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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (KANSAS.) 



of the present administration and the adminis- 

 tration of England in trying to crush out young 

 republics, and establish in their places Crown 

 colonies and imperialistic rule. We especially 

 commend and indorse that system of government 

 known as direct legislation. 



"On State issues we demand the equal taxa- 

 tion of all property, whether corporate or private, 

 and we further demand that no person be com- 

 pelled to pay taxes on property over and above 

 the equity he has in the same." 



The Prohibitionists named candidates as fol- 

 low: For Governor, A. U. Coates; Lieutenant- 

 Governor, A. B. Wray; Judge of the Supreme 

 Court, J. A. Harvey"; Railroad Commissioner, 

 Wesley Suddoth; Superintendent of Instruction, 

 Miss Ella Moffatt. 



The Antisaloon League, which held a conven- 

 tion at Des Moines, Aug. 26-27, refused a reelec- 

 tion to its State superintendent, H. H. Abrams, 

 because he had declared that he would vote for 

 the Republican candidate for Governor, and was 

 in favor of retaining the mulct law, rather than 

 throw away his vote on a candidate with no 

 prospect of success. He was afterward, however, 

 elected superintendent of the league's department 

 of enforcement of law. 



The Socialist party of Iowa, successor to the 

 Social-Democratic party of former years, was or- 

 ganized in Des Moines at the State convention of 

 socialists, on Sept. 5. A full ticket was named. 

 Following were its candidates: For Governor, 

 James Baxter; Lieutenant-Governor, W. A. Ja- 

 cobs; Judge of the Supreme Court, A. F. Thomp- 

 son; Railroad Commissioner, H. C. Middlebrook; 

 State Superintendent, E. E. Stevens. 



The Republican candidates were elected. The 

 official count gives the following vote for Gov- 

 ernor: Cummins, Republican, 226,839; Phillips, 

 Democrat, 143,655; Coates, Prohibitionist, 15,645; 

 Baxter, Socialist, 3,460; Weller, Peoples', 778; 

 total, 390,377; Cummins's plurality, 83,184; Cum- 

 mins's majority, 63,303. 



For the State Senate, 39 Republicans and 11 

 Democrats were elected; and for the House, 84 

 Republicans and 16 Democrats. 



KANSAS, a Western State, admitted to the 

 Union Jan. 29, 1861; area, 82,080 square miles. 

 The population, according to each decennial cen- 

 sus, was 107,206 in 1860; 364,399 in 1870; 996,096 

 in 1880; 1,427,096 in 1890; and 1,470,495 in 1900. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers in 1901: Governor, William E. Stanley; 

 Lieutenant-Governor, Harry E. Richter; Secre- 

 tary of State, George A. Clark; Treasurer, Frank 

 Grimes; Auditor, George E. Cole; Attorney-Gen- 

 eral, A. A. Godard; Superintendent of Public In- 

 struction, Frank Nelson; Secretary State Board 

 of Agriculture, F. D. Coburn; Adjutant-General, 

 S. M. Fox; Superintendent of Insurance, W. V. 

 Church; Oil Inspector, S. O. Spencer; Grain In- 

 spector, A. E. McKenzie; State Printer, W. Y. 

 Morgan; Bank Commissioner, Morton Albaugh; 

 Labor Commissioner, W. L. A. Johnson ; Members 

 State Board of Charities, Henry J. Allen (pres- 

 ident), Edwin Snyder (secretary), G. W. Kanavel 

 (treasurer), Reuben Vincent, and John Hannon. 

 All the elected officers are Republicans. Supreme 

 Court Frank Doster, Chief Justice; William A. 

