WORLD'S 



KXI'OSITION. 



WYOMING. 





/;/ t'l,- /'mill, at <>f Hit Cnrnm'uuitm. From Chioapo 



. Managers : Mi-. It. M. II. I'alm.-r. Mr-. S. 



Thatcher, Jr.. Mr-. .). A Mulligan, F. Dickinson, 



M I).. Mr-. M. K. M. Wallace, Mrs. M. Hradwell, 



F. K. Doolittle, Jr., Mrs. M. B. Carsc. 



WYOMING. A Northwestern State, admitted 

 !< the I'liion July in. isili) ; area, 97,890 square 

 miles; population in 1890, 60,705. Capital, 

 Cheyenne. 



(orcrnment. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Amos \V. 

 Marlter (former Secretary of State; J. E. Osborne, 

 elected Nov. s, IMI-J. to (ill vacancy caused by 

 resignation of Francis E. Warren, took office 

 Dec. 2, 1802); Secretary of State, Amos W. 

 Barber; Treasurer, Otto Grainm; Insurance Com- 

 inis^ioner, C. W. Burdeck ; Attorney-General, 

 C. N. Potter ; Adjutant-General, P. A. Stitzer; 

 Chief Justice, H. V. S. Groesbeck ; Superintend- 

 ent of Public Instruction, S. T. Farwell. 



Finances. According to the report of the State 

 Auditor, there was, on Sept. 80, 1891, a balance 

 in the treasury of $5:], 927. 79. Moneys from all 

 sources deposited with the Treasurer during the 

 year ending Sept. 30, 1892, $199,588.28. The 

 total disbursements from the treasury for the 

 year ending Sept, 30, 1892, were $139.427.05. 

 Balance in the treasury Sept. 30, 1892, $115,950. 



The amounts received from rentals and inter- 

 est on the permanent funds are as follows for the 

 year ending Sept. 30, 1892: Common school 

 land income, $9,649.48 ; university land income, 

 $229.62 ; buildings at State capital land income. 

 $101.30; Blind, Deaf and Dumb Asylum, land 

 income, $315.69 ; Uinta County Insane Asylum, 

 land income. $682.73; Fish Hatchery land in- 

 come, $30.56 ; total, $11,009.38. 



In contrasting the Territorial and State expen- 

 ditures, the auditor submits the following items : 



The actual expenditures for the years 1891 and 

 1893 were 286,430.47; from which, for comparison 

 with Territorial expense, there should be deducted 

 State fees, not heretofore collected, years 1891 and 

 ls<fc>, *-J,71:.!.sr, ; funds from State lands, 1891 and 

 IS'.fJ, ?--J7,S(>S.(i ( . ; the insane asylum expense a.ssumed 

 by the State in 1892, heretofore paid by the counties, 

 was, during year ending Sept. 80, 1893 (9 months), 

 $6,837.71 ; the items of State expense, additional, 

 and not formerly a Territorial expense : Legislature, 

 biennial session, $23, 000; Judicial Department, two 

 years, $36,000 ; Executive Department (Governor and 

 Secretary), two years, $12,000) $108,419.25 ; basis for 

 comparison, $178,011.42. The Territorial expense, 

 net, years 1886 and 1887, was $111,575.85 ; difference 

 for two years, $66,435.57 ; deduct item of interest on 

 State debt, not levied prior to 1887, amounting in 

 two years to $38,400. 



Education. The enrollment of pupils in the 

 schools of the State is as follows: For 1890, 7,875; 



1891, 8,726; 1892, 9,426. The amount raised 

 for school buildings throughout the State was, 

 for 1890, $10,583.63; for 1891, $8,931.85; !, 



1892, $12,220.40. The amount paid teachers 

 during that time was, in 1890, $88,859.59; in 



1891, $108,757.66 ; in 1892, $124.721.42. 

 Taxes. The sources of State tax for the \. ar 



1892, and assessed valuations, were as follows : 



Railroad property, including Pullman cars, etc., 

 $7,466,135.64; telegraph lines (Western Union Tele- 

 graph Company), $114,525.90; land and improve- 

 ments, 6,289,089.95 acres, $6,998,296.19; town lots 

 and improvements thereon, $5,966,424.88; cattle, 



428,853 head, $4,654,379; homes, 78,286 bead, 

 $2,000,681; mules and asses, 1.H58 head, $95,225 ; 

 sheep and goat, 039,205 head, $1,204,787.60; swine 

 and doirs, $8,247.50; clocks, watches, and jewelry, 

 $45,973.50; musical instrument*, $51,858.50; capital 

 in mereliandi-e and manufactures, $1.587,823; car- 

 riages and wagons, $180.118; moneys and credits 

 after deducting debts, $663,280.91 ; stock in corpor- 

 ations, $306,299; insurance premiums, $5,794.05; 

 farming utensils and mechanics' tools, $152,652; 

 private libraries, $19,235 ; household furniture, not 

 exempt, $126.904.75; other pripcrtv. not herein 

 enumerated, 8608,857.91 total, $32,257,500.13. 



There were returned for taxation in 1892, 97.- 

 860 head of cattle, and 5,721 head of horses fewer 

 than in 1891, while of sheep the returns indi- 

 cated a gain of 88,837. 



Political. The Republicans in May met in 

 convention for the purpose of naming delegates 

 to the National Convention. Every county of 

 the State was represented. The delegates were 

 not instructed, but were all for the renomination 

 of President Harrison. In regard to the pres- 

 ence of women it was declared : 



We hail with pleasure the presence of ladles in 

 this convention as accredited delegates, and the 

 Republican party cordially and earnestly invites the 

 women of the State to participate in the conventions 

 of the party. 



In September a Republican State Convention 



was again held, for the purpose of nominating 



'candidates for governor, a justice of the Supreme 



Court, a representative in Congress, and three 



Presidential electors. 



The platform adopted declared : 



In the administration of, our State affairs we are 

 opposed to all class legislation and are in favor of 

 the equal and exact enforcement of all the laws of 

 the State. The equal and full protection of life 

 and property, and the equal fostering and en- 

 couragement of every industry. 



We favorthe cession of the arid lands tothe State, 

 subject to the homestead laws, with such legisla- 

 tion as will secure maximum benefits to the people 

 and prevent the accumulation of such lands in large 

 tracts in the hands of single individuals or corpora- 

 tions, and with power to lease the same in .-mall 

 tracts to actual settlers. 



The following was the ticket chosen : For 

 Governor, Edward Ivinson ; Justice of the Su- 

 preme Court, Carroll H. Parmelee. 



The Prohibition party convention, which met 

 in May, nominated William Brown for Governor. 

 The Democratic and People's parties combined, 

 naming as candidate for Governor John E. 

 Osborne. The Democratic platform, adopted 

 April 15, included these passages : 



We arraign the National Republican party for its 

 pursuance of a ruinous public policy, detrimental to 

 the general welfare of the great laboring and pro- 

 ducing masses of the people of the United States. 

 We denounce the appropriations of the 51st Con- 

 gress as a reckless and extravagant expenditure of 

 public money, and we demand strict economy in 

 the management of governmental affairs. 



At the election in November the Democratic 

 and People's candidate was successful. The vote 

 for Governor was as follows : Republican. 7.509 ; 

 Democrat and People's, 9,290 ; Prohibitionist, 

 4,210. For Judge of the Supreme Court the vote 

 was: Republican, 7,671 ; Democratic and People's 

 9,240. On the national ticket, the Republicans 



