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Extra Session Aims at Redrawing Districts and Canal Vote
Gov Cuslom calls an extra session on the 25th to apportion state and congressional districts and to submit to voters a plan to cede the Illinois and Michigan canal to the federal government for enlargement. The Hennepin canal project moves from local to national importance with a $1,000,000 appropriation and military, naval, and commercial aims. The Chicago Times backs extending the canal from Hennepin to the Mississippi River, linking Lake Michigan and the Mississippi and reshaping inland transportation.
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