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KANSAS. 



KENTUCKY. 



ATTORNEY-GENERAL . 



Johnston 99,177 



Moore 57,026 



McBryan 23,014 



SUPERINTENDENT OP PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 



Speer 99,269 



Lantz 60.230 



Whitman 23,305 



ASSOCIATE JUSTICE. 



Brewer 98,806 



Green 60,671 



TJhl 21,146 



by the Democratic Convention of his district 

 for Congress, but declined the nomination. He 

 was nominated the same year as the Democratic 

 candidate for the State Senate, and ran against 

 his preceptor, Mr. Buckland, being defeated, 

 but running nearly 2,000 votes ahead of his 

 ticket. He was elected Judge Advocate of the 

 Second Regiment of the Seventeenth Division 

 of the Ohio militia, with the rank of colonel, 

 and was commissioned by Governor Chase. 



He removed to Kansas in the spring of 1859, The Legislature chosen at this election will 



located at Atchison, and resumed the practice consist of 37 Eepublicans, 2 Democrats, and 



of law. In 1874 Mr. Glick relinquished a lu- i Greenbacker in the Senate, and of 86 Repub- 



crative practice on account of a severe throat licans, 26 Democrats, and 13 Greenbackers in 



affection, giving his entire attention from that the House. 



date to the management of his fine farm, when MISCELLANEOUS. A convention of colored 

 not filling a public position. He served nine voters was held in Topeka in June, which 

 terms in the Kansas Legislature oftener than passed resolutions claiming recognition from 

 any other citizen of the State. During five the Republican party in nominations for office, 

 sessions of the House he was chairman of the During the year the Supreme Court decided that 

 Judiciary Committee. In 1868 he was the Dem- the prohibition act, so far as it provides a pun- 

 ocratic candidate for Governor, and ran 1,600 ishment for drunkenness, is unconstitutional, 

 votes ahead of the Democratic candidate for O n the ground that the title of the act only pur- 

 President, ports to provide for the manufacture and sale 



ELECTION RETURNS. The election in Novem- of liquor, and not for intoxication. This ren- 



ber resulted in the choice of the Democratic ders the section void under the clause in the 



candidate for Governor, while the other State Constitution which provides that the subject 



officers and the Congressmen elected are Re- o f the law must be expressed in the title, 



publicans. The defeat of Governor St. John KENTUCKY. STATE GOVEENMENT. The 



was due to his pronounced views in favor of State officers during the year were as fol- 



prohibition. The vote was as follows: low: Governor, Luke P. Blackburn, Demo- 



CONGRESSMEN-AT-LARGE. <t J Lieutenant-Governor, James ECant- 



Peter8 99,866 well; Secretary of State, James Blackburn; 



Mowm'. '.'.'. '.'. '.'. '.'.'.'. '.'.'. '.V. V. "." "";.:...... 98,349 Treasurer, James W. Tate ; Auditor, Fayette 



%*::::::. ::::::;:;::::; :::::::: SIS Hewitt; Adjutant-General, Joseph p. Nuck- 



Wood .""".'.".'.'...............'........!!.......'.! 83^079 ols ; Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. 



59,872 D Pickett . Attorney-General, W. P. Hardin; 



::::::::::;:::;:::::::;:::::::::::::: IK* Register of Land-office, Ralph sheidon ; com- 



22,243 m i ss ioner of Agriculture, Charles E. Bowman; 



Davis ^'' yi Insurance Commissioner, L. C. Norman ; State 



FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Librarian, Mrs. Anna B. Cook. Judiciary, 



Moo?y son ::::::v:.::v.v.:::v.:::::::::::::::::::::: nfsS court of Appeals: chief-justice, Joseph H. 



Lewis ; Associate Justices, T. F. Hargis, Thorn- 



Haskeil SEC ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ; . 23 , 601 as H. Hines, and William S. Pryor. 



Ace.. V.V.'.V.V.V.V.V." '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. .".'.".*.'.'.'.'."!.'.'.'.'." I9,'ii6 LEGISLATIVE ACTS. The Legislature, which 



Ta y lor 5 > T1 was in session at the beginning of the year, 



THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. adjourned on the 24th of April, after a session 



y an 86,181 of one hundred and forty-eight days. Among 



Co 011 '. '. .V.V 9,365 the acts passed are the following : 



STATE TICKET-GOVERNOR. . An ** , to Prescribe the mode of condemn- 



8t John 75,158 ing land for the use of railroad and turnpike 



GHck ...... 83,239 companies; an act providing that the stated 



Eobinson 20,933 bienn i a i sess i ons o f the Legislature shall here- 



LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. after Degin on fo e 30 th of December, or the 



Son 7 ::::::::::.: :::::':::.::::::::::::::::::::::: S^M? day following, if that be Sunday; an act pre- 



BayneV.V. ................!.!.................!!... 23^800 scribing that the fiscal year shall hereafter end 



SECRETARY OP STATE. on the 30th of June ; an act to amend an act 



Smith 99,282 to establish a State Board of Health, to pro- 



Igj? ; ; gg vide for the appointment of local boards of 



health and superintendent, and acts amenda- 



McCabe.. _ 86,160 tory thereof; an act to require railroad com- 



Brown .!'..'!!!.".".!!!!! 1 !!!!."! I "I." .'*.".'.*.*! I! !!! I eeaso panics to post notices of delays in passenger 



Garretson 24 ' 603 -trains; an act to apportion the State into 



STATE TREASURER. eleven congressional districts, as follow : 



Giffbrd'. ! ', ". " 60 55S First District, composed of the counties of Fulton, 



Ludlow. .'...'.'.'.. ....... 1 '..'!."!.".*.'. V.V. V.V. V.V. '.'.'.'.! II 23,'807 Hickman, Graves, Bollard, McCracken, Marshall, Cal- 



