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TENNESSEE. 



TEXAS. 



West Point, in the upper Cumberland, 125 miles. 

 This work can be completed within three years, 

 and at a cost of $2,750,000. 



Lawlessness. A toll keeper's house was de- 

 stroyed by a mob near Mount Pleasant, in March, 

 The toll gate had been erected recently, despite 

 a popular protest. 



Lynchings of negroes were reported at Tlipley 

 in January, at Fayetteville in August, and at 

 Tiptonville in October. 



While attempting to capture an illicit still in 

 Polk County, in December, a deputy marshal was 

 attacked by mountaineers. One of his men was 

 killed, and himself and another were seriously 

 wounded. 



Tornado. A disastrous tornado swept over the 

 vicinity of Columbia, in Middle Tennessee, in No- 

 vember. As many as 50 were killed, 100 were 

 injured, and much property was destroyed. 



The Anticigarette Law. The question of the 

 validity of this law came before the Supreme Court 

 of the State, and it was pronounced constitutional. 

 On an appeal to the United States Supreme Court 

 this decision was upheld, though four of the judges 

 dissented. 



Political. A Governor and a Railroad Commis- 

 sioner were elected in November. There were five 

 candidates for the former office. 



The People's party held a convention in April, 

 at Nashville. The important question was, whether 

 delegates should be sent to the national conven- 

 tion at Cincinnati for independent party action 

 or to Sioux Falls for fusion with the Democrats. 

 The Mid-Road wing prevailed, and delegates were 

 chosen for Cincinnati. The choice of a guberna- 

 torial candidate was left to the executive com- 

 mittee, who named H. J. Mullins. 



The Republican party was divided into the so- 

 called Brownlow and Evans factions. Contesting 

 delegations were sent to the State convention, 

 April 19, resulting in a bolt of the Evans men, 

 two delegations to the national convention, and 

 two State tickets. The Brownlow candidate for 

 Governor was John E. McCall, and for Railroad 

 Commissioner, W. C. Hornsby. The Evans candi- 

 dates were W. F. Poston for Governor and W. S. 

 Tipton for Railroad Commissioner. 



Both platforms commended the policy of the 

 national administration, called for suppression of 

 trusts, and denounced the Democratic administra- 

 tion of the State. The Brownlow platform con- 

 demned especially the election laws, which, it was 

 declared, " differ in no essential particular from 

 the Goebel election law of Kentucky, which has 

 become a stench in the nostrils of American citi- 

 xens throughout the land." Further, it favored 

 the prohibition of child labor, abolition of the in- 

 spection fee required of factory owners, and amend- 

 ment of the penal code so as to raise the grade 

 of petty larceny to $50. 



The Evans platform commended the service of 

 Mr. Evans in the pension office; condemned the 

 State road law; called attention to the fact that 

 while taxation had increased, " no part of the 

 corpus of the public debt" had been paid; and 

 condemned that part " of the Jarvis law which 

 compels the attendance of witnesses by process of 

 the court, and makes their compensation depend- 

 ent upon the conviction of criminals." 



The national committee heard the contest cases 

 at Philadelphia, and gave Brownlow 10 delegates 

 and Evans 8. The Evans men decided not to 

 carry the contest further. The struggle in the 

 State continued for some time, but at the election 

 Mr. McCall was the only Republican candidate 

 for Governor, with Thomas L. Cate for Commis- 

 sioner. 



The Democratic convention was held at Nash- 

 ville, May 10, and renominated Gov. McMillin 

 and Commissioner Thomas L. Williams. There 

 was some disagreement over the resolution on ex- 

 pansion; as reported by the committee, it was 

 declared by some of the delegates to be Repub- 

 lican rather than Democratic doctrine, and after 

 discussion 10 names were added to the committee, 

 and the resolution was amended so as to be satis- 

 factory to the convention majority. 



The resolutions declared against trusts, in favor 

 of the Nicaragua Canal, prohibition of child labor, 

 abolition of the factory inspection fee, and raising 

 the grade of petty larceny; they declared alle- 

 giance to the Chattanooga platform of 1898, ap- 

 proved Gov. McMillin's administration, under 

 which $1,000,000 of State indebtedness had been 

 paid, and favored the nomination of Mr. Bryan. 



The other nominations for the office of Governor 

 were: Prohibitionist, R. S. Cheves; Social-Demo- 

 cratic, C. H. Stockwell. 



The vote for presidential electors stood: Bryan, 

 144,751; McKinley, 121,194; Woolley, 3,900; Bar- 

 ke, 1,368; Debs, 410. For Governor: McMillin, 

 145,708; McCall, 119,831; Cheves, 3,378; Mullins. 

 1,269; Stockwell, 257. 



There were three candidates for United States 

 Senator, but two of them Gov. McMillin and 

 Judge Snodgrass withdrew, leaving only E. W. 

 Carmack as declared candidate. 



TEXAS, a Southern State, admitted to the 

 Union Dec. 29, 1845; area, 265,780 square miles. 

 The population, according to each decennial cen- 

 sus since admission, was 212,592 in 1850: 604.215 

 in 1860; 818,759 in 1870; 1,591,749 in 1880; 

 2,235,523 in 1890; and 3,048,710 in 1900. Capital, 

 Austin. 



Government. The following were the officers 

 of the State for the year: Governor, Joseph D. 

 Sayers; Lieutenant Governor, J. S. Browning; 

 Secretary of State, D. H. Hardy; Treasurer, J. W. 

 Robbins; Comptroller, R. W. Finley; Superin- 

 tendent of Public Instruction, J. S. Kendall ; Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture, Jefferson Johnson; Ad- 

 jutant General, Thomas Scurry; Commissioner of 

 the General Land Office, Charles Rogan; Attor- 

 ney-General, T. S. Smith; Chief Justice of the 

 Supreme Court, Reuben R. Gaines; Associate 

 Justices, Thomas J. Brown and F. A. Williams; 

 Clerk, Charles S. Morse all Democrats. 



Population. The increase of more than 36 per 

 cent, for the decade advanced the lead of Texas 

 among the Southern States in population. In the 

 3,000,000 class her only companion is Missouri. 

 Texas cities of more than 25,000 inhabitants show 

 these comparisons: San Antonio 1890, 37,67.3: in 

 1900, 53.321. Dallas 1890, 38,067; in 1900. 42.638. 

 Galveston 1890. 29,084; in 1900, 37,789. Fort 

 Worth 1890, 23.076: in 1900, 26.688. Austin in- 

 creased from 14,575 in 1890 to 22,258 in 1900. 



Finances. The balance in the treasury to the 

 credit of general revenue at the beginning of the 

 fiscal year, Sept. 1, 1899. was $1,092,807.94; the 

 receipts during the year ending Aug. 31. 1900. were 

 $2,859,967.60: making the total receipts, including 

 balance, $3,952,775.54. There was disbursed dur- 

 ing the year $2.733.781.60; transfers adjusting 

 accounts amounted to $59,406.40; leaving a bal- 

 ance on hand Aug. 31. 1900, of $1,159,587.54. T" 

 the credit of the available school fund there \\a- 

 a balance Aug. 31, 1S99. of $16,574.76; the receipts 

 during the year were $3.318.270.23: total receipt-. 

 including balance. $3.334.8.10.99 : disbursed during 

 the year. s:',.i)S] .471. :>1 : leaving a balance on hand 

 Aug. 31. 1900, of $253.379.68. The cash balance 

 of the permanent school fund Aug. 31, ISW). \\a* 

 $1.973,341.80; cash received during the year, 





