NnUTH DAKOTA. 



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The Prohibition party put up the following 

 ticket: Fr Governor. Kev. Ji-ivmiah W. I! 

 Lieutenant Governor. Thomas M. Stephens; Sn-iv- 

 tury of State, W. O. Allen : Auditor. John K. Mil- 

 ler': Treasurer. Perry McLean: Superintendent of 

 Instruction. .1. ( '. Bain: Attorney-General. Yancey 

 II. (.'o.\. Oscar K. Winborne was afterward candi- 

 date for Treasurer. 



James R. Jones was the candidate for Governor 

 on the National Prohibition ticket, Henry Sheets 

 for Lieutenant Governor. Thomas B. Johnson for 

 Secretary of State. ( . C. She-mil for Auditor. Jonas 

 Hoffmann for Treasurer. G. W. Holmes for Super- 

 intendent of Instruction, Walter R. Henry for At- 

 torney-General. 



The question of fusion between Populists and 

 Republicans, and between Populists and Democrats, 

 was agitated from the beginning of the year, and 

 various schemes were proposed. Finally, the Demo- 

 cratic. People's, and Silver parties agreed on an 

 electoral ticket, the Silver party to name 1 elector, 

 and each of the others 5 all, of course, to cast 

 their votes for Bryan, and each for his own party 

 candidate for the vice-presidency. 



On the State ticket the Republicans and Popu- 

 lists united, except as to the offices of Governor 

 and Lieutenant Governor. The other candidates 

 were : Republicans Z. V. Walser for Attorney- 

 General, and Robert M. Douglass for one of the Su- 

 preme Court Justices: Populists Cyrus Thompson 

 for Secretary of State, II. \V. Aver for Auditor. W. 

 H. Worth for Treasurer. Charles II. Mebane for 

 Superintendent of Instruction, and Walter A. 

 Montgomery for the other place of Supreme Court 

 Justice. 



In most of the counties and congressional dis- 

 tricts, the Republicans and Populists united. 



The result of the official count gave 174,488 as 

 the highest vote for Democratic-Populist electors : 

 Republican, 155.122: National Democratic, o7s; 

 Prohibition, 676: National Prohibition, 245. The 

 Republican candidates for Governor and Lieutenant 

 Governor were elected, and for the other State offi- 

 ces the Republican-Populist ticket entire. Russell 

 had 154.052 against 145.416 for Watson and 30,932 

 for Guthrie. For Congress, 2 Democrats, 3 Repub- 

 licans, and 4 Populists were chosen. 



In the Legislature the Republicans have 17 Sena- 

 tors and 49 men in the House, the Democrats 9 

 and 36 respectively, and the Populists 24 and 34. 



NORTH n:\KOTA. a Northwestern State, ad- 

 mitted to the Union Nov. 3, 1889 : area, 70.795 

 square miles. The population in 1890 was 182.719. 

 Capital, Bismarck. 



Government. The following were the State offi- 

 cers during the year: Governor, Roger A llin : Lieu- 

 tenant Governor. John II. Worst : Secretary of State. 

 C. M. Dahl; Treasurer, George E. Nichols ; Auditor, 

 Frank A. Briggs : Attorney-General, John F. Cow- 

 an : Superintendent of Public Instruction. Emma 

 F. Bates : Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor, 

 Andrew H. Laughlin ; Commissioner of Insurance, 

 Frederick B. Fancher ; Railroad Commissioners, 

 John W. Currie, George H. Keyes. John J. Wam- 

 berg ; Forestry Commissioner, W. W. Barrett : 

 Game Warden, George E. Bowers; Land Commis- 

 sioner. George H. Winters : Oil Inspector. George 

 B. Winship : Public Examiner, Mr. Langlie : Chief 

 Justice of the Supreme Court. Alfred Wallin : As- 

 sociate Justices, Guy C. H. Corliss and J. M. Bar- 

 tholomew. All are Republicans. 



