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>o of sox, race, color, or creed. It is pro- 



iliut it- charter membership shall eon-M 

 t>l the following: 1. .Members of the 1'an-Ue- 

 |.uhlic (lenenil Committee, 2. Fvery rontrihu- 

 the ftuids who ha.s supported this work 

 up In thr pivM-nt time, and those who -hall so 

 contribute |.rior to April 10, 1N92. :{. ('mitril.ii- 



i t lie fund that, was given by citizens of 

 ill.' Ki-piiMir of France to present to citizens of 

 tin- I'niled States, with fraternal greetings com- 



i-.-iti\e of tho Centennial period, the Still ue 

 of Liberty Knlightening the World, and the 

 contributors in the United States to the fund for 

 the erection of the pedestal for this statue. 4. 



persons who have been or may be nomi- 

 nated to membership in the Human Freedom 

 ic, by mcmlwrs of the General Committee 

 on Organization of the Pan-Republic Congre.-s 

 us to April 10, 1S!*2. 5. Members of tho 



y of Sons of tho Revolution, and of the 



y of Sons of the American Revolution ; 

 Daughters of the American Revolution; Grand 



Army of the Republic; Woman's Relief i 

 Sons'of Veteran*, United Stales Army ; Sici<-ty 

 of the War of 1N|2: Confederate Veterans' As- 

 sociation; and all other societies which do, or 

 shall, prior to April 10, is'.rj, express and declare 

 in their fundamental laws belief in and adhe.-ion 

 to republican instil ul ion-, when they shall be 

 approved of by the committee hereafter to be 

 appointed. <!. ('iti/ens of the different republics 

 of the world holding ollice under a democratic 

 form of government during the centennial pe- 

 riods, and members of nil the committees that 

 organized or carried through to success the cen- 

 tennial celebrations, including those of the fall 

 of the Bastile, the French Federation, the adop- 

 tion of the Polish Constitution, and the six hun- 

 dredth anniversary of the Swiss Federation, to- 

 gether with the contributors to the supjiorting 

 funds of these several celebrations. And. wher- 

 ever persons entitled to membership, by reason 

 of this clause, shall have died, their rights shall 

 be recognized in their children. 



IDAHO, a Northwestern State, admitted to 

 the I'nion July 3, 1890; area, 84,800 square 

 miles: population, according to the census of 

 ivjn, s|.:;s5. Capital, Boise City. 



(overnmem. The following were the State 

 ollieers during the year: Lieutenant-Governor 

 and acting Governor, Norman B. Willey, Repub- 

 lican : Secretary of State, A. J. Pinkham; Audi- 

 tor, Silas W. bloody; Treasurer, Frank R. Cof- 

 fm : Attorney-General, George H.Roberts: Su- 

 perintendent of Public Instruction, J. E. Har- 

 roun ; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Isaac 

 N. Sullivan ; Associate Justices, Joseph W. Hus- 

 ton and John T. Morgan. 



Finances. Tho bonded State debt on July 1, 

 1801. was as follows: Capitol-building bonds, $80,- 

 000 ; Insane Asylum bonds, $20,000 ; Wagon-road 

 bonds, $30.000 ; refunding bonds, authorized by 

 the funding act of this year, $50,000. The two 

 last-mentioned classes of bonds are in process of 

 issue, the above figures representing the amount 

 actually sold up to July 1. The total receipts of 

 the State treasury for the half-year, ending July 

 1 were $173,083, including the proceeds of $50,- 

 000 refunding bonds sold. On the latter date 

 the balances in the several funds"of the State 

 treasury were as follow : General fund, $1,954.02 ; 

 Capitol-building fund, $20,359.87: Wagon-road 

 fund, $15,897.62; University fund, $8,741.17; 

 Library fund. $1,027.09 ; Common-school fund, 

 $818.94; Insane fund, $344.37; General School 

 fund, $13,530.47: unapportioned cash, $13,151.- 

 14 : total balances, $75,824.69. 



Legislative Session. The first State Legis- 

 lature, which convened at Boise City on Dec. 8, 

 1890. completed its sessions on March 14, 1891. 

 On Dec. 18, pursuant to the provisions of the 

 State Constitution and the admission act, it 

 elected the two United States Senators to which 

 the State was then entitled, and a third Senator, 

 c\- Delegate Fred T. Dubois, whose term should 

 begin on March 4, 1891, when the term of one 

 of the other Senators would expire (see " Annual 

 Cyclopedia " fur 1890, page 425). The ballot for 



Dubois was taken in joint session, although no 

 ballot for the office had been taken in each 

 House separately on the day preceding, as re- 1 

 quired by law, and as had been done in case of 

 the other two senatorial offices. A few Repub- 

 lican members, who were opponents of Dubois, 

 protested against this proceeding, and later at- 

 tempted to set aside his election on the ground 

 of illegality. With the aid of the Democratic 

 minority they passed through both Houses a 

 resolution, under which, on Feb. 10, each House 

 separately voted for a Senator in place of Dubois. 

 This resolution declared that great doubt of the 

 validity of the former election existed, because it 

 took place in advance of the time fixed by law 

 and without a separate ballot in each House. On 

 Feb. 11, both Houses, in joint session, finding 

 that no choice had been made on the preceding 

 day on the separate ballot in each House, pro- 

 ceeded by joint ballot to elect William H.Clagett 

 as United States Senator, by a vote of 28 to 4 for 

 all other candidates. Seventeen Republican mem- 

 bers were present and refused to vote, and four 

 were absent, but the Republican minority and 

 the Democrats (who voted for Clagett) formed 

 a majority of both Houses. Subsequently Act- 

 ing-Gov. 'Willey signed the certificate of Clag- 

 ett's election, but Secretary of State Pinkham 

 refused to countersign it or to affix the State 

 seal. Dubois had previously obtained a certifi- 

 cate of election signed by the Governor and the 

 Secretary of State and d'uly sealed. The United 

 States Senate must pass 'upon the validity of 

 these certificates. 



At this session an Australian ballot law was 

 enacted, applying to all elections in the State ex- 

 cept school-district elections. Under its provis- 

 ions candidates maybe nominated by the con- 

 vention or primary meeting of any political 

 party, or by certificates of nomination signed by 

 electors residing within the political division for 

 which the nomination is made to the number of at 

 lea-t 300, if the nomination is for a State office ; 

 to the number of at least 150 if it is foi a district 



