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the direct outgrowth of the spirit of greed which 

 is the chief characteristic of modern commercial- 

 ism as embodied in trusts and private monopolies; 

 declared that there is no affinity between political 

 democracy and commercial aristocracy, and pro- 

 claimed unalterable opposition " to absolutism, 

 whether practiced upon the people of this nation 

 by imperial commercial trusts and private monopo- 

 listic corporations or whether practiced upon polit- 

 ical subjects either of Queen Victoria in South 

 Africa or of William McKinley in Porto Rico and 

 the Philippines." The platform favored the elec- 

 tion of United States Senators by a direct vote of 

 the people; denounced the illiberal and unjust ad- 

 ministration of the Pension Bureau; demanded 

 that the initiative and referendum be embodied in 

 the State Constitution ; criticised Republican action 

 with respect to railroad legislation, and appealed 

 for Government ownership of railroads as the only 

 means of permanent relief from evils of their pres- 

 ent management. Demanding the withdrawal of 

 all special privileges granted by law to corpora- 

 tions or individuals and the application of the 

 principle of Government ownership as a remedy 

 for monopolies of every kind, the platform specif- 

 ically favored " the municipal ownership and opera- 

 tion of plants for the supply of water, light, heat, 

 and power, and also of all street-car lines and tele- 

 phone systems." 



An amendment of the State Constitution per- 

 mitting State stock yards and markets and provid- 

 ing for State insurance was favored, as also was 

 State development of oil resources and refining. 

 Other features of the platform were the condemn- 

 ing of the combination of grain buyers existing 

 in violation of the Kansas antitrust law ; a demand 

 for an amendment to the State banking laws which 

 will provide for taxing the banks to create a fund 

 for reimbursing depositors in banks that become 

 insolvent; the favoring of a civil service that will 

 put the State institutions upon a business basis; 

 of additional penalties for violation of the tax law ; 

 of the graduated taxation of property, incomes, 

 and inheritances; and of such laws, State and 

 national, as will prevent abuse of the power of 

 Federal judges by means of the writ of injunction 

 and otherwise, so that the right of trial by jury 

 shall remain inviolate, and " no matter with what 

 offense a man may be charged, he will at all times 

 be assured a fair and impartial trial." 



At the general election of Nov. 6 the Republicans 

 were successful with their State and national tick- 

 ets. Gov. Stanley was re-elected by a majority of 

 17,100, and the rest of the State ticket by ma- 

 jorities averaging somewhat higher. The election 

 gave the Republicans a majority of 59 on joint 



Hot in the Legislature. 



The constitutional amendment increasing the 



embership of the Supreme Court from 3 justices 

 to 7 was carried by 123,721 to 35,474. By this 

 amendment the Appellate Court, with 6 justices, 

 ceases to exist. 



Of the presidential vote McKinley received 

 185,955; Bryan, 162,601; Woolley, 3,605; Debs, 

 1,605. McKinley's plurality, 23,349; majority over 

 all, 18,139. 



KENTUCKY, a Southern State, admitted to 

 the Union June 1, 1792; area, 44,400 square miles. 

 The population, according to each decennial census 

 since admission, was 220,955 in 1800; 406,511 in 

 1810; 564,135 in 1820; 687,917 in 1830; 779,828 in 

 1840; 982,405 in 1850: 1,155,684 in 1860; 1,321,011 

 in 1870; 1,648.690 in 1880; 1,858.635 in 1890; and 

 2,147,174 in 1900. Capital, Frankfort. 



Government. At the beginning of the year 

 the offices were filled by the Republicans who were 

 inaugurated in December, 1899, after the official 



count had been declared. They were: Governor, 

 William S. Taylor; Lieutenant Governor, John 

 Marshall; Secretary of State, Caleb Powers; Attor- 

 ney-General, Clifton J. Pratt; Auditor, John S. 

 Sweeney ; Treasurer, Walter R. Day ; Superintend- 

 ent of Instruction, John Burke; Commissioner 

 of Agriculture, J. W. Throckmorton. The Demo- 

 cratic candidates for the offices of Governor and 

 Lieutenant Governor made a contest before the 

 Legislature, which decided in their favor; appeal 

 was taken to the courts, where it was decided 

 that they had no jurisdiction. The following were 

 therefore declared to be the rightful claimants to 

 the offices: Governor, William Goebel, who died 

 Feb. 3 and was succeeded by the Lieutenant Gov- 

 ernor, J. C. W. Beckham; the president pro tern. 

 of the Senate, Lillard H. Carter, became the acting 

 Lieutenant Governor. The contestants for the 

 minor offices were: Secretary of State, Breck Hill; 

 Attorney-General, R. J. Breckenridge ; Treasurer, 

 S. W. Hager; Auditor, G. C. Coulter; Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture, J. B. Nail; Superintendent 

 of Public Instruction, H. V. McChesney. The 

 Railroad Commissioners were J. F. Dempsey, C. C. 

