Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 9, 1881, Page 10

10 THE STATE GAPITAL, The Bill to Steal the Xmnkee Front Xilled and Buried by the Senate. Senator White's Steam-Boiler Inspection Bill Ordered to a Third Reading; Also, .the Bill Making the Keeping and Visiting of Bumboats a Felony. Passnge by the House of the Bill Fixing the Time for Eleot- : ing County Officers, Youngblood Finds' It Convenient to Suddenly Take a § Y ‘Trip Home ; The Probable Cause Bolng tho . - Investigation of Chlcago . Grain Inspection. Hostility fo Chicago Kills the Bill for & Law Library for the Appellate Court. Enough .Cook County Members . .Absent Themselves to Make the. Vote Possible, A. Sub-Oommittes o.f the JHouse Now Viowing the Okaw River, SENATE. THE COMMITTEE KNIFE. Bpectal Dispateh to The Ghicago Tribunes ‘SrrinariELD, April 8~The Benate con- venéd this morning at the usual hour, Prest- dent pro-tem. Campbell in the Lieutennnt~ Governor’s swivel-chair, ¢ .+ Anumber of bills were reported back, some favorably,, but more unfavorably, Aniong other things, tho Committee on Ap- propriations sat down on the clnbm of Rich- Ard Shinnick against the State, nmounting to 810,000, arlsing from the building of thy Annn Ingane Asylum,—the complement of the ono introduced {un the Houso in the Interest of the sunio porson, but for only hall tho'pres- ent amount, Tho Committee regarded the claim as unconstituttonal, R ‘The Committes on Judielal Department divided on tho Sennte bill requiring publie oflleers having the CONTROL OF PUBLIC TUNDS to publish statonients showing the disburso- ment thercof. ‘I'he bill hind. - passcd the Sen- dte, but was reeailed and referred to this Cowmnlttee. . The maforily recommonded Ity “defeat, bt the wminority hove falth in the officacy of the mensure, and want it passed, The two reports were made n ‘speclal order for Wednoesday nest. - 't 'Befator Edwards’ Introdueed o' resolution providing for an- adjournment sine die Moy 3. It was lald over under the.rules. < » BECOND READING,. The order-of Mlmx on sccond reading wos then taken up. & e : Stuator Itlet’s bill ’»eri.n'mlnz n'n)" ')zeisnn‘ owning property In tho district for which township Insurance compnnies wero formed to bitcome members . thereof by Insurmg thereln went'to third rending. , Sonator Lemnin blll requiring Stnte's “Attorneys to muko reports on the 1st day of January in each' year of nll fines, fees, and forfoltures collueted by thent was ordered to third reading, o BIOW LR, - « Benator White's b yeaniring fire-insur- wneo companies to mnke reports of thelr + shsets on enll of the Audltor was read n ste- ond thne. Bonator White sald that the fire-lnsurance companles wore In the habit of londing thelr ‘assels just ‘Befora thoy mado thelr annual reports, This bill was drawn for tho pur- 'posé ot compelling them to keep n healthy slock of seouritivs on hand, and reportng them when enlled on, ‘The blll went to third rending, o 'Ihe Houso bill appropriating 35,000 for the completlon of the Lincoln monument at Springtisld waa takon up out ot its ordorand -passed, ns was nlso tho Ilouse bll appro- “priating- 84,703 for the complotion of the Douglas monument nt Chieago, - ** RXPRESSED " TO TIIRD, - - Senator Whithng's pet measure to tax ox- press companies 3 por cont on thelr zross re- -cg{n(tla wus read a second timo and ordered to thied, - . Senator Tannor's bill prohlbiting corpora- tions and socleties, not for pecuninry profit, organized untslde the State, from dolng busi- ness In tho State, wont the sama way, Bunator Vandoveer's Revenuo bill, pormit- -;l;xrg"ggllzcl‘\;\]n)g\ms umusmné(z suits in dubt . recovery of delinguent taxes, was pu o)) the ordor ot bhlr(l rcmlhm ! ’ To Lot PATCIL HER UL, onator Fuller's blll authorizing the sub- miassion to n vote of the people at’ the No- yamber electlon, 1831, of the guestlon of ‘ap- proprinting $500,000 'Tor_tlin «nnlplullou ot the Btate-Tlouso was road o seeond thne, :. Bowo little deoate ensuwd ns to whether or . hot the quastion coulil be submitted under the law ““flf" four yeurd g, Benator Hunt expressod the bellef that ¢ amonunt named was too smndl, The tnto-louse noeded dditlonnl . ropalrs, The sunl af 551,000 wns namod 08 tho amount four years ngo, sinco which tinp the cost of Jubor id waterial had lurgulr‘ tle vaneetl, A juint resolution would rendh the matter beftar than o bilt anyway, . oA Senator Fuller sald the Honrd of State- Hunse Commissloners hind beon abolishod, For thnt reaspi uhd somo minor ones the bill hanld ho veforsud to tho Committoe on Pube e Bulldings and Grounds, whioh wis done, ‘I'lis Senate nill rurmlmnl.. County Bourls to exorclsa tha right of emlient domaln Iy eondemning and taking for publle use toll- rortg wis ordered to thivd reading. A PIROTRACTED, ARGUMENT 0N BTINPICULT i Evorything had been *boosted” through without oppuzitioh until n faverit theme for tho displuy of statesmuhship eanis tp on the second reading of a dog law; drawn by the Comumitteo on Agriculture, und © Dairylng," Sehator Adans offored an unendinent pxe empting clty doga from the opuration of the i1k It wis voted down by the hard-henrled ~eountry Senutars, who wero opposed to mnks ing oxcentlons In favor of elty-bred curs, Benator Merrltt dulivered an uun{ on stirplewiture In generul ahd the relutlve values of canines in nnrllunhlr‘ Including o dlasertation on the yullow dog’s love for a darkey, 'The fax wus unconstitutional, "The yellow, lean, lunk e Tt COON-HUNTER OF EGYIYP ¢ was tazed as niuol us n Hne-halred Gordon ‘uuer. Lesides ml:' {,hcm were countiea In which noatieep wero killed by varaclous dogs, and the dog-tax was Iyinz Idig In the ve- spadtlve trensurles, whetea it should be taken and used for rond purposes, Lesides thi 51 the ownerof distempered sheep Kiilod “ by dogs would swear that they wera bloodwl ) -every - Jugtgnes, ad worlh about §50 uplecs, " The bl should b reforrad to the Committen on'Jysuctary, amd amended 8o ns to limit the - revovery to twice the value of Ihaflhg p destroyed, and to ke 'the tax 'mvallable for road purposes, Benator Adnms sald ‘THY DOG-TAX IN OITIOAGO i atiounted to §39,000 per annuu. A refer. I THE CHICAGO TRIBUN ¢ SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1—SIXTEE PAGES enee of tha bill shoutd be n.ade so a8 to equal 170 minttery, Senntor Walker, of Macou) In, urged vari- ous apparontly well-(munnu ronsons for revistug the bill, and {t was finnlly referred 'u(:z élm ommitteo on Agrlenlture and Drains ORDERED TO A THIRD READING, 'Tho Senate bill making 1t a folony to keap boats on Lhe navigablo waters of thy Stato for the purpose of prostitution was read n Second time, Sonntor Needles tacked on an amendmont whicl will Inelude in the pro- vislons of tho blll any one who may visit anoh hoats, nel with “this leglsiative” rider the bill went to n third reading. Senntor White's bl instituting an ine sptctlon of steam-boilers and lteensing ol neers under the superviston of the Stato, was ordered to a thivd reading, . Senator Aveher's bill giving valldit, n? testimony to vertifiad coples of . deeds ol Stata Inids wont to a third readling. THE LAKK-FIONT BTEAL KILLED, Senator Munn's bill revising the Canal lawy of the State wus read a second time, It 1s somewhat slmllar 1o tho one In tho Tlousa permitting tho Canal Commisslonérs to sell all tho lands in thy Btate, but inore espocially cortain Innd In Chioago in which the Stato l‘ns ai alleged title, Senator Munn nade the snme