of all county ollicurs, withi the amount ot their necessary clerk hifio, stotionery| fuel, and _ other oxoenses, and In all enses whors foes ‘aro provided for, anid compensatlon shall be pal onlv out of and shall n no iistance exceed the feea uctually coliccted. “Does this provisipn of the Constliution take from the Geugeral Assembly the power to pre- acribo by law the pur dlem’or compensntion of members of the County Itug, aud confer thut anthority upon the Board itself? In other woris, are metmbers ot the Bonrd of County Commig- aloners *county oftivers ' within e meaning of thosu terms a8 used: in See, 10, auoted nbovei? “The fiest Generad Assembly’ which convened under the Constitution of 1570 answered both these questions In thi negative b{ the sdoptlon of the thirty-nluth section of 1he Fees mnl Sala- riesnet, hefore cled, Althougti the opuosite view may be malutained by a very plnusible lne of reasoning, 1w uwablé to percefve any sulllclunt ground to support the conclusion hit the act In question i3 unconstitutional, ‘The elzhith scctlon of the same urticle of the Constltation expreasly desiznates the lollowlng a3 ‘county oflivers,’ viz.: Cuunty Judge, Slier- UL County Clerk, Clerk of the Clreuit Court, Recorder “of Deeds, Treasurer, Survoyor, and Corover, T *'fhe inembers of :the Board of County Com- nissiuners are nowhero fu terms ealied ‘eounty ofllcers.’ ‘Thiey ure destiznated 1 the Constitu- tion us ‘a Buard of Commissioners of fifteen persons, ten of whom shull by elected from the City of Cunfeago and five from towns oute Bpectal Dirpatch to The Tridune, Brnivoriatn, I, Feb, 3L—The Rapnleye- Walloce helr case came befora the Judiclary Committee of the Iouse acain this evening, and the nttorneys on each slde presented authorlties nnd precodénts, nnd new arguments. Gen, Bl- dridge and Mr, Hurd oppearcd for Thomas Lord, the guardlan of the 830 of Mrs, Wallace, tho divorced wifo, and Mr. Bmall for Mrs. Rap- vleye and -Miss Frankle Wallace, The lawsult was well tried, nud tho arguments presonted wera exhaustlve. . The Committeo have taken the matter under advisement, and, some timo next week; will imcet and dechio how to act upon the bill presented by Mr. Small, The lin- presslon uéw da that the Committes will recom- ming that the bill Qo not pass, from the fact that it Is A XIND OF SPEOIAL LEGIBLATION which it fa not the province of a General As- Acinbly to perforn, besides other good sud suf- flelent reasons. ‘Tlie cuso here attracts a good deal of attentlon, from the fact that a good deal of feeling scems Lo be manlicatod, not only be- tween the mombers of the Wallace-Rapvleyo famliy, but nlso among the attorneys. The es- tute fs vatued at not Jess than §500,000, and this may boMhio gecret of the lezal etrifo, Tho nevelty of the case hns excited gencral futorest, ‘There na been considerabls lobbylng dons in the Assembly to-day on both sides by partles interested, Laxsing, Mich., Feb, 31.—The Ilouse passed the following bills, viz.: To provide for the bet- ter protection of property belonging to the Btate; to Incorporato the Villnge of Brooklyn; to reduce the tollon the Bay Clty, Vassar, & Watrousville plankroud; making au appropria- tion to goyer the defipfency of e cursantiex- ponses ot "Ylic Reforin ‘Shool Tor 187; nlso a Jolnt resotutlon relative to the abolition of polygamy In the United States. The Luglslnture adjourned till Mgnday ovon- ng. COLLATSED, ¥ ‘The bottom has dropoed out of the legislative irvestigation of allered frauds by the Stato Printers, W. 8. George & Co. Tureo experts. linve testified beforo the Jolut Comumittee, name- ly: John McViear, Presidont of the Detrolt Tyvographical Unlon, oneof the most akillful printera of the country,and Greenback candidato for Representative last fall in Detroft. e vronounced the type used: upon tho Stato work to be long primer solld, perfectly legitimate {n trade, and that the measurcment was 2,030 ¢ins to the page, bolng exactly the amount for which tho bills are rendered, ] John B. Price, of Detroit, firm of Cardwells, Prico & Co., for many yoars denler in printing materials, and Republican eandidate for State Senator Inst fall, testifled