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nding the administration of the duties of their offices. $142,475 
:>es to the Illinois National Guards ; $51,600 to the Agricultural, 
orticultural and Piscicultural Boards ; $98,600 to the Canal and 
ailroad Commissioners—$60,000 of the amount to be used by the 
anal Board only on a contingency, which during the last two years 
d not happen, and the money was not touched. $24,000 to the Sani- 
ry Board. These, with a small appropriation for the Normal 
hools, I believe, make up the $6,140,000 appropriated for the two 
jars by the last Legislature. Nearly five millions of this sum, as 
)u will see, go to the schools—the charitable and penal institutions 
id the judiciary of the State. 
I have thought it proper to refer to these matters, connected with 
e affairs of our State, because you, as tax-paying citizens, have a 
ght to know and desire to know what becomes of your money after 
e tax collector gathers it in. 
But I will not detain you longer. There are many facts connect- 
l with the history of our State and its affairs which 1 would like to 
lk about, if I had time. The people of this country are passing 
rough an era of almost unparalleled prosperity. The country has 
;ver been more prosperous, as a whole. By wise administration of 
Fairs, and by wisdom gathered from the years of trial through which 
e people passed in the period of our financial and business depres- 
sn, we may continue to go forward in increasing prosperity. 
When Gov. Cullom concluded his speech, he stepped to the floor 
'the hall, where he was introduced personally to the audience, and 
Laking hands with each one who was presented to him, had a word 
* cheer to offer each of them. 
The Convention then adjourned to 9 o’clock 
FRIDAY MORNING. 
The Convention assembled at 9 o’clock, and a score or more ol 
embers accepted the cordial invitation of E. J. Oatman to visit \iis 
rm and view the silo and ensilage, conveyances being furnished by 
ie farmers and others of Dundee. After a drive of a mile and a half, 
ie farm of the Messrs. Oatman was reached, and the Convention 
mceeded to inspect the silo, which is a very large one, and which 
iey built the past season. The ensilage was in a fine state of pre- 
:rvation, and to show how the cows relished this kind of feed a dozen 
>ws or more were stabled and small ration placed before each of 
em. The gentle kine hesitated not, but with a relish soon devoured 
e feed, and from their looks plainly asked for more. The Oatmans 
ive thus far made a success of their experiment, and are highly 
ated with the results. Should any dairyman desire to construct a 
lo, it would pay them to visit this one and learn the modus operandi. 
he members of the Convention expressed themselves highly gratfied 
ith their visit. The Convention returned to the hall at 11 A. m., and 
programme was resumed as follows : 
