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IOWA. 



" The Republican party is now hypocritically 

 claiming credit for the reduction in our State debt, 

 made possible by the Democratic tax law, the en- 

 actment of which it opposed. It has mutilated the 

 Australian ballot and repealed the statute making 

 the bribery of voters a penal offense." 



The Democratic candidates were: For Governor, 

 John W. Kern; Lieutenant Governor, John C. 

 Lawler; Secretary of State, Adam Heimberger; 

 Auditor, John W. Minor; Treasurer, Jerome Herff ; 

 Attorney-General, C. P. Drummond; Reporter of 

 Supreme Court, H. G. Yergin; Superintendent of 

 Public Instruction, Charles Greathouse; Chief of 

 Bureau of Statistics, Edward Horuff; Judge of 

 Supreme Court, First District, George L. Rein- 

 hardt; Judge of Supreme Court, Fourth District, 

 J. W. Adair. 



The Social Democratic party nominated in July 

 the following: For Governor, John W. Kelly; 

 Lieutenant Governor, John A. Lloyd; Secretary 

 of State, Edward H. Evinger; Auditor of State, 

 William Croke ; Treasurer of State, C. A. Hulsman ; 

 Attorney-General, C. A. Thornton : Reporter of the 

 Supreme Court, Mr. Feasier; State Statistician, 

 William Ehrenhart; Superintendent of Public In- 

 struction, M. A. Thorndyke. 



The Socialist-Labor party nominated for Gov- 

 ernor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, 

 Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney-General, Superin- 

 tendent of Instruction, and Chief of Bureau of 

 Statistics, respectively, Messrs. Moore, Dryer, By- 

 ram, Soules, Fritz, Youngman, Stoner, and Singer. 



The candidates of the Union Reform party were 

 Messrs. Wilson, Perry, Wheeler, Withrow, Carter, 

 and Coppock for the offices, respectively, of Gov- 

 ernor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Auditor, 

 Superintendent of Instruction, and Chief of the 

 Bureau of Statistics. 



The official report of the vote for presidential 

 electors stands: Republican, 336,063; Democratic, 

 309,584; Prohibitionist, 13,718; People's party, 

 1,438; Socialist-Labor, 633; Social Democratic, 

 2,734; Union Reform, 254. 



The Republican State ticket received a majority, 

 the vote on Governor standing: Durbin (Repub- 

 lican), 331,531; Kern (Democrat), 306,272; Eck- 

 hart (Prohibitionist), 13,453; Burkhart (People's 

 party), 1,504; Moore (Socialist-Labor), 644; Kelly 

 (Social Democrat), 2,239; Wilson (Union Reform), 

 244. 



The Republicans elected 19 of the 26 Senators 

 chosen, and the Democrats 7. Of the 24 holding 

 over, 14 are Republican. The House will have 

 about 61 Republicans to 39 Democrats. 



The two constitutional amendments voted upon 

 received each a majority. They fix the number of 

 justices of the Supreme Court at 5 to 11, instead 

 of, as now, 3 to 5, and authorize the Legislature 

 to prescribe qualifications for admission to the bar. 

 The total vote for the first amendment was 314,710, 

 and the total vote against it was 178,960 a ma- 

 pority for the amendment of 135,750. The vote 

 for the second amendment was 240,031, and the 

 vote against it 144,072 a majority for the second 

 amendment of 95,959. 



IOWA, a Western State, admitted to the Union 

 Dec. 28, 1846; area, 56,025 square miles. The 

 population, according to each decennial census 

 since admission, was 192,214 in 1850; 674,193 in 

 1860; 1,194,020 in 1870; 1,624,615 in 1880; 1,911,- 

 896 in 1890; 2,251.829 in 1900. This is an in- 

 crease of 15.1) per cent, in the past ten years. Capi- 

 tal, Des Moines. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Leslie M. 

 Shaw; Lieutenant Governor, J. C. Milliman; Secre- 

 tary of State, George L. Dobson; Treasurer, John 



Herriott; Auditor, Frank F. Merriam; Attorney- 

 General, Milton Remley; Superintendent of In- 

 struction, R. C. Barrett; Adjutant General. M. H. 