that the type was not bastard, but long primer solld, to be messured und charged as such under all clrcumstauces, Willlan VaaBuren, foreman of the State printing-oflice, testificd that he mensnred the type as long-primer, uu that his fnstructions in rezard to all measurcments were, {n cosea of doubt, to glve the advantage to Ui State rather than to the contructor. He had also, by request of the 8tate oflicers, done the printing In solld lont-priner, when the conteact vequired it to be luaded, and the contractors hud sulleved Joss theveby. Ho had nover kuown ooy other pring. ing oftice, In thirty-three years' experfence, wi |e|m blank pages were notcharged for fn book® work, 'T'hie aceusation of bribery was zone into, with two wituesses present of those who had - been named, They testilled positlvely tut they knew of no bribery being attemmpted fu connece tton with the printing contracts, . ‘I'he members of the Committeo presont voted to go no further with the iuvestigation upon the ITEMS. THE MILITIA, pectal Dispateh 1o Ths Triduns, BruiNarizLn, 1L, Feb, 21.—Adjutant-Gen- oral Hiiller to-day issued the followlog com- mibsfons: Albert L. Cusle, Princeton, as Cao- toin Compony D, Fourth Regiment; David J, Foster, ns Flrat Livutenant smine; Charles A, Palmer, as Socond Licutenant same, and John Hough, Peoris, ns Captafu Company A, 8eventh Replment. s EDUOATIONAL, Btats Superintendent Slade has sent out, under direetion of the Committeo appolated by the State Teachers’ Agsoclation, the questions deelided on by the Commities for the camparativo examiuatious to be lield in the public schools uext ‘Thursday, aldo of sull cliy As un_organized Boant e ehurges before them, they wanaee -t ffairg of the INDIANA. POMOLOGIOAL, County. As ludividuat oficlals they rupresent BENATE. At the meotings of the Stato pomologiats last evenlngz President Lyon delivered an aduresa on the lnbors wnd needs of tho Btate Poinological Soclety, Lyon urred fn dotall State compiin- tlons of statistles with refcronce to agriculture nnd hortfeuliure; a most thorough setting-forth of the advantuyes of Michizan a8 a frult-grow- ing und erop-producing Btate; the needs of a more thorough knowledge of packing fruit for tnarket, and in the near future ooening lnes of rapld transit to get the frult to the Bea-bonrd wmarkots, Mr. Taylor, of Kalaninzoo, read o carefutly- prepared paper on forestry, o which he urped not ouly the planting ol lardwood, but pine trecs, to meet tho great demund for timber whien'must surely como in the near future, C. L. Whitney, Chalrman of the Committue on Resolutlons, reported o serles, which woro * adopted, asking tho Legislature to fnerensa the number ot sunual reports to bo published, as the demand 18 tar fu excess of the supply, and returning thanks to the Locisiutors, members of the press, boter-keepers, and Aerleniturn] Col- leie for the muny kindnesses oxtended durlug the meatiug of the Soctut, the respective distrizts of the county in which they aro elected L In this ru{mec thelr status ls the'samo us the Buporvisor of the soyernl tows ol o conuty, who, when ucting fn thelpe angans fzed cupucity ns o County Board, represent the eutire county. 1t has uever been custotuury to destznuto_such Town Bupervisurs as county olticers, 1f the Congly Board of Cook County iy 4X 1helr own compensation umnder this nro- Vislow of the Constltution, the suine power may be exercised by the County Board of uvery other county fu e Btate, for thiy clanse of the Cun- stitution under which that power is oxerclsed fs of general npitication, oxeept 8o fur us provided Tn Bee, 4, referred to above. *Such a coustruction Is not rendertd impera- tively necessary by miy of the express proyislons of tie Constitution, and, fnusmueh as the Gen- cral Asgombly has fixed thu compensation of these Comnissloners by luw, the same cannot be held uncoustitutional “unless the repunanco between the Constitution und atatute Is clear undl unguestionahle, 1t ahe presunt law does not flx an adequute compenkation for these oftleers, the Genurul As. aembly 18 alons empowered to atford the rem- edy by an nmendment to the law, I have the Suecial Disnaten ¢ The Tridune. InpiaNaroLts, Inud., Feb, 91.