

V> !. man 1 the . na.'tm. lit of a law Iliukilltf it a 

 Illistlcliieulliir liir eni|.:..\ un tO |.|.i. Klii.w u 



us bluekli-im_', <>r t.. inierien: with tin- lri-e.li.ni ..i 

 their cm].!". ..j am 



don. 



VA i- hul. I that i-iL'ht ImtirH .should bo made by law a 

 w<irk .in all [Uililu- n..rk-. 



.iiv in favor ol' enuitalile ruiin>ud hxinlnti.in 

 uinler which railrna.l companies thai! IM- m,.. 

 t</ build tin; line- that arc iin-.ie.l lor the 1'urtl 

 Xi'lojiinelit of Ituii -mves, ulnl which fhall 



at tin- .-nine time 1'ully pi-iite.-! the interest* of iinli- 

 viduiiU uiiil coiiiiiiuiiilu-s in their relations to tnu 

 common carr'uT>. 



\\ demand Mieh legislation tin will Batihfaeturily 

 cqualiy.u tlu' assessment and taxation <( propert y. 



We liivor the enactment of a per*, nun registration 

 law which .-hall compel \mers to register m pcrs'i.i 

 or by satisfactory voucher.-, giving their rxn- 

 dcliee ; aii>l we uru'c tin- adoption of u ballot law 

 modeled after the Australian sy.-tem, *<> that (hi: di-- 

 graee of fraiiil at the _polls, hen t- 'nin'diar 



ill some plaees iii this Territory, niuy not hcrcultcr 

 utUtc'h to the. fair nuniu of Utah. 



1 '"'' ii - U . whk-li i he poiit 



10 WlUOtfU.' 

 h.-l.l Hi lh.- .111!, 



against tin- national | 



Ilislaiii.- tliw I.K-H! OOmmittCM i.f l,r- I' 



I'.nimlly n-.h.-.l to <iiMK,|v? their tny 

 an.l in fa\.,r of the ; 

 I. il ml ruin miih-vH n-M,l\,-,| t,, "rj^ 



-n -Nalion," 

 ioth Mormon papOTa, MnporUd UM I 



nioveineiit. The J'rov.i l)i.|t.h" and the 



".I'liinml," iil*. M. 



I' 1 ' -raiic movement. '1 he Nili I. 



mi.-- and the ( pl-n " ( oinn.er. ii." ih.- i'ark < 'it T 



rd." and tl.,- - . Miner" carDMtly oppoMd 

 party diviion on tin- part r,f the LiU-rmU, while 



tin- Detent Kvenm- N->." the .Monnoo 

 Cnorch or^aii, remained neiitrnl a tu the merit* 



ol !h<- claims ,,f the. tuu j-uMie;-. but tnrnektly 

 supportctl division. 



V 



VENEZUELA, a federal republic in South 



A im-ririi, composed of s States, u Federal District, 

 8 Territories, and ~2 colonies. Underthe Con- 

 stitution of April L'7, issi, as revised on April 10, 

 1891, the Senate has :>7 meinU-rs, :{ from eacli 

 State and 3 from the Federal District, who 

 must IH> unlives of the republic and at l-;i-t 

 thirty years old. They are elected for four year-. 

 The Chamber of Deputies is composed of 67 

 members, 1 for every 35,000 of population, who 

 are elected for the same term by the direct 

 suffrage of the people in the several States. The 

 President and the members of the Federal Council 

 serve two years. l)r. Haimnndo Anduezo 1'alacio 

 was elected President for the term ending Feb. 

 20,1892. The Council, the members of which 

 are chosen by Congress, elects the President, and 

 neither he nor they can serve for two consecutive 

 terms. The Council is composed f M Senators, 

 representing the u States, and i) Deputies, i from 

 each State and 1 from the Federal District. 

 Area and Population. The area of ' 

 soda is 688,090 square miles. The imputation, 

 according to the census of 1S<1, is for the differ- 

 ent political divisions as follows: 



The number of marriages in 1889 was ' 

 of births, 70,187; deaths, 55,218; excess of births 



20.909; immigration in 1890, 1.555. The popu- 

 lation of C&racas in IM'l wa- T^',429. 



Financi's. 'i'he n.ejpi , vcrnment 



timate.l in the bn.lp-t for IMKU'm at 85,- 

 970,000 bolivars, of w hich L'5.(KMi.(HNi bolivar* are 

 derived from import dutfee, 0.000.000 bottom 

 from internal taxes, and 4,'JHi.K)O l-.livar from 

 jmblic works. The cx|.cnditiires which are 

 made t( balance the i ributed U 



follow: Interior Department, !.' 

 Foreign Affair-. 



of Foniento, enibra. r .the postal 



and telegmph : riming, 2,- 



685.487 bolivars: public inst: :'.M,158 



bolivars; public work.-. 7 bolivar?; 



Jinan. : public debt, 5,445,- 



120 bolivars: war and nmr. 



The public debt oil .Ian. 1. : 



national consolidated <>r interim! debt of 

 cent, bonds to the amount of ;(N. !:!(,( 17 7 U 

 a foreign debt ..;> bolivars paying 4 



nt.. and . r i.4 1 .. > <).14* Ixilivnrs <h:< 'under 

 diplomatic conventions with Spain. Franw. and 

 (u-rmany and : nt., making the 



total sum of I10L988.067 U-i 



Armj and Navy. The |N-rinun-nt army in 

 1891 . f 11 battalion- i ank* 



each, with 120 m.-n to the eomp. 

 infantry compann-: and 'J . irpante- i.f f 

 with 15' gu: ii-iml^rr.! 



men. The intestine war> of V. tu-ruda have 

 '..light by the militia, in which all abfo- 

 IxHlied citi/en- are enrolled Utucvn the n grs of 



M 1889 was 



nbont 2.'().(Mt. In former WHI> i' 

 times b*>cii under arms nt the -j 

 naval force consi- --.all Mramrrs and t 



sailing \o-els, with a ptrtonntl of 9 osBoetl 

 and 150 u. 



Commerce. Venezuela i* on*- of the richest 

 in natural resources of . Antorican n- 



publii-s. The chit-f pn-lmtx are coffee ami 

 cacao. The export of hides is aim important. 

 are at-.ut 1 1.1)00,000 bead of oatUe in the 

 country. Gold and oopjwr are mined. Tb 