ol speeslt for the LI, \hen he Tt eoneluded his exhortatlon, Senator Mor- titt sald tho bHI was the old, 6l story of Jonnh and the whale, and the docunont uust 8o overboard, 'The LI WAS INTENDED TO DRCBIVE, - 1t started ont by toferring to the Littls Wabash River, lovg sinco dry, and by gen- eral phrases neatly covered 1p the nefarlous sehemes to dispose of canal lands. It wns very nrtfully drawn, and ‘well: ealonlatud to decetve through these very clauses looking toward the Improvement of tha Wabash River, Ilewas'in fovorof the Conuniitee amendment which striek nut the clause giv- Ing the power to sell’ land and insérting in Tien thereof nnrngml»h 8 of the present Inw, Senator Munn sald that the Crnnl Connnis- sfoners had the right undor the present law to sell canal land, and this bill only extended thelr rights 50 ns to 3 BELL CANAL FLAND 1N COOR COUNTY. Tha cannl authorities shoula by able to sell Al Il to which they hiad auy title, The Glty of Chlengo waas oconpying and leasing cniinl Iands for large sums and using the muoney itself, ‘The cannl amd the State nt Inrge shoukd be empowered to sell this land whenever the canal titla thereto should he sustained by the courts, All intercats to the property shonld be sottled, The committee amendmentshould be rejeeted and the vlll passed, For one hie was tived of seoing hls &unutlluenm robhed by the Chleago authori- [N Senator Merritt propounded a few pertinont lsmlnlrl‘t;s. which Senator Munu shrewdly odged. 58 . Senntor Adams sald he had earnest Iy and honestly striven to find out the meaning of this bill, but conld not. Ha had nsked Son- ator Munis what eannl lands- were contem- plated by the biil, aud had recetved no infor- mation. ~ Finally he hadyascertained that thers was an vbsolete title 1n tho city of Cui- enro to the valuble luds in Chicaxo, nanaly, the Luke-Frout, He would fight the bill ui-, til ho knew where the lands wure and the reason for their sale. The Canal Comniis- stoners lind n complete right to perfect the eannl tltie to Jands under the Jsruacnt law. ‘The biil £x originally introduce » FXCEPTED THE LAKE-FRONT In Chicago, but finally i€ was made to In elude that valunbly utrllr of land, The eannl titlg to the lnnds should be fully lflvostlgnlcfl by State authority, and then tha Legisliture would net fuartesly. He was opposed to ‘Aflvlnn tho Canal Commissioners thls uniin- ted authority. i - Senntor Lanning nrened that the State ouxht to have the benefit of real estate, nnd this was nelther the propor time or wethod S0 sell the cunnl Intds in Chiengo, At present the eanal lands In Chiengro wers nceupied by partles under -adverso title. The eanal In- torests 1o such properties would sell for a soni, beeause they entatled lnw-sulls for the benefit of speculation. ‘Thu titles should pe settled by the Courts,” Then should the State cluim be'sustuined they conld be sold, but e wag opposed to giving the Cominissioneis phwer to nppraise the property by thelr own appointees aud gell 16 on thisbasls, e dld not believe In . * DHIVATE BALES OF PUBLIO PROPERTY. - Senator Morritt moved to lay the bill and -amendnioids on the tabl Sunator \Vhltm;i nukm" Senator Merritt to withdraw his motion for the purposy of exe pusliyz his, private senthnents on - the ques- tlon, ~ He movad to refer It to the Comunltten on_Canals nnd Rivers, enator Campbull, who had vacated the chulr, uroso and suld therg was un reason for the motiun to recommit, “Fhe blll Wad beon hefore the Coinmittea twice, nnd always ro- turned In_ the original” shape.” 1t night ns wall bu neted on now ns nny-time. H Benator Merritt Insisted on his motion TO TAULE FHE .WIIOLE BUSINESS, Benator Mubn arose to warn the Sennte agulnst luhlInP tho bill, but Benutor Merritt choked il oft o n polit 'of oraer tiat o <motion wns hebatable, ¢ Benator Munn beggod for thne,-and sald the blil needed a little more expinnation, but Murritt would niot 1ot up on hiswmotlon, - ‘Thoblll, nmendmont,: and all wers suni- mnrily tnhled by n vote of yens 245, nays 17, Senntor Callon prnmmll‘y made o niotlon to recongider. tha vote, 'This . was - promptly tabled on mptlon of Senntor Caumpbuil, and the whole business was: quietly entombed, and tho padlock fnstened to the grave-stone, ‘I'he Sennta thon - adjourned-uutil to-mor- Tow morning, S i 4 HOUSE. i . “WE WoN'T Go n0ME TILL —" Epecial Dispateh to The Chicaga Tribune, SriaxarieLy, 1L, Aprll 8.—~Bliumway, of Will, gut the floor on the assembling of the House this mornmg,’ fent up n jolnt resolu- tioti providing for. an adjournment sine die at 19 o'clock noon, ‘Tucsday, .May 3, and moved ita adoption, " Pearson, of Madison, objected, whereupon the member troin Will moved to suspend the rules and ndopt his rosolution. ' The motlon was lost by an overwhelning ehorus of noes, ‘tho grentest volumo of nolse vory notlceably procoetling from the Republican sido, * ONOWDED CALENDARS, ‘The House then tnckled tho ealondar, which wad loaded up with twenty-five House bills ou first rending, elghty-four on second, and fitty-clght on third; to say nothing of thirty Senato bills In varlons slages of advance- mant, oud {en bllls .cropping ont of both bodies which .hiad been - tomporarlly post voned: v 3 BECOND MEADING, The regulur ordér was taken up,—House bills on sécoid reading,—and a long and tiresoma. dobute onaued over a bill which sought to ohangu the thne of olectini School Direetors from the third Tuesday Iy Aprll to tho third Tueaday In Mitreh, the object holng to begdn senoul earlier n the spring. The blll gseapod death In'tha form of u mation to knaek out the enactiug eianae, and, with sey- oral unlmpostant amendments, wus moved along to third rending, IELIING TIEIR NEIGUDONS, - «. Panrson, of Madlaon, having observed with alarui that. the - Senate wns getting out of meal, 80 faras House bllls were converned, moved to tlschargo the order of bills on see- ol reading, take up thosa on third, and glve tho Sennte something to do, Desplto the fact that a suoclal order wag comiug on In o very fow minutes,—the Express and Tulegruph lqllll! ‘on nqouud reading,—tho motlon pre- vallod, 0 4§ o Kroll'a bill, nmending the not b remard to thoe rellot of disablod mombors of Palice mud Fire Depnrimonts; by providing for an addi- tlon ta the presvnt'rollof fund in the shave of ull moneya collested nantax on dogs, was rad a thivd tfme, bub fallod ‘to got - the ro- yulred number of voles to puss it, . i i {m\\;:.);u 'nuguuu. i 'he special order. was then taken up—the Exnruunpencuul Telokruplt bills—and luc‘:mmb- ures rend o second tintw, . Strattan, of Joifer- son, 14 the nuthor of the Kxyresa bill, Which provides, in briefl, for tuxing expréss cots pnles 8 por cont on their grosy unmlnfu. Pearson, of Mudison, discovercd: that there Wi nutmnf: In 1t 10 vegusd to eXxbress coute pnies (ol "'f business on atenmboute,~ though it Tolrly bristled with provisions In regurd to busliuss on raflronds,—and gat In an amendinent to cover the bmlsslon, Fhus auended, the b was sent to thivd_reading, * 'Phe Felegruph bill~Senator Whiting's own—was bowled . along to third readlhg w‘tlmutnmmulmanl. Or bveN 5u ek u8° u e b swatohing e spelat ord 8 Jiouke gub l:‘x:uk to lfillu on m« mulfl{;: Baldwin's bill, fixiug the thoy for sleting .Cnuul¥Jnd ¢8 and other county officers from and afwer November, 1882, in aoeordance With wio ate constitulional amendment, was' | o bill to' prevent tha changlng of pnased. Tho bl provides In brief for tho election of Couhty