—The Benate bill to admit feeble-minded childrea Into the Boldlera’ Orphans’ lome passed to-day, with an amwendment wiphig out the presont Board of Trastees, whose bills wero recently published, showlng thut they had drawn largely more that the law allowed thew. THE MOUSH, T under the pressure of the previous question and by the party gag, suspended the rules and passed the bill for the reorganization of benevo- lent asylums, nntlmrlgln;: the Governor to np- polnt the Presidont and Board of Trustees for cach, 'The centrul fdea ot the bill 18 to separate business munagenicnt from the professtonul man- agement, and the Comimisslongrs are plven regular salaries and required to meet twico month to transact bustness, It is o Lomocratic caucus bill, i ‘Fhe 1louse also possed the Bix Per Cent In- terest UL The Honate has passed an Elght hionor l?’lnu.’}rfirl\inl l‘flfif{"k‘h Gonbral Por Cont LN, and 1t 16 bolleved no agroe- fi‘fixg"‘\‘% *JANs o Eoln ornoy-General, 1 Paches Vs A . “o Tlan Witiea 2 y- ment will be reacned between the two bodies, Bpecial Dixvatch 40 The Tridune. Torega, Kas,, Feb, 2L.—Tho Chairman of the Buenatorial Investigating Committco mado a specinl report to the Housa to-day, stating that B, L. Binlth, Managoer of tha Western Unlou Tole- @raph Company {u this city, had been subpeuned to appear beforo the Committee’ und produce il Sptuker of the | rpygy afternvon—by oyes 53, noes 89—tha Ilouso passed the Metropolitan Police bill for Indlanapolis, declining to muke the law apply ta all clties of £0,000, and to bave one membor ot the Board from cach party, the Mayor of tho clty befug President, It is a politieal measure, and intended to capture the city at the nest llouso of Represcutative THE STATE PRINTING. MH, MAGIR EXULAINS, “Ta the Editor of The Tridune, BrutnavizLp, Ieb, 20.~I4 18 uow about time that the Btate' Priuters wore heara from, For i Section, all the telegrams that passed turough Wis oflice sume weeks thero hus beon u hue mul cry, o ) during the late Benatorlal ¢lection which related thoueh everythlmg was wrong awd nnthing was vo::ln:lcmllzl:ifi:“’ l:fi ‘f"‘l]lisu"‘)' (l})lll oy '""' dircetly or tndivoctly to that contest, and that right fn or about (he Btate printing. 1 om o 5,000, ces tho salary of Governor £0 | gy ad refusad toappear {n aceordance with 1 tmember of the flrm that I3 now dotug the Btate printiug, Our cuutrect commenced on the 4th of November last, Although the prices s cefved aro low,~perbaps lower than they ought tu bo—-yet they oare sowo 90 or 25 per cout u‘luher than the contract of the two yuurs pre- vious, liefore the Lecislature convened, It was dls- covered that thicre wos o schemo o foot smong some discontented und dwappolnted spirita fu aud about Springfleld to raise u rumpus over the Btate printhng, ‘Fhe State Leylster 18 their mouthpiece, That shoet beean its fuuuendoes Ly numerous two and three dine pararraphs, as- suming that the Statd printing was greatly de« the sumions, claiming tuat the relatious cxist- Ing between the Campany and ita patrons wero of such pecullar und confidential character that such telegrama could not be mudo publie, The House, by resolutlon, then Instructed the Berizeant-ate Arma to forthwith arrest the sald Smith and Uring him before the Bar of the House to answor to the charge of. contempt. The arrest has not yot been made, but the warrant will probably bo scrved to-morrow, The cago will bo brought bofore the Buoreme Court on a writ of habeas corpus, thu telegraph company bave ing expresscd & determinution to make this o test, VY. C. Webb Las been retained nsattorney for the Company, The caso i3 exclting conside STATE-IIOUSY INVEATIGATION. g The Comulttee on Btate-House Investigation held a seasion this morning, Cornelius Prico, of Chicago, who was ono of the bidders for the contruct for bulldlug, N, C. Uiusdale, of Chie cago, another bidder, sud F. W. Hodges, architect, who oxamined pluus for the Hinsdale Cowpany, all testlled that they belleved the' May plaii to be sufllelcat, und thot it coutd be hulil within the 32,000,000 Hmit o the law, Hinsdalo thought nonu of the walls were