 Johnston, William R. Smith, Edwin W. Cunning- 

 ham, Adrian L. Greene, Abram H. Ellis, and John 

 C. Pollock, Justices. Prior to 1901 the Supreme 

 ourt consisted of the Chief Justice and two as- 

 sociate justices. The court was so far behind 

 with its work that in 1895 provision was made 

 for a court of appeals, of 6 members, to relieve 

 the Superior Court of a portion of its work. The 



Court of Appeals expired by limitation of the law 

 Jan. 14, 1901. At the general election of 1900 

 a judicial amendment to the Constitution, pro- 

 viding for the increase of the membership of the 

 Supreme Court to 7, was adopted, and the 4 addi- 

 tional members Cunningham, Greene, Ellis, and 

 Pollock were appointed by Gov. Stanley. With 

 the exception of the Populist Chief Justice, all 

 are Republicans. The State officers are elected in 

 November of the years of even number. The 

 Legislature meets biennially in January of the 

 odd-numbered years. The session is limited to 

 fifty days. 



Finances. Owing to exceptionally large ap- 

 propriations, there was a deficiency in the treas- 

 ury in October, and for nearly two months the 

 Treasurer was obliged to stamp warrants " Not 

 paid for want of funds." But by Dec. 1 funds 

 were available in such amount that cash pay- 

 ments were resumed. The Treasurer expected to 

 be able to retire the $350,000 worth of stamped 

 warrants in February, 1902. Up to Dec. 26, 1901, 

 the amount of money collected during the year 

 for all purposes amounted to $3,900,613.56. This 

 was distributed among the various funds, the ex- 

 penditures of which were, lip to that date, general 

 revenue, $1,764,353; State-House, $579.01; State- 

 House completion, $42,186.78; interest, $23,297.39; 

 interest on State twine-plant fund, $64,830.21; 

 current University, $5,073.75; permanent school, 

 $776,440; annual school, $397,705.17; University 

 permanent, $7,950; University interest, $6,236.51; 

 Normal School permanent, $31,750; Normal 

 School interest, $13,573.55; Agricultural College 

 permanent, $35,300; Agricultural College interest, 

 $28,005; United States aid to Agricultural Col- 

 lege, $25,000; municipal interest, $21,117.16; 

 twine-plant revolving fund, $115,000; insurance 

 examination fees, $1,787.71; Stormont Library, 

 $600; Stormont Library interest, $92.75; total, 

 $3,360,876.15. 



The balances in the various funds on Dec. 26 

 were: General revenue, $251,771.86; State-House, 

 $162.16; State-House completion, $51,707.54; cur- 

 rent University, $3,431.39; permanent school, 

 $79,628.26; annual school, $28,218.88; University 

 permanent, $124.70; University interest, $966.91; 

 Normal School permanent, $6,196.29; Normal 

 School interest, $1,072.14; Agricultural College 

 permanent, $33,016.84; Agricultural College in- 

 terest, $3,117.75; insurance, $3,069.90; Stormont 

 Library permanent, $1,686.71; municipal interest, 

 $4,235.57; twine-plant revolving fund, $65,000; 

 insurance examination fees, $45 ; total, $533,- 

 451.70. 



The State School Fund Commissioners in 1901 

 purchased for the Permanent School, University, 

 Agricultural College, and Normal School funds 

 $951,440 in bonds, and distributed in interest 

 among the public schools and State institutions 

 $445,519.72. 



Banks. In the 119 national banks and 422 

 State and private banks, at the close of business, 

 Sept. 30, 1901, the total amount on deposit wus 

 $87,181,194.14. Individual deposits in" the State 

 banks aggregated $42,076,447.62; in the national 

 banks, $35,360,516.97. The average reserve held 

 in the State banks amounted to 53.21 per cent., 

 and that in the national banks 45.78 per cent. 

 While there are more than three times as many 

 State banks as national banks, the capital stock 

 of the former aggregates but $7,000,000, compared 

 with $8,000,000 of the latter. As to surplus funds, 

 the State banks have $1,587,261.01, and the na- 

 tional $1,526,782.21. The per capita deposit in 

 Kansas is $59.28. 



There are 37 State banks that have more money 



