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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (MARYLAND.) 



Political. A Governor, members of Congress, 

 and a Legislature were elected in September. 



The Republican convention, at Portland, June 

 11, renominated Gov. Hill and adopted a platform 

 affirming the party principles, approving the pol- 

 icy of the administration, favoring legislation to 

 suppress anarchy, and saying on State affairs: 

 " We fully indorse the strong and able adminis- 

 tration of Gov. Hill, under which the Republican 

 pledges of two years ago have been fully and 

 faithfully carried out. As a result of wise legisla- 

 tion, the great corporate interests are bearing a 

 larger portion of the public burdens than ever be- 

 fore in the history of our State. Within a few 

 weeks the last dollar of the temporary loan, in- 

 curred largely on account of the war with Spain, 

 will be paid. Along with this good work has 

 gone also a substantial reduction in our perma- 

 nent debt. All this has been accomplished with- 

 out any increase in the State tax rate." 



At Bangor, June 17, the Democratic convention 

 nominated Samuel W. Gould for Governor and 

 adopted a platform demanding " the immediate 

 abolition of all tariffs upon trust-made articles." 

 " We ask," it said, " why it is that the Maine Con- 

 gressmen permit the steel trust to charge the 

 ghip-buileiers of Maine $1.65 per hundred for the 

 same material which they sell to the English 

 builder for 95 cents, thereby crippling one of our 

 State's leading industries." 



The Prohibitionists met at Bath, June 4, and 

 nominated James Perrigo for Governor. 



Charles L. Fox was the candidate of the Social- 

 ist party for Governor. 



The vote for Governor, Sept. 8, stood: Hill, Re- 

 publican, 65,839: Gould, Democrat, 38,349; Perri- 

 go, Prohibition, 4,376; Fox, Socialist, 1,973. Re- 

 publicans were elected to Congress in all the 4 dis- 

 tricts. 



The Legislature will have, on joint ballot, 158 

 Republicans to 24 Democrats. Three Republican 

 candidates in Lewiston will contest the election of 

 the Democratic candidates. 



MARYLAND, a Middle Atlantic State, one 

 of the original thirteen, ratified the Constitution 

 April 28, 1788; area, 12,210 square miles. The 

 population, according to each decennial census, 

 was 317,728 in 1790; 341,548 in 1800; 380,546 in 

 1810; 407,350 in 1820; 447,040 in 1830; 470,019 in 

 1840; 583,034 in 1850; 687,049 in 1860; 780,894 in 

 1870; 934,945 in 1880; 1,042,390 in 1890; and 

 1,188,044 in 1900. Capital, Annapolis. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, J. Walter 

 Smith; Secretary of State, Wilfred Bateman; 

 Comptroller, Joshua W. Hering; Treasurer, Mur- 

 ray Vandiver; Adjutant-General, John S. Saun- 

 ders; Attorney-General, Isidor Rayner; Superin- 

 tendent of Education, M. Bates Stephens; Com- 

 missioner of Insurance, Lloyd Wilkinson; Com- 

 missioner of Public Lands, E. Stanley Toadvin 

 all Democrats; Chief Judge of the Court of Ap- 

 peals, James McSherry; Associate Judges, David 

 Fowler, A. Hunter Boyd, Henry Page, I. Thomas 

 Jones, John B. Briscoe, Samuel D. Schmucker, 

 and James A. Pearce; Clerk, Allan Rutherford 

 all Democrats except Schmucker and Rutherford, 

 Republicans. 



The term of the State officers is four years; 

 they are elected in November of the years pre- 

 ceding the presidential elections, and take office 

 the next January. The sessions of the Legisla- 

 ture are biennial, beginning in January of even- 

 numbered years, and are limited to ninety days. 



Johns Hopkins University. Feb. 22 is ob- 

 served at the Johns Hopkins University as Com- 

 memoration Day. This day in 1902 marked the 



silver jubilee of the university and the formal 

 transfer of the presidency of the institution from 

 Dr. Daniel Coit Oilman, who organized the uni- 

 versity and directed its destiny from its beginning, 

 to Prof. Ira Remsen, who had been associated 

 with President Gilman on the faculty from the 

 opening of the university. Eighty-three educa- 

 tional institutions had at least one member of 

 their faculty present, most of them being repre- 

 sented by their presidents. The ceremonies ex- 

 tended over three days. During the exercises the 

 announcement was made that the donors to the 

 university of a tract of land in the city estimated 

 to be worth $1,000,000 had relieved the university 

 of the conditions originally connected with the 

 gift of raising an additional $1,000,000 in cash. 

 But $750,000 of the $1,000,000 had been raised, 

 and as some of the subscriptions had been made 

 conditional upon the raising of the entire $1,000,- 

 000, the friends of the university continued their 

 efforts until June 28, when President Remsen 

 was able to announce that the entire million-dollar 

 fund, though no longer a condition, had been com- 

 pleted. 



Landscape architects have been laying out the 

 tract, which contains 151 acres of beautifully 

 wooded lands, and the university has, in accord- 

 ance with one of the conditions of the gift, coa- 

 veyed 10 acres to the city for a public park. The 

 trustees will follow the principle that has guided 

 the policy of the university from the beginning 

 and not use any of the principal for buildings. 



Commemoration Day was also made notable by 

 the largest gathering of alumni of the university 

 ever assembled, and the presentation to retiring 

 President Gilman of a beautifully engrossed and 

 illustrated address signed by 1,012 alumni. The 

 presentation address was by Dr. Woodrow Wilson, 

 an alumnus of Johns Hopkins, now president of 

 Princeton University. 



In his first annual report President Remsen 

 said : " A false impression has been spread abroad 

 in regard to the present condition of the univer- 

 sity. It will probably be a surprise to many to 

 learn that the university has no debt. It has 

 had misfortunes, but, by the good management of 

 the trustees and the generous aid of the citizens 

 and of the State, it has always been enabled to 

 meet its obligations. A cautious policy has been 

 necessary, but the caution has been wisely exer- 

 cised so as to affect as little as possible the mem- 

 bers of the staff. For a long period it has not 

 been practicable to increase the salaries of a num- 

 ber of those who are entitled to recognition by vir- 

 tue of the character of their work. This has been 

 the cause of a good deal of hardship, but this has 

 been in the main without complaint. The loyally 

 of our staff during the long period of depression 

 is worthy of the highest praise. \VhiIe the build- 

 ings of the university form a striking contrast 'M 

 the costly collections that so many of the oldor 

 and some of the younger institutions rejoice in, 

 and while many a visitor has expressed astonish- 

 ment and disappointment at the first sight of 

 these plain structures, the fact should be emphi- 

 sized that the equipment of these buildings has 

 never been allowed to deteriorate. The labora- 

 tories are, and always have been, supplied wilh 

 everything needed for the purposes of the work 

 carried on in them. I do not believe any impor- 

 tant piece of work, whether in the line of instruc- 

 tion or of research, has ever been allowed to suflVr 

 for lack of means. Large sums have been ex- 

 pended from the beginning for the purpose of en- 

 couraging research." 



Railroads. The strong desire of the Waba^h 

 Railroad interests to secure a line to the Atlantic 



