876 



WISCONSIN. 



Rusk, Republican 81,751 



1'ratt, Democrat . G!t,7'J7 



Kanouse, Temperance 13,225 



Allis, Greenbacker 7,002 



Scattering 78 



Total 171,666 



Husk's plurality 11,957 



The Legislature chosen at this election is 

 constituted as follows : Senate, 23 Republicans 

 and 10 Democrats ; House, 64 Republicans, 34 

 Democrats, and 2 Independents. 



The following amendments to Article IV of 

 the Constitution, submitted at this election, 

 were ratified by a vote of 53,532 against 13,93(3 : 



SECTION 4. The members of the Assembly shall be 

 chosen biennially, by single districts, on the Tuesday 

 succeeding the first" Monday of November, alter the 

 adoption of this amendment, by the qualified electors 

 of the several districts ; such districts to be bounded 

 by county, precinct, town, or ward lines, to consist of 

 contiguous territory, and be in as compact form as 

 practicable. 



J3EC. 5. The Senators shall be elected by single dis- 

 tricts of convenient contiguous territory, at the same 

 time and in the same manner as members of the As- 

 sembly are required to be chosen, and no Assembly 

 district shall be divided in the formation of a Senate 

 district. The Senate districts shall be numbered in 

 the regular series, and the Senators shall be chosen 

 alternately from the odd and even numbered districts. 

 The Senators elected, or holding over at the time of 

 the adoption of this amendment, shall continue in 



office till their successors are duly elected and quali- 

 fied. And, after the adoption of this amendment all 

 Senators shall be chosen lor the term of four years. 



SEC. 11. The Legislature shall meet at the seat of 

 government, at such time as shall be provided by law 

 once in two years and no oftener, unless convened by 

 the Governor in special session ; and when so con- 

 vened, no business shall be transacted except such as 

 shall be necessary to accomplish the special purposes 

 lor which it was convened. 



SEC. 21. Each member of the Legislature shall re- 

 ceive for his services for and during a regular session 

 the sum of five hundred dollars, and ten cents for 

 every mile he shall travel in going to and returning 

 from the place of meeting of the Legislature on the 

 most usual route. In case of an extra session of the 

 Legislature, no additional compensation shall be al- 

 lowed to any member thereof, either directly or indi- 

 reotly, except for mileage, to be computed at the same 

 rate as for a regular session. No stationery, news- 

 papers, postage, or other perquisites, except the salary 

 and mileage above provided, shall be received from 

 the State by any member of the Legislature for his 

 services, or in any other manner as such member. 



The cereal production of the State, as re- 

 ported by the census of 1880, is as follows: 

 Barley, 5,043,118 bushels; buckwheat, 299,- 

 107; corn, 34,230,579; oats, 32,905,820; rye, 

 2,298,513 ; wheat, 24,884,689. 



The following is the population of Wisconsin 

 by counties, as returned by the census of 1880, 

 and as compared with the returns for 1870 : 



* Formed (as new) from part of Oconto in 1879 ; in 1880 

 name changed to Langlade; unorganized and attached to 

 Shawano for judicial purposes. 



t Organized in 1874 from part of Marathon; in 1875, part to 



Taylor ; in 1879, part to Price. 



In 1879. from parts of Chippewa and Lincoln. 



Formed in 1S75 from parts of Clark, Chippewa, Lincoln, 

 and Marathon. 



