Five members demanding, the ayes and nays were called on th amendment offered by Mr. Wall, with the following result: Those voting in the affirmative are: Messrs. Barry, Bolt, Bower, Bridges, Brumback, Butterworth, Chase, Cremer, Day Durfee, Ehrhardt, Elliott, English, Ficklin, Fosbender, Foy, Frew, Graham, Greer Hall of Tazewell, Hall of Gallatin, Hammond, Harts, Herrington, Hinckley, Hind: Jones of Christian, Lewis, Marston, McBride, McCreery, McKinlay, Meier, Milehan Meilbeck, Moss, O'Malley, Orendorff, Peters, Pleasants, Powell, Pratt, Price, Pricket Provart, Reaburn, Reavill, Robinson of Jackson, Robison of Fulton, Rogers, Riche Ryan, Samuel, Savage, Scarlett, Seiter, Sexton, Sloan, Snigg, Snyder, Thomason, Thon son of Will, Tracy, Trammell, Trusdell, Vasey, Wall, Walsh, Wentworth, Zimmerma Zink -71. Those voting in the negative are: Messrs. Abraham, Allen of Warren, Allen of Whiteside, Bowen, Bisbee, Black, Brighan Burt, Byers. Carter of Adams, Carter of Johnson, Churchill, Clark, Cockle, Collin Core, Crooker, Crosthwait, Davis, Dysart, Ewing, Granger, Gray, Gregg, Gross, Hamilto Hopkins, Ingham, Jackson, Johnson, Jones of Washington, Keniston, Kouka, Latime Layman, Lovell, Lyon, Mason, Mathews, McFie, Miles, Mitchell, Morrison, Neal, Net Nichols, Otman, Pearson, Ranney, Scott, Scroggs, Secrest, Shaw, Sherman, Simonso Struckman, Taylor of Winnebago, Thomas, Thompson of Cook, Tice, Tyler, Veil Warren, Wheeler, Wilson, Wightman, Wright of Boone, Wright of DuPage, M Speaker-69. Those absent and not voting are Messrs. Buck, Dewey, Halliday Holden, Jennings, Mock, Murray, Smith, Spencer, Stevens, Taylor Cook, and Weber. The question recurring on the rosolution offered by Mr. Gros as amended by Mr. Wall, it was adopted. Mr. Shaw offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That the use of this hall, this evening, be granted the Illinois State Bar Ass ciation, for the delivery of an address upon the life, character and services of the la Judge Sidney Breese, by Melville W. Fuller, of Chicago. The following resolution, offered by Mr. Wentworth, was adopted: Resolved, That the Clerk of the House inform the Senate that the House of Represent: tives is organized; and that the Clerk of the House furnish a list of the officers of th permanent organization to the Senate. Mr. Mitchell offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That the Speaker appoint a committee of three, to wait upon the Governo notify him that the House is now organized according to law, and ready to recei any communication he may see proper to make. Mr. Latimer offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That a committee of seven, of which the Speaker shall be chairman, be aj pointed to prepare and report rules for the government of this House. The following resolution, offered by Mr. Gray, was adopted: Resolved, That the Secretary of State be authorized and directed to issue such article of stationery and blanks to the Speaker of the House, and to the Clerk of the Hous upon their written order, as may be useful and necessary to the proper discharge of th duties of their respective offices. The Speaker appointed, as the committee to notify the Governor c the organization of the House, Messrs. Mitchell, Wentworth and Frev A message from the Senate, by Mr. Paddock, Secretary. I am directed to inform the House of Representatives that the Ser ate has adopted the following resolution, in which I am instructed t ask the concurrence of the House of Representatives: Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring herein, That the two Ho ses meet in joint session, in the hall of the House of Representatives, on Friday, th 10th day of January, A. D. 1879, at 2:30 o'clock, p. m., for the purpose of canvassin the returns of the election for Treasurer and Superintendent of Public Instruction. Mr. Thompson, of Cook, moved to adjourn until two o'clock to-morrov Mr. Mitchell moved to amend by making adjournment until eleve o'clock tomorrow. The amendment was lost. By consent, the Senate resolution referring to the canvassing of th returns of the election for Treasurer and Superintendent of Publi Instruction, was read and adopted. A Message from the Senate, by Mr. Paddock, Secretary: MR. SPEAKER: I am directed to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has adopted the following resolution, to-wit: Resolved, by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring herein, that the Secretary of State be and is hereby directed to employ such number of Janitors and other employes as are required to keep the capitol, halls of the General Assembly, committee rooms, and other rooms and closets in good order and cleanly condition, and for the performance of such other duties as may be imposed upon him by law, or by the direction of either branch of the General Assembly; said janitors and employes to be paid the amount per aiem and in the manner provided by the act of the 30th General Assembly, entitled "An Act to provide for the election and appointment of the officers and employes of the General Assembly, and to fix their compensation." Approved May 28, 1877. In force July 1, 1877. In the adoption of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the House of Representatives. Pending consideration of this Senate resolution, Mr. Matthews moved to adjourn until 10 o'clock, to-morrow. FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1879. The House met, pursuant to adjournment. Roll call, showing 142 present. Those present are: Messrs. Abraham, Allen of Whiteside, Barry, Bolt, Bowen, Bower, Black, Bridges, Brigham, Brumpack, Buck, Burt, Butterworth, Byers, Carter of Adams, Carter of