NEVADA. 



sioncrs. Finally, Feb. 5, one indictment only was 

 found, and that was against the sheriff. A local 

 paper said : " In the meantime it is gratifying that 

 the case when fully examined makes a much better 

 showing for the people of Nevada than appears on 

 the surface. An effort really in earnest on the part 

 of the officers of the law was made to bring the 

 lynchers to justice. The prosecuting attorney did 

 his work with zeal, and seems to have submitted to 

 the jury abundant evidence to prove the case of the 

 State against the accused. A considerable number 

 jf the grand jury also were ready and willing to 

 jt. Justice failed simply because a number of 

 irifty citizens whose devotion to economy would 

 ive made them excellent supervisors were by a 

 ?ak of fortune turned from that office and landed 

 the grand jury." 



The Poll-Tax Law. The Supreme Court de- 

 clared, June 27, that the law making the right of 

 iffrage dependent upon the payment of poll taxes 

 >r two years, which was passed in 1897, is void be- 

 luse the title of the bill is not descriptive of the 

 latter. 



Political. State officers and Legislature and a 

 lember of Congress were chosen at the November 

 election. 



The Silver party held its convention at Reno, 

 Sept. 8 and 9. A committee was appointed to con- 

 fer with one from the Democratic convention, with 

 a view to fusion ; they offered the Democrats choice 

 of nominees for the offices of Lieutenant Governor, 

 Comptroller, Regent of the University for the short 

 term, and Superintendent of Public Instruction. 

 The offer was rejected, and there was no fusion. 



The platform of the Silver party approved the 

 platform of the National Silver party at St. Louis 

 in 1896. and the financial plank of the National 

 Democratic party at Chicago reaffirmed devotion to 

 free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 

 16 to 1 by independent action of the United States ; 

 opposed the Republican policy of increasing the 

 bonded debt, and the issuing of money by banking 

 institutions; asserted faith in the loyalty, ability, 

 and wise leadership of William J. Bryan, and pre- 

 dicted his nomination as standard bearer in 1900. 

 It favored the holding of Cuba. Puerto Rico, and the 

 Philippines until the American people have time to 

 consider the best policy in regard to their final dis- 

 position, the construction of the Nicaragua Canal, 

 and the foreclosure of the mortgage on the Central 

 Pacific Railroad unless the principle and interest is 

 paid within one year. 



The re-election of Senator Stewart was advised, 

 and Senator Jones and Congressman Newlands 

 were commended. 



The nominations were : For Governor, Reinhold 

 Sadler ; Lieutenant Governor, J. R. Judge ; Secre- 

 tary of State, Eugene Howell ; Treasurer, D. M. 

 Ryan ; Comptroller, S. P. Davis ; Superintendent 

 of Public Instruction, H. C. Cutting ; Attorney 

 General, W. D. Jones ; Superintendent of Printing, 

 Andrew Maute; Justice of the Supreme Court, 

 C. H. Belknap; Regent of the University (long 

 term), W. E. F. Deal ; Regent (short term), H. S. 

 Starrett; Surveyor General, E. D. Kelly; Member 

 of Congress, Francis G. Newlands. 



The Democratic convention adopted a platform 

 approving that of the national convention in 1896, 

 commended Democratic members of Congress for 

 their course in favoring the prosecution of the war, 

 denounced the Dingley tariff bill as a measure 

 passed exclusively for the benefit of monopolies 

 and trusts, declared the Democratic to be the only 

 silver party, favored the election of United States 

 Senators by popular vote, demanded that the Gov- 

 ernment should keep possession of the Philippines, 

 and advocated the policy of internal improvements 



NEW BRUNSWICK. 



