770 



WYOMING. 



what is above inclosed in brackets. The vote 

 on the amendments was as follows : 



For Judicial Amendment T9,140 62,377 



Against 16,768 



Total 95,908 



For Financial Amendment 83,046 89,675 



Against 8,371 



Total 86,417 



William E. Smith, who is now Governor of 

 Wisconsin, was born in Scotland in 1824. He 

 came to this country at an early age and re- 

 ceived a good education. He resided for a 

 time in New York, then in Michigan, and set- 

 tled at Fox Lake, in Wisconsin, in 1849. He 

 is a merchant, was elected to the lower branch 

 of the State Legislature in 1850, and was a 

 member of the Senate in 1858-'59 and in 

 1864-'65. From 1866 to 1870 he was State 

 Treasurer. In 1870 he was again elected to 

 the Assembly; and when that body met in 

 January, 1871, he was chosen Speaker. The 

 Legislature is politically classified as follows : 



Senate. Home. 



Bepablican 21 48 



Democrat 21 42 



Greenback 7 



Socialist 1 



Joint 



Ballot. 



69 



68 



7 



1 



WYOMING. During the two years inter- 

 vening since the adjournment of the last Legis- 

 lature, the affairs of the Territory have gener- 

 ally been in a prosperous condition. Business 

 has enlarged; branches of industry have in- 

 creased, and additional capital has found in- 

 vestment in different sections. The depression 

 which has weighed so heavily upon the coun- 

 try at large has not been felt by the people. 

 Among the interests of the Territory stock- 

 raising is one of the most prominent. The 

 experience of each successive year has furnished 

 additional and conclusive evidence of the adap- 

 tability of its vast plains to the raising of 

 horses, cattle, and sheep. The following table 

 of shipments will show the progress of the 

 business from its beginning : 



YEARS. 



1678... 

 1874. 



1875. 

 1876. 

 1877. 



286 

 738 

 975 

 1,344 

 1,649 



Each car carries twenty head, so that 32,480 

 head were shipped in 1877. The net return to 

 the owners was $30 per head, making a total 

 sum of $974,400. The quantity of wool shipped 

 has been as follows : 



YEARS. Ponndi. 



1878 S5.07T 



1874 215,242 



1875 228,033 



1S76 '. 888.919 



1877 346,280 



This is a good exhibit for a portion of what 

 was once regarded as the Great American 

 Desert. These cattle have literally raised them- 

 selves for the market. They have been out 



upon the ranges during the whole of the win- 

 ters without shelter and without feed from the 

 stack, and have been prepared for slaughter 

 almost without cost, save the expense of gath- 

 ering them in and snipping them. 



Winter grazing in Wyoming, so long doubt- 

 ed, has come to be an established fact, and the 

 careful observer must be convinced that not 

 very far in the future the Territory will become 

 one of the principal stock-raising sections of 

 the continent. 



The raising of wheat upon the Laramie Plains 

 and in the Wind River Valley has been tested 



THE GIANTESS. 



during the past season with satisfactory results. 

 The development of the mining interests of the 

 Territory has continued with steady progress. 

 The production of coal has increased during 

 the year. 



The capture and surrender of most of the 

 hostile Sioux, the abolition of the Indian title 

 to the lands, and the moral effect of the unex- 

 ampled pursuit and capture of Joseph and the 

 Nez Perec's, afford reasons for the belief that 

 peace will be maintained in this region of coun- 

 try, and that the settlement of northern Wyo- 



