Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 28, 1879, Page 6

STATE AFFAIRS. Proceedings in the Gen- eral Assembly of Illinois. It Has Cost $76,600 for What We Have Got So Far in the Way of Law. The Senate Addressed in a Conflding Stock-Yards Epistle. Foverish Desire of the Grangers to Got at This Corpora~ tion, Shad-Bellied Appropriation-Sharks Making a Nuisance of / Themselves. An Unlucky Wight Tumbles Ont in Front of the Kansas Jug- gernnut. The Telegraph Man 8till Rotting in the Bastile—Indiana Compli- cations, THE LEGISLATURE. SENATE, Spectal Dirpatch to The Tribune. 8pminorreup, I, Feb, 27.—Scoator Bent presented a heavily-sizned petition agalnstdogs, und to ralso n revenus by thelr taxation, TOR PENAL COMMITIEE having roporied adverscly on Scnator Hamil- ton's bill to attach McLean to the Northern Penitentiary District, that gentleman made another effort to carrs his polnt. The fact ex- Asts that McLean is twenty-four hours from Chestor and only four from Jollet, The bill was flnally ordered to a sccond reading, not- withstanding the Committece's objections. The samo Committee reported favorably on paying the tndebtedness of the Soutbern Penl- tentiary, and the lobby smiled, THE CANAL, Senator Dearborn, from the slect Committes on giviny tho canal away, sald he and Bisbeo bad done nothing as yet. RISOLUTIONS. By Senator Kelley, o rosolution about rove- nue, Referred, By Senator Fuller, n jolnt rosolution to re- movo the Capital to 8t. Louls or somo viilage near Bpringfield. His first attempt at fun, and not 4 anceess, By Beunator Merritt, a jolnt rerolution to nd- Journ sine die from Thursday, March 20, Lafd over. By Scoator IMamilton, to dircct the Com- mittee on Mtiscellany to Inquire into the charges preferred awalnst Dr. Johu 11 Ranch, The vesolutlon authorizes persons and pavers to bo sent for. Adopted: and Bemator Ford was added to the Committee. nLLe, Senators Walker, Frautz, Callon, Dearborn, and Marshall turoed looso a fresh batch of bifls. < { Senator McDowell, who at ono time had driven hogs to market, recopmized the necessity ot bringlng up laggarde, 50, on bis motion, bills onafirst reading wore_ taken up, und the lumdram volee of the Secrotary soon lulled the solons to sleop—all axcopt Riddle, who had Jawes P, Root at his ear, und Dr. Cheancy, who had Dr, Flsher at his elbow, 'There were cizhtcon bills on first reading, carrylng the total number of Senate bills to 351, On this date two years ago the whole number of Senato bijls was 242, Benator Merritt moved to reconsider the vote by which Senator Callon's Jolnt vesolution to appolnt an Agent of the State to scttle claima for intcrest against thic Government was lost, Carried, but another vote Indefintely post- poued its conslderation. REPORTED DACK. Senator Tunt, from the Judiclary, roportod . the following: “The Judiciary Comniittee {8 of the onlalon that the Legisinture has the right, in ‘prooer cases, Lo pasa an act requiring raftroad companics to run passengor-trains over thelr roads.” This ln responso to Mr. Talliaferro's resolution. Senate BIE 803, concerning convoyances, 5. Benata 4l 237, to repeal 8ec. 650t the Prac- tiee act, adverscly. Benato BiIl 2 adversely, . Scunto Bl 183, Jurors' nct, with a substitute. Benato Bill 48, another one to repeal Sce, 68 of the Pructice act, ndversoly. Benator Talllaferro’s resolution ns to lezality of law fixiug pay und number of cmployes, nd- versely. THE COMMITTER ON MUNICIPALITIES, ; of which Georzo Whita is Chalrmun, acted an n large number of bills this afternoon, among them Beuote Bill No. 803, allowlng the majority of the County Hoard to approve the nonds of Town Collectors, which was recommended to pass. ~ House Bitl No. 145, consolidnting the electlons Jor town ollicers, unid House il No. 16, provie dng for the payment of bonds issucd for fa roads at county banks {nstend of at Now York: Senator Callon's bill, providing for an cxaminu. tion of Notlonal banksi and Campbell's bill providing for allowing towns, cities, and villages to contract for o.water-supply, have all been ted on fnvnrubl{. : Benator Riddie’s bill for an act to contribute lands for pork purposes will also bo recom- mended to pass, ‘I'he act ropealing the Mayor's bill was recom- mended to Uun to 8 second reading, Bonator White's oill, providing that gas com- panfcs pay Intercst on deposits ut the rato of 5§ ‘per cent, was ulso ncted on favorably, The b}l for the rellef of members of the Firg and Pollco Department was recommended to o second reading, ' to amend Sec. 60 same nct, RANRAKEE, F - The Committes on State Cliaritable Institu. tlons spent the afternoon fn considering billy for the Kankakeo und Elzin Insune Asylums, ‘The former asks for $180,000, which 1l Come mitico cuts down to 215,000, ‘Iic bill of the Intteris cut 50 pereent, Thero was uearly o full Committee, anud the zenorul expresslon was fn favor of retronchment and roform. It may only be spusmodic, however, for the State Charities Riug; Is alinost omninotent. 110URR, The General Assembly just now Is crowded With & lot of Jobhylsts whose misslon scems to he to bore the members and impede the prog- ress of legislation, ‘The officers of Ktate fn- stitutions aro in this respect particularly ob-. noxfous. They station thewmsclves in the Junples along the dusty hizhwoysot legislation llke n lot of banditt to rob and plunder the ‘people,. e resolution of Mr, Herrlngton, of Kane, {ntroduced yesterday and published {n full (n ‘Ta® TRIBUNB, thouih prescnted fa the form of & jest, was o cutting sarcasm upon the this practico which has arfseu to the bighth ofn eolossal nbuse. An ariny of sleok, well-fed, and ovpr-pald State barnacles come hero at evory sesslon of the General Assembly to bleed and hully the people. The cheek of some of thess men, on occaslon, 18 simuly outragepus and uncons.lonable. A member remarked last night, sarcaatically, thut hie did not seo how such valu- sble officluls could be spared from thelr post of duty loug’ ouough to come hero to lobby for thelr Institutions, This Purtblan arrow from Mr. Herrington is not the firat one, unhappily, tat hos been discharged from the minority ste of the House at the great urmy of plunderers wha have beeu ‘reachiug thelr hands deep juto the . Treasury of the Btate for the purpose of rubbing the poople. Every ons knows thut these claritable fostitutions receive fuvariably much Insger sppropriations than aro necesiary for thelr existence. They are constantly grow! larger nnd larger, and becoming more and more uxreuulve. until at last thera Is danger that they will welgh down the people with an unbearable toad of taxes. ‘They requirs milllons of dollars every year from the pocketsof the peoplo to maintain them ot thelr yast army ot leeches and dead-beats, ‘When wlill the reform como in this regard! ‘The svoner the better for all con- TOUSE DILL O, §73, for an act to amend an act entitled “*An act to authoriza County Boards fn countles under township organization to orzanize certaln ter- titory situated therein ns a town,' approved cerned, May 23, 1877, on third reading, svas_calle nud passed by o vote of 126 to 3. fmmediately moved to reconsider the vote Mr, M up which the ‘bill prssed the lHouse, stating that some amendments were necessary, ‘The vote was reconsidered, and the bill was referred to the Committee on Judiclary, This bill containa An emergency clausc, and iis passage 1s desired in timo for the apring elections. REGISTRY. Mr. Wright, of Boone, Chairman of the Com- mitteaon Elections, reported on Mr. Thomnas’ bill, providing that in eicction districts which e wholly within the limits