weal, Uen, Thomas A, Morrls, one of the Hoard, waa sworn, und guve o lougthy resume of the action of the Bourd in the cxsmination of the pluns. Gen. Morrls 13 an old wvil engineor, ono of the beat lu the country, aud he said the rdlroads, to enforee con- tracta with the raflrond companies under which of tho Natlanal party was hold Inst nizht nt the Gratd Hotel, attended by Benntors Polndexter amd Davis. Tho purpose was to fixup the apportion. ment for both Congresslonnl and Leglslative urposes, ‘The Congrcastonnl schema wivos the aud the Republieans glven v.woul.v-nuv?n n have dbout forty-five members, the Opposition the rest. The Natfon- als underatand thut they cannot clect a sinzle Benator nor Representative along, nnd thefr efforts were dirccted to concentrating their Iance of power fn the This they clalm to have aceotplished in fifteen districts, three Senatorial and twelve Thia olll, 1€ fathered by Davie wilt be presented to both par- ties ns an ultimatum, and i€ not accepted these Nothing new or n- of Coluinbus, O, was calleld ns nn ex- i the same gentloman who tho baflding could be buils Tio then showed tho the bullding, pro. His cxam- the Commlsstoner ngslust whom the most serl- pted befora its conclu- ng any of the aealed letters {rom the Senato, and also to pass the Davis Ap- o likewlse, 0 they dumand that it imself uusented by a techinl- cality und Is on record as belng thoroughly op- WISCONSIN, BILLS 1assep, Speclet Disoates, 1o The 5 ?un:snn. Wis., Feb, 91, M alternoon Nenate 1 crectlon of the County of {,I]:ml}::\inl? ‘{o: b tho Cotnties of Chivpowa aud 1meqy Milng vide for the compensation of certaiy x‘z;u‘nn cemployes; In relation to the righta of Moy auts of the Clippewas of Lake 8y, caming legal voters and entitled to youg o, State ' elections; to authorize the nay[: % expenses in sccurlng lnnds 1o whicl m:?“ may bo entltled; to provide the Maps of ty, consln for pitlicuse in certan ¢ hid Tor laving out a 8y I v.ols‘lnvs{;! n s ate road from Grang R.ufi The Assembly bin terms of the Cireuft (R:‘::?dlo?n:i! .}';;v_lé(; to provide for levying o 8, 70, Trihung, n the Ammm, ulate g Cuum,&? LITHM SUDICIAL, A call Is published to-nieh his 1o, 1) election, He wiil be elected by nlarpe The Assembly biennial n-ns(mrlargulml 2 falled to pass, It not receiving n mm"mmon number of votes, The Sennte bicnuial ge, o resolution was postponed 41t K Text-Book bill nnd the Wiscousin ¥ emption bl were passed, otral By, Larrin Rock, Ark., Fe, 2, ‘priating $60,000 to pay the CXdnees Leuislature was passed by the House, ik Blnnot, of P'ulaskl, was unseated, and oty R, Montrromery, the coitestant, seater, Represontatives Pagne and Furbush gq United Btates Register Gibbs, all colored, wer examined by the Brivery Committes, Gitdy uxonerated Senator Doraey from o) complici further thap expressivg m oplifon ina unmz Tetter favorable to Johnson's election, Puyno's testimony deyelaped nothing, Pop busn reiterated bLis testimony of fhe Dreviang day. Furbush explalued thai the $2,000 wag 1y tended for hitn, nud that other g be patd Dawson et al, Col, Jut; plicated as depositing the money, 'l of the parties wio did deposie with not developed, Col. Ruots luft for the East consequentty was not examined. Ln-u.xsv Rocr, Ark,, Feb, 2L.—Representarisy 20, of Nowton, n Republican, ex-Reveoue Collector Cuoper, wers oxantined this eveany by the Brivery Committev. After aloog and rigld Interrogation Lee's testimony narrowad to the nssertton thuton the Friduy night beforg the , Senntoclal election Walker, Benator-eled, offered Loe and friends money which they dev clned to recoive, Wituess inlerrad from 1he conversation thint It was intended to lnlucney his vote for Seoutor. Lee udmuts ho was half L= bill gy, Testerday, ‘anl IN THE' LROISLATURE, Spectt Dispatch 10 The Tritune. 87. PAuL, Minn,, Feb, 31.—The Senate thiy moraing passed bills authorizing the Wianipez County Commissioners to appropriate money to State for Judlelal purposcs, after iriking ot the scetion which would bave ubolished Judze Pare's District. ‘Ihe Benato bill Nmlting the legal taterestto 10 per cent was also recontmended favoraoly. —— 3 P THE HEATHEN CMINEE ‘opi) "Ban Francico Merclnts as to tho Effeot of the BIll Now Pending i Congross, BAN Fuanorsco, Feb, 21.