 McChord, and John C. Wood ; the State Inspector, 

 Henry B. Hines. Gov. Goebel appointed John B. 

 Castleman to succeed D. R. Collier as Adjutant 

 General. The Chief Justice of the Court of Ap- 

 peals was James H. Hazelrigg, Democrat; the As- 

 sociate Justices, J. D. White, T. H. Paynter, and 

 J. P. Hobson, Democrats, and B. L. D. Guffy, 

 George DuRelle, and A. Rollins Burnam, Repub- 

 licans; Clerk, S. J. Shackelford, Democrat. 



Elections for State officers are held in November 

 of the years preceding the presidential elections. 

 The term of office is four years. The Legislature, 

 consisting of 38 Senators and 100 Representatives, 

 meets biennially the first Tuesday after the first 

 Monday of January in even-numbered years. 



Population. The population of the State, by 

 the census of this year, 2,147,174, is made up by 

 counties as follows: Adair, 14,888; Allen, 14,657; 

 Anderson, 10,051; Ballard, 10,761; Barren, 23,197; 

 Bath, 14,734; Bell, 15,701; Boone, 11,170; Bourbon, 

 18,069; Boyd, 18,834; Boyle, 13,817; Bracken, 

 12,137; Breathitt, 14,322; Breckenridge, 20,534; 

 Bullitt, 9,602; Butler, 15,896; Caldwell, 14,510; 

 Calloway, 17,633; Campbell, 54,223; Carlisle, 

 10,195; Carroll, 9,825; Carter, 20,223; Casey, 

 15,144; Christian, 37,962; Clark, 16,694; Clay, 

 15,364; Clinton, 7,871; Crittenden, 15,191; Ed- 

 monson, 10,080; Elliott, 10,387; Estill, 11,669; 

 Fayette, 42,071; Fleming, 17,074; Floyd, 15,552; 

 Franklin, 20,852; Fulton, 11.546; Gallatin, 5,163; 

 Garrard, 12,142; Grant, 13,239; Graves, 33,204; 

 Grayson, 19,878; Green, 12,255; Greenup, 15,432; 

 Hancock, 8,914; Hardin, 22,937: Harlan, 9,838; 

 Harrison, 18,570; Hart, 18,390; Henderson, 32,907; 

 Henry, 14,620; Hickman, 11,745; Hopkins, 30,995; 

 Jackson, 10,561: Jefferson, 232,549; Jessamine, 

 11,025; Johnson, 13,730; Kenton, 63,591; Knott, 

 8,704; Knox, 17,372; Larue, 10,764; Laurel, 17.592; 

 Lawrence, 19,612; Lee, 7,988; Leslie, 6,753; Letch- 

 er, 9,172; Lewis, 17,863; Lincoln, 17,059; Living- 

 ston, 11,354; Logan, 25,994; Lyon, 9,319; Mc- 

 Cracken, 28,733; McLean, 12,448; 'Madison, 25,607; 

 Magoffin, 12,006; Marion, 16,290; Marshall, 13,692; 

 Martin, 7,580; Mason, 20,446; Meade, 10,533; 

 Menifee, 6,818; Mercier, 14,426; Metcalfe, 9,988; 

 Monroe, 13,053; Montgomery, 12,834; Morgan, 

 12,792; Muhlenberg, 20,741; Nelson, 16,587; Nich- 

 olas, 11,952; Ohio, 27,287; Oldham, 7,078; Owen, 

 17,553; Owsley, 6,874; Pendleton, 14,947: Perry, 

 8.276; Pike, 22",686 ; Powell, 6,443; Pulaski. 31,293; 

 Robertson, 4,900; Rockcastle, 12,416; Rowan, 

 8,277; Russell, 9,695 : Scott, 18.176; Shelby, 18,340; 

 Simpson, 11,624; Spencer, 7,406; Taylor, 11,075; 