of ai aregister of election shall be tlons Mr. i took the samia course. GAME, n incorporated clty e mage for all clec- sending it to the Judiciary Committee. oblson’s bill amending the Reglatry law The Committeo on Fish and Game reported n subatitute for Mr. Scerist's consolidated Game bill, ‘The substitute covers the amendments suggested by the Stato Sportamen’s Association, pravidinge that the interval between Aug, 16 and cc. 1 aholl be the open season for prairie- chicken shooting, and for quall and game be- tween Oct 1 aud Jam. 1, and for water-fowl ec., between Aug. 15 and March 1. ‘Ihe ofll waa read the fizst timo by title, and ordered ton second roading. ‘The same Commlttee reported in favor of Mr. Zimmerman'a bill to provent the Lillug of deer forthe pext ten. years, and in favor of Mr. Dysart's bill for the protectlon of brook troat. MONRY WANRANTS, Mr. Hallldays bill, nroviding for the manner of Issulng warrants upon the " Treasurer of any county, township, city, school district, reported back from the Committee on Alflairs, with the recommendation that it paas. COURTY TREASURERS. Mr. Ranny's bill makiug County Treasurers ineligible for re-cloction for two years nfter thelr terms expire was favorably reported by the Committes on County and Township Qr- Eanizatious. DALLOT-OX K. Mr. Graham’s bill deprivin AVERY. b et was lunieipal any elector who recolves or demunds a briba ot the clectivo franchise for five years, and punishing a poraon convicted of such offunse with fino and impris- onment, or both, was sent back from the oM, mitteo on Eloctlons and recommended to bo printed. TAILROADS, The Committee on Railroads reported back Mr. Trammel’s bill to regulate raflroads in the luuds of Recelvers, with the recommendation that [t g0 to the Judiclary Committee. ADVERSE. Mr, Granger's bill to regulate the price of gas was reporied back, with that it do not pnss, the recommendation by the Committee on Munleipal Corporations. ‘The same Cominittce reported a substitute for Mr, Butterworth's bill lcvylnr comimit| A poll-tax in fucorporated cities, teo reporta wera all coucurred fn, CHANCERT. Mr, Lovell called up bis bill, No. 130, In the order of second reading, for regulating the vractico in courts of chancory and reducling somewhnt the fees of Matters in Chancery, in land snles, by allowlug the appotutment of ‘spe- c¢ial commissioners upon compensation to be agreed wpon between him and the parties to the cuuse, ‘Lhe bill was debated at Jength, | Mr, Mason moved to sirike out the clause, und on this motion the debate o These enacting ceurred, Durinys the debata on this motfon, Mr. Nefl, of Stephensan County, mado his mafden speech, taking grrounds in favor of the bill, and againat e enacting clause. this Stato that he knew of which competled a Master in_Chancery 1ha motion to strike out th o said there was no Jaw in to flll llla}y nosttion of usition when appointed. lis own seeking, and he lad no 1t was A doubt that, If thia bill passed na it wns, with the amendments suegested, that there would be an abundance of men all over the State uoxlous und willing to receive the appointment of Mas- tera in Chancery. ‘I'he motion to strike out the enacting clause was lost, und, after somo furtherattampt to kil it und amena ft, the bill was ordered to o third reading. BTATE FINANCES. The Blib;Cnmmlttcn of the House Financo Committeo nppoisted to cousider that portion ol the Governur's messaze relatin; to the Btato funnces, have propared the fol.owing report: Tho ontstanding bonded Indentednces of the State 1s 8652, 742.00, of which thero is now duo und 442, bo after he remainder, tha blo at P next, dan, Tho ayable at tho pleasure of the Staio, 8357, - Bfl.y T SIUG.U‘%U, o Twenty-ninth of wihli Btate General Assembly nuthorized to be ralaed for general rovenue pu 1,500, 000, ‘The rto of taxation that y oses for , and for achool purpoacs, the eur wal .’d o it n onta on each $100, which produced a ruvenne of 82,755, D78, an_excess of from other source &2, 000, ‘T'ie rate of taxation wus 5! ), 078, Tho Thi conts on each including rovenno rtietlh Qonoral An. I2 m&ls nuthorized a levy for the year 1877 of 2, 000, snd fur lchnoumrposel'. 81,000, 000, $100, and the name General Asseinbly aleo provided for & Military Fund and levy for that purpose of one- . Tho collection of balf of one cent on each taxea and other linols rated over $100. 85001020, heod tho " nuthoriced revenuos, lovy Fund, acing of including an 8301, 026. tho aggru- eXconn Thus the surplus for general purnoses now in the State Trensury is 580,863,088, and of the School Fuad 843,002, 18, wmaking a tota) surplus of $073.765.8%, Tho tund ncquired by the State for the suppart of common sehools 18 nlch the Stato pays an annual interest of U 3, of which i, flg upon v ¢ cent, amounting 12,087.12 ia the support of the common scl 0, P24, o) appropriated to of "the 8iate norma] schools, am dlatributed pro rata to the savernl counties for ‘Tha 1llinols $1, 1 hools, 43, 4 07, 32, Tt Cuntral [taflroad Fund of 7 per cont of tho gross carnings of tho raud,)pnm Into the Htate Treasury v“,xr the year ending C ct. 1, 18738, aggrogaled $:3:20, - 71, nud 1t ia cstimated that the revenue froin ! lens aiiree for the current tincal than $700,000. The Commitiee apnroves the car will not be suggestion of the Governor that thia fund will mure than pay the principal of the bonded debt of the State by Jan. 1. and now recommends that s bill bo piropared und presented to tno House In that fn- terest, Of tho surplua revenue funds in the 'I'rens- of 851, 853,60, the Committos belisve that 000 can sarely bo credited on tho levy’' for tho next two yoars, nnd, of the surplus School Fund "o/ $381,002,18, the Committes favors croditing $200,000 on the levy, still leaving an smplo reserva In tho ‘I'reasury o noet any emergency, and also to pay the State Bzhool.Fuid {nterest, 'Fhe Committeo conclude that, by so aurplus of noearly $1,000, for Btate nnrflguu will bo {probably to about 2 materfall devating tho sccumulatod "Ireasury 0, the rate of taxation reduced :2 cents on ttha $100), and the Illinols Central 1'und may be resorved to pay tho oxisting State debt, and aficrwards bo applied ta the paymont of curreut oxpenditures, TIE [IOUSE APIROPRIATION COMMITTER to-day agrecd on an approprintion of 5‘30\000 ner anunm for tho Chleago Eye und Ear Inf rmary, $1,600 for repatrs, und $1,000 a year for furni- ture, ‘Ihe smune Committee also cawcaau, agreed on allowing the Soutlhiern Insana Asylumn $00,000 for ordina- ry expenses, in addition to the unexpended hat- unco of §14),000, und $2,500 tocomplete its water- worls, and $5,000 per anuw for repairs. The Committce on Corporatfons (his after- noon ordered Murray's bill, providivz for the ro- stablishment of the Pollce und Firo Commls. _sloners of Chicago, came up and was ordered riuted tor the fuformation of the House, contest took place between Mr, ‘Faylor, word A of Winunebago, aud Mr, Murrny while the sub~ Mr, Taylor aceused ir. z\hlu 1eans to advance hls . {oct was up for discussion, i M Murray denled, bit, Murray of ‘using underhanded andfuniusti- which™ charge Mr. Bhertnun, the Chafrman of the Commit. tee, and a herole membor of the Btate mllitin, Interfered and prevented the shedding of blood, ‘This atternoon it is thought the bil) wit not pass the Cominittoe, though nine mumbers shzned the roport yesterday recomuaending the printing of it, LASTARDY, Mr, Wilson, of Cuok, to- amending the act entitled ¢ {ntraducea a bilt 1 act concerning bastardy,” so s to provide thut the Criminal Court of Cook County shall have the samo Juris- dictlon und