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MISSni i;i. 



tml.t*nder note*, and for payment of th 



. v . ,,,^ , p [<! rboth; it con- 

 dMnnsd UM lejoanoe of inlcrwt-brarm^ DOIldf 



1 



IBBV VM ! 11*1 '" "' '"fr> ' 



slid dwlaml that publ. 

 , ,^ reduced, eamciitlly f.-e*. sala- 

 riband I- tK that 



fatorrs should he prohibited and trusts and mo- 

 oeotitt dhwmraged ; nnd it favored an income 

 1*1 a limit to the term -f IV 



. ., -..:.' f. r Ameri< an Pltl- 



Matc matters these resolutions were 



the balVrt box to be the palUliiun <>f 



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. i^ J^ 



lie office of I. an. I 



ihii* State by a 



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, within s 



_ reduction of at least 80 per cent m the 

 salaries and fees of .11 public officials. 



.. . , .-,... eapoeedoi Dem- 

 orrata. ordered by that body to investigate the Au.l, 

 tort offtes, repotted that it had not had time to make 

 MM* than a -cursory examinat...,, of the ,.tl ! . 

 theft Ihev had not been si >le todo anything. To make 

 eneh thorough examinations of the books, von 

 and warrant* * -ul.l warrant an exhaustive report 

 would, 'u require several 



nMMfceaf dilifent work," snd the same committee at 

 the ssssioa of 1894 M asked leave to ssy thst ov. 



; me and other duties n. nth* 



ioor of the Legialatare, they are not prepsred to say 

 thevhave been able to give that strict examination 

 whiehaloae can make this report accurate," I 

 eoneeivable how a public office could be so conducted 

 as not to show whether :..! t<> th- 



Uvee Board more than $l*gOOO, or has to be iriv.-n 

 8pc 1 to prove whether or not it o 

 ' uj the mean: 



.r*sy snd Kerfroson defalcation, t- 

 with those of nameroos sheriff* and count 

 is the logical result of ring rule and liu t. mm. 



Dnhnin between the candidates for the office 



ernor and others were held through the 



flute. At the election the entin- h.-n.ocratic 



ticket was socoeesful. The total vote polled was 



I ^mocrats cast 46,873, and 



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M I vIorEI. a Western State, admitted to 

 the Union Aug. 10, 1821 ; area, 69,415 square 

 milea. UM population, according to ea< 

 HMsial eeneus since admission, was 140. i 

 1WO: 90.709 in 1840; 682.044 



and 167V.1H4 in 1800. Capital, Jeff. 

 (fovrraMtnt The following wer 

 NMen during theyrar: Oovemor. Willia 

 Utont^neniiiijiBt; Lbotenant Go vernor, John M. 

 CrMemra: Heerstarv of state. Alexai, 

 nsejf; Andttor.J.lLS i-rt ; Tmwurer. I 



Joeeph A. Wick- 



; Sapwiatenden ' r.. .John |{. 



;; AUomey-Oenend. K. F. Walker; 

 loner of Labor. Henry Blarkmore; chief 

 AtSnpreme Oxirt . Theodore Brace ; 

 e Joeticw. Thotnaa A. Sherwood. 

 BairUv. JaeBsj B. Oantt, Osvin D. Burgees. 

 B. MacfartamN W,Uter M. Hobinson. 

 t-TI>e Aurlitor's report for the year 

 Dec. Si, MM, amoved: Salaoce on 



ptfl from all s 

 ii^.urM'in.-n!-, f,,r all |,u- 



. Dec.81, 



of tli- 12,746,478.50 appropriaU'ii fr>ui tt , 



line fiiml fr tin- i:niiTal rx|n-HM-> nf th< 



-.-'!. $!. \\a- .lra\Mi in 



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Tin- |iriin-i|Jil itmix.f u|ipr<i|iriaiiii 

 ueral A-.-mbh 

 ,-s of th. 



tsof rnmiiial <'iises, $466.- 

 assessing an<l <. !!< 



an<l payiniMil- >n ili-lil. s 



.1. i-t on Jan. i. 1895, aggregated $6.c 



<-n !>(. :',!. ^:. I- 'ipri-iii^ > 



-.mi. IM.I. mable ai tin- | 



of tli any linn- l.<-f..r.- lil 



t, IM.H.IS. Of tl 



<-f lM,nl<. $55,000 WHS payal'lt- mi .Ian. ! 

 mid $:W?,(K)() on .Inly 1 follow, 

 $H.(MKl to IH* pai.l in 



N .il nations. Tlu- Slat.- I'.-., 

 lion lived i he values of real and p i 

 crty f..r taxation in ls."i a> fdl- 

 property, n-tunn-il by assessors, ^WT.OTe.OJtt; 1 

 n.-i , Increase by th.- I 

 tix.-l l.y the board, $a06.'.' 

 turned by assessors, $410.' 



: value as fixed, fK'7.1'' 

 personal prop.-riy. ivtuninl ly assessor-. 

 n|s. j::; : ,,,-t decrease, $1,513,448; r 



VK Tin- it.-m iiiMiiiari/... 

 be rrtunir.l by assessors, $966,61 7.8> 

 decrease by th<- hoard. $::' 



M fixed by tin- board. *'.' 

 board reported fully on th- n-ults of 

 sessors* convention -f i^n j. , -aiu-d by tl. 



rrnor at tin- rcfpicst of the board t< 

 iii.-tjualiti.-s in the assessment .f pr< ; 

 convention adojitrd n-solutioMs recoimi 

 the a.sessnn-nt of properly at it- tru 

 The expectations of the board \v. n not r 

 as efforts to asses- weordini: t" the 

 made in !." counties only, thn- 

 discrepancies than In-fore. Th- 

 fore compelled tor|uali/.e the ., 

 by reducing tho-e in the 15 countii-s and ii 

 in- thoxe in others where the valuatioi 

 nianifextlv t,,,, low. 



Bankft, The State bank-. ..n April :< 

 numbered 4X2. and had a cninbin< 

 |Mj070.o.|0: loans and rliM-omits, <;". '.-!.;. 

 total resources, $102.867,688; dep<.>its. $'. 

 858; surplus, - I In 1 



mie- numbered ?. and hit 

 tal of $6,150,000; loans and di-count-. *4,\& 

 oil : total resources, $K> 

 687,074; and surplus and undi\ 

 $1,418,766. There were also '.'1 privat. 

 with r.-portrd capital of $1.11M,K0; re^ 

 $8,258,390: deposita, $,05:',.:{s! ; ]o; 

 coanto, $4.5'.M.7^; and niri.liis. $41- 

 had an aggregate banking capital 



'.Kl.nn.l the bank- haddep,,,,' 

 200, loan*; and discounts of $122,043,328, a: 

 plus of $i:{.6H!. 



i:dnc:ition. The annual statement of 

 1'nited States Comtlii-ioner of Ivlucati' 

 1, 1895, reported an enrollmcrr 

 in the public schools, an average daily 

 anceof 469,846 pupils, and an exj.* -nd. 1 



