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MISSOURI. 



school districts in proportion to the number of 

 children. The other provides for a new legislative 

 apportionment 1 , according to the results of the cen- . 

 sus. The last was made in 1882. Both these were 

 carried at the election. They become parts of the 

 Constitution only after legislative enactment to in- 

 sert them. 



The so-called Noel amendments were supposed to 

 have been carried at the election of 1899, having 

 received more votes in favor than against their 

 adoption. This Legislature passed a resolution to 

 insert them in the Constitution; but the question 

 of their adoption came before the courts, and the 

 decision was that an amendment should receive a 

 majority of all the votes cast at the election. It 

 was held, also, that they were not properly sub- 

 mitted, having been submitted as one, while they 

 \\ere really tour; and the Constitution requires 

 that each' amendment be submitted separately. 

 They concerned the judiciary and made it elective. 

 An amendment passed in 1898, and ratified at the 

 polls that year, giving levee commissioners power 

 to cede to the Government their levees and rights 

 of way was inserted in the Constitution by reso- 

 lution. 



Political. No State election was held this year. 

 The most notable event in State politics was the 

 action of the Democratic State Committee, which 

 met April 30, and ordered a plurality primary for 

 the choice of delegates to the national convention 

 and presidential electors for June 21. This action 

 was contrary to all party precedent; State con- 

 ventions have been the regular method for electing 

 such representatives. Strong protests came from 

 all over the State, and the committee was urged to 

 reconsider its action and arrange for a convention. 

 It did not do so, and a convention was otherwise 

 called, which met at Jackson, .June 5. Resolutions 

 were passed strongly condemning the action, and 

 charging the committee with the design of perpet- 

 uating itself, since it has been the custom for a new 

 State committee to be chosen at each convention, 

 and especially condemning the refusal to reconvene 

 the committee to reconsider " their unwarranted, 

 unprecedented, unnecessary, and undemocratic ac- 

 tion." Other resolutions declared for Mr. Bryan, 

 and denounced the policy of the administration on 

 currency, expansion, the tariff, and militarism ; op- 

 posed trusts, favored the Nicaragua Canal, and de- 

 nounced the Hay-Pauncefote treaty; and com- 

 mended the State administration. Delegates and 

 electors were nominated and a new State commit- 

 tee. On the part of the committee it was declared 

 that in 1899 the State committee was chosen for 

 four years that is, till the year of the next State 

 election. 



Gross frauds were charged at the primaries, espe- 

 cially in Coahoma, Warren, and Issaquena Coun- 

 ties. 



A Republican State convention was held April 

 26. The party principles were reaffirmed and 

 delegates to Philadelphia selected. The electoral 

 ticket was made up in August. 



The People's party met in convention Aug. 15 

 and named candidates. The most significant part 

 of the platform was the resolutions following: " We 

 do most solemnly and earnestly warn the people 

 of this nation that the action of the Democratic 

 party at Kansas City in relegating the financial 

 question to the rear and making imperialism the 

 paramount issue is the rankest deceit and treach- 

 ery, and is calculated to mislead the people from 

 the real issue. We hereby most earnestly assert 

 that the financial question and Government owner- 

 ship and control of public utilities are the para- 

 mount issues now before the American people." 



The vote for President stood: Bryan. 51.706; 



McKinley, 5,753; Barker, 1,644. All the members 

 of Congress elected are Democrats. The vote for 

 the poll tax amendment (omitting that of Bolivar 

 County) was 42,931 for, to 7,522 against. On the 

 apportionment amendment, 32,035 for, to 6,843 

 against. 



MISSOURI, a Western Mississippi valley 

 State, admitted to the Union Aug. 10, 1821 ; area, 

 69,415 square miles. The population, according to 

 each decennial census since admission, was 140,455 

 in 1830; 383,702 in 1840; 682.044 in 1850; 1,182,- 

 012 in 1860; 1,721,295 in 1870; 2,168,380 in 1880; 

 2,679,184 in 1890; and 3,106,665 in 1900. This is 

 an increase since 1890 of 15.9 per cent. The city 

 of St. Louis had in 1900 a population of 575,238. 

 Capital, Jefferson City. 



