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Railroad Commissioner, Ole A. Ritan ; Com- 

 missioner of Insurance, B. F. Parker. 



The Republican State Convention met at 

 Madison on September 8, and nominated the 

 following ticket: For Governor, Jeremiah M. 

 Rusk; Lieutenant-Governor, George W. Ry- 

 land; Secretary of State, Ernst G. Tirnme; 

 State Treasurer, II. B. Harshaw ; Attorney- 

 General, C. E. Estabrook; State Superintend- 

 ent of Public Schools, J. B. Thayer; Railroad 

 Commissioner, Atley Peterson ; Commissioner 

 of Insurance, Philip Cheek, Jr. 



The Democratic State Convention met on 

 September 15, also at Madison. The follow- 

 ing is the ticket agreed upon : For Governor, 

 Gilbert M. Woodward; Lieutenant-Governor. 

 John D. Putnam ; Secretary of State, John C, 

 Ludwig; State Treasurer, John A. Johnson; 

 Attorney-General, George W. Bird ; Superin- 

 tendent of Public Schools, Edward McLough- 

 lin; Railroad Commissioner, James Meehan; 

 Insurance Commissioner, John Karel. 



The Labor (or People's) State Convention 

 assembled at Neenah on September 16, and 

 put forth the following candidates: For Gov- 

 ernor, John Cochrane ; Lieutenant-Governor, 

 George A. Lloyd; Secretary of State, J. P. 

 Jasperson ; State Treasurer, Frederick Honig; 

 Attorney- General, John E. Thomas; Railroad 

 Commissioner, Heinrich Zinn ; Superintendent 

 of Public Schools, J. K. McGregor; Insurance 

 Commissioner, Rittner Stevens. 



On November 2 the Republican ticket was 

 elected. The following was the vote for Gov- 

 ernor: Republican, 133,247; Democratic, 114,- 

 529 ; Labor, 21,467, of which 12,914 were cast 

 in Milwaukee County ; Prohibition, 17,089. A 

 Democrat was elected to Congress from the 

 Fifth District, a Labor candidate from the 

 Fourth, and Republicans from the other seven. 

 The Legislature of 1887 consists of 25 Repub- 

 licans, 6 Democrats,' 1 Labor man, and 1 In- 

 dependent in the Senate, and 57 Republicans, 

 33 Democrats, 3 Independent Democrats, 6 

 Labor men, and 1 Independent in the House. 

 At the November election a vote was taken 

 on the proposition to confer the right of suf- 

 frage upon women at elections pertaining to 

 school matters, and the same was approved by 

 a vote of 43,581 for, to 38,998 against. 



WYOMING. Territorial Government. The fol- 

 lowing were the Territorial officers during the 

 year : Governor, Francis E. Warren, succeeded 

 by George W. Baxter, and he by Thomas 

 Moonlight ; Secretary, Elliott S. N. Morgan ; 

 Treasurer, William P. Gannett; Auditor, Perry 

 L. Smith, succeeded by Mortimer N. Grant; 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction, John 



Slaughter ; Attorney-General, Hugo Donze-1 

 mann ; Insurance Commissioner, Joseph B. 

 Adams. Supreme Court : Chief -Justice, John 

 W. Lacey, succeeded by William L. Maginnis ; 

 Associate Justices, Jacob B. Blair and Samuel 

 C. Parks, succeeded by Samuel T. Corn. 



Financial. The total assessed valuation of 

 property in the Territory in 1880 was $11,- 

 857,344. In 1886 it had increased to $31,020,- 

 784. The rate of Territorial taxation for 1886 

 has been considerably increased over 1885, on 

 account of appropriations made by the Legis- 

 lative Assembly for permanent improvements, 

 such as public buildings. The total aggregate 

 indebtedness of the several counties, Jan. 1, 

 1886, was p $270,642. 



Receipts and Disbursements. The balance in 

 the treasury Dec. 31, 1885, was $31,175.45. 



Educational. In 1885 there were 83 public- 

 school buildings, representing an outlay of over 

 $150,000. Number of schools, 134; teachers 

 employed, 150; pupils enrolled, 4,354; average 

 salary, per month, paid teachers, $55. 



Irrigation. There were recorded within four 

 months of the close of the summer in the 

 district comprising the southeast portion ot 

 Laramie County more than five hundred canals 

 and ditches, extending over 1,000 miles in 

 length and covering at least 100,000 acres. 



Mining. Prospecting has been carried on in 

 many localities during the past year with fa- 

 vorable results. A large number of companies 

 have kept in constant employment a strong 

 force of men in developing the oil-regions of 

 central and northern Wyoming. A company 

 has recently been formed for the purpose of 

 erecting in Cheyenne smelting, reduction, and 

 refining works. 



Public Buildings. At the last session of the 

 Legislature, $230,000, in bonds, was author- 

 ized to be issued, divided as follows : a capitol 

 building, $150,000, to be erected at Cheyenne ; 

 university, $50,000, at Laramie City ; and an 

 insane asylum, $30,000, at Evanston. 



Political*. The Legislature met on January 

 12, and adjourned on March 12. The Demo- 

 cratic Territorial Convention met at Rawlins 

 on October 2, and nominated Henry G. Balch 

 for delegate to Congress. The Republican 

 Territorial Convention met at the same place 

 on October 5, and renominated Joseph M. Ca- 

 rey for delegate to Congress. 



The Democratic candidate did not remain in 

 the field. On November 2 the vote was as 

 follows: Carey, 8,259; scattering, 1,113. The 

 Legislature has 9 Republicans and 3 Demo- 

 crats in the Council, and 10 Republicans and 

 14 Democrats in the House. 



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Corporation of Yale College, held on May 20, Sacred Literature in the theological depart- 



1886, President Noah Porter presented his ment, was elected to fill the ofiice. The new 



