Building for the Centuries: Illinois, 1865 to 1898 |
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... Tanner was elected with the highest majority ever received by a governor of Illinois . Tanner contrived a final insult to the man who had already weathered so much abuse . With Altgeld seated on the platform , Tanner refused to allow ...
... Tanner was elected with the highest majority ever received by a governor of Illinois . Tanner contrived a final insult to the man who had already weathered so much abuse . With Altgeld seated on the platform , Tanner refused to allow ...
Page 111
... Tanner shifted the spotlight from the governor's chair to a newly created board of pardons . He was hardly an idealist , and he considered the police " an instrument for the sole benefit of the political party which happens to be in ...
... Tanner shifted the spotlight from the governor's chair to a newly created board of pardons . He was hardly an idealist , and he considered the police " an instrument for the sole benefit of the political party which happens to be in ...
Page 114
... Tanner to Shelby Cullom , Jan. 2 , 1887. Cullom MSS , Illinois State Historical Library . 75. Ibid . 76. August Spies to Richard Oglesby , Nov. 6 , 1887. Oglesby MSS , Illinois State Historical Library . 77. Ibid . , Oglesby's comments ...
... Tanner to Shelby Cullom , Jan. 2 , 1887. Cullom MSS , Illinois State Historical Library . 75. Ibid . 76. August Spies to Richard Oglesby , Nov. 6 , 1887. Oglesby MSS , Illinois State Historical Library . 77. Ibid . , Oglesby's comments ...
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Of People and Places | 1 |
Structure of Governmental Power | 35 |
Of Men and Machines | 72 |
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