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AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.

Senate Constitutional Amendment No.
ID.
A resolution proposing to.the people of the
state of California an amendment to
section three of article eleven OF the
Constitution of the State Of California,
relating to the formation of new coun-
ties.
Section 8. The Legislature, by general
and uniform laws, may provide for the
formation of new counties; pr00lded,
hoa0e0er, that no new counties shall be
established which shall reduce any
county to population OF less than eight
thousand; nor shall q new county De
formed containing less population than
five thousand; nor shall any line thereof
pass within five miles OF the county seat
of any county proposed to be divided.
Every county which shall be enlarged or
created from territory taken from any
other county or counties, shall be liable
for just proportion OF the existing debts
and liabilities of the county or counties
from which such territery shall be taken.
AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE.
Assembly Constitutional Amendment
No. z.
A resolution proposing an amendment to
the Constitution of the State of Cali
fornia, by adding a new section to ar
ticle thirteen of the said Constitution,
to be numbered section twelve and
three-fourths Q28) relating to revenue
and taxation.
Section 123. Fruit and nut bearing trees
0nder the age of four years from the time
of planting In orchard form, and grape
vines under the age of three years from
the time of planting in vineyard form,
shall be exempt from taxation, and moth
ing in this article shall be construed as
subjecting such trees and grapeyines to
taxation.
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AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE.

Senate Constitutional Amendment No;
20.
An Act to submit to the people of the
State OF California an amendment TO
section twenty three of article four of
the Constitution of the State of Cali
fornia.
Section %. The members of the Legis-
lature shall receive, in full payment for
their services, the sum Of one thousand
Isl GOO dollars, and mileage not to exceed
ten cents per mile, and for contingent ex-
penSes not to exceed twenty i've dollars,
for each session. to be paid cut OF the
public treasury. No increase in cem
pensation or mileage shall take effect
during the term for which the mem bers
of either house shall have been elected,
and the pay of no attache shall be in
creased after he is elected or appointed.
NOW THEREFORE,, Pursuant to the
provisions of the Constitution, and an
Act of the Legislature entitled San Act
to provide for the submission of proposed
amendments to the Constitution of the
State of California to the qualified elect
prs for their approval" approved March
2, A. d. 1888. viz:
Section l. Whenever the Legislature
shall propose any amendment or amend
which amendment or amendments shall
have been passed in the manner and form
required by section one of article eighteen
of the Constitution, and ne other mode is
provided by law for the submission OF
such amendment or amendments to the
people for their approval, it shall be the
duty Of the Governor TO advertise such
proposed amendment or amendments in
at least four newspapers of general circu-
lation in this State, for three months next
preceding the next general election. One
of said newspapers must be published at
the city of Sacramento, and two at the
city of San Franeisco and in issuing his
proclamation for an election at which any
amendment or amendments to the Con-
stitution are to be voted upon, he shall
include such amendment or amendments
therein, and he shall designate them by
numbers, in the order in which they have
been proposed"
The said amendments are submitted to
be separately voted upon by ballot by the
qualified electors of the State. on
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9Th, A. D. 1894

Each ballot used at such election must
contain, printed thereon, the words:
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes.
ment Number Eight No.
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Fourteen. tNo.
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes.
ment Number Seven. No.
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes.
ment Number Twelve. No.
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Seventeen. No.
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Seven. No.
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Sixteen. No.
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes.
ment Number Thirty-one. No.
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Twenty. No.
Witness my hand and the Great Seal of
the State, affi xed at Sacramento the day
and year first above written.
[sEAL.] II. II. MARK HAM,
Governor.
Attest: E. G. WAITE,
Secretary of State.
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OFFICIAL.