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to develop resources of the State by impounding 

 water for irrigation. Following is the ticket : For 

 Governor, George Russell ; Lieutenant Governor, 

 C. W. Grimes; Justice of the Supreme Court, C. H. 

 Belknap ; Secretary of State, John Weber ; Treas- 

 urer, W. G. Thompson ; Comptroller, G. M. Hum- 

 phreys; Surveyor General, T. K. Stewart; Superin- 

 tendent of Instruction, E. E. Caine (afterward with- 

 drew); State Printer, James Morris; Regent (long 

 term), J. F. Triplett ; Regent (short term), G. Haist. 



In State convention at Reno, Sept. 9, the Popu- 

 lists nominated the following candidates: For Gov- 

 ernor, J. B. McCullough ; Lieutenant Governor, W. 

 II. Coffee; Secretary of State, G. T. Leavitt; State 

 Treasurer, John Rhodes; State Comptroller, Harry 

 P. Beck; State Printer, Dr. H. II. Ilogan; Survey- 

 or General, A. C. Pratt ; Board of Regents (long 

 term), George Peckham ; Member of Congress, 

 Thomas Wren. No nominations were made for the 

 offices of Justice of the Supreme Court, Superin- 

 tendent of Instruction, Attorney-General, and Re- 

 gent for the short term. Following is the financial 

 plank in the platform : 



" We reiterate with emphasis that the financial 

 question is the paramount issue, and demand the 

 free and unrestricted coinage of silver and gold at 

 the American ratio of 16 to 1." 



The Republicans met in convention at Reno, Sept. 

 15, and passed resolutions commending the nation- 

 al Administration and the conduct of the war : fa- 

 voring the immediate construction of the Nicara- 

 gua Canal and the enlargement and strengthening 

 of the navy and coast defenses and a standing army 

 commensurate with the dignity of the nation : com- 

 mending the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands, 

 and declaring in favor of territorial expansion. 

 They expressed faith in the Republican principles 

 of bimetallism, protection, and reciprocity, and de- 

 clared that, as the Republican party is pledged to 

 bimetallism, the settlement of the financial question 

 may safely be left to it. 



The following nominations were made : For Gov- 

 ernor, William McMillan ; Lieutenant Governor, J. 

 W. Ferguson ; State Treasurer, F. J. Button ; State 

 Comptroller, GeorgeH. Turrittin : Attorney-General, 

 M. A. Murphy ; Surveyor General, Allen Bragg ; 

 State Superintendent of Schools, Orvis Ring ; State 

 Printer, Joseph Eckley; Regent (long term), R. K. 

 Colcord ; Regent (short term), W. O'Brien. No nom- 

 inations were made for the offices of Member of 

 Congress, Justice of the Supreme Court, and Secre- 

 tary of State. 



The official returns show the election of all the 

 candidates of the Silver party except the nominee 

 for Superintendent of Public Instruction, Orvis 

 Ring, the Republican candidate defeating his oppo- 

 nent by 1,198. The vote for Governor stood : Sad- 

 ler, Silver party, 3,570; McMillan, Republican, 

 3,548 ; Russell, Democrat, 2,060; McCullough, Pop- 

 ulist, 833, giving a plurality of 22 to Sadler. 



The Legislature, for which there are to be some 

 contests, was reported as follows: Republicans in 

 the Senate 4, in the House 10; Democrats, 1 in 

 each house ; Silver party, 9 in the Senate, 17 in the 

 House ; 1 Independent 'in the Senate and 3 in the 

 House. 



NEW BRUNSWICK, an eastern province of 

 the Dominion of Canada ; area, 28,100 square miles ; 

 population in 1891, 821,263. Capital, Fredericton. 



Politics and Government. After the death of 

 the Hon. James Mitchell, Prime Minister of this 

 province, late in 1897, a new ministry was formed 

 by the Hon. Mr. Emmerson, as follows : Premier 

 and Chief Commissioner of Public Works, H. R. 

 Emmerson ; Provincial Secretary, L. J. Tweedie ; 

 Surveyor General, A. T. Dunn ; Attorney-General. 

 A. S. White; Commissioner for Agriculture, C. II. 





