ALABAMA. 



AXGLH AN CHURCHES. 



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tion. under any pretext, as the main object will lie 

 to disfranchise the illiterate ami po..r. a- set forth 

 in the Joseph F. Johnston thirteenth plank in the 

 State platform in 1*92." 



A- 'ion on the platform had been taken 



it was announced that a committee of tl 

 party was in attendance t .;iy communica- 



tion" the convention might wish to make. A com- 

 mittee to confer with the Populist committee was 

 appointed, which reported that the Republicans 

 invited to name the candidates for Secretary 



State and Attorney-General, and this proposition 

 was accepted by a vote . .f 163 to 143; James A. 

 Grimmett was nominated for Secretary of State, and 

 William II. Smith. Jr.. for Attorney-General, and the 

 convention adjourned. 



The convention of the People's party assembled 

 in Montgomery, on April 29. while the conventions 

 of the two wings of the Republican party were still 

 in session. Strong opposition to fusion with the 

 Republicans agitated the Populist ranks, but final- 

 ly it was determined that, if fusion should be 

 effected, the nominations for Secretary of State and 

 Attorney-General should be given to the Republic- 

 ans. A. T. Goodwyn was unanimously nominated 

 for Governor. A platform was adopted which de- 

 clared : 



- We demand a free ballot and a fair count. 



We demand the free, unlimited, and independ- 

 ent coinage of silver and gold at the ratio of 1C to 

 1. and the abolition of national banks, the expan- 

 sion of the currency to meet the needs of the peo- 

 ple and the demands of commerce, free from the 

 control of corporate influences, and we condemn 

 the issue of interest-bearing bonds in times of ] 



" We demand that miners and other like corporate 

 labor be paid in lawful money of the United > 

 semimonthly. 



" We favor a tariff for revenue, so adjusted as to 

 protect, as far as practicable, the farmers and the 

 labor in our shops, mines, factories, and mills, and 

 their products, against foreign pauper labor." 



The joint Populist-Republican nominations were 



Mows: For Governor. A. T. (ioodwyn: > 

 tary of State. James A. Grimmett : Treasurer. J. 

 A. Hingham : Auditor. W. S. Forman : Attorney- 

 General. William II. Smith. Jr.: Superintendent of 

 Education. W. M. Wood ; Commissioner of Agricul- 

 ture. J. H. Harris. At the election in August the 

 Democratic ticket was successful. Johnston r 

 ing 128,541 votes for Governor, and (.ioodwyn 8'.i.2!o. 



In April, by a practically unanimous Republican 



. after investigation by Congress, the s> 

 G. A. Bobbins and James K. Cobb, Democrats, who 

 claimed to have been elected to Congress in 1*',)4. 

 were given to William T. Aldrich. Republican, and 

 A. T. Go. idwyn. Populist, who contested the elec- 

 tion on the ground of fraud. 



The presidential vote in November gave a Demo- 

 cratic plurality of 76.48!*. The fusion of regular 

 Democrats and Populists resulted in a combined 

 -f 131.226. <>f the-.-. Bryan and Sewall re- 

 i 107.137: Bryan and Watson. 24.089. The 

 :bliean vote was 54.737. The national or 

 i " Democrats had 6.462 votes cast in their fa- 

 : Prohibitionists. 2.147. The total presidential 

 iraa l'.<4..~>?2. be-in ir 23.25'.' less than the vote for 

 rnor in August, and from 38.000 to 40,0'" 

 than the presidential vote ot l^ 



Nine Democrats were chosen at the November 

 election for Congress Messrs. Taylor. Stallings. 

 Clayton. Plowman, Brewer, Bankhead. Bullock, 

 Wheeler, and Underwood. Messrs. Taylor, Plow- 

 man, and Bullock are free-silver adv< 



The State Senate in I*'.i7 will include 22 Demo- 

 crats. 9 Populists, and 2 Republicans: Hoi 

 Democrats, 23 Populists, and 4 Republicans. 



