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iiL. r ratulatc tlio Mormon Church on is recent 



declaration ulwndoniin: polygamy an<l in fax or of .11- 



WM of Church uixl i-lutc in all political utfuirH ; and, 



MI; this iliM-larutinii us sincere, \ve ].)e.l^c tlie 



partx that. \\ith continuance of evidences of this sin 



eerit'v, We \\ill, lit the lle.Xt cnsuillu' Session of tile 



.lure, restore to its members the full political 

 _'es ofciti/enslii]i secured to all others. 



At the convention of the Prohibition party 

 in August but three counties Ada, Bingham, 

 and Cassia were represented. Not more than 

 "2~t delegates were present. The ticket nomi- 

 nated was as follows: For Governor, Joseph A. 

 (Mark : Lieutenant-Governor, Moses F. Fowler; 

 Congressman, E. li. Hedley ; Secretary of State, 

 Ke\. I. S. Hicks; Auditor, J. W. W. Post ; Su- 

 perintendent of Public Instruction, S. D. Condit; 

 Treasurer, C. W. Ramsay ; Supreme Court Jus- 

 tice. T. M. Stewart. 



Allegiance to the Declaration of Independence 

 was declared to be the platform adopted. It was 

 also declared that 



The traffic in intoxicating beverages is a public nui- 

 sance, a producer of crime, poverty, and political cor- 

 ruption ; it increases taxes, and ai verts over $1,000,- 

 000,000 annually from the lines of legitimate business ; 

 tax and license la \vs recognize it as legitimate and in- 

 crease its power for evil ; the traffic, therefore, should 

 be completely suppressed. 



Universal suffrage was proposed, and the issue 

 of a circulating medium in gold, silver, and pa- 

 per sufficient to meet business demands ; also the 

 election of President, Vice-President, and Sena- 

 tors by direct vote of the people ; the regulation 

 of immigration; the control of railroads, tele- 

 graph, express, and telephone lines by the State. 



ILLINOIS, a Western State, admitted to the 

 Union Dec. 3,1818; area, 56,650 square miles. 

 The population, according to each decennial 

 census, was 55,162 in 1820; 157,445 in 1830; 

 476,183 in 1840; 851.470 in 1850; 1,711.951 in 

 1860; 2,539,891 in 1870; 3,077,871 in 1880; and 

 3,826,351 in 1890. Capital. Springfield. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Joseph W. 

 Filer. Republican; Lieutenant-Governor, Lyman 



B. Ray ; Secretary of State, Isaac N. Pearson ; 

 Auditor, Charles W. Pa vey: Treasurer, Edward 

 S. Wilson; Attorney-General, George Hunt; 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction, Henry 

 Raab ; Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners, 

 Isaac M. Philips, J. R. Wheeler, and Jonathan 



C. Willis : Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 

 Benjamin D. Magruder; Associate Justices, 

 Simeon P. Shope, Alfred M. Craig, John Schol- 

 field, David J. Baker, J. W. Wilkin, and J. M. 

 Bailey. 



Finances. The State is practically free from 

 debt, there being only a few State bonds still 

 unpaid, on which interest has ceased. There is 

 a considerable balance in the State treasury in 

 spite of the low tax rate and generous appro- 

 priations for education and charities. 



Valuations. The valuation of property in 

 the State, as assessed and equalized lor taxation 

 in ls<)2, was as follows: Personal property, 

 *li:!.'.ir,:.u.->4; lands, $316,659.655; lots, $284,- 

 JNS.'J|)2; total railroad property assessed by local 

 assessors, $2,737,803 ; railroad property assessed 

 by t he State Board of Equalization, $77,108,390; 

 capital stock of corporations assessed by the 



board. $0.549,202 ; total assessment, $881,810,806. 

 The total assessment of 1891 was $^ 

 The State board, in the process of equalization, 

 deducted from the land assessment Jf'J^'.:: 

 and added to the city and town lots $88371 

 and to personal property $167,. r ><<). Tims i In- 

 net gain of the equalized value over the nfWffMd 

 value is $1,663,068. 



Included in the total assessment of personal 

 property were 1,181,231 horses, valued at $24.- 

 501,154; 2,146,481 cattle, valued at $13,026.588: 

 91,855 mules, valued at $1,987,999; 888,755 

 sheep, valued at $887,253; and 1,962.554 swine, 

 valued at $2.482,533. The total equalized val- 

 uation of Cook County was $270,637,* lit::. 



For 1892 the amount to be raised bv taxation 

 upon the total State assessment was $2,500,000, 

 of which $1,000,000 is available for schools. 



<'on lit > Jails and Almslmuscs. An inspec- 

 tion made in 1892 showed that the number of 

 prisoners in the county jails was 804 males, 

 781 ; females, 23. The number of boys under 

 sixteen years in jail was 51. The jail expenses 

 were $198,054 for the preceding year, of which 

 $131,322 was the cost of feeding p'risoners. The 

 number of inmates of the county almshouses 

 when visited was 5,978 males, 8,548; females, 

 2,430 ; natives, 2,254 ; foreigners, 2,857 ; colored, 

 108. The pauper expenses for the preceding 

 year were as follow : Maintenance of alms- 

 houses, $825,054.26 ; repairs and improvements, 

 $44,379.80; outdoor relief, $722,288.85; total, 

 $1,591,722.91. 



State Banks. On July 28 there were 108 

 State banks in operation, with total resources 

 and liabilities of $110,140,081.96. Their loans 

 and discounts amounted to $72.037,983.37; their 

 savings deposits subject to notice to $21,852,- 

 906.50; individual deposits subject to check, 

 $43,740,684.60; cash on hand, $8,913,903.70; 

 total capital stock. $17,397,500. 



Railroads. The report of the Railroad and 

 Warehouse Commissioners for the year ending 

 June 30, 1891, shows that the total railroad 

 mileage in the State was 10,179 miles, of which 

 50 miles had been built during the year. The 

 capital of the railroads doing business' in Illinois 

 was as follows: Capital stock, $875,259,455; 

 bonds, $1.001,799,159; current liabilities, $69,- 

 605,160; total, $1,946,663,770. The earnings 

 and income in Illinois during the year were : By 

 the passenger department, including mails, ex- 

 press, and extra baggage, $19,654,807.61 ; by the 

 freight department, $48, 1 :U .< rj.-j.92. There were 

 also other earnings which brought the total in- 

 come from operation up to $68,095,988.67. The 

 income from property owned but not operated 

 was $5,403.177.77, making the total earnings 

 and income $73,499,166.44. The total expendi- 

 tures in Illinois during the year were $65.458,- 

 260.48, of which $45.135.045. 1!) went for operat- 

 ing expenses. The number of passengers car- 

 ried earning revenue was 82.17H.1M. and the 

 number of tons of freight carried earning rev- 

 enue was 54,048,837. The number of railroad 

 employees in Illinois during the year was 60,968, 

 and their aggregate salary fMJBSBjK 1 .< 'T There 

 was during the year an increase of 8,533 in the 

 number of empl< 



Coal. The statistics of coal production in 

 Illinois for the year ending July 1, 1892, present 



