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change in the organic law, it ought to be allowed to 

 do so in a constitutional manner ; and recognizing the 

 evils of intemperance and desiring to overcome those 

 evils, we believe the temperance question is one upon 

 which that expression should be so permitted. We 

 further demand the thorough enforcement of the pres- 

 ent tax and police laws. 



We are opposed to the granting of the Government 

 domain to non-resident foreigners, to the exclusion of 

 our own citizens, to whose ownership and use for 

 homes it should be dedicated. 



We again declare our constant sympathy with the 

 just and consistent Eepublican policy and practice of 

 granting out of the nation's abundance generous pen- 

 sions to the disabled veterans of our wars, whether 

 for the country's defense or for the preservation of 

 the Union. We denounce the present national Ad- 

 ministration for its indefensible vetoes of meritorious 

 measures to the relief of veterans, and the widows 

 and orphans of veterans, and condemn the coarse and 

 insolent terms in which those vetoes were expressed. 

 We protest against the removal from official places of 

 worthy and disabled Union soldiers to make way for 

 partisan civilians and ex-Confederates. 



We favor such wise national legislation in regula- 

 tion of commerce between the States as will prevent 

 extortion by common carriers and secure for the pro- 

 ducer the transportation of his products to all markets 

 at a reasonable and proper cost and without unjust 

 discrimination in favor or* any class, interests, or sec- 

 tions. We also favor the amendment of the patent 

 laws so as to exempt the owners and users of patented 

 articles purchased in the ordinary way of trade from 

 any liability to the patentee or his assigns. 



The Democrats and Greenbackers put a fu- 

 sion ticket in the field, consisting of the fol- 

 lowing candidates: For Governor, George L. 

 Yaple ; Lieutenant-Governor, Solomon S. Cur- 

 ry ; Secretary of State, Philip B. Wachtel; 

 Treasurer, William G. Beard; Auditor, Judson 

 S. Farrar ; Land Commissioner, Alonzo T. 

 Frisbie; Attorney-General, John C. Donnel- 

 ly ; Superintendent of Public Instruction, Da- 

 vid Parsons; Member of Board of Education, 

 Orren E. Downing. 



The Prohibitionists had a ticket in the field, 

 headed by Samuel Dickie. On November 2 

 the Eepublican ticket was elected. The vote 

 for Governor was as follows: Republican, 

 181,474: Fusion, 174,042; Prohibition, 25,- 

 179; scattering, 190. Two proposed amend- 

 ments to the Constitution were rejected. 



Five Democrats (First, Fifth, Seventh, 

 Eighth, and Tenth districts) and six Republi- 

 cans were elected to Congress. The Legisla- 

 ture consists of 22 Republicans and 10 opposi- 

 tion in the Senate, and 62 Republicans and 38 

 opposition in the House. 



MINNESOTA, State Government. The follow- 

 ing were the State Officers during the year : 

 Governor, Lucius F. Hubbard, Republican ; 

 Lieutenant-Governor, Charles A. Gilman; Sec- 

 retary of State, Frederick von Baumbach ; 

 Treasurer, Charles Kittelson ; Auditor, W. W. 

 Braden; Attorney-General, W. J. Hahn; Su- 

 perintendent of Public In struction, D. L. Kiehle ; 

 Public Examiner, H. M. Knox ; Insurance Com- 

 missioner, A. R. McGill ; Commissioner of Sta- 

 tistics, A. F. Nordin ; Railroad Commissioners, 

 James H. Baker, G. L. Becker, and S. S. Mur- 

 dock. Supreme Court : Chief-Justice, James 

 Gilfillan ; Associate Justices, John M. Berry, 



William Mitchell, D. A. Dickinson, and Charles 

 E. Vanderburg. 



Finances. The following statements give a 

 general idea of the transactions of the treasury 

 for the fiscal years 1885 and 1886 : 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



The status of the trust funds of the State on 

 July 31 was as follows: 



PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND. 



Cash $350,51881 



Land contracts 3,694,842 15 



Unpaid drafts, drawn prior to Dec. 1, 1882 1,172 25 



$1,981,000 Minnesota B. K. adjustment bonds. . 1,980,025 



$61,000 Minnesota r,- venue bonds 61,000 00 



$51,650 United States registered 4-per-cent. 



bonds 



$1,700,000 Tennessee 3-per-cent. bonds 1,164,250 0' 



Total r$7~314>789 



Less premiums paid on United States bonds 

 from general fund 



Total. ... $7,303,166 14 



