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tices, S. H. Calhoun and Seth Robinson ; Sec- 

 retary of State, Christian Rathman; Auditor, 

 J. R. Clarke ; Treasurer, F. W. Hohman ; At- 

 torney-General, August Schoenheit; State- 

 prison Inspector, L. II. Rogers ; Congressman, 

 Jesse F. Warner. The name of the u Liberal " 

 party was bestowed upon the united move- 

 ment. The subject of temperance was brought 

 to the notice of both conventions by the fol- 

 lowing communication, which was referred in 

 each to the committee on resolutions : 



GENTLEMEN : Hoping and trusting that your Lon- 

 orable body feel a deep interest in the cause of tem- 

 perance, we address you on this occasion in behalf of 

 the temperance men and the temperance societies of 

 the State of Nebraska. We feel the need of legisla- 

 tion for the protection of the community against the 

 encroachment of the liquor-traffic. Our present laws 

 are crude, indefinite, and unsatisfactory. We ask 



Crounse for Congressman was 6,712. The Le- 

 gislature stands as follows : 



responsil 



sonable man or party can object. We also ask a lo- 

 cal prohibitory act, which will allow precincts, towns, 

 and cities, to decide by vote whether license to sell 

 intoxicating liquors as a beverage may or may not be 

 granted. This we think is preeminently democratic. 

 (Secondly, we ask that you put in nomination for office 

 temperance men. 



Signed by the officers of the Nebraska State Tem- 

 perance Union. 



The resolutions,- adopted by both conven- 

 tions, were as follows : 



Resolved, That we, the Liberal Republicans and 

 Democrats of the State of Nebraska, in joint conven- 

 tion assembled at Lincoln, on the 29tli day of Au- 

 gust, 1872, accept the principles declared in the plat- 

 form of the Cincinnati and Baltimore Conventions, 

 and heartily indorse the nominations of Horace Gree- 

 ley for President, and B. Gratz Brown for Vice- 

 President. 



Besolwd, That the safety and prosperity of our 

 State demand a radical and immediate reform in 

 State government, and we wish all good men to 

 unite with us to effect this end. 



Resolved, That the progressive spirit of the age, 

 and the policy of the recent amendments to our na- 

 tional Constitution, demand the immediate and un- 

 conditional repeal of all laws remaining upon the 

 statute-books of the State of Nebraska inconsistent 

 therewith. 



The Republican Convention convened at 

 Lincoln, on the 4th of September, and, after a 

 session of three days, completed the following 

 ticket : For Governor, Robert W. Furnas ; 

 Secretary of State, John P. Gosper ; Auditor, 

 John B. Weston ; Treasurer, Henry A. Koe- 

 nig; Attorney-General, J.R.Webster; State- 

 prison Inspector, Wallace "W. Abbey ; Chief- 

 Justice, George B. Lake; Associate Justices, 

 Daniel Gantt and Samuel Maxwell ; Congress- 

 man, Lorenzo Crounse. Its platform has not 

 come to hand. At the same time, a Temper- 

 ranee Convention was in session, which, how- 

 ever, made no separate nominations, the sen- 

 timent being generally favorable to the Re- 

 publican candidates. The election -on the sec- 

 ond Tuesday in October resulted in favor of 

 the Republicans, the vote for Governor being 

 16,543 Republican, and 11,227 Democratic; 

 Republican majority, 5,316. The majority for 



At the election in November, 26,141 votes 

 were cast, of which Grant received 18,329; 

 Greeley, 7,812 : Grant's majority, 10,517. 



The State Board of Agriculture met in an- 

 nual session on the 4th of January, and de- 

 cided to hold the next State Fair at Lincoln. 

 The most important action taken was the pas- 

 sage of a resolution to encourage the planting 

 of forest-trees, which provides that "the State 

 Agricultural Society will award the following 

 premiums in the year 1872, and every year 

 thereafter, at the pleasure of the Board, to any 

 person who will plant and cultivate the great- 

 est number of acres in forest-trees, said trees 

 to be well cultivated, and not more than four 

 feet apart : for the best five acres or more, a 

 premium of $60, and for the second best five 

 acres, $30." 



The State Agricultural and Horticultural 

 Fair was held in the beginning of September, 

 and was numerously attended, and successful 

 in its results. County agricultural societies 

 are organized, which are required to report 

 annually to the State Board of Agriculture. 



The subject of Scandinavian immigration 

 has attracted much attention, and valuable in- 

 formation about the State has been distributed 

 in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, by an 

 agent appointed for that purpose. According 

 to the report of the Regents of the State Uni- 

 versity, the receipts for the year ending De- 

 cember 1st amounted to $62,380.80; disburse- 

 ments, $37,972.95; balance, $24,407.85. The 

 sum of $2,000 was placed at the disposal of 

 the Professor of Agriculture for the use of 

 the model farm. The ninety thousand acres 

 of Agricultural College lands have all been 

 selected and confirmed, with the exception 

 of two quarter-sections, which, it appears, 

 had been previously taken by private parties. 

 Other lands have been selected in lieu, and 

 will doubtless be confirmed in due time. The 

 original selections of seventy-two sections of 

 University lands, owing to certain informali- 

 ties, were not confirmed. Selections in lieu 

 thereof have been made, and are now before 

 the Department at Washington, and, it is be- 

 lieved, will shortly be confirmed. 



According to the report of the Superintend- 

 ent of Public Instruction, dated December 23d, 

 the number of children of school -age was 

 51,123, and the amount of school moneys to 

 be apportioned among the several counties, 

 according to the number of scholars in each, 

 was $110,956.90. 



Governor James recommended to the Legis- 

 lature the abolition of the office of Attorney- 

 General ; a change in the laws relating to the 



