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ized to lease these lands for a term not exceed- 

 ing five years, and a considerable increased 

 revenue tp both the school and university 

 funds is expected from these leases. 



Settlement. The total number of acres of the 

 public domain taken up in Wyoming, up to and 

 inclusive of June 30, 1887, was 2,041,730 ; dur- 

 ing the year ending June 30, 1888, 317,356; 

 total, 2,3*59,086. This is scarcely one thirtieth 

 of the area of the Territory. 



Railroads. The report of the Governor, dated 

 in September, shows that 139 miles of new road 

 were constructed during the preceding twelve 

 months, making the total length of railroads 

 891 miles. The Wyoming Central has extended 

 its road as far west as Fort Casper, or the old 

 Platte Bridge, a distance of about 132 miles in 

 the Territory, and for the present seems to rest 

 there. The Cheyenne and Northern has com- 

 pleted the road to the Platte river in a north- 

 westerly direction from Cheyenne, 125 miles. 

 The Burlington and Missouri Railroad has in 

 operation a line to Cheyenne from Sterling, on 

 the South Platte river, 29 miles. 



Coal. Every county in the Territory has its 

 deposits of coal, which are nowhere at such 

 depth as to make mining expensive. No an- 

 thracite coal has been discovered. The largest 

 mines are those operated by the Union Pacific 

 Railroad Company. Returns from all the large 

 companies show that the total product for 1887 

 was about 1,170,318 tons. 



Political. The Democratic Territorial Con- 

 vention met at Cheyenne, on October 6, and 

 nominated Caleb Perry Organ for delegate to 

 Congress. The resolutions include the follow- 

 ing: 



The Democrats heartily favor the appointment of 

 residents of the Territory to the Federal offices. 



We desire to place ourselves on record as being 

 emphatically opposed to the lavish use of money in 

 our Territorial and local elections. 



Wi- believe the people of this Territory are law- 

 abiding, and their sense of justice is sufficiently 

 Btronir, with the aid of their local government, not 

 oiilv to maintain the public peace but to protect public 

 and private property, and are therefore opposed to the 

 importation of foreign police merceii. 



On October 10 the Republican Territorial 

 Convention met at Cheyenne, and renomi- 

 nated Delegate Joseph M. Carey. The platform 

 contains the following: 



The Republicans of Wyoming favor home rule, and 

 will hail with delight the era of self-government. 

 We now have the taxable wealth and the population 

 necessary to support a State government, and, being 

 therefore entitled to admission into the Union, we ear- 

 nestly favor such Congressional legislation as will en- 

 able us to adopt a Constitution and secure the rights 

 of Statehood. 



We favor the adoption and enforcement of a liberal 

 and honest policy relating to the deposition of the 

 public lands, and "we further urge the importance of 

 securing Government aid in the construction of reser- 

 voirs in which the waters of Wyoming may be stored 

 for the use of the people. 



The Republican party is strenuously opposed to the 

 use of money for the purpose of influencing votes, and 

 heartily condemns this outrageous practice, which 

 was so'early introduced into our Territorial elections 

 by the Democracy. 



Both parties declare their strong opposition 

 to Chinese immigration. At the November 

 election, Carey received 10,451 votes, and Or- 

 gan, 7,557. Members of the next Territorial 

 Legislature were chosen as follow : Senate, Re- 

 publicans, 5 ; Democrats, 7 ; House, Republi- 

 cans, 17; Democrats, 7. 



TOniG MEJPS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. The 



" Year-Book " of the Young Men's Christian 

 Association for 1888 gives lists of 1,250 asso- 

 ciations in America, and 3,840 in the world. 

 Of the American associations, 77 are engaged 

 specially in work among railroad men, 10 

 among German-speaking young men, 273 in 

 colleges, 29 among colored men, and. 18 among 

 Indians; 226 make mention in their reports of 

 classes in from one to fifteen branches of study, 

 287 of special attention to physical culture 

 through gymnasiums and other sports, 63 of 

 special work among commercial travelers, 158 

 of organized boys' departments, and 435 of 

 woman's auxiliaries. Among other special 

 services spoken of are 398 Bible-classes, 367 

 Bible training classes, and 661 weekly prayer- 

 meetings. The associations employ 752 men 

 for their entire time as secretaries and assistant 

 secretaries. The whole number of members 

 in the American associations is 175.000, the 

 buildings owned by them are valued at $5,609,- 

 265, and their entire property at $7,261.658. 

 The expenditure in 1887 was $1,181,338 in 

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local work, and $104,949 in general work. 

 From other countries there were reported to 

 the International Conference at Stockholm : 



The associations of the world are represented 

 in an International Union, which has a Central 

 Executive Committee composed of delegates 

 from each nationality, with a president, secre- 

 tary, and offices at Geneva. Through this com- 

 mittee are arranged the triennial World's Con- 