Jutlzes, Clerks, Sheriffs, Treasurors, and School Supetintendénts on the Tuesday ext . after tho fivst Monday in November, (883, and every four yenrs theres after: for tho election of the Clerk of tho Buperlor Conrt of Coole Conne 1, County Surveyom, Stata’s Attorneys, and Coronera pn the Tueaday after the first Mondny of Novewber, | and for every four years thareafier, with nrovislon that Coroners ahall bo olected In November, 1883, for two years, which whl bring them |‘|) to November, 1834, or the beglnulne of thoe lung terin, Aiother bill by the samo member provid: ing for the oleetion of County T'reastrors and Assvssors In countles NOT UNDER TOWSSIIIP ORRANIZATION ° in Novumber, 1834 and cvuri' four .yenrs thorenflor, Wwas nlso sent oh lts way to the Sennte. Sullivan’s bill to ennblo Justices of the Teacu to order o return of vroperty tnken undar writ of replovin or attachinent whore tho valug of the property vxcoeds the jurise dletion of the Justica had no dificulty in gotting through, - ‘Tho Judlolary Committea’s blll, sugposted b‘y thie Suprénn Court Judges, which s de- algned Lo hurky up tha Inwsoers [y the mattor of fling transceripts of records by requiving thems toehow tp ten days beforo term thine fustend of on the first day of the termn, got tho necessary votes and was pnssed. . Hdrrington, of Kane, offered a resolution Aubstituting Youngblond, of Erankiin, in tha placy of Tenney, of Piatt, asick aud absent wember of the MeWilllams Investizating Committes, 1t will bo remembered that Mr, Y oungblood, at the Iast meeting of tie Coine mittee,fulndnated a general charge of crooks eaness ngulust tho . OHICAGU (RAIN-INBPECTION, . and sald hy could prove it 1f John Oberly wns here, The Committee took him up, and auninioned Mr, Oberly fo_ appear toniilit. Whother thors was any connection between these two clrcumstances, ns thers mnrybel tho member from Kane had no svoner olfered his resolution than n brother Démoerat dis- cavored that -Mr. Youngblood had sutdenty beent ealled howe for soms reason or other. ‘There were severnl stalwirt objections to the resolution nnyway and the author of 1t got out of his dilemina by withdrawing it. 'T'lia Houso then took n recess untll after- nout, S AFTERNOON BES310N, Krall, of Cuok, suceecded In the afternoon in nhlnlnlng reconistderation of the vote by which his Police and Fire Rellef bill was knocked out of tine, and Niad tho bitl placed on’the order of second rendinyg, A vory weighty measure In the ulmra ot the hilght of A legal fenco oftener thai once In five §E‘?,',"mw“ put on 1ts travels townrd the ennte, A bill Introduged by Collins, of Caok, to n?umprlnlfi 20,000 for o law lbrary for the Flest District Appeliate Court ut “Chicago anconntered no opposition until Linegnr, of Alexander, rising to uxrlnln why he voted no, manifested tho usua| BOUTHENN TOSTILITY AGAINST ANYTHING AFFEQTING ONI0AGO. . Collins' attempted to disabusis his mind of the mists which ‘soemed to eloud It, and slivwed that the Court had no lbrary ot ita own, nur was there any publlc liw-lbrary in thocity to which it had aceess, while tho Avpellate Courts In the other distriets lind the use of the Supremo Conrt i rles, DBut It was uno go. ‘Lhe coun- try exhibited its - usual prejudice agalnst Chlcago,—a vrejudice against which usither renson nor arghument prevails, and the bill' went under because 1t could “only muster 64 out of the necessnry 77 voles, Among those who voted ngainst It was Gor- man, of Cuuk, who secined to hnve cast his lot with the common enemy, ‘To the eredit of Chieago, however, ho was the nnlf one vf the uulufinllon who bartered_away hig prive Mege, Ju R. Cook, Hurrls, A\lcl(um{, Mlero- slawsk!, Penrson, Plotike, Sexton, wiul Weber, dil of"Cook, wire soihewhere else, either 3 ADSEST OR DODGING, when thay were wanterd, instead of belng on hand and attending to business, A bitl, Introduced by Pearson, of Madlison, roviding thint \\'hflhu\'vr property has béen orfeited to the Stato for — or more yunin the tax lons " thereon may bo foreclosed in vnultly in the nnmo. of the puople wni the land he sold uuder tho order of Court,. with the right ot yudemption from snlo tho snne a8 b other tax Itong, wns pussod Ly the House aud.will go to the Senate. Under.the present Iaw property §s forfellwl for {nkes year alter )'Elll‘ tho taxes necumulating all “the tne, unfi 1o ond will take tho Fisk of banitrupts e himselt ht' buylmg it Should thishil berome a lnw It will” bo” posaibly to'elear the titles to Innnmernble pleeds of -/ property on which the taxes have neeumulatead mid wiich have been . : . FORFEITED OVEIL AND OVER ADAIN, . Stmenson’s: LIl authorizlgz clties and vil- Inges which are or mny beconie the:owners of toll-bridges to eontinng rulleclln;i talls, whiuh appiies speeinlly to the City of Rock sland, took a ghinltar coarse, as did nlso one from the Committes on Corporations author- Lzingz Incorporated efties and villages to pro- vlle by ordinance for haliling their annual and town eleetions on the same day. . A number of bills on third' rerding were temporarlly postponed, only to bo wrestiudl with anpther dny, Amone them was the fne anl!nr Pharmney bill, which will rrmmhly inve Ll time of h In getting thirough, Hill, of MeLoan, entering 1 motlon to table buefore 1t- finally went ovor umntil-another nie, ‘I'he House then ndjonrned untll to-mor- row mornlug, ——— GRAIN INSPECTION. OBERLY ON TIE INQUISITORIAL NACK, Spectat Duspateh to The Ohicago Tribune, Senixarienn, 1L, April 8.~The MaWIIl- lams Speoial Investipating Comumitteo mot to-night fot the purpose of llstening to tho testlmony of John Il Oberly, ex-Railrand aud Warchouse Commissionor. The ladles’ ordlunry of: the Leland was fllled: with & eurious atdlence. As stated elsewhere, Mr, Youngblood falled to put In An appearance, Chairman MoWillinms called the meoting to order with a remark to the effeot that the clerk was dotalned by tliness, and vequested that Mr. Oberly, who was ontslde,( bu Invited to “como to the front" At this - juncture John 1L Gunu, clork of the Committee, entored the -room, and was grusted with cheers, After a fow minutes’ delay dMr, Oborly showod up, was greeted with & round of applause, Ine troduced to the members of the Conumittes, and placed -on tho inquisitorial rack, The witness wns gworn and exnmined by Onals- miun MeWillinms, 1o was requestend to stato anything ho knew about the managument of the graln lnspeation. . In response, ha spid ILE HAD KO BTATEMESNT TO MAKE, DMoWilllwns then asked hlm to state nll he knew nboeut the mattera cuvered by the reso- Iutlon. The witness did not remember the scopeof tha rosolution, - MeWilllnmsauld that Youugbloot, who professedto know all about the matter, was away, and he (MeWlilameg) wantad to "know what withess had told Youngblood, Oberly sald ho explalned to Youngblood his understanding of the Rall- rond luw, and tite policy of the Connuission under that law, ‘That while the policy of tho Camulsalon was wise lu thas respect, the grain hispection In Chicago would, upon ex- mninution, bo found to have been used polit- Ieally lust fal),’ ‘The Commlaglon was com- polied to appolnt friends of the memburs of the Luglatature to plades on the force, An Auvestigntion might ahoty thut Benators wore umployed by the Comulssion to take care of THE LEGAL BUSINEES OF THE BOARD, . Tu might be bgwn thut cortaln monueys had boen unlawtully used by one of toe In- spoctorsy (a fidde referenco ta Swett),. Thix money, o uilded, hatl not” been colleetou fn tull.. It might be butter to keep the Depart- mont §n nnison, * Ho had not only sald these things o youngblood,’ but publishtl them i his paper, aiid he Wus gurprisud that these watters had not ‘been investigated, - The witness deseribed the mothod of disposing of compldlnts of -extortion againat ruliroads and the palicy of the liourd In: such” matters, all of which..was gone over at length In the Senuta Inveatigation, In geneal ~' o MR OBEBLY, | - : claimed thers was neveranything {rregular in_ tha . Cownnisslow’a. actions relutlve to these clalms, Since tha last Gunera) Assem- bly tho Commisslon visited a number ot places, and he thonght - the Board had done hs full duty in this respeot, He had Investi- gated the . Overliolts “cuso at Papa, and was satisiied that the Company In question was ounforuing to the law, With regard to the Palmer case at Onarga, he had siot examined the local books ot the Lliinols Central %old relativa thereto. 