ten minutes, when the offending resolution was tabled without comment.

The second Democratic State Convention, called by the "bolters," and made up of the Administration, antisilver Democrats, met in Lincoln, Sept. 5, with 631 delegates. The resolutions, which approved the Administration and declared for "sound money," were unanimously adopted. The following nominations were made: For Supreme Judge, T. J. Mahoney; for Regents of the State University, W. S. Ashby and John H. Ames.

The Republican Convention, in Lincoln, Oct. 3, nominated for Justice T. L. Norval; and for Regents C. H. Morrill and H. L. Goold. The platform denounced the Wilson tariff law and asked the enactment of another McKinley bill"; favored the use of both gold and silver as money, and demanded a national currency of equal debt-paying power; denounced the Democratic administration's supine neglect of American interests in foreign lands; expressed sympathy with the Cuban revolutionists; pledged the support of the party to irrigation interests; and congratulated the people on the re-enactment of the sugar-bounty law.

The Populist State Convention opened in Lincoln Aug. 28. The platform reaffirmed the party principles. Much discussion was caused by a resolution in reference to the A. P. A., and the matter was finally settled by the adoption of a resolution deprecating the bringing of religious issues into politics. Samuel Maxwell was nominated for Justice, and Ella W. Peattie and James H. Bayston for Regents.

The Prohibitionists nominated A. G. Wolfenbarger for Justice, and J. J. Bryant and Anna R. Woodbey for Regents.

The Republicans elected their candidates. Following were the returns for Justice of the Supreme Court: Norval, Republican, 79,516; Maxwell, Populist, 70,578; Mahoney, Administration Democrat, 18,638; Phelps, Free-silver Democrat, 10,214; Wolfenbarger, Prohibitionist, 4,344. Messrs. Goold and Morrill, Republican, were elected by votes of 81,847 and 80,962 respectively. Of the district judges elected at the same time, 20 were Republicans, 2 Democrats, 3 Populists, and 3 Populist-Democrats.

NETHERLANDS, a constitutional monarchy in western Europe. The First Chamber of the States General has 50 members, elected for nine years by the provincial councils, one third of them retiring every three years. The Second Chamber is composed of 100 members, elected directly for four years by popular suffrage, every Dutch male citizen being entitled to a vote if he pays 10 guilders in direct taxes above the limit of partial exemption or has a separate lodging. One half of the members are elected every two

years.

The reigning sovereign is Queen Wilhelmina, born Aug. 31, 1880, whose mother, Queen Emma, widow of the late Willem III, acts as regent during the daughter's minority. The ministry constituted May 7, 1894, was composed as follows: President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. J. Roell; Minister of the Interior, Dr. S. van Houten; Minister of Finance, Dr. J. P. Sprenger van Eyk; Minister of Justice, Dr. W. van der Kaay; Minister of the Colonies, J. H. Bergsma; Minister of Marine,

Jonkheer H. M. van der Wyck; Minister of War, Lieut.-Gen. C. O. H. Schneider; Minister of Waterstaat, Commerce, and Industry, P. W. van der Sleyden.

Area and Population. The area of the kingdom is 12,648 square miles. The population on Dec. 31, 1893, was computed to be 4,732,911, consisting of 2,341,484 males and 2,391,427 females. The number of marriages in 1893 was 34,311; of births, 159,005; of deaths, 90,372; excess of births, 68,633. The number of emigrants in 1893 was 4,820, all destined for the United States, comprising 2,262 adult males, 1,248 women, and 1,310 children. Of the total population 32 per cent. is found in the cities and large towns. The population of Amsterdam at the end of 1893 was 446,657; of Rotterdam, 228,597; of the Hague, 174,790; of Utrecht, 91,070.

Finances.-The budget for 1895 makes the total revenue 128,311,870 guilders, of which 11,910,000 guilders come from the land tax, 11,712,000 guilders from the personal tax, 6,870,000 guilders from the tax on incomes from investments, 4,523,000 from the tax on professional incomes, 26,400,000 guilders from the tax on alcoholic drinks, 15,995,000 guilders from other excise taxes, 19,815,000 from stamps, registration, and succession duties, 5,811,250 guilders from customs, 7,895,000 guilders from the post office, 1,336,500 guilders from telegraphs, 2,355,000 guilders from domains, 661,400 from the lottery, 130,000 from shooting and fishing licenses, 214,820 guilders from the assay tax on gold and silver articles, 1,400,000 guilders from pilot dues, 5,175 guilders from mining royalties, and 7,327,625 guilders from other sources. The total expenditures are estimated at 135,742,280 guilders, of which 821,000 guilders are for the royal household. 667,860 guilders for the state authorities, 5,287,063 guilders for justice, 13,446,889 guilders for the interior, 15,412,305 guilders for the navy, 21,402,187 guilders for the army, 35,188,309 guilders for the national debt, 19,158,535 guilders for finance and worship and payments to communes, 1,377,023 for central administration of the colonies, 22,125,728 guilders for commerce, industry, railroads, and canals, and 50,000 guilders for unforeseen expenses. The budget for 1896 estimates the expenditures at 138,300,000 guilders, and anticipates a deficit of 7,500,000 guilders.