—The Post tois esta- Ing publishes interviows with a numberof leadlez busincss-men on the subject of the Chinese bl now under conslderation by Gonress. Frederick L. Costle, of Castle Bros, thouzht the commerclal relations betseen this country and China would not be affected in the least by the cduption or rejection of the blll. Evtem merchants know nothine about tho Chinex questlon on thia coast, and what they say fsnet entlticd to serious consideratlon, Williawm 'L, Coleman sald China would safle far more thun the Unltea States by the restric tion of vommerca botween the two countries The ery of the'Eastern merchants (hat the pis- 8age of the bill-will work Injury to this couutry by disorganizing commercinl relations with Chinu 13 eutirely without cause, 1t Clina wers to bo blotted ouc n8 o country having friendly commerclal relations with the United States, ka ahoutd still fusist on the passage of the bill. Willismn A. Mocondray, of Mucondry & Co,y aafd he had not get nade up his mind whether the adoption of the Anti-Chinese bt would in- terfere with the - commerclal rels tlons between | the two cougtrles 1o sald, howaver, that with very fow exceptions all the shins with products of Chlna for forelgn ports are lnadfl at Mone Kong, and of course any dhwm:nd- uance of friendly rolations butween Chiua \3; the United States will not touch upon mu:“a tions existing between the former mnnlzu“ Great Britaly and her eolobles. The pr. i of Coing will conscquoatly contfbue (o e diclr way' to llong Kong for nlflmn_r'u{lx." i thought the shipping lnterests would sul oA thy extent that steumers would not oay o out passeoger traflie, und would lave vithdrawa. i Nll.udrn‘t:u P. Flotcher, of Bhattuck & HM;:XE;. for soveral years copnceted with (Aol Amerlean commerciul houso In Chinn, tiors el the iden that our trale ud”m with thut country could bo i the l“fifnn‘fll’u- uffected by our prohibitlon of Cmuu.wh s tion, 'I'he Chineso were the last ;mxmln iy world to be alfected by nentimental ':fhlzri ‘They would buy goods whcrulln.!)'fi\'\ o them cheapest, aid scll them where ul:l‘k‘fll i ot nu’nI 1lugm:sn r;rlfio,ml:\vcsplm any on whicll we mlhe take, ‘ . 4 (?curgo C. Porkluy, Presidon of {he fi:_azi‘b;‘ of Cowmorve, stated that aover;lnj e promiuent mombers had sugaeste fiymeirr Chamber of Commercs should meet a (r e passiblo to tive vols to their sentin e gurding 1ts passaze, and to alnuh-ll;a oS tlon to’be forwardacd to Presidont n]‘; i meetlue would b called for next .\hu"nm Vi, 00 mumbers of that budy, muberiug gu’ o Was very cortaln, wers unanluousty i the passagre of the bill. eee———— “Almoat Buried Alive, At South Atclilson, Kas., ’lcun,\l gzflml&m_ and mother, was supposed 1o x“m et this life, aud prepurations were ;.nvr.\fe e funcral, The body was robed lurxll:‘vu!. Mstaed oplaced in the coflin, aml the mr:'«;‘f i, o and mourning chiliren sadly prlev i Joss, ‘he funeral was tu lum:_“l u'elock, at whict time the hous ¥ b fricuds, ‘The hearse was wu.thu,w %) and the body wus soon to_ be bur”m W ia rosting place. As tho 1jd of e e fore throwa back une lady lald *er h?lmw " hioud of the suppostd carpse, i el astonistiment, dyclured thut the 8 Xnm body was warm, ‘The thm"fim o uaual tests, and provounced that 13k bt ‘I'he body was tut‘ell from (hu:.-onl&v;‘ hiia s the next day the patlent was cons falr way to recover. el e e—— A Now Engihh Notlan Olice Lonan's Lndon LAlet, o pag e1: Tho_co-operatlye systear Ul ul-:x e e tended {n London to dress ln{rh et dren, A eo-operstive campaty - 'JL e Boucleault's manston on e Lu‘w“ tweuty years, und is fistiue up l“ ok a4 o B10Fe, eyery roon beuys “vt:,-mlufl.“ L of a different department. “'"“:;,u'w R 009, obtuined by thu lssud or.:”“‘d & $25 0 shave, tiese 'shares 10 be e terest. Ouly shiarclalders un."m O e tusnly, If 00 wmore thas oue-1¢ e, ladics and irequent the rooug, O i prmises will be uone too larke, 5 euploy 10 give the newest fashions un'd:n class dresamakers, und 10 lmum"i for akiog, aud v chorze uot 1isd " xeit low Dt penuy 2 vancu in ghe materiul used. .