'The Commisslon know that the Company. was nvnmm\rklng, and the Palmar * cnso * was tust anc fnanch cnses. ‘The Company In question W4 emnm‘llmm diseantinue” the extortion or bo sied, ‘The witneas explnined the Palmer awd Paxton eases at_ tength, as lns nlrcndf’ beon fully expiained In the Senato investization, Ifv olalmed that TIERK WRIE XO FIXED RATES mposed on ronds tor the trahsportation of rel khimul pnssengers §n this State, and bnoked Up his opinton by quoting tho Inw thereon, 'The question wits one of invostls gatlnn every thuw, to seo if the fmposed rate excoeded the rates Iald-lown by the Come misslon, e - wpheld the ~ polley = of the. Doard Iy~ reaard -to complaints of extortion, Thefeafironds songht rovensoe somethines agalnst partivagvho complaihed, Al n nhl‘;um‘ alood a bet®e show whon h proceeded through the machinery of .tho oard, ‘The Hoard. hul wady many roads come down to 3 cents per mile, A threat of A st somotines avalled more than the sult itself, But when o fair Commisslon ovineed A desiro to meet the ronda half way, the rail- ronds genoernlly did thelr part to djust the differences batween thom and.the peoplo. The Botird wns not ONIt MERELY OF ARBITIATION, It ant In some ’iu(llcl:\l eapnelty In redressing the wrongs of thio people. An orderton Lnllrond 0" discontinio its abuses aid pay ek what It extorted was in his opinlon ai antire protection to the people. e had {n- gisted on thig sort of policy (fom the start, but the other Commigsioners hid to bo edu- eated up to lt—even Bogue. {Laughter] As for Smith, he never did quite get thore, atd - wns - npprrently Txo move " anxlous to sue o rond -when wiiness amd Boguo opposed. [More ltughter] During the firar fow moliths ho was ln ofties the Comnmisstoners hal abont all tha{ could'do to qupose Whitine's bill to ruthlesly eut dowh thalr salaties to 81,000 a yeat. [Laugh- ler.I]l Thoy nover commeneed but one sult while e Wus In ofMce, and that wus on the cowmplnint of an insane man wio was . A CLIENT OF BENATOR CALION, - But that was subsequently withdenwn, The mora-complaiuta they declied the faster they camo in. “T'he Ohleago, Burlington & Quiney niight have gone and committed abuses nfter the Coumission had mnde . n declision, thongh ho - _did not know such fu bethe fact. But then that wus always n hnrd road to got at., ‘Towards: the closo of thelt second term hé bulieved the poliey of the Bunrd had really bcfiun to bear goml frults In lts restralning ntluence on the raflronds, Another reason why thoy didn't coinmenes sults was beeauso the Logisiaturo dldn't ‘give thetn enough money todo It Coming ™ bnok to the question of “graln in- fnunllun, the Chalrman nsked the witness if he know miything nbout the conduct of the Craln Department which In hig oplnlon was open to . criticlsod, | In witness stated that rupli‘ tho ne did know about Culver's belng ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE, Whan nsked whethor, ho knew of any ire reguiaritivs. in that Department under thg direction of the Commission, he henuned and haswed, snid it was n very pecullar question, and finaily maudo bold to say that when the Dupartment neted nnder the Commission hy knew of no irregularities on its part. 'Tho fl\mllncutlun was repfoved, wherenpon hoe {anvowed all knowledge of any Irregilnrls ties or ruseality in the” conduct of tlie De- artihent self, Nishaus, thy Peorin mem- or of the Committee, thon took lold and trieck - to bring out the allegud irrognlarities during the last campaiign. Oburly sald he had previously remarked that it the Comnmittee would ingiilre In tha right place _they might find out, McWillinms shut oft this branch of the Inquiry, and en- deavored to got back to the aliered \vrohyg- doings oh the pact of the Department, OBERLY STHADILY ADSULVED TIIE DEPAUT- MENT of any gullt, but finally admitted that he did know of Sevett's misapproprintion .of funds, This had happened since theadjournment of tho Inst (envrol. Asstmbly, however, and didn’t conie - withlu. the Committee’s baili- wick, Outside of that le knew of nothiftie out of tho way: In counvetion with the Deprrtment. X'l‘leh«us took hold again, wheraupon Sumnor and Puteraon chinied In with o remark that tho .(imnmlnec had no business undor its resolus tion to go it the lust or auy otler politicnl campfiign, - Oberly denled that he' hnd tokd Youngblood about a propesition to transfer the Inspection funds to : this ¢ty during tho Inst calpnlgn. It was. miother emnpnlgn, one dathie back of the Inst, that he had ro- ferred to, " Mr Nlennud pressed -. his question In veference’ to the - polltieal gide.0f tha:invostigationy aid ‘tho Comfiittey: fell -t arguingns to whether - Investignting the conduct of tho Warehonso and Gra'n Dopurtinent ineluded A POLITICAL FISIING EXCURSION, The Chairman ruled it out as outslde the acope of the resolution appolnting the Com- lnllluu. and on the groutd that i they went o it thoy might never gel throngl, - Be- sldes, they might us well Investizuto the moral charactor of the Commissioners and the Luspeetors. ‘The Demoverats kicked ab this, bt Durfue suggested n question, that MeWilining finally put, a8 to whether any- body under the Departinent. had been pald when not dolng bis «lu!f. .Oberly then tell buck oh Culver, and sall he and Smith voted 1o pay him whlle I wos nbsent, still su vosing hu had beeh there and wasdomng hig duty;” When they - found out their mistnke th Y made blm make it up for & thue, until Sinlth nnd Bogue finlly overruled witnes fuul the result was thiat Culver got pay for af lenst u part of tho timoe he wis not there, ‘Ihe witness continued, telling about- a mumbdr of tho forcd who v ASSISTED THE REPUDLICAN .CAMPAION CONMITTEE ' Inst fall, MclWiHlinus asked him £ tho Onme piign Comnmmitteo was not on trlal, . [Laughs tor,] Mr. Pudddock, who was an employs at thint thine; was alsy hbsont. Witiess reccived his- pay durlug tho Inst cainpaign, but no wore sa thap the Republican nembors, [Lmuzmur.] ‘I'hey toltl him he miglt go and ¥un his enmpnign i€ ha would lov them go and run thelra, [Continued Innglnul'.e "Phero wisporfeet unnnimity onthispoint, Witness attended to the ditles of his- offico evury dny for years. Trne, ho did take a littls recreation. during “the Into campalgh, and mueh to hlsdetriment. [Laughtor,] Nulther Smith, Bogue, or- hiwself refunded any moneys @8 snlary when they were absont from thelr dutics,: Ho knew of no_dishon- ety fin the anagementat Chieago. Niohuns agan wanted to know