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party to the support of the Liberal-Republican 

 candidates and principles, a conference was 

 held at Austin, on the 17th and 18th of Octo- 

 ber, at which the following resolutions were 

 adopted, after considerable discussion : 



Rssolved, That we do not regard the action of the 

 Baltimore Convention, in nominating: two Kepub- 

 licans, as binding on us as Democrats. 



Resolved, That we are opposed to the election 

 of General Grant as President, and disapprove of 

 the wholesale corruption and disregard of the Con- 

 stitution that have characterized his Administra- 

 tion. 



Resolved, That a committee of six members be ap- 

 pointed by the chairman of this meeting, to prepare 

 and publish an address to the Democracy of Texas, 

 expressive of their views in regard to the objects of 

 this conference, and to confer with the present Demo- 

 cratic electors, with the view of obtaining their vote 

 for O'Cohor and Adams, in the event it shall be 

 found that their vote would not change the result of 

 the presidential election. 



This action had no practical effect on the 

 election, which began on the 5th of November 

 and continued four days. The largest vote 

 cast for a Democratic elector was 66,455, for 

 a Republican elector 47,426, while 3,704 were 

 returned as scattering. The majority for 

 Greeley over Grant was 19,029. The votes of 

 El Paso and Presidio Counties were thrown 

 out "on account of mob violence, intimida- 

 tion, and undue influence being practised dur- 

 ing the election ; " that of Wilson County be- 

 cause the election was not held at the county- 

 seat ; those of Coleman, McCulloch, McMullen, 

 Menard, and Pecos, because they had not the 

 number of registered voters necessary to enti- 

 tle them to organization ; and that of Webb 

 County " because 200 aliens were allowed to 

 vote on declaration-of-intention papers taken 

 out before the clerk of the District Court in 

 vacation." All the Democratic members of 

 Congress were chosen, and a majority of the 

 members of both branches of the Legislature 

 are Democrats. 



A vote was taken on the permanent location 

 of the State capital, and resulted in 64,277 

 votes in favor of Austin, the old seat of gov- 

 ernment, 35,147 for Houston, 12,777 for Waco, 

 11 for Bryan, and 89 scattering. The follow- 

 ing amendment of the constitution was rati- 

 fied by a vote of 57,611 to 35,076 : 



The Legislature shall not hereafter grant lands, 

 except for purposes of internal improvement, to any 

 person or persons, nor shall any certificate for land 

 be sold at the Land -Office, except to actual settlers 

 upon the same, and in lots not exceeding 160 acres : 

 Provided, That the Legislature shall not grant out of 

 the public domain more than 20 sections of land for 

 each completed work, in aid of the construction of 

 which land may be granted ; and provided further, 



right granted or secured by laws passed prior to the 

 final adoption of this amendment. 



According to the census of 1870, of the to- 

 tal male population (56,515) ten years old^and 

 over, there were, engaged in all classes of oc- 

 cupations, 21,517 persons, of whom 20,442 

 were males and 1,075 females. There were 



engaged in agriculture, 10,428, including 10,417 

 males and 11 females; in professional and per- 

 sonal services, 5,317, including 4,384 males 

 and 933 females ; in trade and transportation, 

 1,665, including 1,648 males and 17 females; 

 in manufactures, and mechanical and mining 

 industries, 4,107, including 3,993 males and 

 114 females. 



The State contained 2,964,836 acres of im- 

 proved land, 7,662,294 of woodland, and 7,- 

 769,393 of other unimproved land. The cash 

 value of farms was $60,149,954 ; of farming 

 implements and machinery, $3,396,793; total 

 amount of wages paid during the year, includ- 

 ding value of board, $4,777,638 ; total (esti- 

 mated) value of all farm productions, including 

 betterments and additions to stock, $49,185,- 

 170; orchard-products, $69,172; produce of 

 market - gardens, $74,924; forest - products, 

 $66,841 ; value of home manufactures, $293,- 

 308 ; of animals slaughtered or sold for slaugh- 

 ter, $4,835,224; of all live-stock, $37,425,194. 

 There were 424,504 horses, 61,322 mules and 

 asses, 428,048 milch-cows, 132,407 working- 

 oxen, 2,933,588 other cattle, 714,351 sheep, 

 and 1,202,445 swine. The chief productions 

 were 66,173 bushels of spring, and 348,939 

 of winter, wheat, 28,521 of rye, 20,554,538 

 of Indian-corn, 762,663 of oats, 44,351 of 

 barley, 63,844 pounds of rice, 59,706 of to- 

 bacco, 1,251,328 of wool, 350,628 bales of 

 cotton, 42,654 bushels of peas and beans, 

 208,383 of Irish, and 2,188,041 of sweet, pota- 

 toes, 6,216 gallons of wine, 3,712,747 pounds 

 of butter, 34,342 of cheese, 62,771 gallons of 

 milk sold, 18,982 tons of hay, 2,020 hhds. of 

 cane-sugar, 246,062 gallons of cane, 174,509 

 gallons of sorghum, and 5,032 of maple, mo- 

 lasses, 275,160 pounds of honey, and 13,255 of 

 wax. 



The total number of manufacturing estab- 

 lishments was 2,399, using 540 steam-engines, 

 of 11,214 horse-power, and 116 water-wheels, 

 of 1,830 horse-power, and employing 7,297 

 hands, of whom 7,450 were males above six- 

 teen, 157 females above fifteen, and 320 youth. 

 The total amount of capital invested was $5,- 

 284,110 ; wages paid during the year, $1,787,- 

 835; value of materials consumed, $6,273,193; 

 of products, $11,517,302. 



The whole number of newspapers and peri- 

 odicals was 112, having an aggregate circula- 

 tion of 55,250, and issuing annually 4,214,800 

 copies. There were 12 daily, with a circula- 

 tion of 3,500; 5 tri- weekly, circulation 2,450; 

 5 semi-weekly, circulation 3,700 ; 89 weekly, 

 circulation 45,300; 1 semi-monthly, circulation 

 300. 



There were 455 libraries, having 87,111 vol- 

 umes. Of these, 320, with 62,093 volumes, 

 were private; and 135, with 25,018 volumes, 

 were other than private. 



' The total number of religious organizations 

 was 843, having 647 edifices, with 199,100 sit- 

 tings, and property valued at $1,035,430. The 

 leading denominations were : 