Finances. The Treasurer's statement for the 

 six months ending June 30 shows the balance in 

 the various funds Jan. 1 to have been S56.549.25. 

 the receipts $472.131.76. not including the tax 

 ceived from counties, which were $ls4.4:-52.s2. mak- 

 ing the total 656,564.58. The disbursements 



amounted to $-}: ud the balance on hand 



June 80 was $219,983.66. Among the la:. 



for the six mmitli- 



Supremo Court judges, $7.000 ; of district ji. 

 $14,875 : expenses of the Board of School and Public 

 Lands. S5.-.M*.:;:'.: maintenance of Capitol. $8,583.56; 

 State tuition fund (taxes, etc.), $71.:!:;n 

 tuition fund (interest and income). $94.221.62; 

 bond interest fund. $22.150.20: refunding bonds, 

 North Dakota Penitentiary. $14.00(1; refunding 

 bonds. North Dakota University, $24,000; wolf 

 bounty, $1.492 ; funding warrant account (re- 

 deemed), $55,000 : redemption of Capitol building 

 warrants, $2,611.28 ; interest on funding warrants, 

 $4,333.35. The various items for the Insane Hos- 

 pital amounted to over $22,000. 



The Equalizing Board raised the valuations on 

 real estate in 11 counties an average of 29 per cent., 

 and lowered them in 6 counties an average of 9 per 

 cent. 



The total valuation of personal property in the 

 State, as returned by the counties, was $19,538,061. 



The tax levy was fixed at 3 - 8 mills for State 

 revenue, and 0'5 mill for bond interest. The val- 

 uation of railroads was raised by more than $1,000,- 

 000. Until 1895 all the roads in the State, with 

 the exception of the Northern Pacific, paid on the 

 gross-earnings plan. That law was repealed and 

 the direct-tax system substituted. The roads were 

 revalued for assessment, and the board fixed the 

 valuation per mile. The side tracks were assessed 

 this year for the first time ; the rate of valuation 

 fixed upon was $750 a mile. The highest railroad 

 valuation is that of the main line of the Great 

 Northern $3,500 a mile. 



The Insane Asylum. There was serious trouble 

 in the management of the Insane Asylum, at James- 

 town, early in the year. The majority of the trus- 

 tees voted to remove Dr. 0. W. Archibald, the 

 superintendent, against whom charges had been 

 made, and appointed Dr. D. S. Moore in his place. 

 The reason given was that Dr. Archibald had not 

 obeyed the order of the board to discharge certain 

 employees. Dr. Archibald refused to turn over the 

 office to his appointed successor, claiming that the 

 board had no right to remove him before the ex- 

 piration of his term. The Supreme Court heard 

 the case and issued a writ directing him to turn 

 over the asylum to Dr. Moore or appear before the 

 court and show cause why he should not do so. and 

 he accordingly gave up possession. The decision 

 of the court established several points of law as to 

 the government of State institutions. It gives the 

 board of trustees supreme control of any institu- 

 tion, and holds that the powers of the board can 

 not be restricted or abridged by any by-laws, or by 

 any action in appointing an officer for a fixed term, 

 unless the term is provided by law. The court de- 

 cides also that it has original jurisdiction in cases 

 involving the sovereignty of the State, its privi- 

 leges or franchises, it being the judge of each par- 

 ticular 



The Governor requested the resignations of all 

 the members of the Board of Trustees, but only one 

 complied. The board claimed that they had been 

 trying to economize in the conduct of the institu- 

 tion, and that they had been opposed by the execu- 

 tive force in charge. All this time an investigation 

 of the charges of extravagance and immorality 

 against the management had been going on before 

 the Public Examiner. His report, rendered in 

 March, conclude- as follows : " The charges of _ 

 extravagance in the management of the institution 

 are not borne out by the testimony, although there 

 may lie room for improvement. The practice of 

 offering liquors to visitors and guests of the institu- 

 tion should be discontinued. The law of the State 