The capital of the public debt in 1895 was 1,076,220,050 guilders, of which 695,000,000 guilders pay 24 and 375,000,000 guilders 3 per cent. The paper money amounts to 15,000,000 guilders. Army and Navy.-The peace effective of the permanent army is 1.880 officers and 26,905 men, with 5,595 horses. The army is recruited partly by voluntary enlistment for six or eight years, one third of the troops being raised in that way, while the rest are drawn from the militia levies, of which the annual contingent is 10,400. The land militia serve seven years and the naval militia five years. The Chamber, on March 14, 1895, passed a bill for supplying the army with the Mannlicher rifle of 6.5 millimetres caliber.

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The naval force consists of 9 armored seagoing vessels of 2,000 to 5,400 tons displacement ("Koning der Nederlanden," Koníningin Wilhelmi"Prins Hendrik," "Evertsen," 99.66 Kortenaer," "Piet Hein," 'Guinea,' "Schorpioen," and 'Stier"), with 4 to 8 inches of armor and 1 to

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8 heavy guns, the largest having a caliber of 28 centimetres; 3 other squadron vessels incomplete ("Holland," "Zeeland," and "Friesland"); 13 monitors having 5 inches of armor and 1 or 2 28-centimetre guns; 22 gunboats, besides 5 river gunboats; and 6 frigates and 2 corvettes. Commerce.-The imports and exports in 1894 were divided between different countries as follow, values being given in guilders (1 guilder 40 cents):

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COUNTRIES.

21,500,000

21,800,000 173.800,000

225,000,000

British East Indies.

48,800,000

88,600,000 11,500,000 5,800,000 29,000,000

5,500,000 14,500,000 89,100,000

1,000,000

14,000,000 1,460,800,000 1,114,700,000

Of the total value of the imports, 440,200,000 guilders represent articles of food and drink, 526,200,000 guilders raw materials, 239,000,000 guilders manufactured articles, and 240,900,000 guilders miscellaneous articles. Among the exports alimentary substances amounted to 384,400,000 guilders, raw materials to 366,000,000 guilders, manufactures to 236,500,000 guilders, and miscellaneous merchandise to 125,100,000 guilders. The imports of precious metals were 14,400,000 guilders and exports 2,700,000 guilders. Iron and steel and their manufactures were imported in 1893 to the amount of 122,219,000 guilders and exported to the amount of 75,547,000 guilders; imports of textile fabrics and materials were valued at 130,513,000 and exports at 161,332,000 guilders; cereal imports at 213,648,000 and exports at 116,383,000 guilders; imports of coal at 44,418,000 guilders and of petroleum at 9,162,000 guilders; imports of rice at 46,240,000 and exports at 12,089,000 guilders; imports of coffee at 35,013,000 and exports at 19,932,000 guilders; imports of butter at 1,917,000 and of margarine at 23,923,000 guilders and exports of butter at 13,003,000 and of margarine at 43,842,000 guilders; exports of cheese at 10,541,000 guilders; imports of drugs at 181,569,000 and exports at 145,926,000 guilders; imports of wood at 28,470,000 and exports at 15,773,000 guilders; imports of skins at 21,397,000 and exports at 19,738,000 guilders; imports of copper at 48,562,000 and exports at 40,978,000 guilders; exports of flax at 16,796,000 guilders; imports of oil seeds at 34,485,000.

