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CHAPTER XXX.

STATE GOVERNMENT-1873.

Governor-John L. Beveridge.

President of Senate and Acting Lieut.-Gov.-Jno. Early.
Secretary of State-George H. Harlow.

Auditor of Public Accounts-C. E. Lippincott.
Treasurer-Edward Rutz.

Superintendent of Public Instruction-Newton Bateman.
Attorney-General-James K. Edsall.

TWENTY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY-FIRST SESSION.

The first session of the Twenty-eighth General Assembly convened January 8, and adjourned May 6, until January 8, 1874. The Assembly was composed of the following members:

SENATE.

Jos. S. Reynolds, Chicago.
R. S. Thompson, Chicago.
Miles Kehoe, Chicago.
Samuel K. Dow, Chicago.
J. McGrath, Chicago.
Horace F. Waite, Chicago.
R. S. Williamson, Chicago.
Clark W. Upton, Waukegan.
John Early, Rockford.
Henry Green, Elizabeth.
Jos. M. Patterson, Sterling.
Geo. P. Jacobs, Oregon.
Miles B. Castle, Sandwich.
Eugene Canfield, Aurora.
Wm. S. Brooks, Joliet.

Almon S. Palmer, Onarga.
Elmer Baldwin, Farm Ridge.
Jas. G. Strong, Dwight.
L. D. Whiting, Tiskilwa.
Edward A. Wilcox, Minonk.
W. H. Shepard, Cambridge.
P. H. Sanford, Knoxville.
Benj. R. Hampton, Macomb.
Benj. Warren, La Harpe.
S. P. Cummings, Astoria.
John S. Lee, Peoria.
A. B. Nicholson, Lincoln.
John Cusey, Downs.
Michael Donahue, Clinton.
J. C. Sheldon, Urbana.

John C. Short, Danville. John H. Yager, Alton.
Charles B. Steele, Mattoon. Geo. Gundlach, Carlyle.
Charles Voris, Windsor.
W. B. Hundley, Taylorville.
Alex. Starne, Springfield.
A. A. Glenn, Mt. Sterling.
Geo. W. Burns,1 Quincy.
Maurice Kelly,2 Liberty.
Wm. R. Archer, Pittsfield.
Wm. Brown, Jacksonville.
Beatty T. Burke, Carlinville. C. M. Ferrell, Elizabethtown.

John Cunningham, Salem. Geo. W. Henry, Louisville. W. J. Crews, Lawrenceville. Thos. S. Casey, Mt. Vernon. F. M. Youngblood, Benton. W. K. Murphy, Pinckneyv'le. John Hinchcliffe, Belleville. Jesse Ware, Jonesboro.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Jas. B. Bradwell, Chicago.
John A. Lomax, Chicago.
Wm. Wayman, Chicago.
S. P. Hopkins, Chicago.
Frank T. Sherman, Chicago.
Charles G. Wicker, Chicago.
E. F. Cullerton, Chicago.
Constantine Kann, Chicago.
Thos. M. Halpin, Chicago.
John F. Scanlon, Chicago.
Thos. E. Ferrier, Chicago.
Wm. H. Condon, Chicago.
Wm. A. Herting, Chicago.
Ingwell Oleson, Chicago.
Hugh McLaughlin, Chicago.
Otto Peltzer, Chicago.
John M. Rountree, Chicago.
Geo. E. Washburn, Chicago.
Daniel Booth, Chicago.
C. H. Dolton, Dolton Stat'n.
H. C. Seune, Des Plaines.
Richard Bishop, McHenry.
F. K. Granger, McHenry.
Elisha Gridley, Half Day.
Robert J. Cross,3 Roscoe.
Jesse S. Hildrup, Belvidere.
Duncan J. Stewart, Durand.
Richard F. Crawford,
E. L. Cronkrite, Freeport.
Alfred M. Jones, Warren.

Resigned September 20, 1878,
Vice George W. Burns.

