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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (NEW HAMPSHIRE.) 



monopolies of any kind ; favored an eight-hour law 

 for workmen; favored the election of United 

 States Senators by the direct vote of the people; 

 favored the irrigation law in every form ; opposed 

 the leasing of public lands to individuals or cor- 

 porations; and pledged their votes to Francis G. 

 Newlands for United States Senator. 



The Republican Convention met in Reno on Sept. 

 12, 1902, and nominated the following ticket: For 

 United States Senator, Thomas P. Havvley; Con- 

 gressman, Edward S. Farrington; Governor, Ab- 

 ner C. Cleveland; Lieutenant-Governor, Frank J. 

 Button; Justice of Supreme Court, P. J. Bow- 

 ler, Jr.; Secretary of State, William G. Doug- 

 lass; Comptroller, Milo C. McMillian; Treasurer, 

 Simon Bray; Attorney-General, Samuel Platt; 

 Surveyor-General, Walter C. Gayhart; Superin- 

 tendent of Public Instruction, Orvis Ring; Super- 

 intendent of State Printing, William W. Booth; 

 Regents of State University, Herman H. Spring- 

 meyer (short term), Edward E. Dodge (long 

 term). 



Their platform approved the administration of 

 President Roosevelt; favored the largest use of 

 silver as money metal in all matters compatible 

 with the best interests of our Government; ap- 

 proved the efforts of the present administration to 

 enforce to the fullest extent possible the Sherman 

 antitrust law; favored labor-unions in all their 

 lawful acts and procedures as being powerful in- 

 strumentalities for the public good, and declared 

 themselves in favor of an eight-hour working day ; 

 favored territorial expansion; opposed any consti- 

 tutional amendment authorizing a lottery; op- 

 posed the pollution of rivers and reservoirs; fa- 

 vored the election of United States Senators by 

 direct vote of the people. 



At the election, Nov. 4, 1902, the following 

 ticket was elected: Congressman, Clarence Van 

 Duzer, Democrat; Governor, John Sparks, Demo- 

 crat; Lieutenant-Governor, Lemuel Allen, Demo- 

 crat; Supreme Judge, George F. Talbot, Demo- 

 crat; Secretary of State, William G. Douglass, 

 Republican ; Comptroller, Samuel P. Davis, Demo- 

 crat; Treasurer, David M. Ryan, Democrat; At- 

 torney-General, James G. Sweeney, 'Democrat; 

 Surveyor-General, Edward D. Kelley, Democrat; 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction, Orvis Ring, 

 Republican; Superintendent of State Printing, 

 Andrew Maute, Democrat; Regents, William W. 

 Booher, Democrat, Richard Kirman, Democrat. 



The total vote cast for Governor was 11,318; 

 for Congressman, 10,921. Francis G. Newlands, 

 Democrat, will have, on joint ballot in the Legis- 

 lature, 44 votes, insuring his election. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE, a New England State, 

 one of the original thirteen, ratified the Constitu- 

 tion June 21, 1788; area, 9,305 square miles. The 

 population, according to each decennial census, 

 was 141,885 in 1790; 183,858 in 1800; 214,460 in 

 1810; 244,022 in 1820; 269,328 in 1830; 284,574 in 

 1840; 317,976 in 1850; 326,073 in 1860; 318,300 in 

 1870; 346,991 in 1880; 376,530 in 1890; and 411,- 

 .188 in 1900. Capital, Concord. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Chester B. 

 Jordan; Secretary of State, Edward N. Pearson; 

 Treasurer, Solon A. Carter; Adjutant-General, 

 Augustus D. Ayling; Insurance Commissioner, 

 John C. Linehan; Labor Commissioner, Lysander 

 H. Can-oil ; Superintendent of Public Instruction, 

 Channing Folsom; Bank Commissioners, Alpheus 

 W. Baker, John Hatch, George W. Cummings; 

 Railroad Commissioners, Henry M. Putney, Fran- 

 cis C. Faulkner, E. B. S. Sanborn : State Libra- 

 rian, Arthur H. Chase; Chief Justice of the Su- 

 preme Court, Frank N. Parsons; Associate Jus- 



tices, William M. Chase, Reuben E. Walker, James 

 W. Remick, George H. Bingham ; Chief Justice of 

 the Superior Court, Robert M. Wallace; Associate 

 Justices, Robert J. Peaslee, Robert G. Pike, John 

 E. Young, Charles F. Stone; Attorney-General, 

 Edwin G. Eastman. 



The State elections are held biennially in No- 

 vember of even-numbered years. The Legislature 

 meets in January of odd-numbered years. 



Population. Of the population of the State in 

 1900, 410,791 were white and 797, including 112 

 Chinese and 22 Indians, were colored. The native 

 born numbered 323,431, and the foreign born 88,- 

 107. There were 110,895 of school age between 

 the ages of five and twenty years; and there were 

 88,149 males of military age between eighteen 

 and forty-four inclusive. Of the 168,453 males ten 

 years old and over, 12,043, or a little more than 

 7 per cent., could not read and write; and of the 

 169,410 females of 

 the same age, 9,032, 

 or 5^ per cent., 

 were reported as 

 illiterates. There 

 were 337,893 per- 

 sons ten years old 

 and over, and of 

 these, 178,719, or 

 53 per cent., were 

 engaged in gainful 

 occupations were 

 wholly or in part 

 earning a living 

 either as wage- 

 earners or as the 

 proprietors of 

 some business. Of 

 these workers, 

 136,961 were males 

 and 41,758 were 

 females. Of the 

 178,719 who were 



at work, 38,782 were engaged in agricultural 

 pursuits, 7,765 in the professions, 30,576 in do- 

 mestic and personal service, 25,651 in trade 

 and transportation, and 75,945 in manufacturing 

 and mechanical business. Thus it appears that 

 only a little more than 21 per cent, of the State's 

 population above ten years of age can be clas>ed 

 as agricultural, while '42 per cent, are mechanic- 

 or manufacturers, 14 per cent, are in trade or rail 

 reading, 17 per cent, in domestic and personal 

 service, and 4J per cent, in professional work. 



There were 97,702 families, and of these 51,017 

 owned the homes they occupied. Of these home -. 

 36,078 were unencumbered and 13,154 were mort- 

 gaged. Of the 25,472 farm homes, 18,446 were 

 unencumbered, and 6,319 were encumbered. 



Finances. Cash in the Treasury June 1. 1901, 

 $447,907.02; receipts during the year 1901-'<>-J. 

 $1,389,322.67; total, $1,837,229.69. Disbursement! 

 during year ending June 1, 1902, $1,261,614. r>7 : 

 cash on hand at same date, $575.615. 12: total. 

 $1,837,229.69. Liabilities June 1, 1901, $1.7'.::. 

 795.36; assets same date, $785.16-2. )'.> : net indebt- 

 edness June 1, 1901, $1,008.632.91. Liabilities 

 June 1, 1902, $1,669.071.30; assets same date. s'.MJ. 

 638.94; net indebtedness June 1, 1902, $7."><U:^.W. 

 Reduction of debt during the year wa- *-J.VJ.:>0()..V>. 



The Treasurer says: "The net result^ of tin' 

 year's business show a reduction of the State - 

 indebtedness, notwithstanding the large appro- 

 priations of 1901 for public institutions and new 

 enterprises. This is explained by the reduction of 

 the annual interest charges, by the redemption 

 of municipal war-loan ('< -]>er-eent. bonds, and the 

 receipt from the United States of $108,372.53 for 



NAHUM J. BACHELUER, 

 GOVERNOR OF NEW HAMI'MIIKE. 