Navigation.-The Dutch mercantile navy in the beginning of 1894 numbered 442 sailing vessels, of 118,590 tons, and 154 steamers, of 176.646 tons. There were entered in the ports of Holland during 1894 the total number of 1,451 sailing vessels, of 1,109,014 cubic metres, and 8,302 steamers, of 18,455,556 cubic metres, and cleared 1,597 sailing vessels, of 1,200,535 cubic metres, and 8,144 steamers, of 18,150,999

Legislation.-The bill for the reform of the franchise, framed by Minister of the Interior Van Houten, goes almost as far as the more radical measure of Tak van Portvliet, which was rejected in 1892. That bill proposed to increase the number of electors to 800.000, more than double the existing number, by conferring the franchise on every Dutchman twenty-three years of age who can show that he is not a burden on the community. The bill of a minister must be submitted to the Council of State before it is offered in the Second Chamber: but a bill may be proposed in the Second Chamber by any one of its members, and, like a ministerial measure, it must first be discussed in committee before it comes up for public debate. The First Chamber must either adopt in its entirety a measure that has gone through the Second Chamber or reject it, but can not amend its pro visions. The electoral law of 1850 fixed the maximum electoral impost at 112 guilders for the capital and 20 guilders for the rural communes, but the amount could be decreased according to local conditions. By the partial re vision of the Constitution in 1887 the electoral tax was lowered and made invariable, increas ing the electorate from 140,000 to 300,000. This measure was admitted to be provisional only, and the Clerical ministry that came into power in 1888 promised an extension of the suffrage; but it failed to keep the promise. It was overthrown and Tak van Portvliet, the Radical reformer, entered the ministry three years later with a scheme to confer the right to vote upon every true-born Dutchman twenty-three years of age, who could furnish external evidences of capacity and well-being. Owing to the vague ness of this condition a long and exciting controversy followed, and Mr. van Houten, who drew up the bill, adopted the views of the Moderate Liberals, who combined with the Conserv atives and under the name of the Anti-Revolu

tionary party insisted that the evidences of well-being should consist in the payment of certain specified taxes, not the fact that a citizen is self-supporting. The Anti-Revolutionaries pictured the country as falling a prey to the Socialists and Anarchists in the event of the admission of 500,000 new electors. Mr. Tak accepted various amendments to meet the wishes of the Moderates, but resigned when the Chamber was on the point of deciding that a lodging or habitation that qualifies for the franchise must consist of not less than two rooms, thus shutting out a large proportion of the competent workingmnen. The Anti-Revolutionists gained the victory at the polls in 1894, and their interpretation of the Constitution was therefore embodied by Mr. van Houten in the new electoral bill. The bill fixes the electoral age at twenty-five; reduces the property qualification to the payment of a land tax of 1 guilder; and admits a new category of voters, consisting of householders or lodgers who pay a certain rent, citizens who own or rent boats of 30 tons burden, men whose earnings are at least 275 guilders a year or who have 50 guilders in the savings bank, and those who follow certain specified professions or occupations. The same conditions qualify electors for the provincial states and the communal councils.

The Socialists were left almost unrepresented in the new Dutch Chamber by the defeat of their leader, Domela Nieuwenhuis; but some of their principles are inscribed in the programme of the Radicals that follow the guidance of Tak van Portvliet, who proclaim it to be the duty of the state to institute social reforms and to protect the workingman. To appease this element the Government in August, 1895, appointed a commission composed of 25 members representing all shades of political opinion, to report on the best system of state pensions for old and infirm members of the working class. The immediate subjects presented to the States General by the speech from the throne opening its session on Sept. 17 are the reform of the personal tax and the new electoral bill.

The Amsterdam Exhibition.-An international exhibition was held in the summer of 1895 on the grounds originally prepared for the exhibition of 1883. The plan at first was to collect exhibits of hotel equipments and facilities of travel, and thus the designing and furnishing of hotels and cafés and the equipment of railroads and ships came to be the prominent features of the exhibition, though electrical inventions and various industries were also well represented. One striking exhibit was a restaurant in which the guests were served by means of electrical contrivances without the help of waiters. Another feature was a reproduction of the life and scenes of old Holland.

The Dutch East Indies.-The Asiatic possessions of the Netherlands comprise the populous island of Java and other large and small Malaysian islands, having an aggregate area of 719,674 square miles and 33,121,300 inhabitants. Java and Madura, with an area of 50,848 square miles, had in 1893 a population of 24,642,985. Batavia, the capital, had 110,669 inhabitants; Surabaya, 147,339; Surakarta, 99,258. The European population of Java and Madura was

48,649, and there were 248,484 Chinese and 16,123 Arabs. The other possessions, called the outposts, are the island of Sumatra, southern Borneo, Riouw, Banka, Billiton, Celebes, Menado, Amboine, western New Guinea, Timor, and Bali and Lombok, having an aggregate population of 8,478,300. The Governor General of the East Indies is assisted by a council of five members. Jonkheer C. H. A. van der Wyck was appointed Governor General in July, 1893.

