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_ 8otWttttioncJod with the 



till to doubt. Tnec* to a precedent bearing on 

 UM potot to the hMory of 



, f n, I**** . i .. i I] ', -i 

 in 17VI. tuit n wat revittd 



. i Btuhtti IM 



Qofl BMR 



tohitplaot 



- ^ while he wat to act- 



Of MOT UV* WW^W " w* 



in the opinion of thote who revittd 

 htdid not lott hit teat by at- 

 .utt of Oomnor, and hit right 

 jue*tion even by political op- 

 At the tame time it doe* not appear 

 he exeroited or attempted to exercise the 

 i of Senator while acting at Governor, 

 and to iht parallel it not complete. 



It i* claimed that if Mr. Watson did not have 

 the right* of n flenttor hi* constituent* were de- 

 prive! of thdrju* representation in the choice 

 of United State* Senator, rinoe no toooettor had 



_ titottit to hi* ttai. 

 the vott taken at the election of 1894 on the 

 holding a constitutional convent i< >n 

 town a majoritv to its favor, the Legis- 

 tovmvidtd f or tnch convention, to be held 



A joint reaolution wat patted requiring the 

 Attorney-General to investigate the title to cer- 

 tain hirtoricalaixi leti papers, especiallv a deed 

 of noffment of the Duke of York to William 

 Penn. which were advertised to be sold in Phila- 

 delphia at private property, and to ascertain 

 whether the State were entitled to the possession 

 of thott papers. He reported that, in his judg- 

 ment, the Stale had a lawful claim, and he was 

 directed to institute such proceedings at should 

 be necettary to protect the right* of the State, 



An act wat patted authorizing alterations and 

 -.-.(.- 



Another act wat for the suppression of betting 

 and wagering upon contetU of skill or speed 

 The penalty wa* fixed at a fine of not less than 

 $100 nor more than $2,000, and in d. fault of 

 payment imprisonment of not less than three 

 month* nor more than two years. 



Many other bill* of importance were intro- 



wnioh they were* left the I>!vcr '' 



? manner of itt [the Legislature's] disso- 

 ltU our lawi have been leftin a state of con- 

 g^5^JJ^S"7 to be appreciated 



PBKM AEK. a kingdom to northern Europe. 

 Tht ttgfaiaUve body, called the ttgsdag, it com- 

 nomd of the^Uadtihing^ the lolkSin 



Ml ! nominated by the ^nwn^l fhl 

 indirect suffrage for eight 



-.u,, MO o.^i^i^n T p K 



younger branch of the house of Oldenburg that 

 ruled Denmark for four centuries and becai 



! l-'ivd.-rik VII. N 



1868, whom Christian tuooeeded. having been 

 heir t<> tin- throne in il.> 



don, thped May 8,186?. 



The State Coui 



i Christian IX, born 



of Scb \*- 



Council is composed of the follow- 

 ing ministers: Presi<l-ni f tin- ('..uncil and 

 Mini5tr of Finance, Baron K. T. T. < >. 1 

 Thott, appointed Aug. 7, 1894; Minister of tln> 

 Interior. II. !!. ll.'.rrin^; Minister of Justi" 

 Minuter for Iceland. '. M. V. NYll.-manii ; 

 Mini-trr of Finance, C. D. Luttichan : MiniMi-r 

 of War. (irn. < '. \. 1 '. Th,,niM-ii: Mini-- 

 Marine, Vice-Adiniral N. !'. Kaxn: Mm 

 Worship and Public Instruction. U . 

 11. -th; Minuter of Public Works, II. I 



Area and Population. The area of 

 mark, including the Fftroe Isles, is 15,280 

 miles. The population in 1890, wh n i 

 decennial census was taken, was 2,185,33V 

 >i>ting of 1,059,822 males and 1,112,988 femaks. 

 Th*- number of marriages in 1898 was 15. ; 

 births, 70,280; of deaths, 42,295; excess of Lin hs, 

 26,235. The number of emigrants was 

 Copenhagen, the capital, had :tl2.sr,y inhaLiiants 

 in 1890; with its suburb- 

 Finances. The revenue for the year ending 

 March 31, 1894, was 58,075,266 kroner 

 27 cents), and the expenditure 62, 152,474 1 

 The budget for 1896 makes the revenue ' 

 929 kroner, of which 89,085,000 kroner ai 

 rived from customs and other indirect taxes, 

 9,971,100 kroner from direct taxes, 6.<,' 

 kroner from receipts from property and tin- .sink- 

 ing fund, 4,571,570 kroner net from th< railroads, 

 posts, and telegraphs, 1,034,000 kroner fn>m 

 lotteries, 791,524 kroner from domain 

 forests, and 627,599 kroner from all other sou n . -s. 

 The total expenditures are estimated at r, 

 435 kroner, of which 10,239,755 kroner are d<- 

 voted to the Ministry of War, 10,03r, 

 to the improvement of state property and n din - 

 tion of debt, 6,820,065 kroner to the Ministry of 

 Marine, 6,654,250 kroner to interest and expenses 

 of the debt, 5,714,111 kroner to the Min 

 Marine, 3,979,008 kroner to the Ministry < 

 tice, 8,909,298 kroner to the Ministry of Public 

 Worship and Instruction, 3,840,878 kroner tot h.- 

 Ministry of Finance, 3,235,407 kror 

 sionsand military invalids, 1,155,200 kr 



vil list ana appanages, 738,811 kroner to 

 the Mini-try of Public Works, 585,456 kron-r to 

 nittry of Foreign Affairs, 319,016 kroner to 

 the Kigsdag and Council of State, 85,764 kn 

 Iceland, and 4,459,074 kroner to extraordinary 

 purpose*. 



The public debt on March 31, 1894, amounted 

 to 182,108,488 kroner, mostly bearing 3 per cent 

 interest The foreign debt was only 6,5 

 kroner. The reserve fund kept for extr 

 nary emergencies amounted on March 31, 1 

 34,754,796 kroner. Th. investments of the state 

 amounted to 50,976,260 kroner, not including 

 the state railroads, which are valued at 1>- 

 410 kroner. 



I In- Army. The military forces of Denmark 

 in 1895 consisted of 31 battalions of in fan: 

 tides 11 of reserves ; 5 regiments of cavalry, each 

 having iU depot ; 2 regiments of field artillery, 

 each having 6 active and 2 reserve batteries ; 2 



