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nated by the Prohibitionists in convention at 

 Omaha or. August 16, and was as follows : For 

 :-^e E. Bigelow ; Lieutenant- 

 Governor, John Dale : Secretary of State. 

 John E. Hopper: Auditor, John F. Holin ; 

 - ;rer. Jame- H. Stewart: Attorney-Gen- 

 eral, John Barud : Commissioner of Public 

 Lands, Artemas Roberts; Superintendent of 

 Public Instruction, Horatio S. Hilton. The 

 usual prohibitory resolutions were adopted. 



A \veek later the Republicans met at Omaha 

 and renominated Governor Thayer. Secretary 

 of State Laws, Attorney-General Leese, and 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction Lane. 

 For Lieutenant-Governor, George D. Meikle- 

 john was nominated : for Auditor. T. H. Ben- 

 ton : for Treasurer. J. E. Hill ; and for Com- 

 ::er of Public Lands. J. Steen. 



The Democrats nominated the following 

 ticket: For Governor, John A. MfShane; 

 Lieutenant-Governor. Frank Folda : Secretary 

 of State. Patrick A. Hines: Auditor. W. A". 

 Poynter : Treasurer, James M. Patterson : At- 

 torney-General, W. H. Munger: Commissioner 

 of Public Lands. P. H. Jussen : Superintendent 

 of Public Instruction, Marion Thrasher. 



The Union Labor party held its convention 

 at Hastings on September 4 and nominated : 

 For Governor, David Butler : Lieutenant-Gov- 

 ernor, C. W. Pottc: re. 1. 

 Henthern : Auditor. H. S. Alley ; Treasurer, 

 Nash; Attorney-General, M. F. Kn<x; 

 Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings, 

 W. F. Wright ; Superintendent of Public In- 

 struction. Mrs. M. F. Wood. The resolutions 

 denounce the national banking system, call 

 for free sugar, free wool, and free woolen 

 goods, free lumber, coal, and salt : favor the 

 fixing of local freight-rates on the same scale 

 with through rates, with proper allowance loj 

 terminal facilities; demand the suppression of 

 trusts ; and condemn the Chicago, Burlington 

 and Quincy road in its action toward the 

 Brotherhood of Engineers. 



The can ;nmarked by features of 



special note. At the November election the 

 Republican national ticket was successful, and 

 Gov. Thayer was re-elected, receiving 103.983 

 votes I 36,490 for McShane, 9.511 for Bige- 

 low, and 3,941 for Butler; but Gov. Thayer 

 ran about -t.'X'O votes behind the rest of his 

 ticket. The Legislature, elected at the same 

 time, will contain 27 Republicans and 6 Demo- 

 crats in the Senate, and 76 Republicn: 

 Democrats. 1 Union Labor, and 1 Independent 

 in the House. Republicans were elected in the 

 three congressional districts. 



>"ETHERLAM)S. a constitutional monarchy in 

 western Europe. The Constitution adopted on 

 the re-establishment of the kingdom in 1815 

 was revised in 1848. and in 1887 it was amend- 

 ed by a law extending the right of suffr 

 all male citizens, twenty-three years of age, 

 who pay ten guilders in taxes on real estate or 

 a personal tax of similar amount, that : 

 the Second Chamber on October 14, and was 



proclaimed on November 30. The States-Gen- 

 eral, as the national legislature is called, con- 

 :' a First Chamber of 50 members elected 

 by the provincial states for nine years, one 

 third retiring every three years, and a Second 

 Chamber of Iu4 deputies elected directly by 

 the people for four years. The Government 

 and the Second Chamber have the right of in- 

 troducing legislation, but the First Chamber 

 possesses only a veto power. 



The reigning sovereign is Willem III. born 

 Feb. 19. 1817, whose second wife is Queen 

 Emma, daughter of Georg Victor, the reigning 

 Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmtnt. Their only child 

 is the Princess Wilhelmina, born Aug. 31, 

 1880, who will succeed her father under the 

 Netherlands law of succession which admits 

 female heirs in detault of males. In case there 

 is no legal heir the King can appoint his snc- 

 with the consent of a specially elected 

 ture. and if he dies without an heir 

 being nominated the States-General, consisting 

 of twice the usual number of members, elects 

 a king by a joint vote of both Chambers. 



The following ministers were in office at the 

 beginning of 1888 : President of the Council 

 and Minister of the Interior, Dr. J. I: 

 kerk Az, appointed April 22. 1883: Minister 

 of Foreign Affairs. Jonkheer A. P. C. van Kar- 

 nebeek; Minister of Finance, J. C. Bloem ; 

 Minister of Justice, Baron du Tour de Bellin- 

 chave : Minister of the Colonies. J. P. Sprenger 

 van Eyk : Minister of Marine. F. C. Tromp ; 

 Minister of War, General A. W. P. Weitzel ; 

 Minister of Commerce, J. N. Bastert. 



Arta and Population. The area of the king- 

 dom is 33.000 square kilometres or . I 

 square miles. The population on Dec. 31, 

 1887, was computed to be 4.450.S70, as com- 

 pared with 4,012,693 in 1879, when a census 

 was taken. The population of 1887 was di- 

 vided into 2.204.259 males and 2.246.611 fe- 

 males. The number of marriages in 1887 was 

 54; births. 156,906; dear - : ex- 



: births. 62.064. The largest cities are 

 Amsterdam, having 390.016 inhabitants on 

 December 31, 1887; Rotterdam, with H' 

 and the Hague, with 149.447. 



Finance. The revenue is estimated in the 

 budget of 1 888 at 118.966,686 guilders, of which 

 ".100 guilders are derived from direct tax- 

 '00 guilders from excise duties : 22,- 

 003.500 guilders from stamps, registration, and 

 succession duties: 5.010.500 guilders from cus- 

 toms : guilders from the post-office ; 

 2.210.000 guilders from railroads: 2.."S5.000 

 guilders from domains: 1,1 20. 800 guilders from 

 the telegraphs : 1.050, 000 guilders from pilotage 

 dues; and', g aiders from other sources. 

 The total expenditures are estimated at 136,- 

 039,594 guilders, of which 36.353.966 guilders 

 are for the debt : 24."4-.7ol guilders for the 

 expenses of the ministry of Waterstaat, com- 

 merce, and industry; 24,046,919 guilders for 

 financialadministrationand worship: 20.274.391 

 guilders for military expei. a _ruild- 