The budget for 1895 makes the total revenue 128,041,045 guilders, of which 21,825,863 guilders are derived from sales of coffee, 143,550 guilders from sales of quinine, 5,325,137 guilders from sales of tin, 17,668,000 guilders from the opium monopoly, 15,235,000 guilders from customs, 17,164.250 guilders from the land tax or tithes, 8,557,000 guilders from the salt duty, 1,792,000 guilders from posts and telegraphs, 9,573,000 guilders from railroads, and 30,757,245 guilders from various sources. The total expenditure was estimated at 138,431,354 guilders.

The army of Netherlands India on Jan. 1, 1895, was made up of 15,867 European and 20,738 native soldiers. There were 427 staff and specially detailed officers, with 2,138 men; 731 officers of infantry and 29,638 men; 31 cavalry officers and 883 men; 129 officers of artillery and 3,287 men; and 64 engineer officers and 659 men; total, 1,382 officers and 36,605 subofficers and privates.

The naval force consists of 1 modern protected cruiser ("Sumatra "), 1 old ironclad of 5,400 tons displacement, 14 gunboats, 3 paddle-wheel steamers, and 1 torpedo boat. The number of cannon is 141. The crews number 2,169 men.

The value of the imports in 1893 was 177,358,000 guilders, of which 159,474,000 guilders represent merchandise imported on private account and 6,586,000 guilders stores imported for the Government, making the total merchandise imports 166,060,000 guilders, while the specie imports were 11,298,000 guilders, 10,298,000 guilders for individuals and 1,000,000 guilders for the Government. The total value of the exports was 192,431,000 guilders, 171,023,000 guilders representing private exports of merchandise, 20,377,000 guilders exports of merchandise for the Government, and 1,031,000 guilders exports of specie. The merchandise imports of Java and Madura were 115,230,000 guilders in value, and the exports 129,806,000 guilders; the imports of merchandise from the exterior provinces were valued at 44,244,000 guilders, and the exports at 41,217,000 guilders. The values of the principal exports from Netherlands India in 1893 were: Sugar, 71,049,000 guilders; coffee, 37,629,000 guilders; tobacco, 30,226,000 guilders; tin, 12,043,000 guilders; pepper, 3,218,000 guilders; rice, 3,092,000 guilders; copra, 2,418,000 guilders; rattans, 2,643,000 guilders; skins, 2,325,000 guilders; indigo, 2,225000 guilders; nutmegs, 1,921,000 guilders.

The number of vessels that visited the ports in 1893 was 2,946 steamers, measuring 3,340.000 cubic metres, and 1,401 sailing vessels, of 4,347,000 cubic metres capacity.

The railroads of Java had a total length in 1895 of 879 miles, and there were 184 miles building, while in Sumatra there were 174 miles working and 20 miles under construction.

The telegraph lines, which belong to the Government, had a total length in 1893 of 4,274 miles, with 6,547 miles of wire. The number of dispatches in 1893 was 564,334, of which 367,572 were paid inland and 165,730 paid international dispatches. The postal traffic in the same year was 8,671,842 domestic and 7,925,823 international letters. The receipts of the post office were 2,090,000, and expenses 3,516,000 guilders.

The expedition sent in 1894 to subjugate the Balinese Rajah of Lombok was successful, and the rajah, who had bought rifles to fight the Dutch instead of paying the regular tribute, and had entered into intrigues with British and other foreigners and brought the fertile island and its industrious Sassak population to a deplorable condition by his misrule, was taken to Batavia for trial and deposed. One of the constantly recurring seditious conspiracies was discovered early in 1895 in the residency of Buitenzorg, Java, and 50 chiefs and their followers, who were supposed to be plotting a general massacre of Europeans and Chinese, were arrested.

NEVADA, a Pacific coast State, admitted to the Union Oct. 31, 1864; area, 110,700 square miles. The population, according to each decennial census since admission, was 42,491 in 1870; 62,266 in 1880; and 45,761 in 1890. Capital, Carson City.