about employés at Chiengo being R NUEQUIRED TO DO POLITICAT, WORK, Struckmun objected, and Mc\Viilinmns sus- talned tho objecilon, Durfeo appenled from the doelsion” of the Chalr, ‘The vote stoodl three to threo, - Me\Willlams declared tho ap- ponl lost. Nichaug -amended his question, and wont at 16 agalti, Flually tho witioss sald ho could glvo. some -fucts which would go tu show that there was i i\twmpt to use, tha foreq for the tapublican party o’ the lust Presldentinl election-duy, MetWilllnms wanted to know ity wad to the detriment of the service, l.nuirluer.] Wituess continnlng, said that i Porker lssued an order to the amployés to dlucmu;mm \m[k on eleetton-dny, uiud work for the atralght Repunllean ickot, The arder merurleLl 10 be sinetionsd by Bogie, Whon Snfl th and Reynolds eard this, they arttored the withdriwal of the flat, and . IT WAS WITHDRAWN, « Withess saw the order and tulked to Bogue about Itc Parkep :was stll on the foree, . Bwith revoked tho arder, Boxuo would not h}! ool enough tu adinll to witness that h ullowed the ordur to by lssuwd, [‘melnur. Ao didw't yemember, howsyer, that Bogun fud_over disavowed 1t Nlohaus wanted the naties of witnesses who conld throw tight “on: the tople. Itness sald he might -glve. a W - numes of men who ' could tell. - nbout v it tho told the trath, MoWilllnms broke In with the rumnrlc that thiy, was an atlompt to try the Republican party, Tho withess, cons tinuing, sald that politics cut no fizure \vl:lx tho appolntiment of gien on te force at Chl- COgo, - “TUERE WAB NO INTERFRRENCE WITH TUE b, DEPAIRTMENT ; on nceount of ualmos‘ although polities had somothing to -do with the appointment of hulpers wiid clerks, Jopublicans and Dumo- oruts_alike, however, . gob bengtly ot ity Tols “was, due "t the - {nfluence ol “lu s . who' steod by the Board Th the Lvfilfllnture. In response to questions by Mr, Durfee, the witness sald he remembered the Parker order, and_vepro- duced 1t us . noarly us he could. Durfes wished to upon ux ‘the Swett matter, but Me\Villinms ovarruled hlm, ns {6 was not within the tlme prwsoribed, ‘The witness, continuing, suld he did not know of any Stale Tunda buuu§ diverted within the fust two yoars, - Durfed prodoced a copy of Uliurl¥ hper and nskod him who wroto an editorial thereln contuined. Witness said B i(12 DID T AMIMSELP WITU 18 LITTLE PEX, ‘Chen Durfee wanted to know whoat Oberl‘y e us‘Py the tirst clause of the editorlul, which stated wi. lf witness had been suly pengud he coul Imm told several things Which the Comuwlssioners and several Sone otors did oot wish exposed, MoWilliams wonld not have It, Durfeo sald lhllmllwrlnl' caat n siur on tho whole General and Mr, Oborly shoulil by -enlled upon to explaly, ~ MeWilipms —snld this virtually put the Sennte Comilttes on trinl, bt it Durfes conld show that any membur of the. Leglsinture hnd been con- rolled by wndue Infliiences in this matter ha hndd o right to so prove, nirs wern split for soma time, but the witncss mmllrdls- avowed any knowledge of nny rusenlity or dishoniesty ‘on the (ommissionors’ par ?t which . any .of tho mocmbers of the Senate ~ Comnifttea wery cognizant, e was abolt to explnin the reason which PROMPTED HIM JTO WRITE THE EDITORIAL, when MeWilliams stopped him, At last Oberly salil ho understond whon he wrote the nrtlela that the Investigatlon went furthor than, a8 it now scemed, it really did. What he iennt was that thors werg Senators, soma of them now in ho Sennto and somo who wore ox-Sonators or fu the Scnnl% whon othor investigations oc- o‘;rrefl. wlho by thelr recommendations, b abtained pineéa far thelt frlends*upon Bonard, aml whe had beon employed ‘as law- yora by the Board in mntlers relating to the raln " Department, 1o belleved those ap- ynllumunm Iinel been made out of regard for ho support of tho Comintssioners by those Sunutors, stid with a view to BUNSEQUENT INVESTIGATION. . “You bellave that?” “asked Mo\Willinms, “1dn,” replied Overly, *and I know, It too.” In response to fitcthor auestions, how. over, the witness baeked \ater a litels b saying that he conldn’t give tho names o asembiy, any prosont *Seuatora” who lind mon on io torep, though- he eould givo tho names of some ox-Sanators. Thero noyer was mnn appointed on the foreo for o Senator who wins not 8 good may, He neant to cast no linputation on- the Snnnl}? Commlttee, bub naelmwuvmkl, Mrlmul"?m tho force. wra n?b. 8 0 | binsed, o saw nnnln% in the Senatoin- vustigntion on’ elther altlo—Republican or Demoeratie—that lonked llko an utlempt to met ab fiels, MoWilllams moved to strike out evorything relntiva to the Senate Come mittee, “I'ie Sonators wera not here to dee fend themselves, but they wern gn!mn. though Iformaily nd unof clnllr. enntor Lannlng sald they did not objeet to atlowing My, Oberly to go abead, but "AMeWillinms did not want the matter opuned up, though the Senators wanted to take n hand fin tha iame. Senntor Callen wanted the nrivliee of siy- Ing a word, which wag aceorded hilm, 1t was an et of fustive to the Senators, hu remarked, tocompel the witness to go ahead and TELL ALL [ KNEW nbout the matter, After another avalanche of tatk, Durfed saki ho would like to nsk a question, und nllow It to_be exrungud from the vecord If desired, What ha wanted to know wus what Querly mieant, by stating it his newapaper that the ihvestigation of tho Senate Investigntors tvould put the Intter in a bad lght. MeWillinms hold” that if Oberly oonld testify that any Senator knew wnythime of corruption. in the management ot tha Commistion or the Grain-lnspcetion Department he night tell L& but he didn’t propose. to go outaide of that,. Durfeo sald that nolther the Senntors nor the Commise sloners objected, and inthmated that if the question wasivt allowed he would ASK TIltf 1OUSE FOR ADDITIONAL POWERS. McWillams, still protesting, proposed to gut the questlon Lo a voto of ommittee, enators Fifer and Neediles elamored for in- yestigation and viiutieation, . "The Committue Jub I the .question .by n viva voce vot, The = Interrogatory was pit aguin, whereupon Olwrli' snld ho wrote ™ tho nrtiele nfter reading the einnjority and minority roports, Ho thought the former neither condemned nor approved thg Coms misston, . whilo the minority ropoft con- demned the *Comunlsslon whereln'it should nut b comnmentled, and ehtirely neglected to condemn it wherel it should hinve been cone demned, Iy didi’t believe the investiga- ton .went back fur enough, or . that the Committeo “wanted -1t~ to, In short, hia didu't belleve 1t was'a renl nvestigation, and that an nvestization now would” show that mucl, Durfee wanted to know It ho Iad any : ¢ WITNESSES TO DACK UP' HIS OPINIONS, This wus ruled out. Durfeo then wanted to know all .nbout u letter purporting to have been written by Oberly to Ackerman, of the Liinols Centeal. "Oberly promptly fished it out of s pocket, and went on to stato that itreferred to the Palmer cnse, shich the Commission decided ngninst the Itlinois Cen- teal, Ackerman wrote to” him sxpressing his astonishment at tho declslon, “Whersupon witness wrote him the following letter, which Ackerman, on_n sitbsequont oceasidn, [, partially read to the Conulssons ¥ Nuoot 1, Ly, Fely,, 1, 1831—Yours of the T ot e s T ‘Springtleld, nt hand, Tho Comwmisslon conld not mnka any .othor doulslon thun it did in the Palmor cnse, but recognlzo us correot -your position oh tho duty of. the .Commisslonors tu rovise tholr ~ schedules 80 us to give bigzhor