Johnson, Churchill, Clark, Cockle, Collins, Core, Cremer, Crooker, Crosthwait, Davis, Day, Dewey, Durfee, Dysart, Ehrhardt, Elliott, English, Ewing, Ficklin, Fosbender, Foy, Frew, Graham, Granger, Gray, Green, Gregg, Hall of Tazewell, Hall of Gallatin, Halliday, Hamilton, Hammond, Harts, Herrington, Hinckley, Hinds, Hopkins, Ingham, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson, Jones of Christian, Jones of Washington, Keniston, Kouka, Latimer, Layman, Lewis, Lovell, Lyon, Marston, Mason, Mathews, McBride, McCreery, McFie, McKinlay, Meier, Miles, Mileham, Meilbeck, Mitchell, Mock, Morrison, Moss, Neal, Neff, Nichols, O'Malley, Orendorff, Otman, Pearson, Peters, Pleasants, Powell, Pratt, Price, Prickett, Provart, Ranney, Reaburn, Reavill, Robinson of Jackson, Robison of Fulton, Rogers, Richey, Ryan, Samuel, Savage, Scarlett, Scott, Scroggs, Secrest, Seiter, Sexton, Shaw, Sherman, Simonson, Smith, Spencer, Stevens, Struckman, Taylor of Cook, Taylor of Winnebago, Thomas, Thomason, Thompson of Cook, Thomson of Will, Tice, Tracy, Trammell. Trusdell, Tyler, Vasey, Veile, Wall, Walsh, Warren, Weber, Wentworth, Wheeler, Wilson, Wright of Boone, Wright of DuPage, Zimmerman, Zink, Mr. Speaker-142. The journal of yesterday was read and approved. The following report was made by the committee appointed to notify the Governor of the organization of the House of Representatives: Hon. W. A. James, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Thirty-first General Assembly: SIR: The undersigned committee, appointed to wait upon his excellency, the Governor, and inform him that this House was organized, and ready to proceed to the transaction of the public business, would report, that we have called upon his excellency, and have to inform you that he will be ready to communicate with you immediately upon the assembling of the House this morning. [Signed] THOS. F. MITCHELL, A message from the Governor, by Edward F. Leonard, private secretary: MR. SPEAKER: I am directed by the Governor to lay before the House of Representatives the message of the Governor, with the biennial reports of the Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, Treasurer, Attorney General and Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Senate resolution, which was under discussion at time of adjournment yesterday, was taken up. Mr. Snigg moved to lay the resolution on the table, Which motion was lost. Mr. Trusdell moved to refer the resolution to the Committee on Contingent Expenses, when appointed, Which motion was lost. Mr. Granger moved to refer the resolution to a special committee of five, to be appointed by the Chair. THE BIENNIAL MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR of the State of Illinois, to the Thirty-First General Assembly, was taken up and read. Fellow Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: Two years have passed since the representatives of the people last assembled to deliberate and legislate upon the important interests of their constituents in this State. During this time the people have been favored with usual health; and the scourge of disease, which has so afflicted portions of our land, has been providentially stayed and arrested in its fatal career at our very border. The harvests have been bountiful, especially for the year just closed. The trade and industry of the State are reviving, and the spirit and courage of the people take new life from the evidences on every hand that there are prosperous days for this State and nation in the immediate future. The resumption of specie payments by the United States government, after a suspension of seventeen years, is one of the grandest facts and achievements in the financial history of nations. Its accomplishment is evidence alike of the wise councils which have governed our policy, and of the enormous resources and surplus production which have made it possible. We have abundant reason to give thanks to the Giver of all good for the favor which has been shown us as a people. I congratulate you upon your assembling together at the opening of a new year under so favorable circumstances. The chief duty of the Governor, under the constitution, is expressed in the obligation which it imposes upon him, to "take care that the laws be faithfully executed." In a sense, he is doing this in the performance of every proper official act; but the obligation seems graver, and the people have a more vital interest in the manner of its discharge, when the public peace and the lives and property of lawabiding citizens are in jeopardy by reason of organized attacks, or exposed to the menaces of a mob. A government which fails to protect the life and property of its citizens, comes short of fulfilling the first object of its creation and maintenance. After the era of prosperity which followed the war, there naturally came a period of depression. Hard times set in, and many laboring men connected with railroads, manufacturing and mining establishments, were thrown out of work, and the wages of those employed were, from time to time, reduced. As the result of this condition of things, they became restless and dissatisfied; disagreements occurred, and frequent strikes followed. Finally, in July, 1877, the quiet of the people was suddenly broken, and the business of almost the whole country was stopped by assemblages of men, who, in violation and defiance of law and of the civil authorities, took possession of railroads, manufacturing establishments and mines, and forced the owners, and those willing and eager to work, to stop work and submit to the dictation of the rioters. So unlooked for were these occurrences, that few of the States had any preparation for them. At some places