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of Jefferson Davis was made by cx-Gov. Robert 



Lowry. The monument was erected at a cost 



i>,000, half <f which was appropriated by 



tin- Stai<' Legislature, and half was raised by a 

 committee >f ladies. Tin 1 shaft is placed inn 

 conspicuous position on the grounds Surround- 

 ing tli' Slate Capitol, and contains, in a chamber 

 at its base, a statue of .IdTerson Davis. 



Politinil. The only State ollicers to be 

 i-hi-i-n this year by popular election were three 

 railroad commissioners. At a State convention 

 of the Democratic party, at Jackson, on July 10, 

 the comniissmners then in office J. F. Sessions, 

 Walter .Me Lam-in, and J. II. Askew were re- 

 nominated. A declaration of party principles 

 ; dopted by this convention, of which the 

 following is a portion : 



Tin- farmers have been undulv taxed; they have 

 been miule the bearers of the burdens imposed for the 



linn-tit of the manntaetureiv, while the prices of their 

 chief product* are fixed by the prices in Europe. The 

 pri'tcetivc system has been so arranged as to restrict 

 the markets and thus reihiee the prices of such prod- 

 nets, ami at the same time' enhance the prices of what 

 till' tanner has to buy. 



We believe that gold and silver should be coined 



on the same terms ;m<l conditions, and when the 

 Government shall cease to discriminate between them 

 they will freely circulate side by side, and be eoually 

 useful and acceptable. We also believe there should 

 be :ui additional issue of treasury notes. Interchange- 

 able with coin, sullieient to transact the business of 

 the country, and to relieve the present financial de- 

 pression. 



We demand liberal appropriations for the improve- 

 ment of our rivers and harbors. 



\\ < are opposed to what is known as the Sub- 

 trciiMiry Scheme, as violativo of the time-honored 

 principles of the Democratic party, and a violation 

 of the Democratic idea of proper construction of the 

 Constitution, and we regret that the discussion of 

 ttu fame has been thrust into the politics of our 

 State. 



No party ventured to place an opposition 

 ticket in the field, and at the November election 

 the candidate." above named received all the 

 ballots cast. The vote for McLaurin was 31,986 ; 

 for Sessions, 31,552 ; for Askew, 31,475. At the 

 same election members of the General Assembly 

 of 1892 were chosen. Forty-five Senators and 

 i:'.:{ Assemblymen were elected, all regular Dem- 

 ocrats, except 3 Republicans, 1 Greenbacker, 

 and 7 Independents. The "understanding" 

 clause of the new State Constitution was not 

 rigidly enforced in the registration of voters 

 preceding this election. 



MISSOURI, a Western State, admitted to the 

 Tnion Aug. 10, 1821 ; area, 69.415 square miles. 

 The population, according to the census of 1890, 

 was 2,679,184. Capital, Jefferson City. 



Government. The following were the State 

 oflicers during the year: Governor, David R. 

 Francis ; Lieutenant-Governor, Stephen II. Clay- 

 cninb; Secretary of State, Alexander A. Le 

 Sueur ; Auditor, James M. Seibert ; Treasurer, 

 Li 'ii V. Stephens; Attorney-General, John M. 

 Wood, all Democrats ; Chief Justice of the Su- 

 preme Court, Thomas A. Sherwood ; Associate 

 Judges, Francis M. Black, Theodore Brace, Shep- 

 ard Barclay, .lames H. (iantt, J. L. Thomas, and 

 (!eor<, r e H. HacFarlane; Clerk, Jacob D.Conner, 

 all Democrats; Superintendent of Public Schools, 

 Lloyd E. Wolfe. 



Kin a noon. The balance in the Treasury Jan. 



:i. was $58.'..4!l.<)7 ; the receipts f,,,,,, ,,|| 



dnrin<r 1889 were $:: 



r.-eeiots in IS'.H) were $3,393,513.90; tin- out- 

 standing warrants charged to tin- M-hool fund. 

 :he di-burseim-nts in IKX'J were. $4,- 

 00:2,096.45, and in 1890 $2,832,280.92, leaving a 

 balance Jan. 1, 1891, of $904,483.87. Ii. 

 State revenue fund the balance on Jan. 1. 

 was $15,937.94: the receipts fur the biennial 

 period were $4*978,899.51, and the expenditures 

 $4,092.401.78, leaving a balance Jan. 1. IH<JI. of 

 $180,997.78. The balance in the sinking fund 

 Jan. 1, 1889, was $330,025.78. In 1889 $74:>.<<K) 

 was paid o'ut of this fund to redeem maturing 

 bonds, and in 1890 $218,000. In 1890, also, 

 $33,840 was paid for the purchase of 32 unma- 

 tured bonds ; the balance Jan. 1, 1891, was $453,- 

 168.49. 



The disbursements for the support of public 

 schools in 1889 were $843,:W0.19, and in 1890 

 $861,386.40, of which $1.331,605.99 were the one 

 third of the State revenue applied to school pur- 

 poses, and $371,865 were the receipts from inter- 

 est on certificates of indebtedness. The dis- 

 bursements for the support of the State Uni- 

 versity during the biennial period were $55,- 

 967.08 ; the moneys in this fund arise from the 

 proceeds of the lands granted by acts of Con- 

 gress in 1818 and 1820 for the establishment of 

 " a seminary of learning." For the School" of 

 Mines and Metallurgy $20,000 was expended 

 during the two years, and for the normal schools 

 $76,733. 



The sums paid out for support of the three 

 lunatic asylums, including repairs and improve- 

 ments, was $250,390.58; for the Deaf and Dumb 

 Asylum, $181,481.52 ; and for the Blind Asylum, 

 $51.672.23. 



The Missouri Penitentiary cost the State $114.- 

 370.46 ; the Reform School for Boys, $22.638.51 : 

 and the Industrial Home for Girls, $17,103.97. 



The assessed valuation of real and personal 

 property, including railroad, bridge, and tele- 

 graph property, for 1889, was $807,551,460.29. 

 and for 1890 $862,772,099.44. Of this, the rail- 

 road, bridge, and telegraph property amounted 

 in 1889 to $57,420,321.29, and in 1890 to $60.- 

 322,959.44. The State revenue tax was of 1 

 per cent. ; the State interest tax, ^ of 1 percent. 



Education. For the school year ending in 

 1890 the county commissioners reported as fol- 

 low : White children of school age enumerated, 

 810,707 : colored children of school age, 48,047 ; 

 total, 858,754; white children enrolled in the 

 public schools, 587,510; colored children en- 

 rolled, 32,804 ; total enrollment, 620,314 ; aver- 

 age 'number of pupils attending each day, 884.- 

 627 ; whole number of teachers employed, i:!.?s."i. 

 of whom 6,123 were male and 7,662 female, 13,- 

 065 white and 720 colored ; average monthly sal- 

 ary of teachers, $41.94 ; number of schools in op- 

 eration, 9,712, of which 9,205 were white and 

 507 colored ; total number of school-rooms oc- 

 cupied, 12,574 ; number of pupils that can be ac- 

 commodated. 701,947; average cost per day for 

 tuition on enrollment, 4'9 cents; average cost per 

 day for tuition on average at tendance. 7'5> cents. 

 The value of school property in the State was 

 $12,194,381. The receipts and expenditi; 

 the year, as reported by the county commission- 



