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MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1882-10 O'CLOCK A. M.

The House met, pursuant to adjournment.

The Speaker in the chair.

Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Hale.

The journal of Saturday was read and approved.

The Speaker announced the appointment of John R. Campbell as mail carrier, vice Charles E. Scharlan (having declined the appointment).

Mr. Underwood offered the following preamble and resolution:

WHEREAS, The Governor, in his proclamation convening this session of the 32d General Assembly, among other things, has recommended action on a proposition to provide for submitting to a vote of the people, at the next general election, the proposition for the transfer of the Illinois and Michigan canal to the United States; and

WHEREAS, There is a proposition before Congress to build, in connection with said Illinois and Michigan canal, a public work known as the Hennepin canal, to the Mississippi. river; and

WHEREAS, If said work is completed as contemplated, it might, in the present condition of the levees built by the people of the State of Illinois, cause a great injury, by an increase of water from Lake Michigan, in the great highway of commerce, the Mississippi river; and

WHEREAS, The Government of the United States has, within the twenty years last past, collected from the people of the State of Illinois the enormous sum of $301, 964, 664.25; and WHEREAS, Said sum of money is largely in excess of the aggregate sum collected from the people of the States of Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Texas, in the same period of time-States directly interested in the levee of the lower Mississippi; and

WHEREAS, The improvement and repair of said levees is contemplated by Congress, and is now under consideration by the General Government; and

WHEREAS, The citizens of Illinois have constructed many miles of levee along the Mississippi, Wabash and Ohio rivers; and

WHEREAS, Said levees are in the same need of improvement and repair as those of the Lower Mississippi; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That should the Government of the United States decide to appropriate money, for the improvement of said Illinois and Michigan canal, and for the improvement and repair of levees of the Lower Mississippi, that our Senators and Representatives in Congress are requested and instructed to use their influence and votes to procure an appropriation for the like improvement and repair of the levees of this State, which shall be just in amount, after taking into consideration the amount of taxes paid by our people and the number of miles of levee constructed and now under construction in the State of Illinois.

Resolved, That copies of this preamble and resolution be forwarded to our Senators and Representatives in Congress, by the Clerk of this House.

Mr. Dysart moved to refer said preamble and resolution to the committee on canal and river improvement.

And the motion prevailed.

Mr. Martin of White offered the following preamble and resolutions, and moved their adoption:

WHEREAS, It is the duty of the present session of the Legislature to apportion the State into twenty congressional districts; therefore, be it

Resolved, That the committee on congressional apportionment be instructed to so arrange the districts that each will be composed of compact and contiguous territory, without regart to party advantage; and be it further

Resolved, That said committee form said districts, as nearly as may be, equal in population.

Mr. Simonson moved to refer said preamble and resolutions to the committee on congressional apportionment.

And the yeas and nays being demanded, resulted as follows: Yeas, 45; nays, 38.

Those voting in the affirmative are:

Messrs. Allen, Ames, Bailey, Baldwin, Brown, Bundy, Carter, Chandler, Chatfield, Collins of Cook, Collins of Will, Cox, Crews, Davis, Diggins, Dysart, Erwin, Garland, Goodspeed, Heryer, Keen of Wabash, Kelly, McCune, Mock, Morris, Olwin, Otman, Parry, Peterson, Postel, Robinson, Rogers, Simonson, Stover, Strattan of Jefferson, Stratton of Will, Sumner, Thornton, Veile, White of Cook, Whiteman, Wood of Knox, Wood of DeKalb, Wright of Boone, Mr. Speaker-Yeas, 45.

Those voting in the negative are:

Messrs. Bitner, Blackaby, Bryan, Buckingham, Campbell, Coultas, Crandall, Cronkritę, Crook, Durfee, Duffy, English, Gallup, Green, Keen of Wayne, Lucas, Martin of Woodford, Martin of White, McAdams, McDonald, McKinley, McLeod, Mieure, Morgan, Niehaus, O'Mara, Perrin, Reno, Richardson of Cumberland, Sexton, Shaw, Shumway, Smith, Spann, Stowell, Thompson, Vaughey, Welsh-Nays, 38.

And the motion_prevailed.

Mr. Wright of Boone presented a resolution, which was read for the information of the House.

Mr. Goodspeed offered the following resolution, and moved its adoption :

Resolved, That the Speaker of the House be, and he is hereby, requested to invite the Rev. Father Hale to serve this House as chaplain during this session.

And the resolution was adopted.

Mr. Dysart, by consent, introduced a bill, House Bill No. 3, for "An act to provide for the incidental expenses of the special session of the Thirty-Second General Assembly."

