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ways. Among the applicants aided in the local 

 department were 542 widows and 402 persons 



486 factory hands, 108 clerks, 91 dishwashers, 85 

 drivers, 12 elevator men, 14 farmers, 9 furriers, 6 



over the age of sixty years. The total receipts bell boys, 6 harness makers, 11 printers, 28 jew- 

 ; the disbursements, $177,- elers, 26 locksmiths, 32 machinists, 3 musicians, 



were $178,910.95 



513.89. Among latter items are : Cash relief, 

 $64,490.77; transportation, $38,001.53; supplies 

 and lodging, $23,552.51 ; free burial, $4,610.50 ; 

 maternity, $2,551.61 ; medical aid, $4,839.10 ; 

 salaries, $13,352.48. Work was found for 694 

 office boys, 230 porters, 104 tailors, 322 laborers, 



13 nurses, 17 packers, 39 painters, 17 plumbers, 

 12 pocketbook makers, 54 pressers, 72 sales peo- 

 ple, 32 domestics, 93 shoemakers, 9 stablemen, 8 

 tanners, 9 teachers, 72 tinsmiths, 5 typewriters, 

 12 upholsterers, 9 varnishers, 33 waiters, 24 

 watchmakers, 20 weavers, etc. 



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KANSAS, a Western State, admitted to the 

 Union Jan. 29, 1861 ; area, 82,080 square miles. 

 The population, according to each decennial cen- 

 sus, was 107,206 in 1860 ; 364,399 in 1870 ; 996,- 

 096 in 1880; and 1,427,096 in 1890. Capital, 

 Topeka. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year : Governor, Lorenzo D. 

 Lewelling, Populist ; Lieutenant-Governor, Per- 

 cy Daniels ; Secretary of State, Richard S. Os- 

 borne ; Auditor, Van Buren Prather ; Treasurer, 

 William H. Biddle ; Attorney-General, John T. 

 Little ; Superintendent of Public Instruction, 

 Henry M. Gaines ; Superintendent of Insurance, 

 S. H. Snider; State Bank Commissioner, John 

 W. Breidenthal ; Rajlroad Commissioners, John 

 Hall, P. B. Maxson, W. D. Vincent ; Chief Jus- 

 tice of Supreme Court, Albert H. Horton ; Asso- 

 ciate Justices, W. A. Johnston, S. H. Allen. 



Finances. On July 1, 1890, there was a bal- 

 ance of $715,138.13 in the State treasury; the re- 

 ceipts for the two years ensuing were $5,392,- 

 531.10, and the disbursements $5,380,506.72, 

 leaving a balance of $721,162.52 on July 1, 1892. 

 The balance on Nov. 30, 1893, was $678,731.50. 

 The State debt, which is not large, is being grad- 

 ually reduced. 



Legislative Session. The regular biennial 

 session of the Legislature began at Topeka on 

 Jan. 10. At the preceding November election 

 the People's or Populist party had elected its en- 

 tire general ticket for State officers and a ma- 

 jority of the members of the State Senate, but 

 had failed to secure control of the Lower House. 

 The State Canvassing Board, which met late in 

 November, found, on the face of the official re- 

 turns, that 15 Republicans and 25 Populists had 

 been elected to the Senate, and 63 Republicans, 

 58 Populists, and 2 Democrats to the House, 

 while in one representative district (Coffey Coun- 

 ty) there was a tie vote. As required by law in 

 such a case, the board proceeded to decide by lot 

 which of the 2 candidates should be entitled to 

 the seat, with the result that the Republican can- 

 didate was chosen. After the result of the can- 

 vass had been declared, an error was found in 

 the official returns from Haskell County, by rea- 

 son of which the board had certified the election 

 of A. W. Stubbs, Republican, when in fact his 

 Democratic opponent, Joseph Rosenthal, had re- 

 ceived a majority of the votes cast. The returns 

 were sent back to the county clerk for correction ; 

 but, as the board had performed its duties as re- 

 quired by law and had dissolved, it was claimed 

 that the members could not legally be called to- 

 gether again for the purpose of receiving and 



acting upon the corrected returns. In order to 

 test this question, Rosenthal, late in December, 

 began mandamus proceedings in the State Su- 

 preme Court against Stubbs, and obtained a de- 

 cision early in January to the effect that the Can- 

 vassing Board could not be reconvened, and that 

 he must await the action of the Legislature. Si- 

 multaneously with the beginning of this pro- 

 ceeding by Rosenthal, the Populist candidates 

 for Coffey, Republic, and Jackson Counties 

 brought similar proceedings against their Re- 

 publican opponents ; but their cases were not 

 argued or decided prior to the meeting of the 

 Legislature. The Populists also served notice 

 upon several of the Republican Senators and 

 Representatives that their seats would be con- 

 tested before the Legislature when it should con- 

 vene, whereupon the Republicans retaliated by 

 serving like notice of contest upon several Popu- 

 list members. The charge had been freely made 

 by the Populist leaders since the election that 

 they had been deprived through fraud of their 

 majority in the Lower House, and, as the time for 

 the legislators to assemble drew near, it was as- 

 serted that the Republicans, in spite of their ap- 

 parent majority, would not be allowed to organ- 

 ize that body. The Senate was organized by the 

 Populists without difficulty, but in the House 

 both sides came prepared for a stubborn contest. 

 After a stormy session, 2 Houses were organized 

 one by the Republicans, in which 63 members 

 participated, the other by the Populists, in which 

 58 members took part. The 2 Democratic mem- 

 bers took no action on either side. George L. 

 Douglass was chosen Speaker of the Republican 

 House, and J. M. Dunsmore of the Populist. 

 The rival Speakers occupied the platform side by 

 side, and each House attempted to conduct its 

 business regardless of the other. The Republi- 

 cans at once proceeded to admit Rosenthal to the 

 seat for which the Republican candidate. Stubbs, 

 held the certificate, the latter having refused to 



eirticipate in the organization of the Republican 

 ouse or in any way to take advantage of the er- 

 ror by which the certificate was given him. The 

 Populists, after electing officers, proceeded to un- 

 seat 18 Republican members without investiga- 

 tion of the merits of each case, and installed in 

 their places 11 Populists, securing in this way an 

 apparent majority. Both Speakers remained in 

 the chair all night, the Republicans fearing to 

 adjourn lest they should be locked out of the Capi- 

 tol, which was then controlled by Populist offi- 

 cials. An understanding was finally reached, by 

 which both sides were allowed access to the Rep- 

 resentatives' hall pending a settlement of the 



