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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (WASHINGTON.) 



" ART. III. The legislative, executive, and judi- 

 ciary departments shall be separate and dis- 

 tinct." * 



The Democratic State Convention, on Aug. 15, 

 nominated A. J. Montague for Governor, Joseph 

 E. Willard for Lieutenant-Governor, and W. A. 

 Anderson for Attorney-General. 



The Republican State Convention, on Aug. 21, 

 nominated J. Hampton Hoge for Governor, Robert 

 W. Blair for Lieutenant-Governor, and D. Law- 

 rence Groner for Attorney-General. 



At the election in November. A. J. Montague 

 received 116,682 votes and Hoge 81,366 votes, 

 giving the former a plurality of 35,316. 



The following were the votes on amendments: 



In reference to the tax imposed on any citizens 

 of the State for the privilege of taking or catching 

 oysters from the natural beds with tongs for, 12,- 

 230; against, 1,259. 



Providing for the consolidation of spring elec- 

 tions with those held in the fall for, 15,139; 

 against. 7,254. 



''WASHINGTON, a Pacific coast State, ad- 

 mitted to the Union Nov. 11, 1889; area, 69,180 

 square miles. The population, according to each 

 decennial census since admission, was 349,390 in 

 1890 and 518,103 in 1900. Capital, Olympia. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers in 1901: Governor, John R. Rogers; Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor, H. G. McBride; Secretary of 

 State, S. H. Nichols ; Treasurer, C. H. Maynard ; 

 Auditor, J. D. Atkinson; Attorney-General, W. 

 B. Stratton; Land Commissioner, S. A. Calvert; 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction, R. B. Bry- 

 an; Adjutant-General, E. H. Fox all Republic- 

 ans except Rogers and Fox, who are Democrats; 

 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, James R. 

 Reavis ; Associate Justices, R. O. Dunbar, Mark A. 

 Fullerton, T. J. Anders, Wallace Mount, W. H. 

 White, H. E. Hadley; Clerk, C. S. Reinhart all 

 Republicans except Reavis and White, who are 

 Democrats. 



State officers are chosen for terms of four years, 

 at the time of the presidential elections. The Leg- 

 islature meets biennially in January of odd-num- 

 bered years. It was composed of 34 Senators and 

 80 Representatives, until at the regular session of 

 1901 the number of Senators was increased to 42 

 and the number of Representatives to 93. 



Finances. According to the report of the 

 Treasurer, there was a balance in the treasury 

 Sept. 30, 1901, of $770,226.56. Some of the 

 amounts on hand in the several funds were: 

 General fund, $105,415.21; current school fund, 

 $160,528.76; permanent school fund, $52,276.17; 

 military fund, $70,895.65; revolving funds, Peni- 

 tentiary, $128,655.22; State Capitol Commission 

 fund, $168,299.74. 



The State tax levy for 1901 as made by the 

 State Board of Equalization was in the ag- 

 gregate 7| mills, segregated as follows: For 

 schools, 5 mills; general, 2 mills; interest, 

 mill; military, i mill; total, 7| mills. The total 

 State levy for 1901 was 1 mill greater than 

 that of the preceding year. The excess of 14 

 mill went to the current school fund, the per 

 capita having been raised by the Legislature 

 from $8 to $10 for school-children. 



The railroad property as equalized was as fol- 

 lows: Main line, $6,000 per mile, which is rated 

 as first class; second class, $2,280; third class 

 $3,168; fourth class, $2,000; fifth class, $1,320. 

 All equalized values were approximately higher 

 by 5 to 20 per cent, than in 1900. 



The amounts of taxes were computed as follow : 

 State general tax, $574,923; State school tax, $1,- 

 306,644; tax for interest fund, $52,265; for mili- 



tary fund, $52,265; grand total to be raised from 

 all "counties, $1,986,097. 



Education. The apportionment of the cur- 

 rent school fund, made by the State Superintend- 

 ent for the quarter ending Oct. 31, 1901, was at 

 the rate of 1 cent a day's attendance, and amount- 

 ed to $146,571.65 for all the counties. 



The University of Washington, at Seattle, has 

 graduated, since its organization, 304 students. 

 Of these alumni, 290 were living at the end of 

 the last year. The instructors in 1901 numbered 

 53; students, 614; volumes in the library, 13,000. 



A successful year was reported by the Agri- 

 cultural College and School of Science, at Pull- 

 man. The enrolment during the year was 628, 

 including the summer science school for teachers, 

 and 475 exclusive of that school. In the enrol- 

 ment all but 5 of the counties in the State were 

 represented. The faculty, including professors 

 and instructors, and exclusive of tutors, num- 

 bered 36. The college had 7 buildings, including 

 2 dormitories, to which were added last year a 

 new chemistry building and an armory and gym- 

 nasium. Besides the allied agricultural courses, 

 the college has a preparatory school, a school for 

 artisans, and a school of business. A recent 

 branch of work is a short winter course for hor- 

 ticulturists. 



Whitman College, at Walla Walla, graduated a 

 class of 10. During the year it had 19 instructors 

 and 300 students, and the library contained 9,000 

 volumes. 



What is known as the Gunderson act, passed by 

 the Legislature in special session over the Gov- 

 ernor's veto, went into effect in September. The 

 law provides that the county superintendent shall 

 b6 ex officio president of the board ; 2 of the mem- 

 bers shall be lawfully qualified teachers engaged 

 in teaching in the county, and 2 citizen taxpay- 

 ers. Their term of office is four years. The board 

 will have the power to name the text-books that 

 shall be used in the schools of the county, subject 

 only to the provision that they must be changed 

 every five years. 



Charities and Corrections. In 1901 Wash- 

 ington was boarding, clothing, and caring for 

 2,100 persons in the institutions under the Board 

 of Control. This task required the employment 

 of 200 officials, and entailed an expense of $700 

 daily for maintenance, besides large sums spent 

 en buildings, repairs, etc. A member of the board 

 is quoted thus: "About half of these 2,100 per- 

 sons are in the hospitals for the insane at Medical 

 Lake and Steilacoom, and many others are in 

 the Reform School and the School for Defective 

 Youth. In every case the full burden of their sup- 

 port and care is thrown on the State." 



Under date of Dec. 14, 1901, Gov. Rogers issued 

 a proclamation offering a standing reward of 

 $50 " for the arrest and delivery to the Peniten- 

 tiary authorities of any person who has escaped 

 from the State Penitentiary at Walla Walla." 



Legal Decision. What is said to be one of 

 the most important decisions ever handed down by 

 the Supreme Court of the State of Washington 

 was made in April, 1901, in a case involving an 

 application for a writ of prohibition by the State 

 University regents against the State Land Com- 

 mission. According to this decision, the Supreme 

 Court is an appellate court only, except that it 

 has original jurisdiction in habeas corpus, quo 

 warranto, and mandamus proceedings as to State 

 officers; the Legislature could not confer upon the 

 Supreme Court original jurisdiction by enlarging 

 the functions of any common-law writ, such 

 as a writ of prohibition; the Legislature might 

 enlarge the functions of such writs, but with this 