James S. Taggart, Ridott.
James Shaw, Mt. Carroll.
J. E. McPherran, Sterling.
Dean S. Efner, Albany.
Isaac Rice, Mt. Morris.
Henry D. Dement, Dixon.
Frederick H. Marsh, Oregon.
Lyman B. Ray, Morris.
G. M. Hollenback, Milbrook.
Perry A. Armstrong, Morris.
Sylvester S. Mann, Elgin.
J.A.Carpenter, Carp'nt'rsv'le.
James Herrington, Geneva.
Amos Savage, Lockport.
Jno. S. Jessup, Wilmington.
Jabez Harvey, Joliet.
M. J. Sheridan, Momence.
E. B. Collins, Momence.
Thos. S. Sawyer, Chebanse.
Lewis Soule, Ottawa.
Joseph Hart, Earlville.
Geo. W. Armstrong, Seneca.
J. P. Middlecoff, Paxton.
Lucien Bullard, Forrest.
John Pollock, Paxton.
J. R. Mulvane, Princeton.
Cyrus Bocock, Castleton.
Mark R. Dewey, Ohio.
Dwight J. Webber, Minonk.
Nathaniel Moore, Wenona.

Died.

Vice Robert J. Cross, died.

J. G. Freeman, Snachwine.
Wilder W. Warner, Orion.
E. H. Johnson, Pt. Byron.
Chas. Dunham, Geneseo.
A. J. Streator, New Windsor.
Geo. P. Graham, Aledo.
J. S. Chambers, Altoona.
Wm. A. Grant, Monmouth.
J. E. Jackson, Colchester.
E. K. Westfall, Bushnell.
Wm. Scott, Dallas City.
D. Rankin, Biggsville.
Edward E. Lane, Warsaw.
S. Y. Thornton, Canton.
John. A. Grey, Lewiston.
J. M. Darnell, Pleasantview.
Julius S. Starr, Peoria.
Michael C. Quinn, Peoria.
Ezra G. Webster, Elmore.
Laban M. Stroud, Atlanta.
Peter J. Hawes, Atlanta.
H. W. Snow, Washington.
A. E. Stewart, Heyworth.
T. P. Rogers, Bloomington.
John Cassedy, Lexington.
Job A. Race, Decatur.
Tilman Lane, Clinton.
Wm. T. Moffett, Decatur.
John Penfield, Rantoul,
C. P. Davis, Monticello.
F. E. Bryant, Bement.
Willis O. Pinnell, Paris.
Henri B. Bishop, Paris.
Jacob H. Oakwood, Catlin.
Wm. T. Sylvester, Arcola.
J. A. Freeland, Sullivan.
J. A. Connolly, Charleston.
Joseph H. Ewing,2 Arcola.
W. H. McDonald, Majority Pt
W. H. Blakely, Effingham.
Benson Wood, Effingham.
J. M. Truitt, Hillsboro.

'Removed.

Vice Wm. T. Sylvester, removed. Died.

H. P. Shumway, Taylorville.
E. J. C. Alexander, Hillsboro.
A. Orendorff, Springfield.
Milton Hay, Springfield.
S. M. Cullom, Springfield.
H. H. Moose, Havana,
Wm. W. Easley, Virginia.
N. W. Branson, Petersburg.
Chas. Ballow, Clayton.
Nehemiah Bushnell,3 Quincy.
Ira M. Moore, Quincy.
J. Tilson, and5, Quincy.
Albert J. Griffith.

M. D. Massey, Pleasant Vale
Stephen G. Lewis, Hardin.
Henry Dresser, Naples.
J. B. Nulton, Carrollton.
J. W. Meacham, Waverly.
J. Gordon, Lynnville.
Wm. McAdams, Jerseyville.
J. Plowman, Virden.
A. L. Virden, Virden.
H. Weinheimer, Highland.
Benj. R. Hite, Collinsville.
T. T. Ramey, Collinsville.
Fred. A. Lietze, Carlyle.
C. D. Hoiles, Greenville.
A. G. Henry, Greenville.
N. B. Morrison, Odin.
Chas. G. Smith, Vandalia.
Ziba. S. Swan,5 Vandalia.
Alfred P. Crosly.7
I. N. Jaquess, Mt. Carmel.
R. T. Forth, Keenville.
D. W. Barkley, Fairfield.
J. L. Flanders, Olive.
Thos. J. Golden, Marshall.
H. Alexander, Robinson.
L. Walker, McLeansboro.
R. S. Anderson, M'Leansboro
Patrick Dolan, Enfield.
J. G. Newton, Marion.

