UNITED STATES OP AMERICA. (MICHIGAN.) 



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Michael T. Berry; of the Prohibitionists, William 

 H. Partridge. The platform of the Socialist- 

 Labor party denounced the capitalist class and 

 declared that the Republican and Democratic par- 

 ties are the friends of the capitalistic class, while 

 the Socialist-Democrats are the stool-pigeons of 

 both. 



The election was held Nov. 2, and resulted in 

 the success of the Republican ticket. The vote 

 for Governor was: Bates, Republican, 196,276; 

 Gaston, Democrat, 159,156; Chase, Socialist, 33,- 

 629; Berry, Socialist-Labor, 6,079.; Partridge, 

 Prohibitionist, 3,538. 



The Executive Council consists of the follow- 

 ing members from the 8 districts of the State: 

 David F. Slade, Arthur A. Maxwell, Edwin R. 

 Hoag, Jeremiah J. McNamara, David I. Robin- 

 son, Walter S. Watson, Arthur H. Lowe, Richard 

 W. Irwin. 



Republicans were chosen to Congress in all but 

 4 of the 14 districts; but notice of contest has 

 been served by the Republican candidate in the 

 Ninth District, in Boston. 



The surprise of the election was the large So- 

 cialist vote, which showed an increase of about 

 210 per cent, over that of 1901. In Haverhill 

 and Brockton the party was especially strong. 

 The two Representatives in the last Legislature, 

 from Haverhill and Rockland, were reelected, and 

 another Socialist was added by Brockton. 



MICHIGAN, a Western State, admitted to 

 the Union Jan. 26, 1837; area, 58,915 square 

 miles. The population, according to each decen- 

 nial census since admission, was 212,267 in 1840; 

 397,654 in 1850; 749,113 in 1860; 1,184,059 in 1870; 

 1,636,937 in 1880; 2,093,889 in 1890; and 2,420,982 

 in 1900. Capital, Lansing. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers in 1902: Governor, Aaron T. Bliss; 

 Lieutenant-Governor, Orrin W. Robinson; Secre- 

 tary of State, Fred M. Warner; Treasurer, Daniel 

 McCoy; Auditor, Perry F. Powers; Attorney-Gen- 

 eral, Horace M. Oren; Superintendent of Public 

 Instruction, Delos Fall ; Commissioner of the State 

 Land Office, E. A. Wildey; Adjutant-General, 

 George H. Brown; Labor Commissioner, Scott 

 Griswold; Bank Commissioner, George L. Maltz; 

 Insurance Commissioner, James V. Barry; Rail- 

 road Commissioner, Chase S. Osborne; Food Com- 

 missioner, W. E. Snow ; Salt Inspector, F. P. Dun- 

 well; Commissioner of Mineral Statistics, T. A. 

 Hanna; President of the State Board of Health, 

 Frank A. Wells; Tax Commission, James C. Mc- 

 Laughlin, A. F. Freeman, William T. Dust, Ira 

 T. Sayre, Graham Pope; Coal-Mine Inspector, 

 Charles Atwood; Game Warden, Grant M. Morse; 

 Secretary of the Board of Charities, L. C. Storrs; 

 Fish Commissioner, Horace W. Davis; Chief Jus- 

 tice of the Supreme Court, Frank A. Hooker; As- 

 sociate Justices, Joseph B. Moore, Claudius B. 

 Grant, Robert M. Montgomery, and Charles D. 

 Long, who died June 27 ; his successor is William 

 L. Carpenter; Clerk, Charles C. Hopkins. All are 

 Republicans. 



The term of the State officers is two years. They 

 are elected in November of the even-numbered 

 years. The Legislature, consisting of 32 Senators 

 and 100 Representatives, meets biennially in Jan- 

 uary of the odd-numbered years. 



Finances. By the Auditor's report submitted 

 in December it is shown that the balance at the 

 beginning of the year was $2,627,523.84; the re- 

 ceipts of the State Treasury from all sources in 

 the year ending June 30 were $7,079,429.21 ; the 

 disbursements for all purposes, $6,253,141.91 ; the 

 balance at the close of the fiscal year, $3,453,- 

 811.14. 



The transactions of the tax division were unu- 

 sually satisfactory as regards the collection of 

 delinquent revenues. The amount paid into the 

 division was $692,555,554, against $407,958.61 the 

 previous year. The local taxes collected amount 

 to $440,534.80, against $272,900.62 the year pre- 

 vious. 



A total of $1,892,347.71 in specific taxes was 

 collected from companies, the railroads paying 

 $1,430,434.62. 



The receipts were larger than usual on account 

 of the money received from the General Govern- 

 ment on account of the Spanish War and other 

 claims. 



The Secretary of State received fees sufficient 

 to pay the entire expenses of that department. 

 A total of $64,915.42 was received, of which sum 

 $55,833.61 was franchise fees, $3,688.65 for re- 

 cording and filing articles, and $1,696.43 for 

 charges against building and loan associations. 



The Insurance Department received for the year 

 ending June 30, 1902, $323,027.01. 



The Land Commissioner's office received for the 

 year ending June 30, 1902, $105,261.74. 



The outstanding bonded indebtedness on ac- 

 count of Spanish-American War bonds is $416,- 

 300, and the amount of money in the State 

 treasury available for the payment of these 

 bonds is $473,311.99. 



The total tax levy for 1902 was fixed at $2,669,- 

 943.65 more than $1,000,000 less than that of the 

 year next preceding. The various purposes for 

 which the tax is levied and the amount credited 

 to each are as follow: University, $397,525; Ag- 

 ricultural College, $100,000; State Normal Col- 

 lege, $124,491.40; Central Normal School, $45,000; 

 Northern Normal School, $27,630; Michigan Col- 

 lege of Mines, $97,875; State Library, $12,000; 

 Soldiers' Home, $124,000; Home for the Feeble- 

 Minded and Epileptic, $85,000; State Public 

 School, $32,500; School for the Deaf, $80,500; 

 School for the Blind, $30,700; Jackson Prison, 

 $4,000; Industrial School for Boys, $72,750; In- 

 dustrial Home for Girls, $58,750; State Fish Com- 

 mission, $31,000; compiling records of Adjutant- 

 General's office, $1,250; dairy and food depart- 

 ment, $25,000; Michigan Dairymen's Association, 

 $300 ; Library Commission, $800 ; National Guard, 

 $120,949.10; Naval Brigade, $12,104.91; State 

 Board of Health, $6,500; State Weather Service, 

 $1,000; Michigan war loan of 1898, $197,262.50; 

 Michigan Agricultural Society, $4,500; State Hor- 

 ticultural Society, $1,500; current expenses of 

 prisons, $68,000; current expenses of asylums for 

 insane, $614,318.24; general purposes of State 

 Government, $500,000. 



Education. The census figures on illiteracy 

 show a total of 80,480 illiterates in the State. In 

 the percentage of persons between ten and four- 

 teen who are able to read and write, Michigan 

 stands tenth in the list, with 99.30 per cent. 



Owing to the increased amount of specific taxes 

 collected and placed to the credit of the primary- 

 school fund; the semiannual apportionment of 

 school money this year called for the largest sum 

 ever distributed from the State treasury to the 

 schools. The total is $1,530,799.20, which is at 

 the rate of $2.10 for each of 728,952 children of 

 school age. 



The enrolment in the Agricultural College in 

 1901-'02 was 699, the largest in its history. 



At the commencement of the University of 

 Michigan, in June, degrees were granted to 777 

 graduates, the largest number ever given. 



The State Board of Registration in Medicine 

 calls attention to the successful operation of the 

 Chandler medical act after an experience of 