power vonferred by the olher sece tions of the sct upon County Courts in other counties, and tha provisions of the other sec- tlons of this act shall apoly to the Criminsl Court of Couk County und "the Judge thereof as they apply to County Courts und County, There {san omergency Judgei in other counties, clause attached to the bill, 048, ‘Thero 18 o schemo on foot here to establlsly 8tate gus-fuctory, uud purchade Irelund's private patent for the purpose of ruuuiuf;i v0 bas beon appolul commlitee of Kute the matter und re) t A spucial ted to {nvesyl- rt for the information uof the Tlouse. Mr, Wheeler, o member of the State Buard uf Equalization, and a membor of tho House, clalins that gos can be manufactured for 50 cents # thousund, while well bers elaju that it cannot be ma Tess thau $3.50 ture of about 814,000 -posted mota- nufactured for ¢ thousaud, ufter an_gxpendl- 10 coustruct the works, ‘The Committes of Inquiry uppointed by the House couslsts of Wheeler, O Laan, Al on of son. by 1 Company, whlie u hizher vrice wus Warren, Lewls, nnd Pratt, Thero I8 a feeling of distrust of this scemingly innocent acheme to save the mnne{ of_tle people by suthorizing the construction of a Stato gas-worls. WALLACE-RAPPRLETR, This afternoon the House Commities on the Judiciary, by 1 vote of 9 to 7, resolved to report back Mr. 8mall's bill covering the Wallace-Rap- oleye adoption caseMwith the recommondation hat it do not pass. ‘ThoTriends of the measuro will not, however, abandon it. = MASKELL MALL. ‘The bills prepared by the Maskell Hall meet- ing In Chicago havs arrived to the address of Henator Delany, with the request to call n meeting of the Cook County delegation to act nnlan them, Theso bills have the followlny ttlea: A bill for an act to facilitate the collection of wages. ’I(cl'crrcd to the Hon, P, A, Barry. A bl for an nct to nwend Sccs. 8, 27, 2, B84, 87, 45 and 47, and to reneal Seca. 33, 89, 40, 41, 43, 43, 44, of h 59 an act entltied *Anact to revise the law in ro- Iatlon to llens,” apyroved March 4, 1874, To Benator M, A, Delany, A bill foran act to'regulate the emplo; of convicts, Referred to the Hon, Wentworth, A bill for nn act to protect workingmen in the exerelse of the right of the franchiee, wnd mnk- i certatn clectl nu-nln'ya lezal holllays. ie- ferred to the Hon. Willlam Mason, Algo & resolution to mnend the Constitution 8048 to exch\z certatn property from toxatlon, cte. Referred to Senator Artley, TIS 18 THE PIFTT-FIRST DAY aince the Leaislnturo convened, nud the thirty- seventh legislative day. ‘The ver diem of mem- bers lias bieen $235 each. Leaving out the seven Sundays which have intervened, und there np- pear only reven days which the fi.enlalnuxm hoa passed (i adjouruments. But this s a falla- clons showing, for thero have been no Mondays or Saturdays when gither branel hod n working quorum. “Ilie total cost of the General Assem- biy Is $1,600 per day, This would make n total thus far of $7,500. The peaple have recelyed nothing [u return for this except the election of Join A, Lopan and the indorsement of the Southern Penitentiary. / 1TEMS, Ex-Senator Mike Robinson, J. C. Ambler, and Attorney Small, ot Chicago, ex-Senntor Reddick of Ottawva, Willlam Kerns, of Moline, t, A, Gandner, Feq., Chivago, and James I, Root, of HydetPark, hannt the Sennte lobby from early morn Ul adjournment. They arv sbarpening their littlo nxes. More {nterest was seats for Iavarly’s ent Toscs taken to<lay in securing nlzeer show than fn any legisintion. A good, healthy slgzn, for when they proposo to laugh and graw fat they are not fo Hable to run into unconstitutional and ex- travagant waye, In the Lelund dining-voom yesterday two Sen- ators wnd two Representniives drank seyen bottles of wine. ‘I'he amount of wine was not surprishus, but socculation was on tip-toe ns to where it camo frow, ns the lovkers-on Knew that only ous rentleman of the party was nble, and he uot likely, to indulze *fn such extraye asgance, . The Jobby might have sent on the wine, but the Stock-Yards, eapital stock, South. ern Penltentlary, Plscatorlal, and Board of Health fellows nilght buve pooled in, Dr. Fister, who holds a sinccurc oy Secretary of the 8tate Loard of Axriculture, hes bogun bis usual lobbylng for extra npproprintions, fle met with poor success Lwo years ago, but prom- 1ses to get oven this time. THE STOCK-YARDS, TOUCHING ADDRESS OF THIS CORPORATION, Speclat Dispatch to The Tridy, = 8rniyerieLn, Feb. 27.—Just uow the Cnlcago Btock-Yards arc receiviug more than the usual amount of Legisintiva attention, Tals institu- tion §a allegsed to be one of the moneyed monop- olles of the State, and must necessarily recelve n certain amount of attention. ‘There 15 n strong impression fn the minds of the agri- cultural populatidn of tha State that the Chica- go Stock-Yards were created for the especial purpose of robbing them of thelr hard carnings, und that it 18 o monopoly which s spreading its Influence farther‘snd growing stronger from year to year, untll they fear ft will reduce them to beggary und starvation by its encroachments. Asa consequenco there' iave been moro bills ond resolutions {utroduced regulating this in- stitution than almost any other. In the Senate, Mr. Ford, on Saturday, intro- duced a resolution calling upon this corporation to maoke n statement of all its carnings and busfucss during the last year, and to oxhiblt a achedulo of prices chasged for its varioua faciif-* ties, for the {nformation of the Leglslature, During all Lhls shower of wmisslles atmed at the institution of which he fs the acknowledzed chamolon, the Hon. 8ol Iopkius sits unmoved, *wrapped fu the gloom of his own originality," Occasfonally he darte into n committec-room and makes a speech which rafses the halr of the Grangers, and then relapses fnto the dignifled silencs which characterizes s demennor, Chargzes arc shartly to be brought againat the Enst St. Louls 8tock-Yards, which is also a con- eclenceless monopoly, In the moantime legls- lation is delayed, TAB BEPORT, Iu response to Senator Ford’s resolution, the following report has been prepared, and, with some further detafls, will bo presented for the conslderation of the Leglstature: The Unlon Btock-Yards & ‘Cransit Cnmruuy was_Incorporated by aunct of the Genoral A~ sambly of the State of Iilingls, approyed Fob, 13, 1865, and had its organization completed and by-laws adopted on the 19th of April, 1865, Defora the incorporation und organization of tuls Company, the businessof buylng und sell- Ingg, feeding, and caring for aud . bundling cattlo and llys “stock shipped by tho City of Chlcago was currled on ‘nt preat = ex- penso and - {nconvenlence to the owne ors, shippers, purchsers, and dealers. Thero were sevetnl yords in tho City ‘of Chicago to Wwhich eattlo and live stock were skipped, und at which they wero sold, widely soparated from cach other, poorly nnd iy Aunrllod with faellis tics, cither for loading of unloading, feeding, watering, or bandling stock, The facillties for ahelter und protection agalvat the weather wore poorand Inzdequate, Owlng to the distauce which acparatedd theso varlous yards from ocach other, there was no comuon markot where buy- +er und aeller cauld weet, After belng sold, thoe stock was {requuntly driven long distunces from the place of purchase to the place for shipment, and thus all the futeresta involved n this great traflic wera subfected to oncrots expenses and voxatlous und hurassing delays, PREVIOUS TO TUE ONGANIZATION OF TIIR STOOK- YARDS, the cattle und lve-stock business af the Clty of Chicago was _conducted sud carried on at four different