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1. Protection to the homestead and wages of the 

 laborer. 



2. A liberal exemption to the small manufacturer 

 and dealer. 



3. A mechanic's lien law, broad enough in its pro- 

 visions to amply secure the payment of any demand 

 for work and material. 



4. Arbitration to adjust all differences between the 

 employer and employes. 



5. The establishment of a Bureau of Labor Statis- 

 tics, so that a correct knowledge of the educational, 

 moral, and financial condition of the laboring masses 

 can be obtained. 



6. A general incorporation law under 'which all as- 

 sociations organized by the workingmen to improve 

 their condition and protect their rights can be per- 

 petuated. And it is in favor of all other legislation 

 tending to secure to the laborers their just proportion 

 of the proceeds of their work, to protect them against 

 the encroachments of organized capital, and to provide 

 easy and speedy redress for all wrong suffered by 

 them or threatened to them. And while we indorse 

 and espouse all just demands of the labeling masses, 

 we are unalterably opposed to the doctrines of the 

 communist and the red flag of the anarchist. 



There was also a Prohibition ticket in the 

 field. The Republican ticket was elected. The 

 vote for Governor was as follows : Republican, 

 149,615; Democratic, 115,697; Prohibition, 

 8,094. The vote for the other officers was as 

 follows, the first figures being Republican, the 

 second Democratic, and the third Prohibition : 

 Auditor, 161,117, 92,856, and 8,366; Lieuten- 

 ant-Governor, 155,353, 109,820, 8,130; Secre- 

 tary of State, 156,914, 108,575, 8,205 ; Superin- 

 tendent of Public Instruction, 156,987, 108,821, 

 7,759; Associate Justice, 156,437, 109,162, 

 8,002; Treasurer, 158,981.108,446, 8,174; At- 

 torney-General, 155,988, 109,237, 7,865. Seven 

 Republican Congressmen were chosen. The 

 Legislature consists of 37 Republicans and 3 

 Democrats in the Senate, and 96 Republicans, 

 25 Democrats, and 4 others in the House. A 

 proposed constitutional amendment to increase 

 the number of Supreme Court judges was de- 

 feated, there being 81,788 votes cast in the 

 affirmative and 132,535 in the negative. 



Banks. There were 75 incorporated State 

 banks on June 30, 1886. 



Legislative Session. A special session of the 

 Legislature convened on the 19th of January 

 and adjourned on the 20th of February. Among 

 the acts passed were the following: 



An act to apportion the State for Senators and Rep- 

 resentatives. 



An act to establish boards of arbitration, and defin- 

 ing their power? and duties. 



An act to compel the recording of tax deeds. 



An act to provide for the consolidation of cities. 



An act authorizing counties and incorporated cities 

 to encourage the development of the coal, natural gas, 

 and other resources of their localities, by subscribing 

 to the stock of companies organized for such purpose. 



An act to punish misrepresentation and deception 

 in the sale of fruit, shade, or ornamental trees, vines, 

 shrubs, plants, bulbs, and roots. 



An act to suppress and prevent the printing, selling, 

 loaning, making, advertising, giving away 3 or expos- 

 ing to view, or 'showing, or taking subscriptions for 

 any indecent or obscene literature, prints, etchings, 

 drawings, or papers, or any article or instrument'of 

 immoral use, and prescribing the punishment therefor. 



An act to prevent hunting and shooting on the first 

 day of the week, commonly called Sunday. 

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An act in relation to State officers and agents, and 

 defining certain crimes and providing punishment 

 therefor. 



An act to punish malicious mischief. 



An act to punish pickpockets. 



An act in relation to garnishments and attachments 

 for wages in certain cases. 



An act relating to the business of joint-stock fire- 

 insurance companies organized under'the laws of this 

 State, and defining their powers and duties. 



An act for the incorporation of mutual live-stock 

 insurance companies, and defining their powers and 

 duties. 



An act concerning irrigation. 



An act declaring the 30th day of May a legal holiday. 



An act to authorize the establishment and main- 

 tenance of county high-schools. 



An act to prevent the spread of disease among 

 swine. 



An act to prevent the selling or running at large of 

 domestic animals or animals affected witn any infec- 

 tious or contagious disease. 



An act relating to appointment and employment of 

 persons who served and have been honorably dis- 

 charged from the Army and Navy of the United States. 



An act providing for the drainage of swamps, bot- 

 tom or other low lands. 



KENTUCKY. State Government. The follow- 

 ing were the State officers during the year: 

 Governor, J. Proctor Knott, Democrat; Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor, James R. Hindman; Secre- 

 tary of State, James A. McKenzie ; Treasurer, 

 James W. Yate; Auditor, Fayette Hewitt; 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction, Joseph 

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

 Register of Land-Office, George M. Adams; 

 Commissioner of Agriculture, John F. Davis; 

 Insurance Commissioner, L. C. Norman; Rail- 

 road Commissioners, J. P. Thompson, A. K. 

 Boone, and John D. Young. Court of Appeals : 

 Chief-Justice, Thomas H. Hines; Associate 

 Justices, William S. Pryor, Joseph H. Lewis, 

 and William II. Holt. 



Legislative Session. The Legislature, which 

 was in session at the beginning of tiie year, ad- 

 journed on May 18. Of nearly two thousand 

 bills passed at this session, only about eighty 

 are general bills. A synopsis of those measures 

 that were signed by the Governor will be found 

 below: 



To provide for the adoption and use of trade-marks 

 for timber- dealers on the Big Sandy and Ohio rivers, 

 and to regulate the fees for taking up floating timbers. 



To take the sense of the people of the State as to 

 the necessity and expediency ot calling a convention 

 to revise the Constitution, and to provide for the reg- 

 istration of the legal voters. 



To grant the consent of the State to the acquisition 

 by the United States of certain lands bordering on the 

 navigable streams, and on Green and Barren rivers, 

 for the purpose of improvement. 



To repeal the act providing for the propagation and 

 protection of food-fishes. 



To regulate the sale of fertilizers and to protect 

 fanners in the purchase and use of the same. It re- 

 quires that all fertilizers be analyzed at the State Col- 

 lege. 



"To increase the penalty for rape (now two to six 

 years) to from two to twenty-one years. 



To amend that part of the General Statutes which 

 makes the offices of Surveyor and Deputy Clerk in- 

 compatible. 



To require all life-insurance agents to pay a license. 



To amend an act for the incorporation and regula- 

 tion of fire, marine, health, accident, live-stock, and 