ratea to you for short hatls, The Com- inlssioners bad duterimined to. do this before [ wis nppolnted ont of ‘tho Bourd, but what tho Comunaston whl now do - { do not kuow, If [ can bo Of any uso to you in socurin tho chango zuu dedlro you mnr nmmnnllfi me. L wlli go buforo the Commisslon for you, or writa for you, or do anything that I may fulr- ly nna honestly do In the nuttor. Inving road the lcttor tho witness re- narked that 16 wns one from Oberly, not n Rullroad Commissioner, to Ackerman, arail- road President, who was complabiing of A DECIBION' WHICIL OBHILY IHAD MADE T AGQAINST 1M, 5 Juet whoro thera wasanything improper In It heconldn’s see, - Durfeo wanted to know the reason why the Harper money had not béen collected, “Oberty_sntl the Bontsmen weta sued,—Ingersoll, Farwell, Sol llopkins, and John Rountree, " 'Lhe cnse was tried, earriud up, reversed, and remantded, He did not know why the money had not heen coliected, but thought this " Committee ought to find out. Tho Atterney-General, Farwoll, or Ingersoll might tell. "I'ho Conunissionsrs might lnslst on 1ts being pressed now that the electlon’ was over, lu fact, Bugue. hid told him that ns soon s the elections were over and they hod timo B THE MATTER WOULD BE VIGOROUSBLY PRESSED, 2 Tho Commissloners nad no dishonest pur- posn In the mntter, but eloctions madltied zeal sometimes, The witness then explain the Swett mnttor, and sald . thors was «mlr- 520 due . from .Swol's bundstion, wiiloh would have beun_collected but tor the elgotlons, Proscutor Wrlght was ons of his bondsmen, dwelt was not only Incoms putent, but dishonest, and hind been rotuinod 1 tho ocwmploy - of the for onths aftar his' eccentricities wure Iuwwn. 1o was discharged for fllaohn{um the rules of the . Dupnrtment. ~ Thig wns the ‘first = legal- notice ho T recolved to attend tho investigations, Al noknew abnut Stato moneys bulngattempted to be used for_political purposes went Lad beyond the lask Gunernl Ammbl{. 1o be- llaved the grain inspection uluiu d not be uler the contral of the Railrond Bonrd us a mattor ot pabllo poliey, und an investiga- ilull would show it, . Bogie and Smith were lemn a chance to ask the witness any question thoy desired. Bogue anfd he knew of nothiige that - ho wanted to nsk abont, . Oberly waa secordingly dis- oharged, nnd the Committeo adjourned until Wednesday avening-noext. . = . + COMMITTHE WORK. THE STATE-HOUSE AND BOUTHENN - PENI- TESTIARY, - : 4 Bpeclat Dispateh ta The Ukicago Triduns, Bemixariern, 1L, -April 8§~Tho llouse Committea.on Bulldings. and Grounda de- c¢lded this afternoon 1o recommend the adop- tion of Morgan's . resolution authorizing the Qovernor to- resubmit at’ the noxt: generat election the question of comipleting the Staf House, 3 3 o ‘The Benate Appropriation Counnlttee con- sldered Chuater mattors to-day, and for some Inserntnble reason sat down un'the one Jlem for which theru |3 as miel, If ot mory, pra- pricty than- sll the others nmmned, that of 575,000 for ucriminal Insane ward " In con- nectlon with the Bouthern Penitentlary. Dr, Wines and Supoerintendenta Kilbourne and Carrlal explined ho Trsuns—hu- wnitarian and. otherwise—which mgdo u lulmmufl of tho ordinary Insane aud the oriminal Insane imperatively neevssary, bu the Commlttes nnm\rellxly hind an geonomilen strenk on il out tie It dowi, - A strong move will bo mmhi to-morrow to relnstate, and thory 18 a likellhootd now that it will, ns t should be, successful, dume of the mom- ors of the Connmiitee, In rltmulnllnx to ox- ousy thelr actlon, stated that- % THE SOUTHELN PERITENTIARY ° Commissloners were opposed to the Linprove- meht_ and the approprintion to pay for it ‘The Conmuisgloners deny ~\I|Iulhnlm Any they will satlsty- the Committes thag- they am in faver “of it _‘Thoru s economyy and ceonamy, but the Senate lrprnur_lulloun [T to hive gune on the prinelple uf straluing at o guat and swallowlng & “tew camels when un:ly strikg out @ meritarfous Item Iko this and, have been leiting In others for which thero waa no more necean,% than this, If ins thera was s inueh, Banata Panal 1 pever did until tho nlght h ‘1End o Bathor —, -five yoars. , A fuw_yeurs ago .to |lmvn . OmoaaosApril 7.~The prupositiol Committer recommended the $75,000 item for Cliester aftor naving convinesd thomselves of 1ty nrc(-sfll(du but the Appropriation Commit- ppor T1ouse nro apparently of tha opinion that “they know mors than” prople whn have been ol the grounil, and 8o disre- gard the Penal Commitieo’s recommendation. tea of the TIIT KAKASKIA RIVER. A BUD-CO MMITTER; OF THE JIOUAE TAKES A LOOK AT THE NIVULET. Boeelal Dispateh to The Chicago Tridune, VANDALIA, LI, April 8.~Repreaontativea Shaw of Cass, Thornton of Putnam, and Wand df, De Knlb Counties, a sub-committco of the [ouse Canal Comtnittee,.arrived horo this afternoon to lnok at the ronring Okaw, ot, na tho maps have it, the Kaskuskin River. "The citlzong of Fayetto Uounty have pe- titloned Mr, Little, thelr Representatlve, who Is alo along, to have the Slnlfi take chargo eep it within of this rampantstrenm and bounds, From'n sahitary polnt of thought, 1t wns n'good time to come. “Jupliter Phering was on duty, and arleht roynl raln-storm hetped to weleome the Canal Bub-Committeo. The citizons of. Fiyette County complain that perlodiedlly thio Knskaskin overtiows somo 60,000 of tholr most prolific acres, nnd that the débris and sediment, deposited dur- {ng these overflows, oxlalg n;ul_u;flnp sutanor Sl Bost » b ‘. DEADLY MTABMATIC DISEARES, Huge pilus of drift are landad and loft to rot the embnrrassment of agri- and deeay, to enltural “pursuits, "Tha remeay sought is that of -an nppropridtion from the State Transury to stralzhten. and clean thie river, Passibly an amount not m:m:mflnF 895000 wiil be - required . by .. Fayotte Cothty, fnnsmuch as the Okaw liels In Chinny, nlgn. moanders Ihrnu(xh Platt, Moul- trte, Shelby, Fayette,Clinton, Washington, St Glnfr. and Rindoiph, ‘Tho schewne will most Itkely be omnibused, for ench county will iteed and sk ‘I'"kfl appropriation, returning us to the good old days of " Internal Iinprav ment and _Matteson “sorip, shd if tho Ki knskin or Okaw be fmproyed st Lhd expetsn of the State, wny not the Vormilion, thy Knnknkee, the Ambraw, and Col, A, o Matthews' any Cirte. At ttlls writlng the sub-coniinittes, with borrowed rubbor eonts, are triinplng the muddy banks of the Okaty, and falthruily - - * DISCITANOING ITS SOLEMN THUST, 1ts ‘members nto Honest and practical men, and will . make bubt one repurt, Thoy will .never n{mn tho door of “the State _Trensfiry. to this sclieme, Qe "of ‘Titr TRIBUNE eorrespohdonts accumpanied this Conunlittee, partly to rehew ol triend- ship in Vandailn, He does 1ot wish to bo untlerstond ns antagonizing this nsked-for rellef, but eannot retraih from reenlling tho firct that it thd Genoral Assembly can fegull bulld a Court-Uunsa {1 Wabash County it enn a8 woll remove the drift plles from the Oknw. .. P1toc10%, MRS, SENATOR LOGAN. | Somo Gossip by a Fgmale ont. Qorreapondence Cincinnatd Gommerelal. ‘WaAsnINGTON, D, 0., April =" Plonso write all Corresponds you know about Mra, Benator Logan. Wo areso Iutarested In ber.'” Boreads the requost of a friend; All my per- sonal kowledzo of Mrs. Logan was gained in three sbort visits, g0 It is not extensive. 