Government.-The following were the State officers during the year: Governor, John E. Jones; Lieutenant Governor, Reinhold Sadler; Secretary of State, Eugene Howell; Treasurer, W. J. Werterfield; Comptroller, C. A. La Grave; Superintendent of Public Instruction, H. C. Cutting; Attorney-General, R. M. Beaty-all Silver party; Adjutant General, C. H. Galusha, Republican; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, R. R. Bigelow, Republican; Associate Justices, Charles H. Belknap, Democrat, and M. S. Bloomfield, Silver party.

Finances. The report of the Comptroller, rendered in January, gives the following details: On Dec. 31, 1894, the debt of the State amounted to $157,628.91, and there were $146,065.18 in the treasury applicable to its payment. The Territorial indebtedness is represented by a $380,000 5-per-cent. irredeemable State bond belonging to the school fund. The cash in the treas ury Jan. 1, 1894, was $384,546.45; received during the year, $453,461.23; transfer from library fund, $13.50; total, $838,021.18. Disbursements during the year, $522.174.56; cash in treasury, Dec. 31, 1894, $315,846.62. The actual expenses of the State Government for the two years 1893-'94 were $505,386.23. The revenue collected applicable to the payment of those expenses was $490,872.95.

Education.-There were $78,645.88 in the school fund, $7,868.26 in the university fund 90,000-acre grant, and $12.140.18 in the university fund awaiting investment. In conformity to an amendment to the Constitution, an act approved Feb. 4, 1891, provides for the investment of these moneys in the bonds of other States as well as in United States bonds and bonds of Nevada, and $100,000 of United States securities were purchased during 1894. The expenditures from the distributive school funds for the benefit of the public schools and the State University for 1893-'94 amounted to $249,815.59.

The school population in 1894 was 9,454; the number enrolled, 7,298; the average number belonging, 5.839; the average attendance, 5,190; average duration of school, 78 months; average salary of teachers monthly, $70.16; total number of schools, 294.

There were about 223 students enrolled at the State University at the beginning of 1895. The mechanical building and machinery were destroyed by fire in November, causing a loss of about $8,000.

State Institutions. Following are reports of the cost of these and the number of inmates for the biennial period 1893-'94:

State Prison-appropriation, $65,000; total cost, $62.994.18; receipts for board of United States and county prisoners and sales, $18,993.89; net cost, $44,000.29; average number of prisoners, 88; average daily expense for each, 68 cents.

State Insane Asylum-appropriation, $80,000: amount expended, $70,908.62; receipts, $2,165.16; net cost, $68,743.46; average number of patients, 1871: average daily expense, including improvements, transportation, etc., 50

State Orphans' Home-appropriation, $28000; expense, $27,975.17; receipts, $279.50; net cost, $27,695.67; average number of children, 80: average daily cost, 47% cents.

For the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind-appropriation, $2,000; cost. $2,357.47; deficit, $357.47. There is no State institution. Children are sent to the California Institution for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind at Berkeley. The cost is $300 a year.

Farming. A report on the crops says: "Nearly everything in the way of crops and fruit has yielded far better than was expected at the beginning of the season. While the rainfall was below the normal, the supply of water for irrigation held out very well, except in central Elko County, along the upper portion of Humboldt river. The tame hay crop is fair, although wild hay cut less than usual. All small fruits yielded better than for years in Humboldt, Lyon, Storey, Douglas, Ormsby, and the extreme southern portions of Washoe County.

Mining. Considerable activity was reported in the mining districts during the year. Gold is said to have been taken out in many places. The De Lamar district, in southern Nevada, especially, where the mines have been in operation only about three years, has had a great influx of gold seekers. The activity there is said to have been unequaled in the State since its palmiest days. Most of the large mines are controlled by the De Lamar company, which was reported in August to be shipping about $100,000 in gold

every month.

The men have been paid in checks and small aluminum coins issued by the company, of different face values, which have been in general circulation in that section as well as portions of Utah. This was held by United States officials to be contrary to the law, making it punishable to make or utter any coins. The company claimed as their reason for using these instead of Government coins that it was unsafe for them to transport gold and silver back into the camp, and that as the money was not intended for general circulation they were violating no law. The United States District Attorney, however, be

lieved differently, and arrested the superintendent. An examination was had and the superintendent was held, but allowed to go on his own recognizance. Later, the attorneys of the company in New York were consulted, and they directed that the aluminum coins should be withdrawn from circulation.

The Mount Como group of mines was bonded in August to an English company for $40,000 for six months. A tunnel is to be run from the mill in Palmyra cañon to the North Rapidan mine. This tunnel will run through 2 claims of the group now bonded, and drain all the mines in that section so that they can be prospected and worked to a greater depth.

