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Altgeld Review of Four Years Policy and Reforms
Gov. Altgeld presents a broad review of the administration’s four year policy, highlighting appointment practices favoring sympathetic officials, expanded purchasing methods yielding 10–20 percent savings, and the shift from contract to state labor systems. He notes savings, institutional improvements, new buildings, and legislation across finance, education, public health, and justice, while urging deeper reforms in land transfers, taxation, and labor oversight.
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Ringfield
Altgeld
Pienuia Potengizeto
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Jacksonville
Pon‘tiac
Joliet
Board of Commissioners
Penitentiarias
Baside
Charleston
DeKalb
Peoria
Rock Island
Geneva
Chicago
Wilmington
University
Champaign
Gen. Ford
Kickamnauga
Tennessee
Illinois
Elijah P. Lovejoy
Alton
University of Illinois At Champaign
General Assembly
Auxiliary Boards of Charity
State Board of Charities
National Guard
Uhnois
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Michigan Canal
State Treasury
Témont
Bay Impa Bunal
Egat
State Board of Equalization
Canada
Board of Equalization
Cook County
Supreme Court
England
Brishrai