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Politics. A Governor. 4 Congressmen, and 

 members of the State Legislature were elected 

 this year. The first State convention was that 

 of the People's party, March 22. L. C. Buteman 

 was nominated for Governor. The resolutions 

 deplored the reign of plutocracy, and favored 

 the following measures : 



Free silver coinage at a ratio of 16 to 1, to be sup- 

 plemented by legal-tender paper money till the sum 

 total is equal to $oOper capita, the issue thereafter to 

 be regulated by the Bureau of Statistics ; governmental 

 control of railroads, telephones, ana telegraphs; 

 prohibition by Congress of undesirable immigra- 

 tion ; a graded income tax ; provision for arbitra- 

 tion between employer and employee, with power to 

 enforce the decision of the arbitrators ; provision by 

 the State Legislature of a system of State insurance 

 for farm property, and a listing system of taxation. 



The State Convention of Republicans met at 

 Lewiston, June 5. Henry B. Cleaves was re- 

 nominated for Governor. The platform favored 

 protection of labor, restricted immigration, lib- 

 erality in pensions, enforcement of the prohib- 

 itory laws, a protective tariff, and the Blaine 

 system of reciprocity, and commended the course 

 of the State Representatives in Congress in op- 

 posing the Wilson bill. It praised the adminis- 

 tration of the State government, and, in refer- 

 ence to the silver question and the foreign policy 

 of the Federal Government, made the following 

 declarations : 



The American Union, its citizens and their great 

 privileges, can be protected in no surer way than by 

 absolute exclusion from our country of the paupers, 

 criminals, and diseased of Europe. The party, there- 

 tore, favors the passage of such restrictive legislation 

 as will admit to our shores only those immigrants 

 \ylin have the capacity and desire to become good 

 American citizens. Believing in a firm and unbend- 

 ing foreign policy, which will prevent the interfer- 

 ence of European powers in the domestic government 

 of American States and countries, the party sustains 

 the course of President Harrison and ex-Minister 

 John L. Stevens toward the people of the Hawaiian 

 Islands, and wholly disapproves the un-American 

 policy of the Cleveland Administration in relation 

 thereto. 



The State Convention of Democrats was held 

 at Lewiston, June 26. Charles P. Johnson was 

 nominated for Governor. The resolutions com- 

 mended the national Administration, denounced 

 the A. P. A., and declared in favor of the fifty- 

 eight-hour law for the employment of women 

 and minors. They called for honest pensions 

 and economy in the administration of State 

 affairs, and preferred license to prohibition. 



The Prohibitionists met in convention at Cam- 

 den, June 28. Ira G. Hersey was the nominee 

 for Governor. The resolutions favored vigorous 

 and impartial enforcement of -the liquor law; 

 prohibition of the liquor traffic by Congress ; 

 woman suffrage to those who can read and 

 write ; equal taxation ; the Government alone 

 to issue money, gold, silver, or paper, sufficient 

 for the demand of business ; the tariff to be 

 handled by a nonpartisan commission ; corpora- 

 tions made by the people to be controlled by 

 them ; and no appropriations for sectarian 

 schools. 



At the election, Sept. 10, the Republicans 

 elected their State and congressional tickets by 

 large majorities. The vote for Governor stood 

 as follows : Cleaves, Republican, 69,599 : John- 



son, Democrat, 30,621; Hersey, Prohibitionist 

 2,730 ; Bateman, Populist, 5,321. The four Re- 

 publican Representatives in Congress were re- 

 elected. The next Assembly will consist of 31 

 Republicans in the upper house and 146 Repub- 

 licans and 5 Democrats in the lower. 



Some trouble was experienced with the new 

 election law, and 4 to 5 per cent, of the votes 

 had to be thrown out on account of noncom- 

 pliance with the letter of the law. 



MANITOBA. Legislative Session. The 

 second session of the eighth Legislature of the 

 province was opened at Winnipeg, Jan. 11, 1894, 

 and closed March 2. The following epitome 

 conveys the important facts in the address of 

 the Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. John Christian 

 Schultz : 



I regret very much that the low price of wheat, one 

 of the staple products of the country, has greatly 

 lessened the profits of the husbandman. This loss, 

 however, has not been felt to so great an extent in 

 those districts of the province in which a diversified 

 system of agriculture n as been pursued. It is satis- 

 factory to know that in the general depression which 

 existed during the past year Manitoba compares more 

 than favorably with other countries. You will note 

 with satisfaction the favorable terms upon which the 

 loan authorized by you at the last session was nego- 

 tiated, notwithstanding the great stringency of the 

 money markets at the time, showing that the prov- 

 ince has become favorably known as a field for in- 

 vestment. I am pleased to congratulate you on the 

 success attending the etforts to advertise the resources 

 of the province during the World's Columbian Ex- 

 position. For several years past large sums have 

 been spent in advertising our province, and the time 

 has now arrived when the expense in that connection 

 may with propriety be materially curtailed, and 

 more attention paid to the requirements of our own 

 people, so that a more rapid internal development 

 may be assured. 



The principal acts of the session were as fol- 

 low : 



To amend the public schools act. 



To amend the provincial lands act. 



To amend the Manitoba joint-stock companies act. 



To amend the real property act. 



To incorporate the Manitoba Farming, Colonization, 

 and Water Company. 



To incorporate the bishop of the Church of Eng- 

 land, diocese of Rupert's Land. 



To amend the liquor license act. 



To amend the mutual fire insurance act. 



To amend an act prohibiting registration of lien 

 notes, hire receipts, and orders for chattels in registry 

 and land titles offices. 



To amend the executions act. 



To amend the Manitoba election act. 



To incorporate the Winnipeg Natural Gas and Pe- 

 troleum Company. 



To provide for increased accommodation for the 

 education and instruction of the deaf and dumb. 



To enable the Government to loan limited amounts 

 of money to municipalities in certain cases. 



To empower the W innipeg Transfer Kailway Com- 

 pany to extend their line of railway. 



The more important money grants for 1894 

 were as follow : 



Indemnitv and mileage of members of the Legis- 

 lature for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 1894, $24,- 

 850 ; for salaries and miscellaneous expenses in con- 

 nection with the Treasury Department, $25,150; for 

 interest on provincial debentures, half-breed mort- 

 gages, etc., $133,580.70; for grants in connection with 

 education, $120,000 ; for agriculture and immigration, 

 $72,456 ; for expenses in connection with the Attor- 



