MASSACIir.SKTTS. 





mill oi her sources $12,780.05, makii g I he n< 

 ,i tin- institution $:t7.s?i.yo. 



At tin- several county prisons and houses of 



:..n ill, r, . pri-oners on < > ' I. 



".. i:i!i commitments to these institutions 



made during the year following. LVJll 



iv discharged, mid tin -iv \vere 4, 1(3 



remaining ,,n Sepi. :ii). 1VH. 



The Industrial School for Girls, at Lancaster. 

 on Si pi. .".'I contained 01 pupils; the I/mian 

 School ir Bovs, 200 ; and the Primary School, at 

 .M. Hi-nil (at winch neglected and dependent chil- 

 dren and those convict. M! of light offenses are 

 cared f..r), :!','!, of whom ~~> { .> were boys, 58 girls, 

 and 1*2 women. 



(tanks. During the year 2 savings banks. 4 

 safe-deport and trust companies, and 5 co-operar 

 live liank.- were organ i/ed and began business. 

 '1'here are now in the State 181 savings banks, 

 with assets of $800.784,807.51 ; 10 trust compa- 

 nies, with assets of .fM-j.i-j J.-J'.H;. Hi : i<>8 co-opera- 

 ti\e l.anks, with assets of $11.874,680.14; 2 col- 

 lateral loan companies, with assets of $3'i8,- 

 JII7.7-J; and 2 mortgage loan companies, with 

 ..f $1,891,704.78; making a total of 812 

 institutions, with assets of* $3487,068,640.28. and 

 an increase of 11 institutions, and of $27.?1S,- 

 480.04 in assets The savings banks show total 

 deposits (.11 Oct. 31, 1801, amounting to $360,526,- 

 886.fi J. an increase of $15,033,448.30 for the year. 



Licenses. At the December elections of this 

 year 10 cities voted for license mid 12 for no li- 

 cense, being a gain, compared with 1800, of 4 cit- 

 ies on the side of no license. The total city vote 

 shows a majority of 8,274 votes against license. 

 Of the 321 towns, about 250 voted no license. 



Political. On Sept. 1 a State convention of 

 the People's party met at Boston and nominated 

 the following candidates for State officers : For 

 Governor. Henry Winn ; for Lieutenant-Gov- 

 ernor, William J. Shields : for Secretary of State. 

 Joseph I). Cadle; for Treasurer, Thomas A. 

 Watson; for Auditor, William 0. Wakefield : 

 for Attorney-General, Israel D. Andrews, suc- 

 ceeded on the ticket by Herbert Mclntosh At 

 an earlier convention, held in Boston, an organi- 

 zation for the party had been perfected and a 

 platform adopted, which embraced many of the 

 doctrines of the Farmers' Alliance, and some of 

 the principles of the Nationalists, a faction be- 

 lieving in government ownership and control of 

 property and industries. 



On Sept. the Prohibitionists met in State con- 

 vention at Worcester and nominated the follow- 

 ing ticket: For Governor, Charles E. Kimball : 

 for Lieutenant-Governor. Augustus R. Smith; 

 for Secretary of State, Alfred W. Richardson ; for 

 Auditor, William (). Armstrong; for Treasurer. 

 Samuel B. Shapleigh; for Attorney-General. 

 Wolcott Hamlin. The candidate for Auditor 

 was a colored man, his nomination being made 

 for the purpose of attracting the colored vote, 

 heretofore almost entirely Republican. The 

 platform contains the usua\ denunciation of 

 the liquor traffic, calling special attention to 

 the great exportation of rum from Boston to 

 Africa, amounting to over 100 barrels a day, 

 and favors civil-service reform, universal suf- 

 frage without regard to sex. subject only to an 

 educational qualification, restriction of immi- 

 gration, a currency every dollar of which shall 



IK- eijiial to the best known to commerce, and 

 legislation to -uppre.ss trust* and to M-curc a 

 more complete luxation of personal property. 

 On the public-school question the following dec- 

 laration was made : 



Tin- pul.lie e.>inm..ii school 'IH u foundation Mono 

 cil tin- n-pul.lie. We will Mteredlv guard it from r\ 

 moviil r undermining l\ Ixmtife hand*. To thin 

 end. mid that it* power and I .. n, ti, ,!,,. may ciitinui; 

 unabated, we an- iifiiiimt any sectarian inter: 

 therewith, and umild fnrl.id t'he appropriation of any 

 public iii<>ne\ li.r the hupj-ort of ttcctarian schools or 

 teaching. 



The Republican State Convention wa* held at 

 Boston on Sept. 16. Two candidates for the 

 gubernatorial nomination were presented to the 

 convention, Hon. William W. Crapo and Hon. 

 Charles II. Allen, of whom the latter wax se- 

 lected on the first ballot by the following vote: 

 Allen. 713; Crapo, 514 ; scattering. 4. For the 

 office of Auditor. Gen. John W. Kimball was 

 selected over five competitors. Lieut.-Gov. 

 Haile, Secretary of State Olin, Treasurer Mar- 

 den, and Attorney-General I'illsbury were re- 

 nominated without opposition. The platform 

 approves the national Administration, denies the 

 charges of Republican extravagance in enacting 

 pension laws, favors further restriction of immi- 

 gration, and contains the following: 



It is a cardinal principle of the Republican party 

 tliut full and adequate protection shoifld U- jiivi-n to 

 every citizen in e\ cry State and Territory of the Union 

 in the enjoyment of his civil and political rights ; and 

 it is essential to the safety of our Government that the 

 right of ballot and thepurity of elections should be 

 maintained sacred and inviolate. 



We are unalterably opposed to the unlimited coin- 

 njre of silver by this country, excepting uixm a uni- 

 form international ratio to gold, and under similar 

 restrictions and conditions, both as to the government 

 and to individuals, as prevail in other leading natinH 

 of the world. We condemn the Democratic party for 

 its indorsement of free silver in the party platt<>mm 

 in Ohio, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, and IN other States. 



We again affirm our unwaverimr fidelity to the 

 American system of protection, and our belief in its 

 inestimable value to tnc interests of this country. 



We favor the most efficient legislation for the re- 

 striction, prevention, and suppression of the evils 

 arising from the sale of intoxicating liquors, and we 

 demand that all laws for the promotion of this desir- 

 able result be faithfully, diligently, and vigorously 

 enforced. 



The standard of living and education among the 

 working people is the true tot of the j'i"spcrity of a 

 country ; their welfare is the welfare of the State, and 

 all just and reasonable legislation calculated to main- 

 tain and advance the pre.-eiit liitrh standard of Massa- 

 chusetts in this regard, and to insure to all the full 

 enjoyment of the fruits of their labor, should receive 

 our earnest approbation and support. 



On Sept. 20 the Democratic State Convention 

 met at Worcester, and renominatcd Gov. Rus- 

 sell and Auditor Trefry by acclamation. John 

 W. Corcoran was again made the candidate 

 for Lieutenant-Governor, and Kldridge Cushman 

 for Secretary of State. For Treasurer the nom- 

 inee was James S. (irinnell, and for Attorney- 

 Genernl George M. Stearns. The platform con- 

 tains the following : 



The Rcjiul'licnn party hns fastened upon the com- 

 monwealth a system By which tin- most important 

 functions of our State povenuneat are vested in board* 



which are pruetieallv beyond the power of the C,n\- 

 ernar and responsible to nobody. We demand that 