ANGLICAN < HI R< HKS. Contributions, 



The following is a summary of voluntary contribu- 

 tions in the Church of England during l.*94 (or 

 from : the following 



branches of Church work: For a-M-iant c 

 596.45(1; Church collect ions and Easter oh". 

 117.954: salaries of lay helpers and Chun-! 



.:2<>.iil5 : for the maintenance of day and 



Sum; 'J-o-j.mo: home r '-129.- 



'oreign 11: -"'1.1112 : d: .172: 



general. 60.610: for the support of the poor. 54'..- 



155 : for any other purpose (religi dar), 



193.469: for church building, tl. 140.257 : burial 



grounds, 29.457: endowment of benefices, 137.- 



- ; 13.954 : school buildings. 



525.7'.'*. Total, t5.8ol.986. These figures repre- 

 sent the result of a careful tabulation of the details 

 furnished by 97 per cent, of the clergy making 

 their annual return in compliance with the re> 

 of the archbishops and bishops and in conformity 

 with the methods suggested by the Convocations of 

 Canterbury and York. The statement is confined 

 to moneys raised parochially, and does not there- 

 fore include the offerings of Churchmen made di- 

 rect to central societies and independently of the 

 parochial clergy (or for the general maintenance of 

 hospitals and similar institutions). In these cir- 

 cumstances the total sum represented above can 

 not be regarded as by any means a complete record. 

 Ii -hould further be recollected that all grants 

 from the ecclesiastical commissioners. Queen Anne's 

 bounty, and similar sources have been consistently 

 excluded in making the calculation. The follow- 

 ing are the diocesan details of the summary : Can- 

 terbury. 243.450: York. 235.418: London. 637.- 

 956: Durham, 112.846: Winchester. 27n..>4 : 

 Ban-or. l'Mo.r,53 : Bath and Wells. H>9.!77: Car- 

 lisle, 81,009; Chester, 172,029 ; chichoter. 2oi.- 



Elv. 1U9.722: Exeter. 161.091: Glou 

 and Bristol. 1**.6*1 : Hereford, 71."*2: Eieh- 

 field. 231.412: Lincoln. 80.256: Liverpool. 196.- 

 376: Llandaff. 123.791: Manchester. 359.12*: 

 ..772: Norwich. 133.662 : Oxford. 

 201.513: Peterborough. 153.275: Ripoii. 176.039; 

 Rochester. 451.429; St. Albans. 24 3 - 

 Asaph. 61.714: St. Davids. 64.975: Salisbury. 

 117.400; Sodor and Mai:. - nthwell. 1*1.- 



..443; Wakefield, 110.448; Worces- 

 ter. 195.951. 



The total net income of the Episcopal Church in 

 \Vales from endowments and the Ecclesiastical 

 Commission was 186.000. while the voluntary con- 

 tributions amounted to 2*1. nun. The fact has 

 been used by the Archbishop of Canterbury to 

 prove that the Episcopal Church in Wales is not 

 idle or indifferent. 



The Propagation Society. The annual meet- 

 ing of the Society for the Propagation of th* 

 pel in Foreign Parts was held in London, May 7th, 

 the Archbishop of Canterbury presiding.' T: 

 port showed that the income of the society for 

 was '- Deluding 11.609 from legacies anil 



15.64* received for special funds. The society had 

 now 11 bishops and 758 other ordained clergy on its 

 list, distributed thus: In Asia. 25(); Africa. 17*: 

 Australia and the Pacific. 30: North America. 226: 

 Indies. 45: and 40 chaplains in Continental 

 Europe. Of all these. 133 in Asia and 46 in Africa 

 were natives. There wen- also 2.900 lay teachers 

 and 3.200 students in the colleges. The 

 ety was working in 5 -. and in 5 localities 



was supporting community missions. The in- 

 - of 2.500 in voluntary contributions (the 

 decrease of legacies being 6.(.KK)) was far behind 

 the legitimate need- : thi - . An appeal was 



made for 4.000 to repair damage done in Macla- 

 ur. 