Which was read at large a first time, and referred to the committee on appropriations.

Mr. Cronkrite, by consent, introduced a bill, House Bill No. 4, for "An act to apportion the State into twenty congressional districts, and establish the same and provide for the election of Representatives therein."

Which was read by its title, and referred to the committee on congressional apportionment.

At 10:45 o'clock A. M., Mr. Dysart moved that the House adjourn until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

And the motion prevailed.

TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1882-10 O'CLOCK A. M.

The House met, pursuant to adjournment.

The Speaker in the chair.

Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Hale.

The journal of yesterday was read and approved.

Mr. Wright of Boone offered the following resolution, and moved its adoption:

Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by the Speaker of this House to secure the services of a Judge of the Supreme Court or a Judge of a Circuit Court to administer the constitutional oath of office to the newly elected members of this House.

And the resolution was adopted.

Thereupon the Speaker appointed as said committee Messrs. Wright of Boone, Peterson and Perrin.

The Speaker laid before the House the proper certificates of the newly elected members, entitling them to seats in the House of Representatives of the 32d General Assembly.

Mr. Wright of Boone, from the committee appointed to wait upon a Judge of the Supreme or Circuit Court, appeared before the House with the Honorable Judge C. B. Smith, who administered the oath of office to the following named members:

James Bayne, 10th district, JoDaviess county.
Frank N. Tice, 12th district, Ogle county.

Dwight W. Anderson, 43d district, Marion county.

Mr. Morris offered the following resolution, and moved its adoption:

WHEREAS, The county of Cook, by reason of increased population, will, under the new apportionment, be entitled to one additional Representative in Congress; therefore,

Resolved, That the committee on congressional apportionment be instructed to report a bill to this House redistricting the State of Illinois into congressional districts in such manner as to create one new district in the county of Cook, and that remaining congressional districts outside of Cook shall remain unchanged as they now exist.

Mr. Mitchell moved to refer said resolution to the committee on congressional apportionment.

And the yeas and nays being demanded, resulted as follows: Yeas, 67; nays, 61.

Those voting in the affirmative are:

Messrs. Allen, Ames, Baldwin, Bayne, Brown, Bundy, Butterfield, Carter, Chafee, Chandler, Chatfield, Collier, Collins of Cook, Collins of Will, Cowan, Cox, Crews, Davis, Diggins, Dysart, Erwin, Garland, Goodspeed, Heryer, Keen of Wabash, Kelly, Little, Ludington, McCune, McWilliams, Mitchell, Mock, Morgan, Okeson, Olwin, Otman. Parry, Pearson of Madison, Pearson of Cook, Peterson, Phelps, Pierson of Greene, Plotke, Pollock, Postel, Parish, Robinson, Rogers, Rumley, Simmons, Simonson, Stover, Strattan of Jefferson. Stratton of Will, Sumner, Tice, Thornton, Tontz, Underwood, Veile, White of Cook, Whiteman, Wood of Knox, Wood of DeKalb, Wright of DuPage, Wright of Boone, Mr. Speaker-Yeas, 67.

Those voting in the negative are:

Messrs. Andrews, Bailey, Becker, Bitner, Blackaby, Boyd, Bryan, Buck, Campbell, Carr, Clark, Coultas, Crandall, Cronkrite, Crook, Durfee, Duffy, English, Gallup, Green, Gregg, Harris of Fayette, Harvey, Herrington, Hill, James, Keen of Wayne, Kroll, Linegar, Martin of Woodford, Martin of White, McAdams, McDonald, McKinley,

McLeod, Mieure, Morris, Mortland, Murphy, Niehaus, O'Mara, Peters, Perrin, Powell, Reno, Richardson of Cumberland, Sexton, Sharp, Shaw, Shumway, Spann, Stowell, Tenney, Thompson, Vaughey, Welsh, Wilbanks, Winter, Yancey, Young, YoungbloodNays, 61.

And the motion prevailed.

Mr. Linegar offered the following preamble and resolutions, and moved that 500 copies of the same be printed for the use of the House, and also that the same be referred to the committee on canal and river improvement:

WHEREAS, The Government of the United States has established a "Mississippi River Commission," to take charge of the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi river and its tributaries; and,

WHEREAS, That commission has been organized and is composed of men of experience and a high order of engineering talent, chosen and selected from officers of the Engineering Department of the United States Army, and of men of long experience upon the Mississippi river, and of engineers of known and recognized ability, taken from the civil walks of life; and,

