ILLINOIS. 



the selection of candidates to fill the places on the 

 People's-! )fiii(icratie ticket allotted to the People's 

 party, the convention adjourned. 



At the Democratic Slate Convention, held in 

 1'ocatello on June Hi. all the 21 counties in the 

 were represented except Lincoln. The reso- 

 lutions adopted were all in favor of the remoneti/a- 

 tion of silver, and delegates to the Democratic Na- 

 tional Convention were selected. It met attain at 

 Boise City on Aug. 18, when fusion with the Peo- 

 ple's party was agreed upon, as stated above. The 

 resolutions reaffirmed the platform adopted by the 

 Democratic Convention at Chicago : favored such 

 legislation as would make the public schools most 

 effective : demanded the preservation of the public 

 ranges to the use of citizens of the State : favored 

 the adoption of the constitutional amendment for 

 granting equal suffrage: demanded just legislation 

 for the purpose of relieving ditches owned by set- 

 tlers from burdensome taxation : and pledged the 

 party to enact such legislation as will fully protect 

 the rights of settlers in the use of water for irriga- 

 tion, and to the strictest economy in the adminis- 

 tration of State and county governments. Nomi- 

 nations to fill the Democratic quota on the ticket 

 of the People's-Democratic party were made. 



At ten o'clock Saturday night. Aug. 21. the dele- 

 gates to the Populist and Democratic conventions 

 convened as the People's-Democratic party, and 

 nominated a State ticket as follows: By the Demo- 

 crats were named the candidates for presidential 

 electors, and for Supreme Court Justice, R. P. 

 Quarles : Governor. Frank Steunenberg; Attorney- 

 General. R. E. McFarland: Treasurer. George II. 

 Storer; and Inspector of Mines. 15. F. Hastings. 

 The Populists named : For Representative in Con- 

 3, James Gunn : Lieutenant Governor. C. c. 

 Fuller: Auditor, James II. Anderson: Secretary of 

 . George J. Lewis: and Superintendent of 

 Public Instruction. Lewis Anderson. On Oct. 5 

 George F. Moore was selected by the Populist and 

 Democratic State committees as their candidate 

 for Lieutenant Governor, in place of Mr. Fuller, 

 resigned. 



At the election in November the People's-Demo- 

 cratic ticket was successful. Steunenberg the can- 

 didate of the Populists, the Democrats, and the sil- 

 ver Republicans receiving 22.094 votes, and Bud- 

 long 6.411. The vote for presidential electors \\ ;( s : 

 Bryan. 2:1102: McKinley. 6.324: the Prohibition 

 vote for presidential electors was 1*1. The consti- 

 tutional amendments providing for county attor- 

 neys and county superintendents were carried, and 

 the equal-suffrage amendment received 6.000 more 

 votes than were cast against it. though not a ma- 

 jority of the votes cast at the election. The matter 

 having been taken before it. on Dec. 11 the State 

 Supreme Court decided that when any proposed 

 amendment to the Constitution receives a majority 

 of the votes cast on the proposition, whether or not 

 it is a majority of all the votes cast at that election, 

 the amendment is carried. 



ILLINOIS, a Western State, admitted to the 

 Union Dec. 3. 1*18: area. 56.650 square miles. The 

 population, according to each decennial census, was 

 55.102 in 1*2<: 157,445 in 1830: 47(5. is: 1 , in 1*40; 

 >0> 1.470 in 1S50; 1.711.951 in lsr.0; 2.539.*91 i,, is;n : 

 :'..o 77.871 in 1880: and 3,826.3") 1 in 181)0. Capital. 

 Springfield. 



(Government. The following were the State offi- 

 cers during the year: Governor. John P. Altgeld, 

 Democrat: Lieutenant Governor. Joseph B. Gill: 

 Secretary of State. William H. Hinrichsen : Au- 

 ditor. David Gore: Treasurer. Henry Wulff : Super- 

 intendent of Education. Samuel M. Inglis: Adjutant 

 General, Alfred Orendorff. who resigned and was 

 succeeded Jan. 4 by C. C. Hilton : Attorney-General. 



