ILLINOIS. 



INDIA. 



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We are in favor of the eight-hour work day. 



We favor the adoption of the Australian ballot 



The Democratic partv pledges itself that all depos- 

 its of State funds shall be in Illinois banks, and that 

 the interest thereon shall be paid into the State treas- 

 ury, and that such legislation as is necessary shall be 

 enacted to carry this resolution into effect. 



We favor the election of United States Senator by 

 direct vote of the people. 



We are in favor of the election of the Railroad and 

 Warehouse Commissioners by direct vote of the peo- 

 ple. 



We favor the preparation and publication of a series 

 of school books and furnishing the same to the school 

 children of this State at actual cost. 



We declare that the parental right to direct and con- 

 trol the education of the child should forever remain 

 inviolate, and that the provisions of the law of 1839, 

 commonly known as the Compulsory Education stat- 

 ute, impairing that inalienable right, should be at 

 once repealed. 



The Republican State Convention met at 

 Springfield, on June 24. Its nominees were 

 Franz Amberg for State Treasurer, and Rich- 

 ard Edwards for Superintendent of Public In- 

 struction, the latter being renominated. Three 

 trustees for the State University were also se- 

 lected. The platform denounces "trusts," rec- 

 ommends the passage of an Australian ballot 

 law, and further declares as follows : 



The Republican party has ever been the champion 

 of the American working man against the oppressions 

 or exactions of corporate monopoly, as various enact- 

 ments on the Illinois statute books originating with 

 Kepublicans and passed by the vote of Republican 

 majorities testify. We favor the amendment of those 

 laws or the enactment of new ones wherever and 

 whenever experience suggests that amendment or en- 

 actment is required so as to secure the protection of 

 the working man in life or limb, or which may guar- 

 antee to him reasonable working hours and fair com- 

 pensation and its prompt collection. 



We recognize the American public-school system as 

 the chief agency in securing intelligent citizenship, 

 and the chief bulwark of popular liberties, and we 

 declare in favor of a compulsory education law which 

 will guarantee to all the children of the State ample 

 opportunity of acquiring such an elementary educa- 

 tion as will fit them for the intelligent performance 

 of civic and political duties when they reach the age 

 of manhood. But we are at the same time opposed 

 to any arbitrary interference with the right of parents 

 or guardians to educate their children at private 



We indorse the Australian system of voting, and 

 we demand of our next Legislature proper enactments 

 to carry the same into full force and effect throughout 

 the State. 



We are in favor of the Railroad and Warehouse 

 Commissioners being elected by the direct vote of the 



and also the repeal of so much of said law as pro- 

 vides for public supervision over private schools. 



In the canvass State issues were not promi- 

 nent, the contests in the several Congressional 

 districts diverting the interest from the State 

 ticket. Although the farmers made no efforts 

 to nominate an independent State ticket, they 

 were notably active through their ' various so- 

 cieties, and in some cases placed in the field their 

 own candidates for the Legislature. Their de- 

 mands are summarized in the following resolu- 

 tions, adopted at the meeting of the State' Alli- 

 ance, on Oct. 30, at Springfield : 



That we are in favor of a uniform series of text- 

 books for our public schools, and we demand that the 

 State furnish them to the school boards at cost ; and 

 we demand such legislation as will carry these resolu- 

 tions into full force and effect ; and we further de- 

 mand a fair English education for every child in the 

 State of Illinois. 



liVe declare that we believe that the Board of Equal- 

 ization of Taxes is unjustly influenced by, if not in 

 the pay of the corporations of the State, and we de- 

 clare that the board ought to be abolished, and when 

 a person owes a debt represented by a mortgage note, 

 such person shall be entitled to an exemption in such 

 proportion as the amount of such mortgage is to the 

 value of the property upon which he may pay taxes. 



That all circuit clerks be compelled to furnish a list 

 of all mortgages recorded in their offices to the assess- 

 or of each township, and the said mortgages and all 

 notes shall bear the name or stamp of the assessor or 

 be null and void. 



That the lawful rate of interest hi the State of 

 Illinois be 4 per cent, and contract 6. 



The election in November resulted in a Republi- 

 can defeat. For Treasurer, "Wilson received 331,- 

 837 votes ; Amberg, 321,990 ; Link, 22,306. For 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction, Raab re- 

 ceived 345,912 votes ; Edwards, 311,860; Johann, 

 18,296. The following Democrats were elected 

 trustees of the State University: Richard P. 

 Morgan, John H. Bryant, Nelson M. Graham. 

 For members of the Legislature, 101 Democrats, 

 100 Republicans, and 3 Farmers' Mutual Benefit 

 Association members were elected, divided be- 

 tween the two Houses as follows : Senate, 27 Re- 

 publicans, 24 Democrats ; House, 73 Republi- 

 cans, 77 Democrats, 3 Benefit Association mem- 

 bers. Upon the constitutional amendment to 

 perfect the provisions for establishing savings 

 banks, the vote was 480,512 in its favor, to 56,- 

 737 against it. The amendment to enable Chi- 

 cago to borrow $5,000,000 for the World's Fair 

 was adopted by a vote of 500,299 in favor, to 

 176,518 against it. A majority of the votes cast 

 in the city of Chicago were also in favor of the 

 amendment, and it thereby became effective. 



For Members of Congress the Republican can- 

 didates were successful in only 6 of the 20 Con- 

 gressional districts, a loss of 7 districts. 



Some doubt being expressed regarding the 

 eligibility of W-. C. Collins, a Republican Sena- 

 tor-elect from the Twenty-first District, his res- 

 ignation was filed with the Governor in Decem- 

 ber, and a special election to fill the vacancy was 

 ordered to be held on Dec. 30. At this election 

 William Payne, Republican, received 2,595 votes, 

 and John A. Wilson, Democrat, 1,081 votes. 



INDIA, an empire in southern Asia subject 

 to Great Britain. The executive and legislative 

 powers are exercised by the Governor-General, 

 sometimes called the Viceroy, assisted by a Coun- 

 cil whose members preside over the various de- 

 partments of state. The commander-in-chief of 

 the forces in India is a member of the Govemor- 

 General's Council ex officio. Legislative meas- 

 ures are usually laid before the Legislative Coun- 

 cil by the Viceroy. Changes in the system of 

 government established by the act for the bet- 

 ter government of India, passed in 1858, re- 

 quire a special act of the British Parliament to 

 become law. The final decision on all other 

 matters rests with the British Cabinet, and is 

 delegated to a single member of the Cabinet, the 

 Secretary of State for India. The Legislative 