trust, contract or other obligation by
which debt is secured, money, or SOL
vent credits, above its face value. The
State Board of Equalization elected in
eighteen hundred and ninety-fo shall
continue in Office until their successors,
as herein provided for shall be elected
and shall qualify.
AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN.
Senate Constitutional Amendments No.
16.
A resolution to propose to the people OF
the State of California an amendment to
article thirteen of the Constitution.
section one, in relation to revenue and
taxation.
Section /. All property in the State,
not exempt under the laws of the United
States, shall be taxed in proportion to its
value, TO be ascertained as provided by
law. The word property as used in
PMS article and section, is hereby declared
20 include moneys, credits, bonds, stocks,
rues. franchises, and all other matters
and things, real, personal and mixed,
capable of private ownership; provided,
that property used for free public libra
fles and free museums, growing crops,
property used exclusively for public
schools, and such as may belong to the
United States. this State, or to any county
or municipal corporation within this
State, shall be exempt from taxation.
The Legislature may provide. except in
case OF credits secured by mortgage or
trust deed, for deduction from credits
Of debts due to bona fide residents of this
State.
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AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX.
Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. Z.

A resolution to propose to the people of
the State of California an amendment
to the Constitution OF the State, amend
ing section nine of article thirteen
thereof, relative TO the election OF
State Board of Equalization.
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OFFICIAL.
PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
EXECUTIVE DRPARTMENT

SACRAMENTO, August e. 1894.
Whereas, The Legislature of the State
of California, at it's thirtieth session, be-
ginning on the second day Of January,
A. D. 1898, two-thirds of all the members
elected to each of the houses of said Leg
islature voting in favor thereof, proposed
the following described amendments to
to wit:
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AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE.

Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. II.
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AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.

Assembly Constitutional Amendment
No. s.
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Senate Constitutional Amendment No.
ID.
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Assembly Constitutional Amendment
No. IL.
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ard, the cotton and wheat belts have

ard, the cotton and wheat belts have
been deliberately sacrificed to
the money interests of the Northeast.
To vastly enrich few, the great
staple industries of our country have
been strangled, our people denied pro-
fitable employment and gloom and
despondency have been made to cast
their shadows over the land. Our gov
ernment is pursuing policy in this
respect decried and condemed by every
economic writer for over twenty-seven
centuries, from the time when the
herdsman ofTekvah, in the capacity
of the prophet, Amos, denounced
among the corruptions of Jeroboah,
the swallowing up of the poor by
making the shekel great and the eplah
small.
The general OPPRESSION, especially in
the cotton and wheat belts, is due to a
vicious system of financial and COM
mercial legislation, which for over a
score of years has collected and con-
centrated the capital and welth OF the
country in the Northeast. This evil
cannotb be reminded, and | cannot see
how it is to be even permanently pal
lated, either by a curtailment of pro-
duction or the formation of trust.
Mr.. Hume has told us that the only
nobleand permenent projection OF the
people is to be found in the security
of wise and beneficial laws. Legisla.
ton called this evil into existence and
legislation only can cure it. The in
terest of the cotton and wheat belts
demand, first the rehabilitation OF
silver, measure eminently necessary
to put them on an equal footing with
silver standard countries to complete
for the markets of Western Europe.
The demonetization Of silver acts as a
bounty on the exports of silver STAND
ard countries and gives to silver stand
ard counties an advantage over us 10
the extent of its depreciation; per con-
ira, it acts like tariff on the imports
to silver standard countries, thus
cutting the interest of the cotton belt
with a two-edged sword. The interest
of these two sections demandsa system
of note issues with the item of ex-
change against them to prevent their
congesting at the great trade centres OF
the Northeast, and by keeping them at
home, furnish local currency to be
loaned at reasonable rates of interest.
Third, a gradual reduction OF the tariff
to that point which will create the live,
illness competition between home and
foreign manufacturers. These three
measures judiciously Incorporated into
actswould give Immediately andpermaa,,
nent relief to the cotton belt-they call
for no favors, merely simple justice.
l.. w. YoUMANs.
Fairfax, S. c., Nov. 20, 1894.
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How IT Stands.