Maurice T. Mahony: Commissioner of Insur, 

 Bradford K. Durfee; Chief Justice of the Sup 

 Court. Alfred M.Craig: Associate Justices, Joseph 

 \V. Wilkin. Jesse J. Phillips. J. II. Cart wright, 

 Benjamin I). Mairruder. David J. liaker. and Joseph 

 N. Carter. 



Finances. The amount of all funds in the 8 

 treasury Oct. 1. 1*94. was as follow- : General reve- 

 nue fund. 11,293,173.44: State school fund, $144,- 

 71)4.04 ; unknown and minor heirs' fund, $1 1.334.24 : 

 local bond funds. $474,160.35; total, $1,923.402."7. 

 The receipts from all sources from Oct. 1, 1894. to 

 Sept. 30, 1896. inclusive, were: General revenue 

 fund, $6,746,067.62; State school fund, $2,009.- 

 011.89; local bond funds. $2,763,513.58; total re- 

 ceipts. (13,442,055.16. The disbursemeiits from 

 Oct. 1, 1894, to Sept. 30. 1896. inclusive, were: 

 From general fund, $7.675,511.54; State school 

 fund. $2.135.251.90: unknown and minor heirs' 

 fund, $53.71 : local bond funds. $2,744.891.88; total, 

 si 2.555.709.03. Balance of all funds in State treas- 

 ury Oct. 1, 1896, $888.346.13. 



The principal of the bonded debt of the State 

 outstanding Oct. 1, 1896, was $18,500. These bonds, 

 called in by the Governor, have ceased to draw in- 

 terest, but have not been surrendered. 



The receipts of the general revenue fund from Oct. 

 1, 1894, to Sept. 30, 1896, inclusive, are made up in part 

 as follow: From taxes. 1*93. $54.640.09; taxes, 1894. 

 $1.479.102.57: taxes. 1895. $2.918,103.30 : from 7 per 

 cent, on gross earnings of Illinois Central Railroad 

 for six months ending Oct. 31, 1894, $270.729.14 ; for 

 six months ending April 30. 1895. $296.723.78: for 

 six months ending Oct. 31. 1895. $318.264.39; for 

 six months ending April 30. 1896, $317,609.91 ; from 

 United States Government on account of aid to 

 Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home from Oct. 1, 

 IS',14. to June 30. 1896, inclusive. $239.075: from 

 fees collected by Secretary of State from April 1, 

 1894, to March' 31. 1896, inclusive. $195.134.87: 

 from fevs collected by Superintendent of Insurance 

 from July 20. 18931 to Dec. 31. 1895, inclusive. 

 $328.475.42; from United States Government 

 appropriation to colleges of agriculture from Oct. 

 1. 1*94. to Sept. 30. 1896. inclusive. $43,000; from 

 Illinois and Michigan Canal. $50.000 : from unex- 

 pended balance of appropriations to State institu- 

 tions. s221.71S.2s. 



The balance in the treasury beloncinsr to the 

 revenue fund Sept. 30. 1894, was (1,293,173.44; 

 Sept. 30. 1*95. sl73.ssi.4l>: Sept. 30. 1*90. s3<i3.- 

 729.52: Dec. 1. 1*90. siis,i: 



Valuation. In October the State Board of Equa- 

 lization fixed the assessments for 1897. In Sanga- 

 mon. Christian. Menard. and Morgan Counties re- 

 ductions in valuation were made, ranging from a 

 reduction of 50 per cent, on personal property in 

 Morgan County, to 5 per cent, on lands in Christian 

 County. The aggregate valuation of the 278 cor- 

 porations that were a<-e ed was $14.950.2*8. an 

 increase over last year of $173.128. Of these cor- 

 porations. 41 were new. while 37 old companies, 

 with an aggregate capital stock of $l.!i!i9.i'>3*. were 

 either bankrupt or had retired from bush 



Property belonging to 105 railroad corporations, 

 with 9.794 miles of main track, was at an 



-ate valuation of $7*.990.324. or about $300,- 

 000 less than the assessment for 1895. 



Banks. On Sept. 28. 1*95. Illinois had 220 na- 

 tional banks, whose combined capital was $38.- 

 i;71.ooo. and the total resources of which amounted 

 to (288,986,223.04, The amount of United States 

 bonds held to secure circulation was $7.461.750; 

 3S of such bonds beyond requirement. $2.062.- 

 750; amount of coin and coin certificates held. 

 s2 4.300.1194.61 : notes issued for circulation. $62.- 

 010.395: redeemed, $54.ii**.380 : outstanding, (7,- 



