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propriated for sectarian purposes, 393 ; taxes, 

 393 ; government of counties, 393 ; corpora- 

 tions, 393 ; State bank prohibited, 393 ; rail- 

 road companies, 393 ; competing lines forbid- 

 den to consolidate, 394 ; right of eminent do- 

 main over railroad property, 394 ; militia, 394 ; 

 warehouses, 394 ; responsibility of railroad 

 companies to shippers, 394; amendments of 

 constitution, 394 ; minority representation, 

 395; town 'and county subscriptions to rail- 

 roads, 395; provisions as to Illinois Central 

 Eailroad, 395 ; Illinois & Michigan Canal, 

 395 ; Federal relations, 395 ; power of seces- 

 sion, 395 ; removal of national capital, 396 ; 

 ratification of amendments to Federal Consti- 

 tution, 396 ; election upon constitution, 396 ; 

 proclamation of Governor announcing result, 

 396 ; election of judges, 396 ; Governor appor- 

 tions members of Assembly, 396 ; Republican 

 State Convention, 396 ; nominees, 396; reso- 

 lutions, 396 ; Democratic Convention, 397 ; 

 nominees, 397 ; resolutions, 397 ; finances, 

 398 ; debt, 398 ; value of property, 398 ; taxes, 

 398 ; education, 398 ; 4 Normal University, 398 ; 

 Industrial University, 398 ; charitable institu- 

 tions, 398 ; Reform-School, 398 ; Penitentiary, 

 398 ; election returns, 399 ; United States cen- 

 sus, 399 ; population of Chicago, 399 ; of 

 Peoria, 399 ; of Quincy, 399 ; of Springfield, 

 399. 



XI. Meeting of Legislature, 386; election 

 of United States Senator, 386 ; measures, 

 386 ; charges on railroads, 386, 387 ; railroad 

 and warehouse commissioners, 387 ; receiv- 

 ing, etc., of grain by railroad companies, 387, 

 388 ; act to regulate public warehouses and 

 inspection, etc., of grain, 388, 389 ; vetoes 

 of Governor, 389, 390; public institutions, 

 390, 391; new State-House, 391; extra ses- 

 sion of Legislature, 391; measures, 391, 392; 

 Republican Convention, 392 ; resolutions, 392 ; 

 Democratic Convention, 392 ; resolutions, 392, 

 393 ; election returns, 393 ; Chicago fire, 

 393 ; extent of, 393, 394 ; summary of 

 losses, 394 ; population, 394 ; effect on insur- 

 ance companies, 394; relief sent, 394, 396; 

 diagram of burned district, 395; meeting of 

 Legislature, 396 ; relief for the city, 396 ; action 

 of General Sheridan, 396; Governor Palmer 

 remonstrates against military control, 397; 

 withdrawal of troops, 398 ; killing of Colonel 

 Grosvenor, 398; action of grand- jury, 398, 

 399 ; message of Governor to the Legislature 



in regard to, 399; letter of the President to 

 Governor Palmer, 399, 400 ; appointment of a 

 committee by the Legislature, 400 ; reply of the 

 Governor, 400 ; action of Legislature, 400, 401 ; 

 liquor law, 401, 402 ; classification of railroads, 

 402; finances, 402; schools, 402; charitable 

 institutions, 402; census statistics of 1870, 

 403, 404. 



XII. Legislation, 388 ; State Convention of 

 liquor-dealers, 388, 389 ; resolutions adopted, 

 389 ; Republican State Convention, 889 ; nomi- 

 nations, 389 ; resolutions, 388, 389 ; resolutions 

 of the Democratic party, 390 ; of the Liberal 

 Republicans, 390 ; ticket agreed upon by the 

 two parties, 391; convention of "Straight-out" 

 Democrats, 391 ; results of the election, 391 ; 

 the right of women to vote denied by the Su- 

 preme Court, 391 ; financial condition, 391 ; 

 receipts and expenditures, 891; public debt, 

 891 ; tax levy, 392 ; school statistics, 392 ; 

 common-school funds, 393 ; railroads, 393 ; 

 Governor Palmer on the refusal of railroads to 

 obey the laws fixing passenger and freight 

 rates, 393; judicial reforms recommended, 

 394; election of Governor Oglesby to the 

 United States Senate, 394 ; statistics of agri- 

 culture, 394; of manufactures, 394; of news- 

 papers, 394; of libraries, 395; of churches, 

 396. 



XIII. The farmers' movement the most im- 

 portant topic of the year, 362 ; its origin, 362 ; 

 causes that led to it, 362 ; freight-traffic, 363 ; 

 action of manufacturers of agricultural im- 

 plements, 363; attitude of the parties, 363; 

 " three-cent war," 364 ; action of railroad com- 

 panies, 364 ; resort to legislation, 364 ; Board 

 of Railroad Commissioners, 364 ; disobedience 

 of the companies, 364 ; a test case in the courts, 

 364; the new railroad bill, 365, 866; takes 

 effect, 366 ; suit against the Chicago & North- 

 western Company, 367 ; statement of the Gov- 

 ernor, 367; resolutions of the Farmers' Con- 

 vention, 367 ; county and district conventions, 

 368 ; the Northwestern Farmers' Convention, 

 368; resolutions adopted, 368; elections, 368; 

 State Farmers' Association, 368; report of 

 secretary, 369; platform adopted, 369; ad- 

 journment of the Legislature, 369; valuation 

 of property, 370 ; railroads, 370 ; public insti- 

 tutions, 370 ; officers of government, 371 ; 

 Legislature, 371. 



XIV. The Farmers' Convention, 402 ; nom- 

 inations, 402 ; platform, 402, 403 ; Republican 



