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MISSISSIPPI. 



was returned by the strikers. Three men were shot, 

 one of them fatally, and several were injured. 

 Sept. 6, 2 men who had killed a sheriff were taken 

 from jail and hanged by a mob of about 100 men. 

 One of them had been tried and convicted of mur- 

 der in the second degree. The mob was the result 

 of public indignation at the verdict. 



Political. T.he Republicans held a State con- 

 vention at Minneapolis, March 24. A platform de- 

 claring opposition to free coinage of silver was 

 adopted, and delegates to the National Convention 

 were instructed for McKinley, Senator Davis hav- 

 ing withdrawn his name from consideration. 



The convention for nominating State officers was 

 held in July in St. Paul. The resolutions approved 

 the St. Loins platform and nominations, favored 

 taxation of unused railroad lands, called for legisla- 

 tion favorable to labor and good roads, and approved 

 the State administration. Gov. dough's name 

 headed the ticket, John L. Gibbs was made candi- 

 date for Lieutenant Governor, and the other State 

 officers were renominated. 



The Free-silver Republicans published a manifesto 

 dissenting from the party position. 



The Democratic convention that was held in June 

 declared for the gold standard by a vote of 436 to 

 323, but the second convention was in control of 

 the free-silver element. 



In July a mass convention of advocates of free 

 coinage from all parties was held at Minneapolis, 

 and delegates were chosen to the national free-silver 

 convention. 



An agreement was entered into by the Democrats, 

 Populists, and Free-silver Republicans, whcreby 

 the last-named were to have one of the candi- 

 dates for presidential electors and the other parties 

 each 4. 



The Democratic convention met in Minneapolis, 

 Aug. 5. The resolutions approved the Chicago 

 platform and candidates; denounced the Republic- 

 an party of the State as subservient to corporations, 

 rings, and trusts; condemned all efforts to control 

 votes of employees : demanded taxation of iron 

 mines and unused railroad lands, and repeal of the 

 struck-jury law; favored good-roads legislation: 

 and demanded that the United States Constitution 

 be so amended as to provide for the election of 

 President and Senators by direct vote of the people. 

 John Lind, a Free-silver Republican, was nominated 

 for Governor; for Secretary of State, Julius J. 

 Ileinrichs; and for Treasurer, Alexander McKin- 

 non. 



The Populists, in convention at Minneapolis, Aug. 

 26, ratified the nominations of the Democrats, and 

 completed the ticket, according to agreement, as 

 follows : For Lieutenant Governor, J. B. Bowler ; 

 for Attorney-General, John A. Kass. 



W. J. Dean was the Prohibition candidate for 

 Governor, W. B. Hammond was nominated by the 

 Socialist-Labor party, and A. A. Ames was an "inde- 

 pendent candidate. 



The State gave the following vote for President: 

 McKinley, 193,503: Bryan, 139.735; Palmer, 3,222 ; 

 Levering, 4,363 ; Matchett, 954. 



For Governor the vote stood: dough. 165,906; 

 Lind, 162.254; Dean, 5,154; Ames, 2.890: Ham- 

 mond, 1,125; scattering, 25; total vote, 337,354; 

 Clough's plurality, 3,652. 



The pluralities for the other State officers were 

 much larger: Gibbs, for Lieutenant Governor, had 

 a plurality of 30,216; Berg, for Secretary of State, 

 38,339 ; Koerner, for Treasurer, 48,121 ; and Childs, 

 for Attorney-General. 41,294. For members of 

 Congress, the Republican candidates were all 

 elected. In the Legislature, on joint ballot, there 

 will be 184 Republicans, 18 Populists, 14 Demo- 

 crats, and 2 Silver Republicans. 



Constitutional Amendments. Six proposed 

 constitutional amendments and 3 acts of the Legis- 

 lature were submitted to vote at this election. The 

 amendments were: 



1. Changing the qualifications for voting by for- 

 eign-born residents by repealing the present pro- 

 vision of the Constitution permitting voting by 

 those who have declared their intention of becom- 

 ing citizens, so that a residence of five years and 

 full citizenship is required. The. voter, by the 

 terms of the amendment, must have been a citizen 

 of the United States for three months preceding 

 the election, must have resided in the State for six 

 months, and in the election district for thirty days 

 instead of ten as heretofore. 



2. Taking the pardoning power from the Gov- 

 ernor and vesting it in a Board of Pardons, to con- 

 sist of the Governor, the Attorney-General, and the 

 Chief Justice. 



3. Providing that the permanent school and uni- 

 versity funds of the State may be invested in the 

 purchase of the bonds of any county, school dis- 

 trict, city, town, or village of the State. 



4. Giving to every city the right to frame its own 

 charter, subject to the limitations imposed by the 

 laws of the State. The Legislature may classify 

 cities on the basis of population alone, and may pass 

 general laws applicable to each class. 



5. Authorizing the taxation of the property in 

 the State of sleeping-, parlor-, and dining-car com- 

 panies; of telegraph and telephone companies; of 

 foreign and domestic insurance companies, and of 

 the owners and operators of mines : of boom com- 

 panies and shipbuilders doing business in the State 

 and having a part therein. 



6. Inserting the words ' destroyed or damaged" 

 after " taken " in the section that says : " Private 

 property shall not be taken for public use without 

 just compensation therefor first paid and secured." 



The legislative acts voted upon were : 



1. Providing for the holding of a convention to 

 revise the Constitution. 



2. Providing for the appropriation of the income 

 derived from the investment of the internal im- 

 provement land fund to the road and bridge fund, 

 so that such moneys shall be used only for making 

 public roads and building bridges on public roads. 



3. Providing for the taxation of unused railroad 

 lands in the State, provided that the companies 

 shall continue to pay the tax on gross earnings as 

 now. The Constitution provides that any law re- 

 pealing or amending the gross-earnings law must 

 be submitted to popular vote. 



All these were carried at the election, except the 

 one providing for a constitutional convention. The 

 majority in favor of this proposition was 25,750, but 

 this is not a majority of the total vote cast at the 

 election, which is necessary. 



MISSISSIPPI, a Southern State, admitted to 

 the Union Dec. 10, 1817 ; area, 46,810 square miles. 

 The population, according to each decennial census 

 since admission, was 75,448 in 1820; 136,621 in 

 1830: 375.651 in 1840; 606,526 in 185Q; 791,305 in 

 1860; 827,922 in 1870; 1,131.597 in Ib80 ; and 

 1,289,600 in 1890. Capital. Jackson. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Anselm J. Mc- 

 Laurin ; Lieutenant Governor, J. H. Jones ; Secre- 

 tary of State, J. L. Power ; Auditor, W. D. Holder ; 

 MVeasurer, Albert Q. May ; Attorney-General, Wiley 

 N. Nash ; Superintendent of Education, A. A. Kin- 

 cannon ; Adjutant General, William Henry; Reve- 

 nue Agent, Wert Adams : Land Commissioner, J. M. 

 Simonton ; Railroad Commissioners, J. I). Mclnnis, 

 M. M. Evans, J. J. Evans ; Chief Justice of the Su- 

 preme Court, Timothy E. Cooper ; A ssociatc Justices, 

 Thomas H. Woods, Albert II . Whitfield (until Dec. 