 Byers; Railroad Commissioners, E. A. Dawsbn, 

 Welcome Mowry, David J. Palmer; Labor Com- 

 missioner. W. E. O'Bleness; Librarian, Johnson 

 Brigham; Board of Control for State Institutions, 

 William Larrabee, L. G. Kinne, John Cownie; 

 Fish Commissioner, George E. Delevan; Chief 

 Justice of the Supreme Court, G. S. Robinson ; As- 

 sociate Justices, Scott M. Ladd, C. S. Granger, 

 Josiah Given, C. M. Waterman, H. E. Deemer; 

 Clerk. C. T. Jones all Republicans. The incom- 

 ing government is: Governor, Leslie M. Shaw: 

 Lieutenant Governor, J. C. Milliman ; Secretary of 

 State, W. B. Martin ; Treasurer, G. S. Gilbertson ; 

 Auditor, Frank F. Merriam; Attorney-General, 

 C. W. Mullan; Judge of Supreme Court, Emlin 

 McClain; Railroad Commissioner, D. J. Palmer 

 all Republicans. 



Gov. Shaw, in April, appointed as Library Com- 

 missioners Capt. W. F. Johnston, Mrs. D. W. 

 Norris, Mrs. H. M. Towner, Miss Jessie B. Waite. 

 On the death of United States Senator John Henry 

 Gear, the Governor appointed Hon. J. P. Dolliver, 

 junior Senator, to the vacancy. 



Finances. Iowa property has increased in 

 value about $56,000,000. The growth is mainly 

 in personal property and buildings. This in- 

 creases the taxable value to $542,000,000. No new 

 assessment of real estate has been made this year. 

 Live stock increased in value $43,000,000, at actual 

 values. 



The following is a statement of the estimated 

 available revenue for the biennial fiscal period 

 ending June 30, 1901, under existing statutes: 

 Net treasury cash balance July 1, 1899, $414,294. 

 Proceeds of the State levy 3.2 mills last half of 

 1899, $763,435; 2.9 mills 1900, $1,500,000; 2.5 nulls 

 first half of 1901, $750,000; interest on taxes, $20,- 

 000; total, $3,033,435. Special levies charitable 

 institutions, $770,500; United States aid to Sol- 

 diers' Home, $100,000; receipts from institutions 

 under Board of Control, $84,000; collateral in- 

 heritance tax, $100,000; corporation taxes, $405,- 

 000; fees of State officers, $223,500; miscellaneous 

 receipts, $8,500. Grand total for biennial fiscal pe- 

 riod, $5,139,229. 



Banks. The bank deposits have doubled since 

 June, 1896, exclusive of the national banks, which 

 are equally prosperous. The amount due deposi- 

 tors in 1900 was $91,147,056.88; the capital stock, 

 $18,054,900; the liabilities, $114,392,424. 



Railroads. Iowa, according to the statistics 

 of the Railway Age, compiled in November, 1900. 

 is the fourth State in the Union in railway mile- 

 age. More than 3,500 miles are in operation, and 

 1,500 are in course of construction. The total rail- 

 road assessment is $46,085,119, an increase of 

 about $1,500,000. The llinois Central has also put 

 in operation this year 131 miles of new road in the 

 State. 



Insurance. Fees to the amount of $343,561.15 

 and taxes amounting to $1,191,069 have been col- 

 lected since 1890. This includes all insurance con- 

 cerns. Iowa people had $551,671,540 in insurance 

 Jan. 1, 1900. On Jan. 1, 1!)00, there were in force 

 in Iowa fire insurance policies amounting to $551.- 

 671,540, or equivalent to a larger sum than all tlic 

 property of the State is assessed for. 



The number of companies transacting other 

 than life insurance business in Iowa are as fol 

 low: Fire insurance, 132; fidelity insurance, 9; 

 employers' liability insurance, 6; plate glass in 

 surance, 4; hail insurance, 4; steam boiler insur 

 ance, 1; accident insurance, 2; burglary insur- 

 ance, 3. 