The Republican Congressional Com
mittee at Washington has published a
corrected list of members elected to
Congress at the late election, which
shows that two hundred and forty-five
Republicans, one hundred and five
Democrts and sixty Populists will re-
ceive certificates. Of, the Republican
representatives elect, 96 are members
of the present congress, 81 will succeed
Republicans, 116 will succeed Demo
Gratis and 6 will succeed Populists. Of
the Democrats returned, IS are mem
bers of this congress, 80 will succeed
Democrats and l will succeed Re-
publican. The Populists gain 1 in
Alabama and 2 in. North Carolina.
The only Republican candidate who
was defeated for reelection was Muir
ray, the negro member from South
Carolina, and he will contest the seat
of Elliot, the Democrat, on the grounds
of fraud. The chairmen of only 20 of
the Sc committees of the present house
of representatives will be members of
the next house, 81 having been defeat
ed at the polls, while Is were not can
didates for reelection.
Not Democrat who is a member of
the present congress was returned from
New England, and only one (Mr Part
lett from New York, one from Penn
sylvania (Mr. Erdman), and none from
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland or
West Virginia. Ohio returned only
two, one Of who was elected to fill a
vacancy in the present congress; and
Illinois only one, Mr.. McCann of Chi
cago, who has never cut much of fig
ure in the house. The states of Colo
RADIO, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Min
nesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Da-
kota, Navada, Oregon, Washington,
Wyoming and Wisconsin will be en-
tirely destitute of Democratic represen-
tation; while California will have only
one Democratic representative, and
the combined pluralities Of the two
Democrats returned form Illinois will
not exceed 500.
The minority in the next congress,
therefore, like the majority in the Fiji
ty-third congress, will be dominated
by the southern Democrats. Among
the letter are the only men of ability
or ripe experience in legislation Oh
the Democratic side of the climber.
Crisp and Turner of Georgia; Culbert-
son and Sayers of Texas; Dockery of
Missouria; Richardson and Mcmillan
of Tennessee; Wheeler of Alabama,
the only survivor of the committee on
Military affairs; McCreary of Kentucky
Boather of Louisiana; Catchings of
Mississippi, and perhaps two or three
Others. An analysis of the above fig
urers shows that the goldbug members
and free silver members all went
down together in the general wreck.
So it is sheer nonsense to say that the
agitation of the silver question is re-
sponsiblefor the disaster that has over
taken the Democracy. 1t was brought
about by the do nothing policy of the
present Congress.
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uniform courtesy and jealous cooper.
alton. Without their active help I
must have oft times failed.
I am glad to be relieved of the
burden, which has pressedupon me at
times with weight, which no man
living can conceive who has not been
similarly situated.
With charity towards my enemies,
who have hated me, I know not why;
with love and gratitude to my thous-
.ands of friends, return my commits
sion to the people who gave it, proud
of the consciousness that most of those
who put me in Office are still my
staunch supporters while have wrung
from my enemies at least respect: My
record as Governor is made.
What is write is write,
Would it were worthier.",
Respectfully,
B. r. TILLMAN Governor.
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a, ,Carless Gunner,

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ Nov. o.
By the accidental discharge of gun
during the Thanksgiving Day shoot off
the Eastside Rod and Gun Club this
afternoon, two men were fatally injur-
ed and third so seriously wounded
that the surgeons sey he will lose his
sight. While the shooting match was
i'll progress Henry V. McCauley,
member of the club, was standing with
party of friends loading gun pre-
paratory to taking his place at the,
traps. After placing the loaded shells
in the gun he closed it with a snap.
AS the butt of the barrels struck the
breetch both shells exploded. William
Griggs, aged %, shoe manufacturer,
who was standing nearest to McCau-
ley, received almost the entire load of
shot from one shell in his right tenn
pie and fell to the ground without ut
tering sound. George Hotzworth,
2S years of age, a ship captain, who
stood near by, was also wounded in
the right temple, and VILLAIN Hoo
yer, received part Of the load of the
second shell in the face, several of the
shot entering his eyes. The wounded
men were removed to the Wells Hos
pital, where at a late hour Griggs and
Hotzworth were said to be dying, and
that Hoover, if he recovered would
be blind. The accident caused much
excitement among the crowd of about
one thousand persons present and
several ladies tainted. No arrest has
been made and McCauley, when he
saw the victims of the accident in the
hospital, was much overcome with
grief and wept as though his heart
would break
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The Browns Acquitted.

