ILLINOIS. 



INDIA. 



received a sentence of fifteen years The 

 Governor, in his Mateinent MoomMiiying tho 



pWtion, alleged that the jury that tried their 

 traa packed: thai it was prejudiced, and 

 therefore incompetent t<> try tin- case; tliat then- 

 was no evidence connecting the prisoners with 

 the crime charged, and that the judge who pre- 

 sided at the trial was prejudiced. 



Suits against Former State Officers. Late 

 in January, in accordance with inst ructions from 

 Lieut. -Gov. Gill, then acting as Governor, At- 

 torney-General Moloney brought suit against ex- 

 State Auditor Pavey and his sureties, claiming 

 that the ex-Auditor had violated hisoflicial l>ond 

 by retaining possession of the private account 

 books relating to the insurance department, and 

 by drawing a salary as insurance commissioner 

 in addition to that of Auditor. On Feb. 10 the 

 acting Governor further instructed the Attorney- 

 General to bring suits against all the auditors 

 and State treasurers who had held office since 

 1870. In his letter of instructions he made the 

 following charges : 



1. That the auditors of public accounts have for 

 many years drawn 3 salaries, namely, 1 as auditor of 

 public accounts of $3,500 per annum, 1 as Commis- 

 Mont-r iif Insurance of $5,000 per annum, and I as ex 

 <iffifi<> member of the State Board of Equalization at 

 $5 per day in violation of section 23, Article V of the 

 Constitution, prohibiting State auditors from receiv- 

 ing in excess of their salary ($3,500) " any fees, costs, 

 perquisites, or compensation " ; and, further, that the 

 LOOKS and records necessary to show the receipts nnd 

 expenditures of the insurance department have IM-CM 

 illegally sequestered by outgoing auditors of public 

 accounts. 



2. That for vears the public moneys in the State 

 treasury have been loaned at interest by State treas- 

 urers, and the interest or profit accruing from the 

 money so loaned has been converted to the use of for- 

 mer State treasurers, and for such interest they have 

 not accounted to the public of the State of Illinois. 



To this order the Attorney-General soon re- 

 sponded by bringing suit on the bond of E. S. 

 Wilson, who retired from the office of State 

 Treasurer at the beginning of the year, and in 

 March he began legal proceedings against ex- 

 Auditors Charles E. Lippincot and Charles P. 

 Swigert. The questions that are involved in 

 these suits had not been determined at the close 

 of the year 1893. 



Chicago. On April 4 an election for mem- 

 bers of the city government was held which 

 aroused unusual interest from the fact that the 

 officials to be chosen, especially the mayor, would 

 have the duty of representing the people of Chi- 

 cago in all public ceremonies attendant upon the 

 World's Fair, and in entertaining visiting officials 

 and celebrities. Carter H. Harrison, who had 

 already served several terms as mayor, received 

 the Democratic nomination ; Samuel W. Allerton 

 was the nominee of the Republicans and of a 

 citizens' convention, and De Witt C. Cregier re- 

 ceived the nomination of the Labor party. After 

 a sharp canvass, in which nearly every newspaper 

 of influence in the city united in opposing Har- 

 rison, he was elected, having a plurality exceed- 

 ing 20,000 over Allerton. 



Another important election occurred in the city 

 in November for judges of the local courts. 

 Judge Joseph Gary, who presided at the trial of 

 the anarchists in 1886, and whose conduct there- 



in had been severely orilici-ed l.y (ic,\-. Altgcld, 

 was a candidate for re-election. Although a 

 Democrat and rejected by the con vent ion of his 

 own party, he was nominated on the Republican 

 ticket, and wa- earnestly supported by the better 

 element of both parlies. In spite of the opposi- 

 tion of (iov. Altgcld, he ran ahead of tin- ticket, 

 and was re-elected by a hand.-oine. majority, car- 



K ing with him into office nearly all the other 

 epublican candidates. ( )n < let. 2H Mayor Har- 

 rison was assassinated (see article HAKKIMI.V, 

 CARTER HENRY, in this volume). On Dec. 19 a 

 special election was held to choose a mayor, at 

 which John P. Hopkins, Democrat, was success- 

 ful, receiving 112,700 votes to 111.313 for George 

 B. Swift, the Republican candidate, and 1,517 

 for the Socialist Labor nominee. 



INDIA, an empire in southern Asia dependent 

 on the British Crown, is governed, pursuant to 

 certain general acts of Parliament, by a Gov- 

 ernor-General, popularly styled the Viceroy, and 

 his subordinates, under the general control of the 

 Secretary of State for India, who is a member of 

 the British Cabinet. The Secretary of State is 

 assisted by a Council of at least 10 members, 9 of 

 whom must have served or resided ten years in 

 India. All expenditures of the revenues must 

 be passed upon by the Council ; but in matters 

 involving foreign relations, the policy of the 

 Government toward the native states, or other 

 matters requiring secrecy, the Secretary of State 

 may act without the Council. The Governor- 

 General is assisted by a Council of 5 ordinary 

 members, supplemented by a member represent- 

 ing the Department of Public Works and the 

 commander in chief of the forces. Governors 

 and lieutenant-governors also become extraor- 

 dinary members when the Council meets within 

 their provinces. The ordinary members have 

 charge of the Departments of Home Affairs, 

 Revenue and Agriculture, Military Affairs, Leg- 

 islation, Finance and Commerce, and Public 

 Works. There is a Legislative Council, consist- 

 ing of the Council of the Governor-General and 

 from 10 to 16 additional members appoint ed l.y 

 him. The ordinary members of the Executive 

 Council are appointed by the Crown, as are also 

 the Governors of Bombay and Madras. The 

 Lieu ten ant-Governors of Bengal and of the 

 Northwest Provinces and Oudh, and the Chief 

 Commissioners of Assam, the Central Provinces, 

 and Burmah are appointed by the Viceroy, sub- 

 ject tothe confirmation of the Secretary of State. 

 The Governors of Madras and Bombay (includ- 

 ing Sindh) have each an Executive and a Legis- 

 lative Council, and a separate civil service and a 

 separate army. The Lieutenant- Governors of 

 Bengal and of the Northwest Provinces have 

 only legislative councils. The chief commis- 

 sioners have no councils or legislative powers. 

 The provinces have divisions administered by 

 commissioners, and these divisions are subdi- 

 vided into districts under collector magistrates 

 and deputy commissioners, which are the units 

 of administration. Each district magistrate ha< 

 under him usually a joint magistrate, an assiM- 

 ant magistrate, and deputy collectors or other 

 officers. Many of the magistrate collectors exer- 

 cise judicial as well as administrative functions. 

 The term of the Marquis of Lansdowne as Vice- 

 roy expired in December, 1892. Sir Henry Nor- 



