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NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



NEW JERSEY. 



Fish and (Jaine Commission. There are 7 

 hatcheries in the State, and the distribution of 

 fishes, annually increasing, amounted in 1892 

 to several million of the various species of trout. 



The law for the better protection of deer and 

 moose, passed by the Legislature in 1891, coupled 

 with the act authorizing the employment of de- 

 tectives by the Fish and Game Commissioners, 

 has borne good results, there being a great in- 

 crease of those animals. 



Political. The Republican State Convention 

 met at Concord, on April 27, to choose delegates 

 to the national convention, and in September 

 the State convention for the nomination of the 

 State ticket was held. John B. Smith was then 

 nominated for Governor. In the platform 

 adopted it was declared that the main issue be- 

 fore the people was the maintenance of the Re- 

 publican principles of protection and reciprocity 

 on the lines laid down by the Fifty-first Congress. 

 Especial call was made upon those throughout 

 the State whose means of livelihood as wage 

 earners, or whose business prosperity as employ- 

 ers, has been founded upon the principle of the 

 protection of American labor and manufactures, 

 and is dependent upon its perpetuation, to unite 

 in support of the Republican party regardless of 

 their former political association with a party 

 which in its national platform declares against 

 the constitutionality of such legislation. The 

 influence of the party against intemperance and 

 immorality was promised. 



The Democratic State Convention chose its 

 delegates to the national convention in May. In 

 September the convention again met for the nam- 

 ing of a State ticket. The resolutions expressed 

 disapproval of the McKinley bill and of all legis- 

 lation to advance the interests of monopolies. It 

 was also declared that tariff laws should be ad- 

 justed with reference to the interests of the man- 

 ufacturer, the laborer, and the consumer, alike. 

 ' Free elections for a free people " were de- 

 manded, and the " attempt of the Republicans 

 in the Fifty-first Congress to take from the people" 

 their inalienable right to hold their elections in 

 the manner guaranteed by the Constitution " 

 was condemned. The financial policy of the 

 Harrison administration was declared dangerous 

 and insidious. It was resolved 



To call upon the people of this State, at the coming 

 election, to aid in righting the flagrant wrong com- 

 mitted at the assembling of the last Legislature, when 

 a subservient clerk nullified the election of Represent- 

 atives throughout the State, and an armed mob, at the 

 command of a revolutionary Governor, filled the Cap- 

 itol and insulted the people's representatives, while the 

 larceny of the State government was accomplished. 



Prohibition as a means of suppressing the sale 

 of intoxicants was declared to be a failure, and 

 to have fostered the growth of the liquor traffic 

 and increased drunkenness and crime ; and rea- 

 sonable, practicable, and seasonable laws, such as 

 public sentiment will sustain and enforce, were 

 asked for. 



Luther F. McKinney was made the nominee 

 for Governor, having received 500 of the 713 

 votes cast, 357 only having been necessary for 

 nomination. 



The Prohibition State Convention met in June. 

 In the resolutions passed it was declared that the 

 Prohibition party of New Hampshire is a living 



protest against parties that ignore moral princi- 

 ples while claiming patronage through motives 

 of mere expediency, and is the party making the 

 strongest claims upon all who believe that mo- 

 rality should dominate in public and political 

 life just as truly as in private and social life. 



The manufacture of and traffic in intoxicating 

 beverages was declared a public nuisance, a pro- 

 ducer of crime, poverty, and political corruption. 



To the liquor traffic was ascribed the increase 

 of extreme poverty, the accumulation of more 

 than one half the nation's wealth by a little over 

 a two thousandth part of the inhabitants, the 

 oppression of the poor, the lowering of wages, 

 and the depression of agricultural and industrial 

 interests have become matters of great moral and 

 political importance. 



Edward L. Carr was unanimously nominated 

 for Governor. 



At the elections in November the Republican 

 candidate for Governor was successful by a plu- 

 rality of 2,175. The total vote was 87,042, of 

 which the Democratic nominee received 41,501, 

 and the Prohibitionist 1,546. The total presi- 

 dential vote was 90.819. of which Harrison re- 

 ceived 45,728, Cleveland 43.456, and Pisk 1,593. 



NEW JERSEY, a Middle Atlantic State, 

 one of the original thirteen, ratified the Consti- 

 tution Dec. 18, 1787. Area, 7,815 square miles; 

 population in 1890. 1,444,933. Capital, Trenton. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Leon Ab- 

 bett, Democrat ; Secretary of State, Henry C. 

 Kelsey ; Treasurer, George R. Gray ; Comp- 

 troller, William C. Heppenheimer ; Attorney- 

 General, John P. Stockton ; Superintendent of 

 Public Instruction, Addison B. Poland ; Com- 

 missioner of Banking and Insurance, George S. 

 Duryee; Adjutant-General, William S. Stryker; 

 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Mercer 

 Beasley (reappointed for a fifth term of seven 

 years) ; Associate Justices, Bennet Van Syckel, 

 Jonathan Dixon, David A. Depue, Alfred Reed, 

 William J. Magie, Edward W. Scudder, Charles 

 G. Garrison, George J. Werts. Judge Manning 

 M. Knapp died early in the year. Chancellor, 

 Alexander T. McGill: Vice-Chancellors, Abra- 

 ham V. Van Fliet, John T. Bird, Henry C. Pit- 

 ney, and Robert S. Green. 



Finances. Following are items from the 

 Treasurer's report for the year ending Oct. 31, 

 1892: Receipts for the year. $1,915.937.89; ex- 

 penditures, $1,698,405.70". The balance in bank 

 Nov. 1, 1891, was $402,168,96, and on Oct. 31, 

 1892, it was $619,701.15. 



The receipts of the school fund were $262.- 

 230.31, and the disbursements, including invest- 

 ments, $421,091.09; the balance in bank, $321,- 

 974. The receipts from the State school tax 

 were $2,052,560, and the disbursements the 

 same; receipts from the Agricultural College 

 fund, $6,960 ; local tax on railroad corporations, 

 $358,188.07. 



The securities of the State are : 1,887 shares 

 of stock of the joint companies, $188,700 ; cen- 

 tennial stock, $74,116.67; bonds of the several 

 counties for surplus revenue of the United 

 States loaned, $764,670.44 ; riparian leases, $13,- 

 694.70. 



The amount of war debt Oct. 31, 1891, was 

 $997,300, and on Oct. 31, 1892, it was $934,700. 