yards, ench yard connceted and [uenti- fled In fotercat with some raflway line, in whoso Interost it was {n tho main manafed and con- ducted, and all competing for the live-stock trafiie, Among the many difliculties attending the enrrying on of that business under thut sys- tew, this Company enumerates the following? ‘The yards werg all of rude and cheap con- struction, without flooring to protect the stock from miring in the mnd, and without covering to protect hows or sheep from the winds or atorms. A8 4 consequence, it was not unfre- quently the ease thut catilo froza in the mud {n tneso yards whicn the weather beeame suddenly cold, “And, for the wanf of shelter In colid weather, hogs would pilo upon cach othes fu the pens nud smother,—hundreds In u night, ‘Ilie supuly of water was at timea uncertaln, and frequeitly fuadequate. ‘Tho water was elther pumped by band or by wind power, was 'wn; in quality, and was of nocessity sparingly wied, . ‘The yards were sltuated at great distances {from each other, and scllers wero frequently compellad to tmvel from yard to yard—a diz- tauco of from ono to three miles—in order to fiud purchasers for thelr stock. ‘Thore was thea NO UNIPORMITY OF RICES between thaso,various und competing yards, and lenca the owners wera frequently obliged to drive theirBtock from the yurds to which {t was congignedon foot through the city, nt great trouble and expense, [u order to tind a profita. bly pr secoptable market, Foor and Inadequuta as were the facilitics for caring for, hundllng, feedlng, and yarding cattls wnul live atock furnished b{ tho vurds fu exist- ence und in operation in this clty bofore pnd at the time of the orgunization of this Company as compared with thy facilities und convenlences furnished und suppliod by ft, yet the aumo prices wera charged for yarduge os are rhnni\:u Ly this charged for feon Luan that now complained of, ‘The serlous dififculties, und embarrassuionts, aud expenses attending the vrosscution of thy llye-stock business {n~the City of Chicago, in pant herelnbefors detailed, led to_ the incorpor- atlon sud orzanization of . the Unfon Stock- Yurds and ‘Transit Comvany, in the munage. went of which all theso dulicultics and embar- rasamonts have been overcomo umd remuved, ‘The Union Stock-Yurds aud Transit Cumpany have ampls epacs for the transsction of the busl- hess. ‘Tho yurds, withthe roadway, cover au urea Of 870 acreas, Of this ubout 150 ucres are in peus, with flooring coustructed of three-inch plank, which must “necessarily bo relaid onco tu four years, It bas' also uver 1,000 covercd sheep and hog-peus, over 500 cattle-pens, aud abous —making n total of ovor 1,800 sub- THR SUITLY OF WATER is abundant, practically unltmited in quantity, anid excellent §n quality. The water {a supplied from three artesian wells sunk to a depth of about 1,250 feot, It 13 elevated by steam-power Into thrue capaclous tanks, at n height of forty-six feot, and holding 115,000 gatlons ench, which nre connected with o hydrant {n each pen by means of fron pipo, wheroby farulshing to cach pen an abundant sunply of puroe, fresh water, For tho purpose of mn\-ey(n‘z liye stock to its eald yarda, nind fonding andunlonding the same, the Btock-Yards Company lins constructed nbou! fitty miles of ratlroad trick, connecting all the roaus centering {n the city, with the sald yards, over which sald live stock {8 conveyed, free of chargze, to tha shipner. Properly to care for divislons, *| Fald live stock consigned to it, ta load and un- load, welgh, water, nud fead the aame, remove the dend nnd erippled anlmals, clean out and leen n repale the yards and pens and other busincss conneeted therewith, the Stock-Yards Company keeps constantly employed about 500 men aud seventy-fiva teams, » For the purpose of ncerately welehting snid stock, the Stock-Ynrds Compaty keops, and has in dally use, Fuirvanks’ acales, of fifty tous cn.crh. actualexpenses pafd and incurred by the Btock-Yards Company fu conducting and carry- ing on ita business, w addition to those already enumerated, are VAST IN AMODNT, and ‘should bo Idered in determining tho rensonnblencsa of ftecharges. ‘The taxes leviea nnd osecssed against it for the yoar 187 amounted to about 254,000, 1ts expunses for jusurance amounts to thou- sunds per year, 1t ia compelled to pay larga nmonns of money annually for settlements with the awners for stock fujured while fu gald vards, und by becom- inig lxnlxcu with other stock, or lust from tlio yards, ‘The auautity of feed furntshed the stock fn Aald yards is submitted to und determined en- tirely by the owner or conalgnee, ‘Tlie usual nmount furnished Ia two hushels of corn to n car-load of hugs, un_average car-lond belug fiity-fiyo In number, Thus, the averawe gross amount charged fur feed per car-luad 18 8L6J, belug less than three conts per head, while many shippers feed nothing in the yurds, reduelng the aveeage to ABOUT TWO CENTS A IEAD, ’I‘hegrenler portlon of the stock arrives at tho vards between 2 and 8 o'cloek iu the morning. pon thele arrival the stocle Is watered, il almost immedintely sold, ‘Thus the charges for Teeding cattlo do not avornge to exceod from 13 to 15 cents por heud, ‘Lhe Compnny akes no extra chiarge to the shipper for freight, or transportation oyer rail- road-tracks, for welghlng, watering, or caring for the cattle, for eleaniug out pens, for londing or unloading; but all ihese services and ex- penses are included fn the two charges for yard- age and feed; and no charges whatever for yardage are made 1o the owner by the Company on cattle shipped throwrh its yards, Eust or West, without being sold thereln, As still furdier exhibiting the reasonabloness of {ts charges for caring for, feeding, wnd hand- 1lngz eattto und Hye stock, the Company repre- gonts that, while its fucilities for carlng for utd Tandling such live atock ary In all respécts, and In wany purtlculars, superlor to any atuck-yards on tho Continent, Its charges for yarding and feed are as low a8 any yurds in the country, and less than those of ‘uily yards east of this clty. Inthe Jursey City Yards tue churges for yarding of eattle nro 45 conts per head, aainst U5 cents charged by the Company; 50 per ton for hay, agafust §23 cliurged by the Company, ‘Tho charges for varding at the Albany Yards nre 45 cents per head; for cattle at the Philndel-, phila Yard: cents per head. ‘The charges tor Ty nt Buflalo aud Albany ure $40, und at Phila- delphla 350, per ton; nid, in addition to these dilTerences, thierels in the Eastern yardsa chargo for wulglnnf: which fanot made by this Com- pony. As showliy that the charges of this Com- pany ARE REASONABLE AND JUsT, and nre regarded, aceepted, and willingly pald a8 such, the Company avers that within wnd dur- ing tho Iast year no |l||imcr of stock to its yards hwa complained to elther the Presidont or Su- perintentlent of the Company of its charges, or rc:,)uuuml or sugeested a reductlon thereof, wing to the unequaled facilities which ft furniahies to the ehibnerund owner of 1va stock, for snfe, easy, and rapid handling of property, the cary which 1t reeelyes, und - tho accommoda- tlons furnished, und the bringing toether tn one placo of purchasers and soliers from every ortion of 1his country, an fmmeunse traflle has Eenn davoloped of almost incaleulable benoitt, not only to the stock-growers of_this State, but of the ‘whole countrv. 