NEW MEXICO. 



Trenton, Sept. (5. passed characteristic resolu- 



.Hid nominated Benjamin Bird as their 



candidate for (iiivrrnor. 



ate convention of Prohibitionists met at 

 Trenton. Au.i,'.!). and named Thomas. I. Kennedy 

 a> randidale for (invenior. Resolutions were 

 adopted, favoring woman suffrage and a change 

 in tlie election laws so that "all organizations 

 may have the right of tlie legal ballot." con- 

 demning pool selling, horse-racing, and the 

 county excise law, and denouncing the liquor 

 traffic. 



The fourteenth congress of the New Jersey 



Federation of Trades and Labor Unions \\a> 



held in Trenton, Aug. 15. The report of the 



i live Committee made among others the 



following recommendations : 



Tin- introduction of a bill at the next session of the 

 Legislature making eight hours a legal day's work 

 tor all State, county, and city employee*. 



A declaration by this congress against all kinds of 

 seal) labor and in favor of union-made work and 

 union labels. 



The formation of State unions of the building 

 trades, iir'niters. cigannakere, and other trades having 

 live <>r more unions in the State. 



An investigation of the sweating system by the 

 nevv Kxccutive Committee, with a view' to legislative 

 action. 



Tlie preparation of a lien bill for the special protec- 

 tion of the \\Hirc workers. 



The preparation and introduction in the Legis- 

 lature of a bill providing tor the creation of a State 

 printing otlice. 



A declaration by this congress exempting home- 

 steads valued at less than yl, in 10 from taxation, and in 

 favor of public works for the unemployed. 



The introduction of a bill requiring district at- 

 torneys to sue upon demand of any persons to re- 

 cover money due for wages without costs to the 

 plaintitt. 



George B. Keim was the Labor candidate for 

 Governor. 



At the November election the vote for presi- 

 dential electors stood: Democratic, 171,042; 

 Republican, 156.068 ; Prohibition, 8.131 ; Labor, 

 1,337; People's 969; total vote, 337.547. The 

 vote for Governor gave Werts 167,257, Kean 

 lV.t.<;:;-_>. Kennedy 7,750, Keim 1,338, and Bird 

 *!M. Six Democrats and 2 Republicans were 

 elected members of Congress. The Legislature 

 will have 16 Democrats in the Senate and 39 in 

 the Assembly, and 5 Republicans in the Senate 

 and 21 in the Assembly. 



M:W MEXICO, a Territory of the United 

 States, organized Sept. 9, 1850; area, 122,580 

 square miles. The population, according to each 

 decennial census, was 61.547 in 1850; 93.516 in 

 1860; 91,874 in 1870; 119.565 in 1880; and 153,- 

 0!:5 in 1890. Capital, Santa F<5. 



(wovernment. The following were the Ter- 

 ritorial officers during the year: Governor, L. 

 Bradford Prince, K e publican ; Secretary, Ben- 

 jamin M. Thomas, who died on Oct. 2 and was 

 succeeded by Silas Alexander; Auditor. Deme- 

 trio Perez; Treasurer, Rufus J. Palen : Solicitor- 

 General. Edward L. Bartlett; Superintendent 

 of Public Instruction, Amado Chavez; Secre- 

 tary of the Bureau of Immigration. Max I 

 Chief Justice of the Supremo Court. James 

 O'Brien; Associate Justices. William D. I.-.-. 

 I-M ward P. Seeds, John R. McFie, and Alfred 

 A. I'rceman. 



Finances. Tho Territorial indebtedness on 



March , 1N92. the do-.- of the fu.-ttl*vrar, wan 

 as follows: Capitol-building bonds, $200,000; 

 Penitentiary bonds, $HK),<KM): curn-nt BX| 

 bonds. $160.000; provisional todebtodnew bonds, 

 $800,000; Capitol contingent Und.-. *.VMHX); In- 

 sane Asylum bot,d>. jf-,>r>.<MMi; outstanding war- 

 rants, $130,806.12; total, $8>4.Hi(;.l-j. At the 

 close of the previous year the total debt was 

 $866,488.08, 



For the year ending March 6, 1N.'2. the Terri- 

 torial expenditures were as follow : Penitentiary. 

 $84,749.90; Capitol, current ex|M-nse. $3.: . 

 salaries. $28,71&98; court C\|.CI,M- N $57,119.64: 

 Territorial institutions. $74,444.25; interest on 

 warrants, $5.936.92 : deficit of ls*!J-'90, $36,- 

 392.27; miscellaneous, $29,843.84 ; total, $270.- 

 923.40. Not only have the expenditures exceed- 

 ed the revenues for several years, but it has been 

 impossible to collect all the taxes levied. Tin- 

 tax of 1889 should have produced $895,853. but 

 only $280,483 reached the treasury. In 1890. 

 $37 1.758 was called for and $285,807 was re- 

 ceived ; and in 1891 the amount due was $404.- 

 608, and only $273,673 has been paid. Here is 

 an average loss of more than one quarter of the 

 taxes, or $322.000 in three years. Certain coun- 

 ties have paid nearly every dollar due, while 

 others are largely in arrears. In one county 

 the loss in three years has been but 2 per cent., 

 and in another 4 ; while in several the deficit 

 reaches 35 or 40 per cent., and in one 60 per cent. 

 is due. 



Valuations. The total assessed valuation of 

 property in the Territory for 1891 was $45,329,- 

 563.61, an increase of $129,716 over 1890. The 

 valuation of lands, outside of town lots, was 

 $8,957,448.90; of town lots, including improve- 

 ments, $6,851,354.63 ; and of railroads, $8,289,- 

 747.74. Included in the assessment were 76.042 

 horses, valued at $1,502,891 ; 4,139 mules, valued 

 at $182,920; 1,041,237 cattle, valued at $8,597.- 

 867.50; 1.378,151 sheep, valued at $1,850,962.75; 

 90.337 goats, valued at $101,687.25; 8,259 swine, 

 valued at $20,412.27 ; and 7,407 burros, valued at 

 $34,958. 



Education. The last Legislative Assembly of 

 the Territory passed a law establishing a com- 

 mon-school system and creating the office of 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction. This law 

 was approved on Feb. 12. 1891, and went into 

 effect immediately. By its provisions a Territo- 

 rial board of education was created, consisting 

 of the Governor of the Territory, the Superin- 

 tendent of Public Instruction, and the presidents 

 of the State University, of the Agricultural Col- 

 lege, and of St. Michael's College. Prior to that 

 time there had l>een no system to govern tin- 

 common schools, if common schools they 

 and the money collected for school purjiosestfas 

 used in various ways without being of any U-nr- 

 flt to the school children. The law has not been 

 in operation long .enough to show its effect* 

 fully, but great pngKM t- U-ing made in every 

 county. New ami substantial schoolhouswhare 

 been erected. In-tlcr teachers have U-eii emj 

 and the adoption of a uniform series. .f Umks ha> 

 improved the work. No opposition lias Uvn en- 

 countered in any part of the Territory to the in- 

 troduction of English-speaking teachers in dis- 

 tricts where heretofore Spanish alone had been 