WHEREAS, This commission has matured and reported to the Secretary of War plain and comprehensive plans for the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi river, the first great object to be accomplished, which appears to be sanctioned by reason and science and long experience upon the Mississippi river, by rivetting its banks so as to secure them from the wave and abrasion of its waters, and by narrowing the bed of the river to a fixed width of 2,500 to 3,000 feet at low water in such a manner as will give to it a uniform and permanent channel, so as to cause its waters to scour its bottom instead of washing its banks, thereby improving its navigation, making permanent its banks and lowering the flood line of the river, which report has, by the Secretary of War, been laid before the present Congress of the United States; and,

WHEREAS, This commission has asked in said report appropriations by Congress of amounts sufficient to enable the commission to carry forward the work proposed as rapidly as possible during the present year; and,

WHEREAS, This work is national in its character, and of vital importance to the growing commerce of the great valley of the Mississippi, but will not be complete as a great national system of water routes until the navigable waters of Lake Michigan are united with the navigable waters of the Mississippi by means of a ship canal; and,

WHEREAS, There is now pending before Congress a bill for a ship canal to connect the waters of Lake Michigan with the waters of the Mississippi, known as the "Hennepin Canal Bill;" and,

WHEREAS, There is pending before this General Assembly a proposition looking to the ceding of the Illinois and Michigan Canal to the United States upon condition that the United States Government shall make a ship canal of the same, as forming a part of the Hennepin Canal; therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That the plans of the Mississippi River Commission should be adopted and maintained by Congress of the United States, and encouraged by such appropriations as will make them successful, or at least give them a full and fair test.

Resolved, That the Hennepin Canal scheme or plan, as suggested, is national in its character, and should be adopted as a part of the plan for the great national water-ways to the seaports of the country.

Resolved, That our Representatives in Congress be requested, and our Senators be instructed, to use all honorable means within their power to procure such an appropriation for the Mississippi river improvement as will enable the Mississippi River Commission to prosecute its contemplated work for the present year with all reasonable speed and certainty, and that they use all honorable means to procure the passage of a bill for the building of the Hennepin Canal to the end that the great national water-way shall be complete.

And the motion prevailed.

Mr. Cronkrite offered the following preamble and resolutions : WHEREAS, The House of Representatives of the 32d General Assembly of the State of Illinois has heard with deep regret of the death of Hon. Joseph Moore, a member from JoDaviess county; and,

WHEREAS, It is fitting and proper that we, his friends and co-laborers, should, in some suitable manner, testify our respect to his memory; therefore,

Resolved, That in the death of the Hon. Joseph Moore this House had lost one of its useful members, the State a wise and judicious legislator, his constituents an honest and faithful representative.

Resolved, That we tender to the family of the deceased the assurance of our deepest sympathy in their great bereavement.

Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the journal of the House, and a copy thereof, duly attested by the Speaker and Clerk, be sent to the family of the deceased. After appropriate remarks by Representatives Cronkrite, Cox, Yancey and Kelly, the preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted by a rising vote.

Mr. Dysart offered the following preamble and resolution:

WHEREAS, The Honorable John H. White, late member of the House of Representatives from the 12th Senatorial District of this State, has departed this life since the close of the first session of the 32d General Assembly of the State of Illinois; and,

WHEREAS, It is fitting that some tribute of respect should be paid to the memory of one whose private and public services are so worthy of emulation and honor; therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives, That in the death of Hon. John H. White the State has lost the services of one who enjoyed in a high degree not only the confidence and esteem of his constituents, but his fellow members of the House of Representatives as well.

Resolved, That the Clerk of the House be directed to communicate these resolutions to the family of the deceased, and that they be spread upon the journal of the House. After appropriate remarks by Representative Dysart, the preamble and resolution were unanimously adopted by a rising vote.

Mr. Harris of Fayette offered the following preamble and resolution :

WHEREAS, The House of Representatives of the 32d General Assembly of the State of Illinois has heard with deep regret of the death of Hon. Tilman Raser, a member from Marion county; and,

WHEREAS, It is fitting and proper that we, his friends and co-laborers, should, in suitable manner, testify our respect to his memory;

Resolved, That in the death of Hon. Tilman Raser the House has lost a useful member' the State a wise and judicious legislator.

Resolved, That we tender to the family of the deceased the assurance of our deepest sympathy in their great bereavement.

Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the journal of the House, and a copy thereof, duly attested by the Speaker and Clerk, be sent to the family of the deceased.

After appropriate remarks by Representatives Harris of Fayette, Andrews, Chafee, Durfee, Youngblood, Garland and Herrington, the preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted by a rising vote.

At 11:35 o'clock A. M., Mr. Strattan of Jefferson, in deference to the memory of the deceased members, moved that the House adjourn until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.

And the motion prevailed.

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