'I'he trade at the yards ol tols Company nows reaches in_volue per yuar the vust sum of about $100,000,000, equni to three-filths the expart of cotton from the entire Southern Statos for tha year 18576, This vast trade liasbeen brought to Chicago fu the faca of the most actlve aud cager competition, uml i8 duc In a ereat measurc to_the skiil, fairness, Iiberality, and justice to all concorned with wiifch tha buslucas hns been muanaged by ‘the Company. At Ieast three-fourths ot the stock yarded und eared for ue theso yards come from out the Stute, nttracted hors “by the superlor tuciiities furnished by it. ‘Iho Indirect [nfluences of this great enter- orise can hardly bu estimuted. Between twenty and thirky great packing-houses hava heon established in the lmmedlate locallty of the Stock-Yards, and the raid yards and its sppur- tenances furnish support” to about 100,000 people, 'fhe organization of the Unlon Stock-Yards & Transit Comuany, and the perfectly ap- pointed rards, and admirable sccommoditions und facitltics of every churacter for cnrlnfi for, feedivg, and hamdiing cattio and livo stoek, led to an Improvement of all the stock-yards throuchout the country, nnd no single individ- unl, nor, it 18 belloved, assoclation of fudividu- als, could perforin the work done by the Com- pany with equal gatiafactlon to the denler, or witll equul benefit to the bastuess fnterests of the city und Btate, Ita yards aro still superior to nny yard or yards on the continent, in the fmportant par- tlcular of dralnago, rallrond facilities, sheds and shelter for the atock, quulity und quunticy of water, und the quality of corn aud huy, both at which are purchused ‘abovo the markut price, while, s bag been lLieretofore stated und sot {forth, the charges for yarding und feed AlE A8 LOW A8 ANT, ond much less than'many other yards {n the country, i the stock Ia received anid unloaded, penned nod delivered, fed uud welghed, without extrn chureo, All luws in this Stato affecting corporations should bo general In character und uniform In operation. ‘The Nutlonal Stock-Yards, of Eoat 8L Luuls, in the State of Illtnols, have hitherto charged, und do now charge, the same rates for yardsze und facd a8 are cnared by the Unlon tock-Yards & ‘Translt Company. The sald yards hava heen ceonomically managed, but hava never yet paid nor beon ablo to pay any interest or divldends upon the money fnvested in thelr construction. A reduction of thefr clmr(;ca. by elther Jeislatlve or judiclat action, would Involye of necessity the closing of those Yyarus, the abindoumeat of the prosecution of husiness at Bast St. Louls, und it transfer to the State of \tissonrl, Under a reduction of the rates an proposed by n bill recently Introduced fnthe Leelslatiuroof thia Stute at the Instanco of the enemles of the Coutpany, the property cannot bo o[)ura!ml umd carrlud on, wnd such réduction. would result fu the withdrawal of these yards froin this ity Lo the Btato of Indiang, where ample facilities” for #ta_prosceution aro offered, without expense, and with alt needful protection from the laws, in whichense thero would be a loss to the noos rlu ol thia State of about unc-sevonth of {ts en- ire commerce, ‘Phe tnure fuct that its business hna been pros- perous nud moderately remnuncrative to its stockholders, and vastly beneficial to the peo- Dle of this State, ouzht not to be regarded as o roasau for {nterferenca therowith, It I8 not the purposs of the law to foster fall- 15, nor to hainper succossful, business enter- prise, ‘Tho stock-grower, ownor, und shipper will seck, us o market for bis stock, thoso yards which furniah the best earo, foeding, aud” han- «lingz, at the most reasonable rates, nnd that the number of such yards, and the nctivofeompetl- tion exiating between them, may be safely ro- lied upon to keep und maintalie charges within reasonuble Himits, Following s - LIST OF PRICES charged by them, to-wit: Enst 8t, Louls, cattle, 25 vents per head; calyes, 10 cents per head; logs, 8 cents per fwml; cop, 8 cents per head. JHhe Chiearo Btock-Yards, throuszh Georgo T, Willlamy, Becrotary, made an claboraty raport, substuntlully the same as printed not lony ago in response to.charges wiade in tho Chicazo press, ‘The prives chargoed during the past year wero: For pritme tumothy hay, 8150 per hun- dred; prairio bay, 81 Corn, 81 ner buangl,— eluce Noyember last a sliht reduction has besn made. For yardago tha price la: Cattle, 25 cents }i" heady logs wnd sheop, elght cents per head, 'he Company only chares yardage for what fs sold there, No charge 158 mada for vardage or stubling on horses or uules, ‘The principa) du. fenso the Company makes ls that it advauces fouey on cousignments, und reatly gets uno mors than a fulr interest retura on fts invest- ent, 8ol Hopkins, for a wonder, was not in the 8en- ato (0 hear the roport read. DENATE, In the Bepate, when the bill to regulats Btock-Yards was ready, Benator Jones desirea 0 havu It printed without rofercace. 2 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1879-TWELVE PAGES. Benator Fosdick Insisted on Committes on Corporations, resolu- tions and two bills on this subject, and not to rofor this bIll woulil be an insult to his Com- mittoe. Benator Moffatt warnod thoe Bonators agalnst trusting this valuable bill to the pockots of any one,—a dircet thrust at Senntor Foadick, Senator Nevce, the farmar-lawyer from * Mac- donner," got somewhat oxcited, and leveled his forefingar menacingly at Senator Fosdick. In his judement, Benator Fosdlck and his Corpora- tions Committea never intended to make an {n- vestization, or do anything sbout the Stock- Yards monopoly, 8cnator ‘Tom Merrilt cams to the rellef of Mr, Fosdick, but got wrong parllamentarity, and had to stund the laugh, ‘T'he Corporations Com- mittee, ho safdt, ourhit to havo the bill. Bcnator Jones opetied up bravely for the Grangers, The Committee on Agriculiure had been atighted durlng the wholo sesslon, 1t {a true it 18 not made up of lawsers or men in tho intereats of corporations, It 18 a committes madoup of the “bone and sinner” of tho people. Ho belleved the Corporations Comi- nittee, which hind dono nothing for two long month, would do nothing now. SENATOR FOSDICK RALLIND, and declared his willingness to nake an ex- aminatlon, This afternoon his Committes pro- poses to hear stock-shippers on thelr griey- ances. Benator DeLaney was sorry to ses such fect- ing. ‘The bill, If it has any merit, ought not to ho strangled fn any Committee, Ho waa prond of the Union Stock-Yards, but wanted them tharoughly fuvestiaated. Scoator” Talliaferro, Chairman of the Com- mitteo on Agriculture, belleved lifs Committee should hnve cxcluslve control of this matter, It had matured uud reported o bill on the snino subject, nud bo wanted to know what right the Scnate had to interfere with his Commlttee. ‘I'ne exeuse offered by Senator Fosdick that his Committee {ntended 'to report the swne kiud ot o bill was ontirelv too transparent. The clovan foot of the great “corparation mon‘alcr " pot severely, squeezed fu the dis- cussion, 7= Senntors Kuykendalt and Ford sustained Mr, Jones in flehting the Cerooratfons Commilttec. Pending the dobate, Scpator Foadick nervously sat in his whecl-chald’ und spun around ke o teeto-tum, SENATOR GEOROE WINTE BPOKE VERY LOUDLY, and very like an cx-Alderman, e spurned he Inshiuntions that the Committee on Corpora- tions was unfriendly to stock-shippers or farmn- crs, The blll_under discussion had been smug- gled into the Senate, Senator Jones and Senator Necco tried to badeer George, but thoy didn’t know the mau. "The retorta luelegant came back fast and furl- ous, Senators Sonthworth and Joun Hamilton went to sleep whilo Senator White was declulm- ing, Mo dexded that there was any plcked com- mitteo in the Semate. 