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DUN MARK. 



taking from their political opponents the right still 

 enjoyed by the rest of the State, and never before de- 

 nied to any of its people to select the officers who are 

 to guard their rights at the polls and to have the 

 vote fairly counted. 



We denounce the Democratic party for retaining 

 on the statute book the infamous law for the ap- 

 pointment by the Governor of special constables for 

 the election* in the city of Wilmington, after over 

 $lti,000 had been perverted for the payment of 800 

 such constables at the election of 1892, and the money 

 misappropriated from the State school fund. 



They favored the improvement of water ways 

 and harbors, the calling of a constitutional con- 

 vention, increased appropriations for colored 

 schools and separate education of the races, and 

 commended the course of Senator Higgins. 



The convention nominated Joshua H. Marvil 

 for Governor, and Jonathan S. Willis for mem- 

 ber of Congress. 



A conference of leaders of the colored Repub- 

 licans resulted in the following demand upon 

 the party : 



In the event of Republican success in this State, 

 the present code pertaining to the State college for 

 colored students be revised so as to make the faculty 

 thereof colored. 



That the State appropriation for colored schools be 

 increased beyond its present amount. 



Renewal on present building fund bill. 



Increase of teachers' salaries. 



A maximum and minimum number of months each 

 year to run school. 



Yearly appropriation to support our Teachers' In- 

 stitute. 



That the State shall make up or appropriate bal- 

 ance of school taxes in districts where four lifths of 

 said school taxes have been paid. 



Representation on State, county, and hundred 

 tickets. 



The principle of proportional representation, all 

 things being equal. 



We demand the right to be called in question or 

 caucus to help make tickets, and propose laws the 

 party expects us to vote for and support, according 

 to the referendum principle. 



There was much dissatisfaction with the fact 

 that the platform of the Republican convention 

 contained only an indefinite demand for better 

 colored schools, and the colored man was advised 

 by the conference to " divide his vote with all 

 parties, as does his more advanced brother in 

 every State in the Union." But a convention 

 of colored Republicans held at Dover, Sept. 25, 

 adopted resolutions in favor of the party, approv- 

 ing of its platform and candidates, and express- 

 ing confidence in its intentions toward the col- 

 ored people. 



The People's party, which was first organized 

 as the "Independent Labor party," and its 

 name afterward changed, held a State conven- 

 tion at Union Park, Sept. 3, and adopted a plat- 

 form, and nominated James Alexander Fulton 

 for Governor and Charles Beadenkopf for mem- 

 ber of Congress ; but the names of their candi- 

 dates could not go upon the official ballot. In 

 order to place a ticket in the field it is necessary 

 for 25 men to certify that there are 100 bona 

 fide voters who will support the ticket at the 

 election. The application must be accompanied 

 by the names of 100 people who have signified 

 their intentions of voting the ticket. The total 

 number at first submitted was 104, but 11 of the 

 signers withdrew. 



The election of Nov. 6 resulted in favor of the 

 Republican ticket by about 1,200 majority. The 

 Prohibitionist vote amounted to 536. The vote 

 on the question of calling a constitutional conven- 

 tion was carried in its favor by a majority of 20,- 

 478. The affirmative vote being largely in excess 

 of a majority of the highest vote cast for Repre- 

 sentatives in the General Assembly at any one of 

 the three previous general elections, it will be the 

 duty of the next Legislature to call a constitu- 

 tional convention. 



The Legislature will stand : In the Senate, 5 

 Democrats and 4 Republicans ; in the House, 

 Democrats and 14 Republicans. The Legish 

 ture will elect a State Treasurer and Auditor, 

 and a United States Senator to succeed Anthony 

 Higgins. The Senator is elected on joint ballot, 

 but the Treasurer and Auditor are, appointed by 

 a joint resolution in which the Senate concurs 

 or nonconcurs. 



DENMARK, a monarchy in northern Europe. 

 The legislative body is the Rigsdag, having 2 

 branches the Landsthing and the Folkething. 

 The Landsthing has 66 members, of whom 12 

 are appointed for life by the Crown and 54 a re- 

 elected indirectly for eight years, half retiring 

 every four years. The Folkething has 102 mem- 

 bers, 1 to 16,000 of population, elected by direct 

 universal manhood suffrage for three years. 



The reigning king is Christian IX, born April 

 8, 1818. The heir apparent is Prince Fredcrik, 

 born June 3, 1843. The Council of Ministers in 

 the beginning of 1894 was made up of the fol- 

 lowing members: President and Minister of 

 Finance, Jacob Broennum Scavenius Estrup : 

 Minister of the Interior, H. P. Ir.gerslev; Min- 

 ister of Justice and for Iceland, J. M. V. Nelle 

 mann ; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baroi 

 Reedtz-Thott ; Minister of War, Major-Gen. J. 

 J. de Bahnson; Minister of Marine, Vice-Ad- 

 miral N. F. Ravn; Minister of Worship and 

 Instruction, A. II. F. C. Goos. In January, 

 1894, M. Hoerring became Minister of the In- 

 terior on the creation of a Department of Public 

 Works, of which II. P. Ingerslev was made mil 

 ister. 



Area and Population. The area of Den- 

 mark, exclusive of the Faroe Isles, is 14,775 

 square miles. The population in 1890 was 

 2,172,380, comprising 1.059,157 males and 1,113,- 

 223 females. The Faroe Isles, with an area of 

 514 square miles, had 12,955 inhabitants. The 

 population of Copenhagen, the capital, was 312,- 

 859, or, including suburbs, 375,190. The urban 

 population increased from 515,758 in 1880 to 

 663,121 in 1890. There were 882,386 persons in 

 1890 who lived by agriculture, 534,428 by indus- 

 try, 189,015 by commerce, 162,928 by unskilled 

 labor, 162,450' by immaterial production, 57,1)9!) 

 by pensions, 39,014 by public charity, 34,974 by 

 income from investments, 32.912 'by fishing. 

 31,371 without occupation, 26,082 by navigation, 

 and 7,320 were porters and messengers, 5,!)7<> 

 domestics out of places, 3,753 blind, deaf, or in- 

 sane, and 1,822 in prison. The number of mar- 

 riages in 1891 was 14,941; of births. 69,664: of 

 deaths, 45,681; excess of births, 23,983. The 

 number of emigrants was 10.382, compared with 

 10.298 in 1890, 8,967 in 1889, and 8.659 in 1888. 

 Education. Elementary education has been 

 compulsory since 1814. The schools are free to 



