A history of Missouri and Missourians; a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school .. . Before his electionhe had lived in St. Louis. He died while in office in 1887 and Lieutenant Governor Albert , of Nodaway county,served the remainder of the first two years of this admin-istration were years of depressionbut prosperity came again in 1887and continued for several Legislature passed a numberof important acts during thesefour years, in addition to the localoption law. A law was passedregulating the railroads to prevent
A history of Missouri and Missourians; a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school .. . Before his electionhe had lived in St. Louis. He died while in office in 1887 and Lieutenant Governor Albert , of Nodaway county,served the remainder of the first two years of this admin-istration were years of depressionbut prosperity came again in 1887and continued for several Legislature passed a numberof important acts during thesefour years, in addition to the localoption law. A law was passedregulating the railroads to preventtheir pooling to keep up the ratesand to forbid their charging moreALBERT p. MOREHOUSE for short hauls than for long new railroad and warehouse commission was created. TheState capitol was remodelled at a cost of $220,000. Theagricultural experiment station was established as part of thecollege of agriculture. The training school for boys wasestablished at Boonville, the industrial school for girls wasestablished at Chillicothe, and a state hospital was establishedat Nevada. Missouri was advancing in taking care of the. Missouri Politics, 1870-1904 191 governor in was public needs of her citizens. Much of this appreciation ofMissouris needs was due to Governor Marmaduke, who wasa fearless and able worker for the people. The New Democratic Leaders, 1888-1904 and Fusion of the Democrats and the Populists, 1896 The year 1888 marked the rise to power of a new groupof leaders in control of the Democratic party in Missouristate politics. Many of the Civil War veterans had passedaway and many more had retired or were retired fromactive public life. Senators Cockrell and Vest remained inthe United States Senate but these alone represented the oldveterans of the war. The Democratic candidate forDavid R. Francis of St. was a native of Kentucky andhad received his higher educationin Missouri. He had been a suc-cessful man, both in business andpolitics. Although St. Louis
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