8ho I8 o handsomo woman, with snow-whito hale and dusky oyos; Thero 18 nothing prosy, precise, or mooking about Mra. Lognn, Yet she fs enrnoat In lier convictond. Bhio Is o Mdthodlst and n toos totaler,—nbver touches wino or offers it to ot ors, Thnt Bho was an fncorrigivle girl, the fols lowing uncedote, which sho rcluted to somo youny * convent girls,” I8 proaf: . 1 \went to 6 Cutholio sohvols the dear old'Siss ters, what troublc I made thom}i. When wo wont juto chupel I nover woutd go through 'all that bowlog, and [ wns takento tusk, lsald Lwas o Protestant, nnd 1 would not do it. I was very fond of the Mathoer Superior, und she put it on tho ground of sur aifeotlon that I sbould con- furm to this, Itwas n small thiog for me, and it woull plense hor very much; it was very morti- fying to hor to bave me hold my heagd stiff when all tho uthers, whother Protestunt or Cutholic, mnde tho gunnilexivn, . * 1 sufd; *Now, Mother, you don’t want mui Just boenuse I Juve you, todo n thing which dun't bolleve In? It would be mockery, hypug- risy, . You would not teach mic that, woltld you? You, who aro 80 honost, and su pure, apd so aweot? - Nothing moro was cver sild on tho subjeats but I wus but at tho ‘bead vl tho pro- conlnlnnnr uérln. nr‘m“conl‘eq:’mnaly n.n‘c‘xg‘\:g fig- turod ohurch.my - fullure to beud wu - ticcable ug ,.r’yu'}lsd' buyd bidon vid tho ‘middid’ar S & M ot o e RETRA L ; “hut I was'an awful gl:-l." contluucd Mrs. Logtn. “Iofton wonder -how those dunr old Miaters pub up with me. Thoro wis a cometery nour by our schoul, One of vur girls married o Protestant; who diod diring tho hunoymoon, mudo n groat iluprossion on our rumantio minds. Ho wits buriod just tho other sido of the fonee In unconeccrated ground, Hig wifo was 4 Cathollo, but he Wan. not o professing believer, 1t looked so Imr(l-heunolrm put that poor fellow out of the mitlo. Onohight 1 got u lot of glrls and wo wout down to tho fm\‘l\)’l\l’(l‘ toul duwn tho fenco,— it wus an ol Bu our bund worked ull wintery first we would Lrink that pour man's body within consearnted {lnita; thon the . nuthorities would set the fenve siralght ‘:fm i, “At Just I was - disobvered, and threatened with expulslon {r I aver did it nuain, T boforo 1 gridnated, o next dny—it hinil not been' disonverdd—l budd guod-by to schivul, and Blstors, and prinstd, V1 want to mano ond luat ruquest of you. Plonso, dou't tenr that foneo down ngain. 1built 1t strong this timo; plenso lut poor My, Bmith stay In your yurd, - * 1 nover will !rruul how borritied Fathor —— Jooked. Just ua I wuslenving tur good, 1 poeped it to woo if ho wad in n good humor, e laugned fu spito ut himsell, and shook bis luny Unger at ing us [ drbvo nway, . 4| dlil not seo thit pinco axain for over twentye= went buek on a visit, Noono know Iwus cumlug. When I was atschool Lway . slomdor thing, woro wmy huie ourled down my Luck, and put bauk withn round comb, 1look so unllke now what I wus then that my ows mother would not know tne, but as L wad crossing tho stilo over thd fonce tho uld portress eried outs *Hero 14 Mars coming bume, coming uver tho stile,' and whon [ gat to tho dvor tho Blsters wero guthored there to wele ouing mo. - . . For wll I am a Protostant, f had my daughter aducuted In a convent—tho Histers und the old qativent schoul are nnong tho very awootest menlories of Iny lifo.! * Did you fud Mr, Bmith out in the cold when you wont biek, uftor twonty-live yoarar* " Y8, Lumr Mr, Snlth's grava wis sunken.and almost obliteruted. I govy u‘r tesing to got him Into the fold, but L pulled the woods uff and froshencd bhn up A litte ono dnr whun *Sliter and [ wers walkiug ovor. tho ol grounds;. she tud n bunoh of wild ruses she bud tiken {r m a bush in the pusturg, wud wo pit that on his poor, ahubby t“;l ':‘1‘1‘3:; ml:xlll"'“ his own folka soemo v L . re, Lokan's work-hnaket stands by the Ben- atur's writing-table In shelr rovms, and. ono evunlig | fuund bright siik hexivhns scattered uyer wid ubovo tho lotters and doouwents thbro- on, % o Tamsorry that 1 oannot tell the inquiking friend snare nbout Mrs. Loxan,for I sunre hor futerest In hor, Bbo Bia the tume of brilllant, magaotlo womni, of {eredlatiblo pywor, 1" enst only glva tho glimpses I iuve bud uf her in hoe tonio, and aurroundal by indies, wlancos huve linprussed me with hor remnrkaule mugnotio power, hor simpiioity of munner, und her devotion us u wife uud mother, B, : ———— A POLICE AND FIRE. COMMISSION, To the Eitor o/ Th Uhicago Tribuny to Chivago its Police Cathmisslone 0 without wareaut of good aud subatantial roe sona, Tho Uomsulssion systein wus orginully Ine troduced brouuse it was noturlously tho faot that incumbents f the Mayoralty wore in tbe hnbit of prosiitutingthe polioe fordo to partisan politionl usos. ‘Chin abuse had boen ocarried to such un extont that tho oflulunuy of tho polics forco wus practivally destroyed, Tho Cuinmise slon was created to tuka from tho Moyor the power 4o enuvors thy olty constabulary into a pulitioal pinelilne to bo run In tho juterest ot ble porsunyl anbition, kud for the prowotion uf the siiccoss of o politioul party, It notoriuns that the poliod” foroo of Uhlvago 18 ngatn teduved to the isgraceful postion of - pander to the pursonal ainbition of the individusl who eccus i iiet il 1 e usee e oor Wha ) poaca who I8 rewarded hy’prnmouvn‘ Bus tho officor who {8 most active In pros i"""" the political fortunes of the fuyor stundd bicheat Iu favor. s ., 1t s easy 1o sy that this 8tnto of things saps the waralo of tho forco and destroys its duicicnoy ue & sunservator of the pesco, ftoward dues nut tollow faithful seryvivs i the ling.of duty,but reaults. from slavish subsorvienoy to the pers wl‘nvl of the indumbout offthe Mayur's BMonstrous s tho propoa{tion is, it la'true neverthelvss, that under the preseat systoiia romiu I8 otfered to the nullcwulloo&w u nnge eals bis duty] Worse than ihis, Whben, lnst full, tho Mayor of Uhijeago lasucd fis prucltinas oo, us #Chslrmun ™ of the Demooratle Cume palgn Committee, directing, In g cortuliy anrl\m- guitoy und 4 contingonoy whict® could nat luw- ‘uily” buppen, that u supplewontal cleotion be held, it was natico to the police force'that thoy would be ruguired to protoct thio cleotion viiicurs grouted by the tiut of & purtisan cbiof [n the pers furmanose ot x duty utterly unkoown to the luw. ‘This wus an dutraus so flagrant that Btata i iatord may woll tuka notice of It, and deem it thnlr dutv to abolish & systamm 20 suscentible Cole, Connellinan from -the Ary lh(l Cnse. 'fi;mmnclyvv,hmv Lenocrria: i-tushluned . stuko and rider—and . buiitit up, 8o it took in tho rrave. In afew; anys it was discovered and tho ralls reptucod, af gross abuso Aa o endauger the of thio ublet oity bf the Commonwenith, fir Harriaon admita that ho relles Upom poticemet for recommonditonaaf peraiia At to he licany nn saloonkecpers, Ho nlso adintts that shiy- licemen may: he bribed, This Is his nxuun,l?' . tho fact of tho existeiive I Chignien of bundaa Bf brotheld licenacd aud kopt undor the gy, “anloans,” Ho shirts tho reaponsibliity Tor thy diegracetul ainlo of nOnirs from- his' pod shouldors to tho shoulders of “policainen,” Pt this isn frightTul commentary on the »Imnq‘" of tha polled forcel And the feeradation of " force ean he ncoonited far unly on the ymm that it bas become Bttorly debivched by by, diverted from (8 legitimnte duty to o m'fi uttarly unkiown lo the Inw and regulitiony which'it ought to ba governed, Kl 1t 18 plain that polico-oflicers no Ionm:rdnm‘ confiun themnvlves to the strict lito of iy, They know thint n8 nfton ns thore I8 un electey, Natfonal, Beate, or lty, thoy will Lo exvcoted futinence n certnin numbernf votes (e tho pyy to which Mayor Hareisan betongs. The eayjey why to dn thissia to recominend nsa !nlr\m‘. keepor sbmo direpitnblo uhnracter win auvrlruu- votes from tho rinks of the fratecn); of thioves and scoupdrois,—tho aritninal ulm' Thus tho persannl aud partisan foeling of thy Incumbent of tho Mayaralty tends to dub.se by rnlmu forco, nna so torendor it i hindranco mrpey han 1 holp to thy preservation of good apde, It nctunlly becamea a inachine for t e OrrAtoy of ariminals aird tho fastering of eriminnl prag tlces, The polloo farce ought 10 Lo 80 Ninnagey ollcamnn would dore to nueleey hig duty., [lut the fact I8 thRt under thy prosont régimn no policoman dires refuse ty nexleot his duty. Fifs politianl duty to his ohlst {the Mayor) compels hlin to neglool hin duty i tho City Governiment. . 