Vigorous work has been begun on the Brunswick lode. The plan is given as follows: "The Comstock companies to purchase 5,000 feet of the Brunswick lode at $12.50 per foot. This ground to be prospected from the Sutro Tunnel, and the expense to borne pro rata by the companies interested. The Sutro Tunnel to be extended west through the west formations. A branch tunnel to be started from the vicinity of the Alta shaft and extended into the American Flat country. The expense of this tunnel to be borne by 12 of the south-end mines. The drift run from the Alta will be in a country which has proved to be mineral-bearing, but which is so wet that it can not be worked. The new tunnel will drain it at a depth of between 1,300 and 1,400 feet."

Legislative Session.-The_seventeenth session of the Legislature began Jan. 21 and ended March 23. Lem Allen was elected Speaker of the Assembly. The political character of the two Houses was: Senate-3 Republicans, 3 Independents, and 9 Silver party; Assembly-9 Republicans, 1 Populist, and 20 Silver party.

The Assembly passed a bill repealing the law of the last Legislature limiting the session to fifty days. The Senate adopted a substitute for this bill, passing it unanimously, that this Legislature might sit to the full constitutional limit of sixty days, but should draw pay for only fifty days. The session continued sixty days.

The State University received an appropriation of $38,000 for land and a building for dormitories and $1,000 for a library.

Bills were introduced providing for consolidating certain counties. A bill was passed incorporating Storey County, doing away with the city of Virginia and the town of Gold Hill, and vesting their property in the county, providing for one county general fund instead of the three city and county funds, and for a tax levy for county purposes of $3.50 instead of $3.60.

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The validity of this law was questioned. was claimed that if put into operation it would do away with the saloon license by the act of setting aside the city organization.

A law was passed requiring that owners of sheep pastured in the State must pay a license or must have legal title to or have made the first payment upon a certain amount of land for each sheep. The question came before the courts whether lands leased from the overland

railroad are to be included under the above description. Judge Cheney, in the district court, decided in the affirmative.

Another bill provided that live stock driven

into the State from other States shall be liable to the same tax as stock that have wintered in Nevada, notwithstanding the tax on such stock may have been paid in other States. Live stock driven in for commercial purposes are, however, exempt from this rule. It also extended the time for assessing live stock by giving the assessor authority to make the assessment on any calendar day of the year. The occasion for the law as given is that it has been the custom for California sheep owners to drive their flocks into Nevada and summer them there. They fatten on the grasses and damage the roads in Nevada, yet do not contribute to support the State or county governments.

A bill making changes in the election laws, so as to secure the purity of the ballot, was one of the important measures of the session.

The game law was amended, extending the season for killing teal, mallard, and the like, to April 1. The close season for grouse, quail, woodcock, and similar game is from March 15 to Sept. 15.

An act was passed to protect public ranges from wild horses. This is made necessary by the great numbers of these horses-estimated as high as 200,000-that are roaming over the State, eating off the grass so that sheep and cattle are deprived, and also in many instances leading off domestic horses from the ranches.

The statutes were ordered compiled by the Attorney-General and F. H. Harman and published at $5 a copy.

The following joint resolution passed:

That we demand the collection of the indebtedness

of the Pacific Railway companies to the United States, as it matures upon the same principle that individual demands are enforced, and we instruct our Senators and Representatives in Congress to vote for such a bill as will dispose of this important question to the the whole people of the United States, and in accordbest interests of the people of the State of Nevada and ance with the law and justice to all.

And be it further resolved that we demand the enforcement of the Interstate Commerce act everywhere.

reference to the restoration of silver. and the Another joint resolution, after a preamble in services of Senator Jones, continued:

That the people of Nevada fully appreciate the transcendent intellectuality that has characterized the zealousness of Senator Jones in the National Senate and at Belgium's capital in behalf of Nevada's interests, and trust that he may be spared to persevere in the good work until victory may be achieved.

A concurrent resolution declared opposition to national banks, and in favor of free and unlimited coinage of silver.

Another resolution that passed both houses accused the President, "aided by the Democracy, of high crimes and misdemeanors in the relative to the silver question, and declared that financial policy of the Administration, especially he was deserving of impeachment," etc.

In reference to the address of the Bimetallic

League, it was

Resolved, That we hail with satisfaction the action of the American Bimetallic League, in calling on the

people of the United States to make all the questions in the campaign of 1896 subordinate to the paramount one of the restoration of silver and the cause of monetary reform.