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Xo Stall' ticket was put up by either the Repub- 

 licans or the PmhibitiomVts. Tlie Republican Ex- 

 ecutive Committee advised the members of the party 

 in the State that they were at liberty to support 

 either the Democratic or the Populist State ticket, 

 ined to each individual to his own interest, 

 the committee having decided against putting out 

 a State ticket. The chairman issued a circular let- 

 ter to the Republicans of the State, urging them, 

 unofficially, to support the Populist ticket. 



The People's party, having selected its delegates 

 to the national convention in 1895 and instructed 

 them so far as the platform was concerned, held but 

 one State convention in 1896. They met. Aug. 6, 

 at Atlanta, and made the following ticket: For 

 Governor. Seaborn J. Wright: Secretary of State, 

 J. A. Parsons : Comptroller General. Seaborn J. Bell : 

 Treasurer. William C. Sibley : Attorney-General. 

 Donald Clark : Commissioner of Agriculture, W. 

 D. Smith. The resolutions approved the platform 

 of the St. Louis convention of the People's party. 

 favored the abolition of the convict lease system 

 and the employment of convicts on the public roads, 

 also the establishment of reformatories for juvenile 

 offenders ; declared in favor of extending the public- 

 school system, the furnishing of primary school books 

 by the State, and the payment of teachers monthly ; 

 condemned the practice of public officers in receiv- 

 ing free passes from railroad corporations and franks 

 from telegraph and express companies; condemned 

 lynching and called for rigid enforcement of the laws 

 against it ; demanded that all public officers be elect- 

 ed by the people, and denounced the present system 

 of electing judges and solicitor generals by the Legis- 

 lature: demanded the abandonment of the fc> 

 tern in payment of public officials : declared for a 

 free ballot and a fair count : and favored the con- 

 tinuance of pensions to needy and deserving Con- 

 federate soldiers and widows of Confederate sol- 

 diers. They also declared in favor of controlling 

 the sale of liquors. 



After the October election the Populists proposed 

 to fuse with the Democrats on the national ticket. 

 The State Executive Committee adopted resolutions 

 proposing to withdraw 7 of their electors in favor 

 of 7 Democrats, in consideration of the electoral 

 vote of the State being cast for Bryan and Watson. 



The reply of the Democratic State Committee 

 follows: 



R<:s<>lrpd. That the Populist committee having 

 made a proposition which completely ignores fusion 

 by eliminating entirely the candidacy of the Demo- 

 cratic nominee for Vice-President. Mr. Sewall. and 

 has cut off the Democratic committee from further 

 consideration of the question by fixing an arbitrary 

 limit, which expires to-day, giving this committee 

 no opportunity for a consideration of a movement 

 for proper fusion : therefore, be it 



" Resolve il. That the chairman of this committee 

 appoint a committee of 5. of which he shall be chair- 

 man, to properly present to the public the attitude 

 of this committee on the refusal to accept the un- 

 reasonable and unjust ultimatum of the Populist 

 committee, clothed as it is, in offensive and unbe- 

 coming langii;: _ 



After this the special committee appointed to act 

 for the Populists withdrew their ticket. 



In the October election W. Y. Atkinson, the Demo- 

 cratic-candidate for Governor, received 123.557 votes, 

 and Seaborn Wright, the Populist candidate. s4.!>71. 

 The other Democratic candidates for State offices 

 were elected by majorities from 55.325 to 56.32:5. 



Two constitutional amendments were submitted 

 to vote, and both were carried by large majorities. 

 One was to provide that the State school commis- 

 sioner shall be elected by the people instead of be- 

 ing appointed by the Governor. The other was to 



increase the number of judges of the Supreme Court 

 from 3 to (i. with the provision that the judp 

 elected by the people. The question of 

 the number has been submitted before, but without 

 tliis proviMnii. Under the act. an election for the 

 choice of theo additional judges took place Dec. 16. 

 Democrats nominated W. A. Little, Andrew .1. 

 Cobb. and W. 11. Fish for the additional ji, 

 and Samuel Lumpkin. whose term had expired. 

 nominated to succeed himself. The Populists de- 

 cided to make no nominations. 



The returns of the November election showed 

 60.190 votes for McKinley, 94.332 for Bryan, and 

 ,.'.?i>s for Palmer. Eleven Democrats were elected 

 to Congress. 



GERMANY, an empire in central Europe under 

 a federal Government. The King of Prussia as Ger- 

 man Emperor has supreme charge of political and 

 military affairs, with power to conclude treaties and 

 to declare war if the territory of the empire is at- 

 tacked, but for an offensive war he must have the 

 consent of the federated governments. The 

 lative bodies are the Bundesrath and the Reichstag. 

 The acts upon which they agree become law on re- 

 ceiving the Emperor's assent and being counter- 

 signed by the Chancellor of the Empire. The Fed- 

 eral Council, or Bundesrath, is composed of 58 

 members, appointed by the governments of the 

 federated states. The Reichstag contains 397 mem- 

 bers. 1 to 124.500 of population, elected by universal 

 manhood suffrage and by secret ballot for the term 

 of five years. 



The German Emperor is Wilhelm II, born Jan. 

 s. eldest son of Fried rich III, of Prussia, 



whom he succeeded on June 15, 1888. and grandson 

 of Wilhelm I, the first German Emperor. The 

 Chancellor of the Empire is Prince Hohenlohe- 

 Schillingsfurst, appointed Oct. 29. 1. V 94. on the re- 

 tirement of Gen. Capri vi. The imperial ministers 

 in the beginning of 1896 were as follow : Minister 

 of Foreign Affairs, Freiherr A. Marschall von Bie- 

 berstein : Minister of the Interior. Dr. Karl Hein- 

 rich von Botticher; Minister of Marine. Vice-Ad- 

 miral Hollmann : Minister of Justice. A. Nieberding; 

 Minister of the Treasury, Graf A. von Posadovsky- 

 Welmer. Dr. von Stephan was Director of the Im- 

 perial Post Office, Dr. Schulz of the Railroad Bureau, 

 Herr von Wolff of the Exchequer, Dr. Rosing of the 

 Invalid Fund. Dr. Koch of the Imperial Bank, and 

 Herr Meinecke of the Debt Commission. 



Area and Population. The area of the states 

 of the German Empire and their population on Dee. 

 2. 1*95. are given in the following table : 



