UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (HAWAII.) 



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it is impossible to administer that system 

 properly and disburse this large sum of money 

 without some way of ascertaining who those are 

 that are entitled to it. The pension rolls, under 

 existing laws, are being burdened with men who 

 never saAv the enemy, and, in many instances, de- 

 serters. Another great need is to provide by law 

 for the appointment of official examiners of all 

 applicants for pensions not local in character, and 

 pay them for their work." 



Prisons. The prison system in force in the 

 State is that of leasing out the convicts to mine- 

 owners, lumber-mills, turpentine-farms, and, in 



ict, to any persons who offer bids for their hire. 

 From the hire of the convicts in 1902 the State re- 



eived $202,329.25. On Oct. 1, 1902, the number 

 convicts in the Georgia Penitentiary was 2,351, 

 consisting of 252 white men and 5 white women, 

 1,978 negro men and 80 negro women, an increase 

 of 70 during the year. There were 1,074 convicts 



yho could read and write, 184 who could read 

 only, and 1,057 wholly illiterate. The number of 

 deaths in the year was 67, against 75 in 1901, the 

 rate being 2.3 per cent. A farm is operated by 



ie Prison Commission near Milledgeville, where 

 the women, children, and old, infirm, and diseased 



lale convicts are sent. The cash income from 

 farm was $19,331.93, while the actual money 

 paid out for farm purposes was $32,719.48. In 

 February, 1902, the Prison Commission purchased 

 314 acres adjoining the farm. 



There were 2,221 misdemeanor convicts under- 

 going punishment in county chain-gangs, of which 

 103 were white men, 5 white women, 2,010 negro 



len, and 103 negro women. Thirty-two of these 

 chain-gangs, with an aggregate of 965 convicts, 

 were worked for private individuals, says the 

 "^rison Commission, in most instances contrary to 

 the law. Thirty-three chain-gangs, with an aggre- 

 gate of 1,256 convicts, were worked on public works. 

 The State leases its convicts for a term of five 

 fears, receiving about $100 a year per capita. 

 The contractors, in many instances, have sublet 



iese convicts, receiving as high as $250 per capita. 

 Military. The State troops consist of about 

 5,000 men, organized into 5 regiments of infantry 

 12 companies each, 1 regiment of cavalry of 10 

 troops, 1 battalion of heavy artillery of 4 compa- 

 nies, 2 battalions of light artillery, 1 naval bat- 

 talion of 2 companies, 1 battalion of negro troops 

 composed of 7 companies of infantry, and 1 light 

 battery of artillery. Each company's minimum 

 strength is 40 men, and the average is about 50 

 men. The infantry are armed with the Spring- 

 field rifle, caliber 0.45; the cavalry with 0.45-cali- 

 ber carbines; the negro troops with 0.50-caliber 

 Springfield rifles. The naval militia is equipped 

 with 0.45-caliber Lee rifles. The heavy artillery 

 is armed and equipped as infantry. One light bat- 



ery is armed with 2 3.2-inch-caliber breech-load- 

 cannon. The other light batteries are armed 



vii}\ the muzzle-loading cannon. No camp has 



een held under State auspices since 1897, owing 

 to lack of funds. 



The new military law, which became effective 

 the latter part of December, 1902, provides that 

 case of call for troops by the State the Gov- 

 ernor shall order out the militia regiments as 

 they are now organized. In the event of war 

 the State can furnish, organized, trained, and fair- 

 ly equipped, not fewer than 4.000 men in one 



i r eek. The term of enlistment is now one year; 

 the change from the two-year term was made by 

 the Legislature in December. 1902. 



Confederate Soldiers' Home. A compara- 

 tively short time after the home for helpless Con- 

 federate veterans was opened, it was burned. In 



the latter part of 1902 it was rebuilt and furnished 

 at a cost of $29,612.70, of which amount $19,500 

 was" from the insurance on the old building. The 

 rest was contributed by private citizens. The 

 home stands in a beautifully wooded tract of 119 

 acres near Atlanta. It now has 63 inmates, and 8 

 will return when their leave expires. The cost of 

 maintenance has been about $10 a month per cap- 

 ita. In 1901 the Legislature appropriated $15,- 

 000 for a maintenance fund for the home, and in 

 1902 the State authorities set aside a like amount. 



Political. The Democratic party held its 

 State convention in Atlanta on July 2, 1902. 

 The distinctive portion of the platform adopted 

 was this : " We favor the enactment of such laws 

 as will afford equal and exact justice to labor and 

 capital alike, and the administration of those laws 

 in such a spirit of fairness as will protect and 

 foster the interests which are already in the State 

 and encourage the establishment of new enter- 

 prises, thereby affording larger and more extended 

 fields of industry for our citizens. We do not be- 

 lieve the cause of temperance should be made a 

 political issue in this State. The best interests of 

 the people, as well as the furtherance of that 

 cause, demand the complete separation of this 

 question from personal and party politics. We 

 approve the wisdom and safety of the non-partizan 

 policy which characterizes our present legislation 

 upon this subject, and commend the same to the 

 people of the State." 



The following ticket was nominated: For Gov- 

 ernor, Joseph M. Terrell; Attorney-General, John 

 C. Hart; Comptroller-General, W. A. Wright; Sec- 

 retary of State, Philip Cook; Commissioner of Ag- 

 riculture, O. B. Stevens; Prison Commissioner, 

 Thomas Eason; Treasurer, Robert E. Park; State 

 School Commissioner, W. B. Merritt; Justices of 

 Supreme Court, Samuel Lumpkin and A. J. Cobb. 



The Populist party held its State convention 

 in Atlanta on Aug. 12, 1902. No platform was an- 

 nounced. James K. Hines was nominated for 

 Governor, but he declined the nomination. The 

 other men on the ticket nominated were: For 

 Secretary of State, B. F. Lee; Treasurer, J. H. 

 Taylor; Comptroller-General, W. W. Wilson; At- 

 torney-General, P. H. Larey; Commissioner of 

 Agriculture, W. L. Peek; State School Commis- 

 sioner, S. H. Zellner. 



At the election in October the Democratic ticket 

 was successful. The Populist vote was small. 



HAWAII, a Territory of the United States, 

 formerly an independent kingdom, proclaimed a 

 republic in 1894, and on Aug. 12, 1898, annexed to- 

 the United States in accordance with the annexa- 

 tion treaty signed at Washington on June 16, 

 1897. On June 14, 1900, the islands were organ- 

 ized as a Territory in accordance with an act of 

 Congress, approved April 30, 1900, which ad- 

 mitted to United States citizenship all persons 

 who at the date of the proclamation of annexa- 

 tion were citizens of the Hawaiian Republic. 

 Sanford B. Dole, President of the Hawaiian Re- 

 public, was appointed Governor of the Territory. 



Area and Population. The area and popu- 

 lation of the islands according to the census of 

 1900 are given in the following table: 