1€ there was, its wmembhers should be expelled, ; Benator Dement wanted to know what S¢na- tor White's Committee had donu to advauce the subject matter umier inquliry 1 fl“mar White did not reapond very intelll- ently, H ’l‘ht:}n Senator Ford pumped him without effec Senator Neeco tried his hand, but Senator White 2 CIARGED NIN WITIl HABITUAL ADSENCE, Senator Whiting threw ofl on the troubled waters by saying he belloved it was only n rivaley belweén two commitices to sco which could do tho most for the peopte. Senator McDowell then moved the provious question, aud the bl was ordered toa sccond remllnF. nnd to bo printediby a vote of §1 to §,— nays, Bunt, Hoener, Munu, uud Wilson, Wien the vote was announced there was n eencral hand-shaking among the Urangers, and Furmor Jones went out in the lobby uud bought & pound of tafly, : INDIANA. INBANR ASYLUM INRRGULATITIES. Spectal Digatch to The Tridune. INDIANAPOLIS, Fob, 27.—The charges sgainst Dr, P, 11, Jameson, President of the Board of ‘Trustees of the Benevolent Institutlons, and Dr. Everts, Superintendent of the Insane Asy- lum, will bo made public ot a meetityg of the Commlttce to-morrow evening. They are gudrd- ed with the utmost eare, and 1t is {mpossivle to gebaghmpse of them, A copy fs in the lunds of agentleman not: connected with the investi- gatlon, und riumor states that amon the churges are these: That the Inssne Asylum harbors o large number of Incurable fnmates, from whomn $200 to $300 per annum are pald, and that but four aro reported; that persons connected With the manugement recelve thelr grocories and fuel, and perhups other supplies, from firms and parties having contracts to furalsh the {n- stitutions; that tho clothing bill of one of the ofllcers st the atora where the sunplies of the institutlon were procured was sottled without tho books showing any correaponding receipt on the cash-book or jonrnal, The Blind and Denf nud Dumb Asylums are included in the charges ngainst Dr. Jameson, but not to such an extent ag the Inssue, Strenuous efforis will he made to stille tho fuvestigation, uud £ no other means will avall merobers of the Committce will be urged to absput themselves from the meetings in order to break a quornm. Complainunts say that, if n quorun 8 nout present to-morrow even- lug, 8 new Committeo will be appointed ut once, HOLDIERS' 110ME, i The Committce ou the Investigation of the Boldiers’ Home lavo about agreed upon the re- port that the Trustces charged for llegol per diem and extravagant and outrageous hote) nnd traveling bills, eapcchally 1n the case of Mr, Sanford. The Trustces will also be condemned for purchosing goods of a firm of wiich ‘Trusteo Williama {8 & mewmbor, The majority of the Committee are In favor of recommonding that the Trustees horemoved from offlee, unid that the Attorney-General be Instructed to proceed agalnst them to collect moneys Nlegally deawn for services. On this polut u spht {s inade, a sninority of one membor duclining to roport in favor of thess extreme measures, becauss Lo Lelfevea there was no criminal intent on Lhe part of tho members of the Board, APPORTIONMENT. The ramor that Davis had ylelded to tuo Democrats on apportionment called about him n committee of the Natlonals, who labored with him in the Benate cloak-room mnearly all the afternoon. This evenlug he says he will bLold out ugalnst the preecnt bill, but the Dem- ovrate affect to hellevo that o will vote with them for another mensurs which will be re- ported. Scontor Smith says he will not he ousted from hia soat, wid nt present the Demo- ;-)mhl:‘nm attempting to sccuro the support of avis. LEGISLATIVE, ‘The Sonnte apont must of the day in dlscuss- ing a nill toallow tha City of Fort Waynato van- struct water-works, which fiually pnsacd by yeas, 831 nays, 11, Attuer that the House oill tor the ventilation and inspection of coal mines was takion up and discussed, In thic ilause the I'co and Balary bill was com- pleted und ordered to engrossmont, ‘Ihis arternoon the tempurance question oceu- pled the attontion of the llouse, nnd aftera long Iscussion local obtion wus deleated by yeas, 483 ) 48, the question being on the adoption of the report to indellnitely !cml.pnnu tho bill tor local “wption law. Baker of 'lppecanoe, Carter' " of Clark, Davls of Hoone, Mitchell of Washinizton, Handy of Nancock, Osborne of Elkhart, Raoker of Hamilton, Tay- lor of Watrick, und 8alot of Henry, Democrats und Natlooals, voted with the Rupublicans for local option, and Messick of Vanderbure, and Blecth of Rush, Ropublicans, voted with the Democrats, ‘The Ilouse ordersd on {nvestigatlon to-day inta tha fucs of the Auditor ot Ktato from the Isurauce companiea, tho Commitiee belng Works, of Ripley, Chairman (Nnuuun?, sod Blceth, Overmeyer, [uthstelner, und Dally, BICK, Representative O, E. Floming, of Allen Coun- 15, who bas beeu at the Hot Springs aince tho acsslon began, arrived yesterday. “llo is atill serlously I, und slnce iils arrival Yas not been able to feavo the hotel, He will go to his homo in Fort Wayno this weck, and not tako lis seat n the House. PIGUIING, Thio Bunato Committce on Elections canvassed thu Bunlth case again to-night, bug with what re- sult cannot be ascortuiued. Tho Demoerats clalm very confidently, however, that hu is bound to be uuseated unlcss au Apportionment bill satiafactory to thelr party can bo passed. ‘Tho sbiruwdest Darty workors are engoged I fix- ing up a compromis. ''he Committee admit having agreod to the facts 1 the case, and uow cach momber I8 requested Lo look up thelaw on the subject by Monday night. At that time this report will be mado up. . TR COMMITTEN ON WATS AND MHANS have agreed to ropart au appropristion of $700,- the'Btate-House, over half of which {s to ba taken from the peneral fund each year; also, A tax-lovy snfliclent to raiae $150,000 ‘more cach enr, maki 1,000,000 for the t J6r0 amaing $1,00,000 for the two years of n case of a deflclency to meot ather Btato expenses, the Stata officers are an- tharized to boreow the needed amounts. Tho Committco nlso agreed not totake the State Falr-Grounds, as requested by the State Board of Agricultuco, ‘WISCONSIN. CONCRRT, Spectal Dirpatch to TAe Tridune. MApisoN, Wis., Feb, 27,—The Senats Cham- ber was crowded this ovening to Iisten to an- other concert by Mrs. Page, Mra, Deomoe, Olot Bul, the celebrated violinist, George 11, Folls, awd others, Ole Bull came in the Chamber and loudly cheered lia young fcllow-conntryman violinlst during the performance. The Senators of 18i0are getting up a reputation for the fine nrts, especially the handsomo Representntive from the Fifth Senatorial District, Senator Van 8chanck, who has been foremost In getting up these enjoyahle concerts. A large and brilliant. leglslative party ls now belng had la the Assem- bly Chamber, PROCEEDINGS, Tho Assembly this afterncon had n session, and passed the new Assembly bl also passed bills repcaling all laws authorizing countics to vote ald to raflroads, 3 In the Senata to-night the bill ratsing the tax on life-lusuranco companlos was Indeflnitely vostponed. The bl reducing the saluries of Judges of the Buperlor Court and Circuit Judges, and employes about the Capitol, came up, was discussed, and the Seoate edjourned without netlon, In the Scnate to-day o resolution was offered by the Committac on State Affairs (nstructing theSuperintondent of Public Property to reduce the wages of tho men on his Pn)»roll 20 per cent, commeneing Aprll, 1870. It lies over under the rule, ° A communication from the Buperintendent of Publie Property, Col. 0. H. Burron, was receved to the efTect that he cos sidered the force of