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posed. This lasted several months, and in O< 



stock-yard* company, denying the application for 

 an injunotioa and revoking the restraining or 



The - scrip "and - screen " laws were resisted by 

 the cod companies on the ground thai they were 

 unconstitutional, because the text was n- 

 indicated by the title, and because they applied only 

 to mine owners and not to other employers, ami 

 were therefore clan legislation. Test cases were 

 brought. ami the law sustained by a decision in De- 

 cember. An appeal was taken. 



The " antidockage " law wa land 



Boost itutionaL OB the ground that it interfered 

 with the right of private contracts. 



The general repeal** act, which would have 

 taken 800 pages of redundant and inoperative 

 out of the books, was declared uucon 



utes out 



stat- 

 uuconstitu- 



Political. Municipal elections were held April 

 5 and 6. The Republicans fleeted their ticket in 

 f . -u r of t he six first -class cities. A large percentage 

 e vote was polled by women. In the larger 

 cities, where enforcement 'of the prohibitory laws is 

 under the direction of the metropolitan police of- 

 ficers, they divided on party lines; in some of the 

 second-class cities they made the enforcement of 

 the law a vital issue ; but in many of these, where a 

 mined fight was made, the prohibition cause 

 was defeated. In a majoritv of these cities the 

 Populists and Democrats combined on citi/ens t ick- 

 eta, and in many they were successful. 



Most of the countv and district elections in No- 

 rember were carried by the Republicans. The vote 

 was estimated as follows: Republican, 138,470; 



K I M I < K V. a Southern State, admitted to the 

 Union June 1, 1792 ; area, 40,400 square miles. The 

 population, according to each decennial census since 

 admission, was 220,955 in 1800; 406,511 in 1810; 

 564.135 in 1820: ^1M\1 in 1*30; 779,828 in 1840; 

 968.405 in 1850; 1,155,684 in 1860; 1.321,011 in 

 1870; 1,648,690 in 1880; and 1,858,635 in 1890. 

 Capital, Frankfort. 



(,o> eminent, The ful lowing were the State offi- 

 cers during the year: Governor. William O. Brad- 

 Governor. \V. J. Worth i ngton ; 

 .try of State. Charles Finley: Treasurer, G. 

 W.Long; Auditor. Samuel H.Ston,-: Superintend- 

 ent of rublic Instruction, \V. J. Davidson; Attor- 

 ney-General. W. S. Taylor; Commissioner of Ag- 

 riculture, Lucas Moore all Republicans; Chief 

 Justice of the Court of Appeals, Joseph II. Lewis, 

 Democrat; Associate James A. Ha/elri^. 



Democrat, Thomas II. Paynter. Democrat, .1. I >. 

 White, Democrat, It. L. "l>. Guffy, Republican, 

 George Du Relle, Republican, and A. Rollins Bur- 

 Mam. Republican. 



Finances The report of the Treasurer for the 

 jemr ending June 80, 1897, shows the total receipts 

 to have been $3,828,163.24. The balance on hand 

 at the beginning of that year was $201,829.02. The 

 total amount paid was $4,018.030.36, leaving a bal- 

 ance of $11.961.90. 



The Legislature ordered an issue of $500,000 in 

 bonds, to be applied on the warrant indebtedness. 

 They were sold at a premium of 7'47 per cent. The 

 total bonded indebtedness Nor. 80, 1897, was $3,- 

 488.990.86. and the floating debt past due $1,562,- 

 125.33. The resources of the .ji.kini: fund were 

 : J, making the total net indebtedness $4,- 

 459.503.47. The educational bonds, amounting to 

 $2.312,596^6. are not subject to redemption, but 

 constitute a perpetual debt, the interest on which is 

 parable semiannual ly. 



In September a judgment was given in the cir- 

 cuit court in favor of the Commonwealth in the 



case against the Loui-ville Street Railway Company 



( harMics. The total expenses of the thr. 

 linns ilurin.u' MX months of 1MH> wen 

 less than in th< dini: month* of lyi.'i. and 



the average per r.i/./Yu expense was $11.::.". 



w( : : \\ . -, rn \-\lum. $43.7;:'...M : Central, 

 $77.7HT..5-J : Ka-lern. $:>::.' .laries had 



reduced at the Kastcrn. but not at the Otl 



WII.UAM O. BRADIJEV, OOVBRNOR OF KEN'l 



The management of the Blind Asylum 

 $17,000, which is beiiiL r u^-d in the construction of 

 new buildings and remodeling the old. The insti- 

 tution received $23,275 from the State treasury 

 during the year. 



A new building has been erected for tli 

 for tin; Peeble-Mmded, to take the place of II 

 that was burned. The sum of $22,765 was pa. 

 the institution by the State in 1896-'97. 



Prisons. The Governor's message sa\- of the 

 prison*: "The chair contract at kfort 



Penitentiary has not realized the money which it 

 was thought it would, and there is now a < 



between ' .nd Mr. Martin, in which 



the 'former claims that the latter owes the addi- 

 tional sum of $23.000. 



I'-ll'-win:: do-ely uiKin the termination of the 

 contract with the Frankfort Chair Companx 

 the destruction of the workshops at Ivldyvi 

 fire. This threw out of employment a large num- 

 ber of convicts. After the completion of the shops 



idyville, the State will ha 



work, leaving unemployed only those; unable to 

 labor." 



Pardons, During the t.-rm of tl 

 ertior there have been 1.."i?'J applications for par- 

 dons, remissions, and respites, exclusive of those for 

 restoration of the rights of citi/enship. of this 

 number. 302 were ^ -'' were for dnldn-n 



under ;. plication^ f-.r 



to citi/enship. 159 were refused. 



Banks. The Court of Appeals ronden-d a 

 sion, March 24, reversing a previous one in regard to 



