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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (VIRGINIA.) 



proposed local-option license law, pending the re- 

 sult of the vote upon the referendum, Feb. 2, 1903: 



" The warrant of every town meeting to be held 

 on the first Tuesday of March, 1903, and annually 

 thereafter shall contain an article providing for 

 a vote upon the question ' Shall licenses be grant- 

 ed for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this 

 town ? ' The selectmen of a town voting in favor 

 of license shall, upon the application of 6 voters, 

 call a special town meeting to determine the kind 

 of license to be issued." 



The bill provides for 7 classes of licenses to be 

 granted at fees ranging from $1,200 for a saloon 

 to $10 for a druggist who can sell for medicinal 

 purposes. 



Political. Four candidates for the governor- 

 ship were in the field John G. McCullough, Re- 

 publican; Percival W. Clement, Fusion; Felix N. 

 McGettrick, Democrat; Joel O. Sherburne, Prohi- 

 bition. A split in the parties was caused by the 

 agitation over the new license local-option meas- 

 ure favored by the Republicans. Those adhering 

 to the prohibitory law enacted in 1852 supported 

 the candidacy of Clement. 



The platform adopted by the Republicans at 

 their convention recognized the fact that the enor- 

 mous business of the country, in its various depart- 

 ments, can now only be done by combination, cor- 

 porate or individual, and disclaimed a spirit of 

 unreasoning hostility to such combinations, but 

 favored the utmost vigilance legislative, judicial, 

 and executive in guarding the public abuse of 

 combined power, the swift and sure punishment 

 of greedy offenders of any sort, strict safeguards 

 against overvaluation, issue of fictitious stock, 

 and demanded publicity of exact and verified 

 statements by the official managers of corporations 

 and combinations that shall clearly show the pub- 

 lic their exact financial condition. 



The referendum resolution favoring a license 

 and local-option measure to displace the prohib- 

 itory law of 1852 declares: 



That the Republican party of Vermont adheres 

 to its long-cherished belief that unrestricted traf- 

 fic in intoxicating liquors is a public evil, and 

 that the material modification of existing law on 

 that subject should be made only after thorough 

 discussion and mature deliberation by the peo- 

 ple. And we request the State Legislature at its 

 next session to make provision for ascertaining 

 the will of the people by direct vote upon the ac- 

 ceptance or rejection of a license and local-option 

 law. 



The platform also favored a law regulating pri- 

 maries. 



At the State election in September the following 

 vote was polled: McCullough, 31,829; Clement, 

 28,069; McGettrick, 7,252; Sherburne, 2,460. A 

 majority is 34,606, and therefore the election of 

 Governor and Lieutenant-Governor devolved upon 

 the Legislature. The 3 remaining State officers 

 received the full party vote. The officers finally 

 chosen were: Governor, John G. McCullough; 

 Lieutenant-Governor, Zed S.' Stanton; Secretary 

 of State, Frederick G. Fleetwood ; Treasurer, John 

 L. Bacon; Auditor, Horace F. Graham; Adjutant- 

 General, William H. Gilmour; Superintendent of 

 Education, W. E. Ranger all Republicans. 



VIRGINIA, a Southern State, one of the orig- 

 inal thirteen, ratified the Constitution June 25, 

 1788; area, 42,450 square miles. The population, 

 according to each decennial census, was 747,610 

 in 1790; 880,200 in 1800; 974,600 in 1810; 1,065,- 

 116 in 1820; 1,211,405 in 1830; 1.239,797 in 1840; 

 1,421,661 in 1850; 1.596,318 in 1860; 1,225,163 in 

 1870; 1,512,565 in 1880; 1,655,980 in 1890; and 

 1,854,184 in 1900. Capital, Richmond. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers in 1902. Governor, Andrew J. Montague; 

 Lieutenant-Governor, Joseph E. Willard; Secre- 

 tary of State, D. O. Eggleston; Attorney-General,. 

 W. A. Anderson; First Auditor, Morton Marye; 

 Second Auditor, Josiah Ryland, Jr.; Treasurer, 

 A. W. Harman, Jr.; Superintendent of Public 

 Instruction, Joseph W. Southall; President of 

 the Supreme Court of Appeals; James Keith; 

 Justices, S. G. Whittle, John A. Buchanan, 

 George M. Harrison, and Richard H. Cardwell. 

 All are Democrats. 



Five of the State officers Governor, Lieuten- 

 ant-Governor, Secretary of the Commonwealth, 

 State Treasurer, and Superintendent of Public In- 

 struction are elected by the people. They each 

 serve four years. The election for these officers 

 took place in November, 1901. The Auditor of 

 Public Accounts is elected by the joint vote of 

 the two houses of the General Assembly, to serve 

 four years. The Legislature meets biennially, the 

 second Wednesday in January following the elec- 

 tion. There are 36 Senators and 86 members of 

 the House. 



Finances. The following is a synopsis of the 

 financial operations of the treasury for the fiscal 

 year ending Sept. 30, 1902: Balance Oct. 1, 1901, 

 $854,490.92; received in fiscal year 1901-'02, $3,- 

 795,093.42; balance Oct. 1, 1902, $739,392.72. The 

 disbursements were: Literary fund, $291,215.57; 

 interest on public debt, $843,896.37; sinking-fund, 

 $1,077.72; Miller fund, $75,094.17; total balance 

 in the treasury to the credit of the several funds, 

 Oct. 1, 1902, $1,029,800.72. In addition to the 

 above the United States direct tax fund has to 

 its credit $1,162.74. 



Population Statistics. The Census Bureau 

 reports that in 1890 there were 165,630 Virgin- 

 ians living elsewhere than in the State of their 

 birth. The Census Bureau has compiled tables 

 one giving the number of black Virginians liv- 

 ing in other States, the other the number of 

 negroes from other States living in Virginia. 

 The tables show that in 1900 the total number 

 of negroes born in Virginia was 878,988; living 

 in Virginia, born there, 625,544; born in Virginia, 

 living in other States, 253,444. Total number of 

 negroes living in Virginia, 660.570-that is. in 

 1900 there had emigrated from Virginia 253.144. 

 and immigrated to Virginia 35,026. In the dec- 

 ade between 1890 and 1900 the negro population 

 of Richmond decreased from 32,330 to 32.230. 



Resources and Products. The Crop Report- 

 er, published by the authority of the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, gives the following statistics of the 

 acreage, production, and value of the princi|>:il 

 farm-crops of the State in 1902: Corn acreage. 

 1,879,348; production, 41.345,656 bushels: value. 

 $21,499,741. Winter wheat acreage, 637. sor.; 

 production, 3,635.494 bushels: value. $2.872.040. 

 Oats acreage, 222,074; production. 3.886,295 bush- 

 els; value, $1.632,244. Barley acreage, 2.t'>.V>: 

 production, 48,586 bushels ; value, $26.236. Rye 

 acreage, 26,147; production, 251.C11 bushels; val- 

 ue, $165,667. Buckwheat acreage, 20.862; produc- 

 tion, 346,309 bushels; value, $207,785. Potatoes 

 acreage, 50,531; production, 3.789.825 bushels; 

 value, $2,198,098. Hay acreage. 472,913; pro- 

 duction. 501,288 tons; value. $6.807,491. Tobac- 

 co acreage, 182,359; production. 136,769,250 

 pounds; value. $12.309,232. The definite amount 

 and value of the cotton-crop is not given in the 

 report; but it is estimated that Virginia produce* 

 248 pounds of lint cotton to the acre under cul- 

 tivation. "The average of the 14 producing States 

 is 188.5 pounds per acre, and Virginia stands 

 sixth in order of amount. 