4§ . 0 _nre somae of tho rens&n&_'dmxhum. which move.the State chlnmmru 0 conddey “"i Tlemon of tho prapricty of restoring thy old Polico Comnideston rystem, The mfl ot that phirpose recently Introducod -1 tho ey, ty has been ordered to a'third reading, und 1t my, speodily piss both branghos of the Loumnlun, racelvo tho approval of the Govornor, and pe come a_lnw, vot it, Howevor, b earofuily drawn, dofining the duties of tho Commissiny 80 that thero sholl bono mara skulking boh, n oan't, and Iwould to G—d T could, und otag Iying pretenses of ilke chrracter,. AW AXD Onomg, BNy L KOKOMO, A Lending Qunker Bued—A Fight Ovey -a ToxteBook Contravt,. . Bpeclal Correspohdence of The Chicago Tridund, .. Kogoyo, Ind,, April 7.—For somo time niors have been In aironlution here Impeach Ing tho charnclor of one of our Jeading elfl zens, Richard Nixon, & Quakerof the olf sehaol and a leader in-hischurel. Mr. Nixog has perhaps settled up more estates than any othier man in the county. In March, 184, his'brother, Zimil Nixon, dled, leaving sy _catato of 830,000, and by his will ereatinghiy brother Rlchinrd-exeentor of tho estate, Ip March, 1877, Richard filed his final roportsin -the estato’ and was discharged. Tho helrs= Mary E. Grifiith, Loulsa 13, Nixon, Elsiny Kllen, Flora Nixon;and dracly’ Nixon-s fow weeks ngo becnma suspletoud -that thel uncle had not vroperly uccounted - fur all thy money In his possosstons On intimation of theso susplelons . ¢ Mr, . . Nixon hecams very indlgnant, but, falllng to give a satisfactory explanation, tho leirs ordered an nvestization, and.umployud the law firg of Vail & Vall to investigate his nilalrs, The investigation reaulted i somo rathor star. ling disclostires, somo of s vouchors show. ing a credit for niory money than the parles who R!m'u the -reecipts reseived, waking & total of near $5,000 thus falsaly nccounted for, ‘They gave hiin his chuico to hand over the money \v{lhuuc o suit or with It, na he r ehsed, 1le rofused,” and'nceordingly they have filed nn ‘action agathst him' to recover edr 86,0000 Owluz 1o° the “preyious high standing of 'Nixon, this affaie §s In every mouth, and opinton; of course, divided. - Anothar local seusatlon of less fimporiance is tho attempt now behui‘ made by Dr Third Ward, to rpmove Willinm Styer, .one of the Trustess of.thd city schools, - Cold. preferrid charge ngainat Styer, aconsing him of malfeasancein ofllcs by corruptness in adopting text-buoks In the city sehools, Styer is one_ of the ‘no- Prletorn of the only book-store In the city, 1o I8 fighting the Investigntion at avery step, and Is contesting that the Clty Council lias no Blrln(“cuuu over him, ‘Phe Mayor, J. M arnnll, held to this view and adjourned the Counell, wherenpon that body finmedintely canvened again and. put W, 8. Armstrong in the clinir us Preslitent, andd are procevding lo ‘The Counell stands four Deine crats, two Republicaus, and the Muayor, Res publlcnn. The l(nmlbficun mumbers 'slded Wwith the Mayor, and with him have rofused to havo anythlug:to.do with the matter; eon- aye hoving it alt vic o way, The Anzio=Ereneh Tanncl, ‘The works for tha proposed tunnel from Dover to Culais have mnde siich antisfactory progres that lu[;mmuten aro now nhio to employ tbres shifts of nion cunstantiy thruughout the twenty: four hours, and are sanguing of being able 10 bure shout thirty feot por duy whon all the mae chinery Is complesed. {881, - PROSPRCILS. 1891 - OHICAGO : Dollar- Weekly- Tribune, The Best and. Ablest 'Hapuhlluan Newspaper.In the Union, "Tho Weekly Tribune Ono Year for Ono Dollar in Clubs of Five. Now is the Time to Subsecribe. . TIIM TRINUNN 18 tha bost businoss modium anl commerclal exponont of this city, nd is undeniably tho atrongent und most Infuontial opublican Nans paporin the West. o 1 Politically THE TRIDUNE Is n atalwars Ropublicss newipaper, and will romatn so untll oyery man In the Bovth, lerespoctive of sace, volor, or politios, Al enjoy the Hutit 10 voto and ba vo.ed for, nnd havabil ballot bonestly countod, without bulldusing or chest: Ing, and untll olyil und political Huerty for black ltee publicans, as'woll as whits Democrats, is s tralf ostablisbed in tho Bouth ns in the Narih. In tho futuge, as In tho past, 1k TRIBUNE will 83 vocate tho maintenanca ot the: National erodits the purifieation of the publlascryico; the adyocaoy ofall pensunable projocts of Hacal reformy rixld econom! in publio oxpenditures; opposiian fo subsidies axd corpoimte jobbory In nil 1ta Yormss und tho presorvs: tlon of ogual rigiita to all chilzons, North and Souts. The Marlts-of The Weekly Tribuns Ana Newspapor ara apparent ta all. Wo beflave (bl 1t oxcels.in mn nnm quality, and varloty of (61 rending-mattorwhioh it providos, avery othor publicr tion of the kind 1n this countey, . The spaco atiotied toudverilsers is purposaly kept down to narrow U ita. More tban MUty columnaof claar, lajible typs irt Alled sach tpesk with the latest news, editorial dlscus sfons, atorios, easays, poems, humorous parssrspsd spocial arslolos of interest lo farmars, und tho L mArkel reports, e 5 b ¢ 1ta markot 7eports are unsurpassed, embrac'ng &l 1b# Information which farmbrs rogutre for tho ntille gent transacun 0f busineas, Loth as sollers and bus* ans. e P + ¥acts about ratiroad_comblnations and ratos arf always notloed In Tus WERKLY, Iimprovements of aarloullural machinery and ne¢ mothods of ulljislug farm producie are describad 13 Tuk WEEKLY," & “Hural Jr.” writes on “Tho Farm and Gardeo] %0, L. 8" on “Hlortloultaro" and * Veterinarias on "The Fald aud Siuble,” In oagh tasua uf Td! weERLY, . . " ; The Home Departmant, gosslp abius tho fushlosh shors storlos, and_poors, lllerary solaotions, €% make FOX WENKLY Rliractiva o Lhe ladios ub younger members Of the family, *_-Extraordinary Chaapness. Whila the prico of sinkle subicripilons will remit At3LEOR your, H1re gOpIos OF Ttk WEEKLY Tieinusd will be malipd ono yust (or Five Dullars, pusisie or® aid, xnd #s any une can @ake up a Club ot Uve wi 14 reducos price 10 UNE DOLLIEK i YEARg.. For Twenty Dullars Twenty Coplos wilt 3001008 year, il & 15qu OpS 10 LU0 KOLLOF-uP of Club, - .Terms of The Tribune: BIng10 COpY, POF JORF.cvvve For Clubs of ¥ive (JL.UJ each). ¥ur Clube f Twenty (und one free copy)... ¥orThie Daly Tribune, par wmontiye. ForBaturiay, -pago Literary Kditlon, pery For Bgnday, W pugos (Doublo Bueol), por yaur. Hpeclinen coplos sent frey. b @ Post-Ullige addrass 1n full, including Coust! talg. rats, oxpresh ay bo made et PR PoaL-Uttice order, or La restatered lottors Addresi - THETRIDNUNE NHP.L“II" Cor, Madizon 'and Dearbornests,, Chicaga ™ |