there was great loss of life and property; but in our own State, with the exception of the sad occurrences of one day in the streets of Chicago, the whole record of suffering and loss is told, when the statement is made that for a week many of the railroads, mines and manu facturing establishments were under the rule of lawless men, and the commerce of the State was almost at a stand-still. The act passed by the last General Assembly, in 1877, providing for the organizing of the militia, had been in force but a few days, and nothing had been done under it to organize the military force of the State. There was no adequate preparation for the troubles which so suddenly came upon us. Every military company in the State, however, whether mustered into service or not, and whether armed and equipped or not-none of them being fully equipped for active duty-responded to the call upon them, and held themselves in readiness to go wherever ordered, and to perform any duty, as soldiers, which the exigencies of the time demanded. Ammunition was procured with all possible dispatch, and as soon as the National Guard could reach the different points in the State where the rioters were interfering with labor, and in possession of railroad trains and manufacturing and mining establishments, all unlawful assemblages were dispersed and business resumed. While the strike and riotous lawlessness resulted in no destruction of property in this State, it cost the State a considerable sum of money, besides the loss sustained by citizens in the interference with their business. The officers and men of the Illinois National Guard are entitled to the heartiest thanks of the people of the State for their prompt and efficient service. As already stated, every military organization in the State was called to duty, and was either in active service or at its Armory waiting orders for about fifteen days. The railway trains, and machine shops and factories in Chicago, Peoria, Galesburg, Decatur and East St. Louis, were in the hands of the mob, as well as the mines at Braidwood, LaSalle, and some other places; and all these places were urgently demanding a military force to aid the civil authorities in their efforts to preserve the peace and enforce the law. A military force was placed on duty at all the places named above, with strict orders to act subordinate to, and in assistance of, the civil authorities. Their behavior throughout was unexceptionable. The members of the Illinois National Guard include representatives of every honorable occupation-some are men who have charge of large business interests, others are working for daily wages, and depending upon their wages for support. The time and attention which these men gave, in response to my call upon them, involved to many a serious sacrifice. They gave their service freely. The law of the State fixes the rate of payment for such service, but no appropriation had been made to meet this unlooked-for contingency, and no adequate fund was at the disposal of the Governor to defray the ex penses of such an emergency. The consequence is, the Nation Guard have not been paid a dollar for their services. I have on other occasions, at the request of civil authorities, ordered to report to the sheriffs to assist them in preserving in the counties of LaSalle, Pike and St. Clair. The subsistence and pay of the military fore tion from one point to another, has been el are, principally, those of small amounts, for camp equipage, scissente and medicine. I therefore recommend that an appropriation de Iait without delay, sufficient to pay the militia for their services are ins to the pay-rolls approved by the Adjutant General, and now 11 te possession; also, to pay the railroad companies the amount RL be found to be due them, and the unpaid balance of ureafte": and subsistence bills. The occurrences of July, 1877, gave a great impetus te ge zation of the militia under the existing law. I take great as I calling your special attention to the report of the Aquam weler which gives a history of the operations of the more c State for the last two years, together with a detailed sumene ( 22 expenses thereby incurred. The suggestions and recomme the Adjutant General in relation to the enem of he Guard so that they may at all times be ready for wome building of a new State arsenal, and the sale of most cordially endorse, and I also recommend the IA LIT d V8 en In July, 1877, when the "strike," as it was let the first duty of the civil authorities was u maintain the peace by whatever means ne this, to secure the dispersal of all riotous EMILE ever might be the pretext of their coming ve there was, at no time in this State, any wide-reader among the laboring classes. There was a grea at what the employed, in certain lines of ind oppressive reduction of wages. When trole ern States, a very few turbulent spirits aug joined by the idlers, tramps, and generally fo is known as the "dangerous classes," taking alum alarm, were enabled, for a few days only the State. Many a factory closed ite stopped its trains, among whose employe active sympathy with the mob. The vagrant, the wilfully idle, we disturbances, and we have to recognise de us a class which is ready, at all times ing to a disturbance of the peace same events which taught us this fac effective are the agencies has at command, and power enough to thwar disrega I is L. of the w forbscrip private dness to a exceedThese icipal debt continue to it or unnec jury to the importance of Auditor has sugThe more prompt sment, and it is be adopted, or e end. done to improve sider the question nt to make some received from the available for payry whether it may on corporate capital |