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Ott. 81. 1804. The 



eaeipis of t!. Institution for Fee 

 Childrrn were $3a.4.07, and the ex- 

 m *M*X8\ There were remaining 

 at tn* eod of the year 49 girls and 45 boys. 



oh Law. wrral lynching* took place in 

 the State daring the vear. notably one of a 

 negro at Winchester, charged with an assault 

 which, an afterward appeared, had not been 

 commit trtl. ami another, the murder of a man 

 and a woman in Mm y by a mob who 



burned the woman in her house and shot tin- 

 man to death as he attempted to escape. The 

 Governor suggested that a statute be enacted 

 providing severe penalties against all who, by 

 word oriel, shall encourage each M 



Military. The twentv-ninth annual 

 campment of the QlMM Army <>f the Re- 

 public wan held in Ixniisville, beginning Sept. 

 the llth a parade of about 45,000 was 

 seen by more than 800.000 spectators. At the 

 head of the column marched two Kentuckians 

 who enlisted in the Confederate service at the 

 outset of hostilities and fought to the end. One 

 bore aloft the Stars and Stripes, the other a si 1 ken 

 banner of white, having in it* center a golden 

 dove and in it- tnuth an olive branch. This 

 was called "The Emblem of Peace" the re- 

 union, thirty yean after, of the victors and the 



An address of welcome by Henry Watterson 

 was responded to by Past-Commander-in-rhief^ 

 Warner, and a poem was read by James Whit-' 

 comb Riley. St. Paul was selected as the place 

 for the next annual encampment, and the fol- 

 lowing officers were elected: Commander in 

 Chief. Ivan X. Walker, of Indiana; Senior Vic,- 

 Commander in Chief. K. H. Hobson, of Ken- 

 tucky; Junior Vice Commander in Chief, S. G. 

 Coagrove, of Washington; Surgeon (inn-nil, J. 

 RWhiting. of Wisconsin; Chaplain, T. E. 

 Iliff.of t 



The Committee on Resolutions reported favor- 

 ably on the suggestion that a permanent nation- 

 al headquarters be selected. The offer of Phila- 

 ;a to store the records of the Grand Armv 

 n, Independence Hall wasacoep 



Other resolutions were as follow : 



Appointing a ooramitUsc to arrange for the 

 of a monument at Washington to commemorate the 

 loral women who nerved as nur*c* or in other ways 

 aided the PoJdler* of the fni-.n -luring the n-U-Hi.n. 



Permitting ports to consolidate as the membc-rshii* 

 ?n.w fewer. 



frenmmspding that Congreas paw a law equalizing 

 U penrfooaof war widows so that all shal] receive 

 Sftlss* $1* a month. 



The report on pensions concluded as follows : 

 We demand for our comrades the junt tn: 

 ff-tL^y* lrilld| y 000< * d - o niggardly 







under the guise of reissue/: 



~ froda-m* allowances that cut here and 



{ratter* will me* the full mearare of duty that the 

 wyeweato It* numvinif heroa*. Nothing short 

 "ST 1 kdt with an honert hand, a liberal 



V * "teLL 1 * Hi* PP rob * tir "> f the 

 Beeedin* from no position that 

 tketureafllrminff all our previou* 





The: meniMer-liip h \\ . ! : M.-inU-rs 



in good standii -;!. :;;i. :,:,:, 



.sj,-r in, U.r.T'J; pin l>y I ranker. :. ..V,j ; 



i-y rein.stuteinent, 1 

 Unqaent reports, 9,843 aggrep, 

 by death, 7,868; loss by h.n,,ral.le .li 

 1,487; loss by transfer, 5,768; loss by s^H 



:W,589; loss l.y di-hoimrable ais. 

 11": lo^s l.y .1,-linrjuent rejxnts, 8,661 : 



'.. M. miters i-. inaininx in L'ond staiid- 



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A leading feature was the annual n-nn. 

 parade of the sailors, and additional 

 tached to the event from tin- fad Ilia 

 ably the last time that the Jack tars will i 

 at a Grand Army em-ampnieiM. 



Polltieai. The elrction in the Four: 

 trict for the oflice of judp- of the Court 

 peals, held Nov. 0. 1S!M, was reported t 

 resulted in favor of St. ri 

 jprity of 25, and he received a cert ill 

 tion. His opponent. St. .John 

 the election, basing his claim on < 

 lots returned by the officers of election 

 clerk of Jefferson County. The case wa^ 

 l.y the State Board of Contest 

 of the Stale nflicrrs, and a majority of n.. 

 cided in favor of Ton, y. but the Go 

 tin- Auditor voted negatively on the re- 

 to declare him elected, believing th., 

 a majority of 27 on the ballots that >hou 

 been counted. Judge Toiiey th. n r- 

 Jl. and the Governor accepted the i, 



Judge Kastin was appointed and r 

 the bench till the end of the year, when h 

 succeeded by Judge George Durel'. 

 the oflice in N'ovemlxsr. 



The Republican State Convent i 

 Louisville, .lune ">. The platform contaii. 

 following declarations : 



We are opposed to the free and unli;: 

 of silver, believing that it would involvf th. 

 in financial ruin. We believe in 



and in the u>e of hotli iroM aii-1 



provided always that n dollar in <-u. is n 

 ly as valuable as a dollar in the other. 



We favor a tariff so regulated a* to ]; 

 tercets of all classes of our eiti/ens u| : 

 may be successfully manufacture' 1 .r \>r<\ 



uutry. thiiH iiiMiriiiL' xood wages t 

 and a home market t<> the prdii. 

 tion with thin we favor the re-chta)l ; .- 

 <l<H-triue of reciprocity. In view of the ; 



ho l)cmocrati<- jarty, its <\< 

 old State-bank system und wild-eat ten,; 

 firm that the Republican party can h< 

 tru-ted to retruhitv the tinan 



When th> 'ito P*^^^l 



Kentucky it found tin- State able tn pay ov. 

 and have millions ofaurplun left. 

 it has collected millions of dollars of t:> 

 most urgent system* of re\ "" t 



day in the humiliating attitud. 



the current e\pe|l-e> r,f t).. ' " 



fair valuation of anaetfl are in deht mil 



They have overridden the ('< 



to one fairly elected by the people, engage 



travagaot legislation, accepted aalari* 



neoeaaary office*, manifested incornpet- 



age the penitentiaries, broutrht 



competition with h'>n. iverted ( 



Kohool fund, failed to provide a d 



and left it* charitable neces- 



sary mean* for their proper operation. 



