Page:History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century Volume 3.djvu/12

Chapter	Contents	Pages
IX	Political Conventions of 1885—The Twenty-first General Assembly—Attempts to Impeach Auditor Brown—He is Found Not Guilty—Reinstated in Office—Conventions and Elections of 1886—Assassination of Reverend George C. Haddock—Interesting Statistics—The Drive Well Conflict—Important Decisions—The Twenty-second General Assembly—Governor Larrabee’s Powerful Argument for Legislative Control of Railroads—The Legislature Responds with a Comprehensive Law—Political Conventions and Elections of 1888—The Campaign of 1889—Horace Boies, Democrat, Elected Governor	135-156
X	The Twenty-third General Assembly—Contest for Speaker—The Last Message of Governor Larrabee—The Political Conventions of 1890—The Republicans Elect State Officers—The Democrats Elect a Majority of Representatives in Congress—Conventions and Election of 1891—The Democrats Secure all of the State Officers and Half of the Senators—The Twenty-fourth General Assembly—The Campaign of 1892—The Democrats Elect the President—The Republicans Carry Iowa for President and State Officers—The Columbian Exposition of 1893—The Tornado of 1893—The Town of Pomeroy Destroyed—Incidents of the Calamity—Generous Aid for the Sufferers	157-170
XI	Political Conventions of 1893—Frank D. Jackson Elected Governor—Expenditures for State Institutions—The Drought of 1894—Financial Distress—The “Commonweal Armies”—Political Conventions and Elections of 1894—The Twenty-fifth General Assembly—Saloons Legalized—Dedication of the Spirit Lake Monument—Political Conventions and Election of 1895—General F. M. Drake Elected Governor—The Twenty-sixth General Assembly—Trans-Mississippi Exposition at Omaha—The Semi-Centennial of Iowa Statehood—Terrible Railroad Collision at Logan	171-186
XII	Two Iowa Candidates for President—The Political Conventions for 1896—Results of the Elections—Extra