Population. The population by counties, ac- 

 cording to the census of 1900, was as follows: 

 Adair, 21,728; Andrew, 17,332; Atchison, 16.501; 

 Audrain, 21,160; Barry, 25,532; Barton, 18.25:}; 

 Bates, 30,141; Benton, 16,556; Bellinger, 14,650; 

 Boone, 28,642 ; Buchanan, 121,838; Butler, 16,769; 

 Caldwell, 16,656; Callaway, 25,984; Camden, 13,- 

 113 ; Cape Girardeau, 24,315 ; Carroll, 26,455; 

 Carter, 6,706; Cass, 23,636; Cedar, 16,923; Chari- 

 ton, 26,826; Christian, 16,939; Clark, 15,383; Clay. 

 18,903 ; Clinton, 17,363 ; Cole, 20,578 ; Cooper, 

 22,532; Crawford, 12,959; Dade, 18,125; Dallas. 

 13,903; Daviess, 21,325; DeKalb, 14,418; Dent. 

 12,986; Douglas, 16,802; Dunklin, 21,706; Frank- 

 lin, 30,581; Gasconade, 12,298; Gentry, 20,554; 

 Greene, 52,7T3; Grundy, 17,832; Harrison, 24,398; 

 Henry, 28,054; Hickory, 9,985; Holt, 17,083; How- 

 ard, 18,337; Howell, 21,834; Iron, 8,716; Jackson, 

 195,193; Jasper, 84,018; Jefferson, 25,712; Johnson, 

 27,843; Knox, 13,479; Laclede, 16,523; Lafayette, 

 31,679; Lawrence, 31,662; Lewis, 16.724; Lincoln, 

 18,352; Linn, 25,503; Livingston, 22.302; McDon- 

 ald, 13,574; Macon, 33,018; Madison. 9,975; Maries, 

 9,616; Marion, 26,331; Mercer, 14,706; Miller, 15,- 

 187; Mississippi, 11,837; Moniteau, 15,931; Monroe, 

 19,716; Montgomery, 16,571; Morgan, 12,175; New 

 Madrid, 11,280; Newton, 27,001; Nodaway, 32.938: 

 Oregon, 13,906; Osage, 14,096; Ozark, 12,1 -15; 

 Pemiscot, 12,115; Perry, 15,134; Pettis, 32,438: 

 Phelps, 14,194; Pike, 25,744; Platte, 16,193; Polk, 

 23,255; Pulaski, 10,394; Putnam, 16,688; Rails, 

 12,287; Randolph, 24,442 ; Ray, 24,805; Reynolds, 

 8,161; Ripley, 13,186; St. Charles, 24,474; St. 

 Clair, 17,907; Ste. Genevieve, 10,359; St. Francois, 

 24,051; St. Louis, 50,040; St. Louis city, 575.2:;s : 

 Saline, 33,703 ; Schuyler, 10,840; Scotland, 13,232; 

 Scott, 13,092; Shannon, 11,247; Shelby, 16.1 (.7: 

 Stoddard, 24,669; Stone, 9,892; Sullivan, 20.-JS-J ; 

 Taney, 10,127; Texas, 22,192; Vernon, 31. (Hit; 

 Warren, 9,919; Washington, 14,263; Wayne, 15,- 

 309; Webster, 16,640; Worth, 9,832; Wright, 17,- 

 519. 



Government. The following were the Stat'3 

 officers during the year: Governor, Lon V. Ste- 

 phens; Lieutenant Governor, August H. Bolte; 

 Secretary of State, Alexander A. Lesueur; Treas- 

 urer, Frank L. Pitts; Auditor, James M. Seibert; 

 Adjutant General, M. Fred Bell; Attorney-Gen- 

 eral, E. C. Crow; Superintendent of Kducation, 

 W. T. Carrington; Railroad and Warehouse Com- 

 missioners, T. J. Hennessey. .1. Flory. \Y. K. M<- 

 Cully; Secretary State Hoard of Agriculture, John 

 R. Rippey ; Commissioner of Insurance. K. T. Orear 

 - all Democrats, except Flory, Republican: Chief 

 .Justice of the Supreme Court, James H. Gantt; 

 Associate Justices. Thomas A. Sherwood, Gavo'i 

 D. Burgess. L. |{. Valliant, W. ('. Marshal, 

 Theodore Brace, Democrats, and Walter M. Rol- 

 inson. Republican: Clerk. ,1. H. Green, Democrat- 



The Legislature, which holds biennial sessions, 

 has in the Senate 25 Democrats and 8 Republicans; 