Lwenty-eight men now e ployed In his department uccessary to the proper caro of the CnPncl and crounds, The communteation detalls the work performed by each employe, nnd asks a recommitinent of the matter to the Committea on State Affairs, with fustructions to inquire into the matter morg fully, wid tell the Leginlaturo which employes sholtkl be diacharged, ff any. Bulls wers Introduced by the Committes on State Affalrs to deline und tlx npon the compen- sation of clerks and other cmElnycs 1n the Capi- tol; by the Commlttee on Publle Lands to au- thorlze the payment. of expensea in securiug to the State eertaln public lands. A resolutfon for final ADIQURNMENT ON MARCH4 was adopted, 1he biconial resolution was put over till to- morrow. Memorial to Congress In favor of an appropri- ation to complete harbor fmprovements . at the harbor of retuge, Sturgeon Buy, was pnssed: algo a bill creating a Loard of lnmnfgration., House bitls wera concurred n to suppress vagabondage; amending the Rovised Statutes tolative to Insurunce fees; nulhorizing Willam Baker ad others to bufld a dam across und otherwiss Jmprove the South Fork of Yellow River, ‘Taylor Cumn{; to eatablish o State road from Chippewn Falls to the Village of Colby, in Clark County, In the Assembly a bill fixing the rate of Inter- est ot § per cent was pnseed, ‘The Text-Book bill was killed, MONEY. Senate bills nassed to appropriste to the In- dustrlal School for Boys, 852,000 to appropri- nte to the Northern Hospltal, §70,487.83; to ap- proprinte to the Stato Hospital, $80,747.87; to appropriate to the Institute for the Deaf nud Dumb, 230,000; to appropriate to the Blind In. stitute, $18,500, A BLIGNT ERROR. &peciat Dispatch to_The Tribune, MiLWAUKRE, Feb. 27—For some timo pnst partiey whose premisea in the Monomonce Val- ley were encronched upon by the Blue Mound viaduet snd road improvement. have threntened Itlzation to recover domages from the county ; In fact, ona of the parties, 8, A, Harrison, ling nlready brought sult in the County Court. for thia purpose. Recent investizutlons, conducted by Dlatrict-Attorney McKennuy, however, bave led to the discovery that, under on avt pnssed hf' the Territorlal Leglslatiro of 1834, this Blue Mound roud was Jafd'out and platted 100 fect, wide, from the then town limits of Milwau- kee to the DBlue Mounds in Dano County, the work having been performed in 1847, aud the plats and filed notes duly filed in the offlco of the Clerk of the Dis- trict Court, where they now nxlst among tho old records, Iunsmuclias the suits are threat- ened In consequence of encronciments hovond the present. width of the road—sixty-six feot— the discovary s an finportant onoe, for ft demon- strates quite clearly that the owners of the lund adjucent thereta have heen gutlty of treapass, while the county bas usclessly oxpended huu- direds of dollars in vatn efforts to keop tho earth- filliug from encronching upon thefr fence-lings, District-Attorney MeKenney vroposes now to have the roud aurveyed und Iatd out to” the origingl wideh, The effect of the procceding will be watehed ith considerablo Intercat, 1t romuios to be seen, lso, whether the produc- tlon of this evidenca will cause tho clnlmnuts to suapend proceedings awaiust the couuty for damages. IKANSAS, MORB NECALGITRANOY. Bpectul Dispatch to Tha Lrivune, TorrRa, Kas., Feb. 27.—A special report wos made by the Chalrman of the Scnatoriul Inves- tlgation Committco to-duy, atatiug thut Georgo W. McClintick, o member of the Ilouse, Lad testifled before the Committes that he had beon offered at ong time 8300 to voto for u certain candidate for Senator, und, on anothier oceaslon prior to the clection, had been offered $300 for his vote, AeClintick refused to glve the Com- mitteo the namo of the person or persons offer- ing him money for his vote, and Chafrinan Rane dolph submitted n resslution dirccting that McClintick be orralgned st the bar of the House to snswer to the charze of contempt in refusing to divulge the nume of the party or partics making theso offers, Owlazto the ab- sonvo of McClintick, uction on the resolution was deferred until to-morrow, MANAGER BMITIE, the defaulting tolegraph wituoss, submitted a communteatlon to the Houso to<iay in the na- tura of a defonso of the position taken by the Weatern Union Company, and asking that ho be allowed a rehearing on the question of de- privation of hia personal liberty, and that he bo pornitted to presont other facts bearlng upon thecase. A resolution was offered to recon- slder the former action of the Ilouse In placing bim {u custady, and allowing him to ve reorchented heveaftor oy an attorney, but the Ilousn rofused to adopt tho resolution. The suboeoa served on tho Tolegraph Azont calls only for such, telegrams as wore sent nnd re- ceived during the cunteat by Senntor Iugalls and his fricnds. KEPRESENTATIVE SMITH, OF MARSIALL COUNTY, roas toa question of privilego this afterncon, sl inquired why tho Committee had not des munded the telezrams sant und recelved by the other candidutes at the eloction, as the resolu- tlon ordering the investization certalnl; applied to all the candidates and thefr respective frionds, and not to any particulur candidate, No oxplanation of this nalpable discrimination was offercd, and Reprosentotive Hinftit then stated that he was authorized by Benator Ingalls und all his friends named in the subpena to grant full permission to tho ‘Telezraph Company or its szent to furnlsh to the Committe conies of all telezrams sent or recelved by them durlng the recent election, or since, The Houso rofused to entertaln or act upon any vroposition of that Kkind, aml, by the Tartial aml grossly unfair rul- ings of thu Bpeaker, memburs were pro- vunted even from expressing thelr views on the subject, "The partfality und stupldity of the Bpeaker exclted general ‘ridicule, and he was personslly denounced by several of the mom- hersat the close of the ecssfon, Representativo Hoseack, of Crawford County, 18 before thu In- vestigatlng Committoo tu-n{zl\t. nceuipacicd by Gen, A, L. Willlams, his attornoy, ARKANSAS, TIUE BRISERY CASE. Lurrun Rook, Ark., Fob, 27.—~Maj. John 8 Adams was examined by the Bribery Investi- gating Committce, Nothing fmportant was clicited except that he read o dispaten from Lozan . Roots, dated Wnshington, 20th of February, i which Roots savs: “ Wil loave Waushibuton to refute the perjury of Furbush and Dawson” Ilo says Roois “stated In his hearing af ashligton” thero was no truth n P"L f‘urhmh and Daweon testitnony fn regard 0 bl — Qenealogy, Genealogy naturally does not play as great & part fu Awerlcan marriago-notices a8 in soms how “0n the 14 Mngdalene Cmtl"’!h‘ et Crls| Capt, JJ, T, only daughter of Kiy, One would Imagine of whie er, {8 rather an ex‘u}-‘amt" Brij Matle Langlols, of Shepherire Ba the Famples 2 by leenge, A 2 Henry | that a necesafty of o matrimonga] SPORTING, To the Editor {xrlm. it will not pay any unless uecompanled by CricAoo, e, 27~ from Mr. James Smith, 1o v will state T havo walted at 1), ed, but he falled to appear, still desira to n contest, ho ki me, and it f& not necessary o —_— PEDEETHIA.