424 



INSURANCE. 



Lamb's 



Ward, 

 Ward's 



16,223; 

 fat., 1,377. 



Seventh District Peelle, Rep., 17,451 ; Eng- 

 lish, Dem., 17,364; Medkirk, Nat., 535. Peelle's 

 plurality, 87. 



Eighth District Peirce, Rep., 17,823 ; Lamb, 

 Dem., 18,110; Copner, Nat., 1,859. 

 plurality, 287. 



Ninth District Orth, Rep., 16,482; 

 Dem., 17,357; Jacks, Nat., 1,114. 

 plurality, 875. 



Tenth District De Motte, Rep., 

 Wood, Dem., 17,237; Moore, Nai 

 Wood's plurality, 1,014. 



Eleventh District Steele, Rep., 19,863; 

 Daily, Dem., 19,539 ; Thompson, Nat., 1,456. 

 Steele's plurality, 333. 



Twelfth District Glasgow, Rep., 14,223; 

 Lowry, Dem., 16,986; Butler, Nat., 615. 

 Lowry's plurality, 2,763. 



Thirteenth District Calkins, Rep., 17,478 ; 

 Winterbotham, Dem., 17,087 ; Shiveley, Nat., 

 1,935. Calkins's plurality, 391. 



The new Legislature consists of 28 Demo- 

 crats and 22 Republicans in the Senate, and 58 

 Democrats, 41 Republicans, and 1 Greenbacker, 

 in the House. 



Prior to the election there was some discus- 

 sion whether the whole number or only half of 

 the Senators should be voted for, some prom- 

 inent Democrats contending that all must be 

 then chosen, but this position seems to have 

 been abandoned. 



PROHIBITORY AMENDMENT. Since the elec- 

 tion it has been alleged that the Democrats 

 have been seeking for grounds upon which to 

 avoid submitting the prohibitory amendment 

 to the people. The Constitution provides that 

 an amendment must be proposed by one Legis- 



lature and set out on the record with the 

 yeas and nays, and referred to the succeeding 

 Legislature. The pending amendments were 

 not set out as required, and it is therefore 

 claimed that they are void, and that there is 

 nothing for the next Legislature to act upon. 

 On the other hand, the Republicans argue that 

 the same defect existed in the case of the 

 Wabash and Erie Canal amendment, that Gov- 

 ernor Baker took the ground that it did not 

 invalidate it, and that the amendment was 

 adopted and went into effect. There is also a 

 decision of the Supreme Court of the State 

 upon an appropriation bill, that it is not com- 

 petent for a court to go beyond the attest- 

 ing signature of the President of the Senate 

 and the Speaker of the House, and that the 

 bill being properly enrolled and attested, the 

 courts are precluded from attacking the 

 measure collaterally by showing a faulty 

 record. 



Another alleged defect, which is not thought 

 to be of serious consequence, is, that the 

 amendments were not expressly " referred " to 

 the next General Assembly. 



INSURANCE. Statistics relating to the 

 various insurance companies of the United 

 States are reported for the first time by the 

 Federal Government in the census returns for 

 1880. The year covered by the statistics is 

 that ending December 31, 1879. The chief re- 

 sults for the United States are here given. 



LIFE INSURANCE. The number of companies 

 in the United States is 59. The names of the 

 companies, the place of principal office, and the 

 year of beginning business are shown in the 

 following table : 