'Vice Nehemiah Bushnell, deceased.

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J. R. Loomis, Shawneetown.
S. M. Mitchell, Corinth.
J. W. Piatt, Cutler.
Wm. Neville, Chester.
Austin James, Mitchie.
B. Wick,1 Belleville.

L. H. Hite, East St. Louis.
John Thomas, Belleville.

S. M. Kase,2 Belleville.
W. A. Lemma, Carbondale.
Matthew J. Inscore, Anna.
John H. Oberly, Cairo.
James L. Wymore, Vienna.
F. M. McGee, Reynoldsburg.
N. R. Casey, Mound City.

D. A. Ray, of McLean, was elected Secretary of the Senate over W. H. Mantz, of Jefferson, by a vote of 33 to 17.

In the House, Shelby M. Cullom, of Sangamon, was elected Speaker, over Newton R. Casey, of Pulaski, by a vote of 86 to 66, and Daniel Shepard, of Cook, Clerk, over Johsua L. Marsh, of Cook, by a vote of 86 to 61.

Gov. Palmer, the outgoing Executive, presented his message to the two houses on the 9th, in which he invited attention to the evidences of prosperity in the State, and referred with pride and pleasure to the disposition of the people to bear, without complaint, the burdens of taxation for the education of the masses, and for caring for the afflicted and helpless. To the question of State control of railroads, he gave careful consideration, and pointed out an intelligent and just remedy for the evils of which the people complained; the needs of the State institutions and all subjects affecting the immediate welfare of the people were discussed with manly candor, and many wise and judicious recommendations indulged in. During the four years of his administration the principal of the State debt had been reduced $4,449,244.44, and the people in general were in a happy and prosperous condition.

The administration of Gov. Palmer was wise and able, yet laborious and trying. The office had come to him unsought. The Republican party nominated him for Governor in the face of the repeated declarations that he did. not seek or desire the honor, and he was triumphantly elected, and went into power with the hearty approval of Vice Bernard Wick, Resigned.

'Resigned.

his party, but his first annual message gave the leaders of that party great offense. He had been from his youth an outspoken anti-slavery man, yet he was a firm believer in State rights, and his message was strongly impregnated with that doctrine. This gave great displeasure to the leaders of the Republican party. When Chicago was burnt, a conflict arose between the State and National Administrations as to their respective duties in that great emergency, Gov. Palmer contending that the State was able to preserve order, and protect the property of its citizens, and that the National authority, if exercised at all, was to be subordinate to State authority. These emphatic declarations brought the Governor in open conflict with his party leaders, and before the close of his Administration he found himself allied to a new party, the Liberal Republican; and in justification of his acts, as Governor, in closing his last message, he said:

"I am not willing to close this communication and my official connection with the government, without expressing something of my gratitude to the people for the honor conferred upon me with the chief magistracy of the State. No one is more conscious than I am, that in the necessarily active share I have taken in the varied affairs of this great commonwealth I have, in the judgment of some, committed mistakes; but I have, in all my official acts, been governed by my own convictions of duty, only anxious that the free people of the State, to whose candid judgment alone I am responsible, should fully understand my conduct and its reasons and motives, and then decide to approve, or relieve themselves from the consequences of what they may regard as my mistakes by selecting a citizen for my successor who will avoid any error they may think I have committed.

"During my administration of the government of the State, I have steadily acted upon political principles that I have always cherished as being essential to the well being of my countrymen. I have never faltered in the assertion of the rights of all men to liberty. Habitually distrustful of power, I have insisted upon subjecting all claims of a right to govern the people or to exercise any

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