\'N“. ©f The Trituny, . reply to the o Should attentlon 1o a forfolt. Qronan W, ATHLETICS, The Folls Thentre hns boen night, to-morrow, and ‘Wehb, wha Jutends to hiold o 8poj consisting ol walking, The latter swill bo Dwyer, with El curs {n Mav; Prof, len. Jnmes Smith and Teas Sunday vy ranning, and partlcipated the well-known b ot for the world's champ| Donaldson, ani Arthyr ©'hers will walf;, BDILLIARDS, The 690-point gume, MeAfee at Foley's, 14 cyening, was won by Ll;:m winuer's largeat G the former, run was 07, agl between () 5 Dearborn s —— THE TRIGGER, ‘The annual nicetingof the Kennie ing Club wiit be held af thia ufternoon, at { o'l t the Thom: lock sharp. - —————— MItS. FELTON, She Goea for tho Scal, allow e suficlent spa to your cditorial of last Sunday, vlease copy hore: NOWA Whera nzilist, whogs lnllnwln;;‘ i g pln, Fredorick Frang s, el by the | brome, diree Geollrey Plantagenct, Eu;};,'t Y ol ntrogo: Dotlee, hallengy alk mo 100 mi), i e place he nppops 0Dolnt. e, Smily Lo fin] T hMm to T will cover any deposie fo mnnpu”u " clitllenges Resnerllnll; Guroy," ed for Me g, TLing cargigy), mmh; by Joby flght o k. fonshi, agher ang treel, Jayg 600 to 7, the lon,'v, oLt Bhoot. Bun-atory b of Benatar Gorq Xavoly Epliado In Goorgla Iollfler WAsHINGTON, Feb, 19.—Editors An co {n vour OIVE TNB NAME, Mr. A, W. Reese, onee with tho Macon In on cditorlal e Lelearapn and chargea that during the recent cany Beventh District, n Jetter was Yerry (Rep.). of Mictigan, most plteausly-pathetic tecms, the Tiadieal Copstesstonal Campaten for Dr, Folton, In his c: anvases ngninst cratic nominee and party, " Mr. lReese o Tarry sent the letter to the flow, J, A ly[-fligmn: Rtepublican member of the House fro; State, and Campalgn Commiites, and aleo Secrotary of thy #ous namud agres as 10 the nature a m tho alao o member of the nhover Ities, ytista (Go,) Chirontcle and Constitutionalist: 1 hors you i paper ta repty which you i} atrespond. Sewnnis 893 {n the 8 wrltien 10 Senstor *hnnloriug, in the - material ald from Conmlites the Demo. med It was afterward o aver to r. Clorlian, Secectary of the Commiie o Benote, **All the par, d toxt of ’mru Ietter, wud how cloniently the weiter pleaed for aillerl monoy to enadlu tha vo-calje Ieader to carry the election.” 3ir, free glve the nama of the author of tho luugunga convoys tho tmpression ih wan the writer,” In o n mutter of this #hould not be any hints or intimattons, saya e dues not. olish welle 1o should zive it Although A. W, Rey all means. c8C, by al d inddpeadent ¢ does not loiter, bat hie At Mos, Felton kind thera Me. Reors 12, but knows the namy of the Macog Te'e graph and Messenger, {s the person known es my assaflant (bis name bolng sizned Lo the srifcls on which you comment), Gen. Gordou is recornized by me a8 the author of the assault, Bineo “ A, W, R did not give the name for which you call, {canuot assert that I am the person poiot- ed at; but, ns yoursclves and oihers oro eimilsr- ly fmpressed 1hut 1t was intended for me, I shall reply to it. I huve become in some measure aoe customed to the nbuse showesed so generally upon my husband and myself iy the late Cone gressloeal campaliens but Tun glad to sayna Lotter conduet. to elp my husband’s of $2,000. election, [lad provocation has ever Induced either of ustore- tollate upon the familles of our opponco. Chivalry seems to bo at o discount with the - called *organized™ In Georglo, All good citt- zens, who vespeet and protect thelr own learthe stones, will givo the Independents credit for I understand the charee to be, that 1 “plead In piteously pathotle terms for Radical money™ Tdone so, the nilegation woutld come with bad grace Irm on owner of the Macou Zelegraph and Mesenger, which paper was subsldized by Gov. Brown fa the matter of tho Btate-Road loaso for tho sum Tonly recornize the maoster 1n this attack— not the servitor who does Gen, Gordon's put- {ing, us well ns his dirty work In his newspaper. 1f A. W, Reeae, In hls atrenuous efforts to seenro n place under the Senate orzanizatlon, finds ft nucessary to anow this subsersients to Gen, Gordon, we canuot stoop to notican man working for such sclfish ends und such sub- stontial rewards, '"The Senator, I find, bas been very active In this matter; his position entltles him to sonic attention. When o United States Senator can run a Con- vlet-Camp, which ** is a dlsgrace to civlization, for money; when he can manipulate a Soutbern Insurguee Company,und a Southern Unlrersity Publishing Campany, not to speak of omerdr(- camlocution enterprises, \vhers the mouey of the subscribers dlsnppeared forever; when b could borrow the monuy of n Southern Blshop, und the Bfshop sold the collaterals for only €1 in the hundred,—you neet uot be surprised thit he should attavk” the wilo of a poliiical oppo- uent. When his name, In conncetlon with the money of Juy ould uud [luntmgdon, was tha strent-talk of Washington City, whict ‘h aston: ished the startled cara of Judge Underworxtunl Col. D, B. Printup lust spring, commented ud va steangers at o diner-table gf one of the prind pal hotels in Washigton, can you wonder s o should see money ot the buttam of any Uy teeprise? If ho und” A, W, Reess desire to v tavlish the precedent of thefr husbands, they way if well curried out.” Pr lugly sometimes, T ¢ tzhiti eee uge dadics o Injure find It uncomfortav'a dents couut satoniste lie churize thut T wroto to Senator Fertr, g: anybudy else, askling any otlier money, to_help my y, 1€ A, tion, 1 firmly dony, nish o genulne letter of further proof. That I did writo u Ir(cx}:("j' ter to Benator Ferry, qualutance tor soveral yrars, nsking bin lits influenco to break 1 { mine, 1 shall with whom I " cal money, et shani el ¥, R0 wiil fur no Jete ae touio need ip the combination with Bryunt in the Holtzclaw moyement, admit. GJ. E, l‘}ry;:lnt Ial'orr;li;l a 5exr1ut‘lcr:llm ., u distinguished Demacrat, on laway to Dalton (the day befora he brought out Holtzelaw] to vrganlze n‘nlu the {nterest of Judiro Lester. named ‘Iho fact thut Bryant was his onoy by the National the Democratic party Ropu Exoeutive Con was published 1 1gaokly of Rome, “he wad blleans ia Do you desire furnished nmitire o in full 1o the Tndlanapolis Jurna! of Oct. 24, 187 ‘That Bryant was secking to ue the Itepublican Natlonal Commlttee, reliably fnformed. Ferpy farious lmot, I bavo no should likely do o aeul etancos. 10 uso his fuflugiico to clreuimye My husband was disposition 10 ¢ money from Twas also i ¢ sepawor ‘That I dit rul“""l:l “hls ne- dony: u under similar cirodt® away the upper counties, and my wifely a d iced me to write without delay, iy own respousibility ture, What his _coole wdvised, I do not know. ated my boarkfelt nterest In the strong combinatjons to Wi {ieoriia furnishea no paraliel, whivl from home I8 fety {0 hdldon and over my ow sigos: udgment woul 3 Jlluhczrmmiv upoiteh bifs success azaln hich the histo It wass 1} lufv; oty bitter d 1 bave fight made by unscrupulous me, "“Mm‘ ol ngapology Lo muke for my eltorts 10 my husband, 1t 8 o sa N “ gonsationn] newspaper-nyendicants the wife when her husband stands n public man from who his ofilclal exisience w cn‘[u 8 £ 1 um thus to be mada the “'Fff.:sm« ey Geo i ¢ ( day for rafa Whed can 888 ho way of W the scribbler derives 1 fzed 1" ubuse, tho Independents,o uuderstand thut no man's b sltack 1f ho dares to ros thu *public pluuderers wculm‘c( fl‘eu;gn:in appreciate Lhe fou nf.fi: in both nartl rnrly or clique 8 1l u thelr fnsane desiro to cverybody who inter! cyerything clse. to attack women, and set up ofliclals ) rngfon aro deurer to them thag, or the money ot Jay Gu spectiully, : o1l Linibk: L underss'hones that sparcs no_sex of ist U M on e of iomo s sacred e cacroach! he uu.rm Common: 1 whose pairusss® £ vorgat frem ments of i anl a0 o keop thmsclves 0 % whose Huntu uld “\V- i “: K i olitictant ‘The very fact umur“‘;n“:v";nf "“",', on for public plunder has done wa P ufzatjon n { the Domocratle o,rlg.:l"m ey ndd beeause l."l‘l,fl'-)' LU fuses L0 miect MUFG FEapons| Ihflluuuy—chmuxcu from the pla U )uun.l’lwl atteck combln tofu ‘BLIONe