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MARYLAND. 



On June 15 the Democratic nominee, Francis 

 W. Hill, died suddenly at Exeter. A call was 

 issued by the State committee, under which the 

 members of the former convention reassembled 

 at Augusta on July 2. At this meeting William 

 P. Thompson, of Belfast, was nominated for 

 Governor. A different spirit regarding the pro- 

 hibition question prevailed, the platform of the 

 former convention being amended by the addi- 

 tion of a resolution favoring " the election of a 

 Governor and Legislature who will resubmit the 

 prohibitory amendment to the people." The 

 Prohibition party was also in the field with 

 Aaron Clark, of Buxton, as its nominee for 

 Governor. 



The election in September assumed a national 

 importance from the fact that it was almost the 

 only indication, prior to the November elections, 

 of popular opinion regarding the national Ad- 

 ministration and the recent action of Congress. 

 The result was an increase in the Republican 

 majority. For Governor, Burleigh, received 64,- 

 214 votes ; Thompson, 45,331 ; Aaron Clark, 2,981; 

 and Isaac R. Clark, 1,296. Members of the Legis- 

 lature were elected as follow : Senate, Republi- 

 cans 27, Democrats 4; House, Republicans 110, 

 Democrats 41. In the First Congressional Dis- 

 trict, Thomas B. Reed, Speaker of the National 

 House of Representatives, was re-elected by a 

 plurality of 4,827, receiving 16,797 votes to ll,- 

 970 votes for Melvin P. Frank, his Democratic 

 opponent. In 1888 Mr. Reed's plurality was 

 2.433. In the other three Congressional dis- 

 tricts Republicans were elected by the follow- 

 ing vote: Second District, Nelson Dingley, Jr. 

 (Rep.), 16,459, Charles E. Allen (Dem.), 11,647; 

 Third District, Seth L. Milliken (Rep.), 14,- 

 493, Charles Baker (Dem.), 10,978 ; Fourth Dis- 

 trict, Charles A. Boutelle, 15,829. Josiah Cros- 

 by, 11,236. 



MARYLAND, a Middle Atlantic State, one of 

 the original thirteen, ratified the Constitution 

 April 28, 1788 ; area, 12,210 square miles. The 

 population, according to each decennial census, 

 was 319,728 in 1790; 341,548 in 1800; 380,546 in 

 1810; 407,350 in 1820; 447,040 in 1830; 470.019 

 in 1840; 583,034 in 1850; 687,049 in 1860; 780,- 

 894 in 1870; 934,943 in 1880; and 1,042,390 in 

 1890. Capital, Annapolis. 

 k Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Elihu E. 

 Jackson, Democrat ; Secretary of State, E. W. 

 LeCompte; Treasurer, Stevenson Archer, who 

 was removed from office by the Governor, on 

 April 15, and was succeeded by Edwin H. Brown ; 

 Comptroller, L. Victor Baughman; Attorney- 

 General, William P. Whyte ; Secretary of State 

 Board of Education, M. A. Newell ; Tax Com- 

 missioner, Levin Woolford, who died Sept. 29, 

 and was succeeded by Frank T. Shaw; Chief 

 Justice of the Court of Appeals, Richard H. 

 Alvey; Associate Justices, James M. Robinson, 

 James McSherry, Levin T. H. Irving, William 

 S. Bryan, Frederick Stone, Oliver Miller, and 

 David Fowler. 



County Debts. The total debt of Maryland 

 counties in 1890 was $872,131, a decrease of 

 $528,964 in ten years. The bonded debt was 

 $839,900, and the floating debt $32,231. 



Population. The following table exhibits the 

 population of the State by counties as ascer- 



tained by the national census of this year com- 

 pared with similar returns for 1880: 



* Decrease. 



Legislative Session. The regular biennial 

 session of the General Assembly began on Jan. 

 1, and ended on March 31. On Jan. 14 United 

 States Senator Ephraim K. Wilson, who received 

 the nomination of the Democratic caucus, was 

 re-elected for the term of six years, by the follow- 

 ing vote : Senate, Wilson 16, Thomas S. Hod- 

 son, the Republican nominee, 6 ; House, Wilson 

 50, Hodson 28. An Australian or secret ballot 

 law was a notable result of the session. It 

 applies to all elections, except in 9 specified 

 counties, and contains the following general 

 provisions : All ballots shall be printed and dis- 

 tributed at public expense. The names of those 

 candidates only who have properly filed nomina- 

 tion papers can be printed on the ballots. If the 

 candidate has been nominated by the convention 

 or caucus of a party that in the last preceding 

 election polled at least 1 per cent, of the entire 

 vote cast his nomination papers shall be signed 

 by the presiding officer and secretary of such 

 convention or caucus. Candidates may be also 

 nominated when their nomination papers are 

 signed by registered voters to the number of 

 500 if the candidate is to be voted for through- 

 out the State ; to the number of 300 if he is to 

 be voted for in the larger cities ; and to the num- 

 ber of 200 in all other cases. The nomination 

 papers of candidates who are to be voted for in 

 more than one county shall be filed with the 

 Secretary of State, those of other candidates 

 with the county supervisors of election, except 

 that in Baltimore they shall be filed with the 

 city supervisors of election. At least fourteen 

 days before the election the Secretary of State 

 shall certify the nominations filed with him to 

 the respective boards of supervisors, who are 

 charged with the duty of preparing and furnish- 

 ing the official ballots. The names of all the 

 candidates shall be on one ballot, those nomi- 

 nated by each political party being grouped in 

 parallel columns, headed by the name of the 

 party and the party emblem or device, if any. 

 Blank spaces shall be left for writing additional 