BARNwELL, S. c., Nov. 24.-"Not
guilty" That was the verdict of the
jury in the case of Messrs.
Simon, Isadorc and Herman
Brown, charged with the murder of
State Counstable John Gribbins. AT
9 o'clock this afternoon the Jury, af-
ter being out exactly one hour, entered
the court, and the foreman, Col. Laur-
ence w. 'Youmans, announced that
they had agreed upon Il verdict. The
Judge ordered the clerk to read it. Mr..
w. Gilmore Sims took the indictment
and read from the back of it. 1.-The
State, VS.. Simon, Isadore and Herman
Brown, charged with murder We the
jury find the defendants not guilty"
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In some portions of Texas it does not
pay to have the cotton picked and it is
being allowed to fall out on the ground; !;
and in some portions of Oregon, fields
of wheat, containing hundred of acres
are left unharvested, as the wheat will
not, at present prices, pay the cost of
harvesting.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-12-05

THE eminent and wealthy colored
head-waiter that the Brooklynites OBJ
jected to living in the neighborhood
with, and the noted and eloquent
colored woman lecturer that the Chica-
60 society woman declined to sit in
club with, might do well to get together
and compare notes Oh northern admira-
ton for the colored race in prcceptand
in practice.
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are:
Constabulary ...,.,..... S 49,S53.34
Bottles, ,demijohns and kegs. So, 3,999.7S
Freights s.......,.......... 50, 999. II
At the business of the county dis
pensaries the Governor makes the fol-
lowing statement:
Total amount purchased
from State by all the dis
sarieS. eS............... .S671 555. 81
Total amount of sales, in
voice price. 573, 57S. 3S
Total, sales to consumers
County profit added. .$679, 222. IS
Gross profits. s............. 1G5, 800. 40
Total expenses. s......... 81, 4SO. ID
Total net profits. ........$ 76,775.25
Expenses. of dispensaries while
closed, included above, $3.50. 40.
During the quarter ending October
81 sixteen new dispensaries were run
alta loss, amounting in the aggregate
to $538.97.
This was caused by the illicit sale of
liquor in competition, and the hard
times reducing consumption. It is not
likely that the next quarter will show
any such condition. If so, all such
should have salaries reduced and ex-
penses cut down, or be discontinued.
There are open now in the State six
ty-nine dispensaries, all told. The
total profit by the county dispensaries,
net, is S76, ,77525. Of course out of
this must come the expenses during
the time the dispensaries were not
open, and it will take some time in
some counties to pay off this debt. 1t
must be understood that the profit
claimed by the State dispensaries is all
invested in stock-liquor on hand in
Columbia and at all the local dispen-
saries. The financial condition of the
State dispensary is fast reaching a
point where cash can be paid for ev-
erything and no accounts be run on
credit, and in a few months the $50,
900 can be turned back into the treas
ury, and later on the profits can be
turned in to the general fund for use
the same as taxes.
EDUCATION.
The Governor carefully reviews the
condition and the operations of the
several educational institutions sup
ported by the State. He shows that
the total appropriations required or
asked for by the four colleges will ag-
gregate something like this:
South Carolina College. ...... $50. 900
Citadel ...................... 90, 429
Clemson n.................... 81, 900
Winthrop College at Rock Hill $4,000
Winthroy Normal School, Co
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forts for the States welfare, and | can
afford to leave the newspapers and the
men belonging to the militia, whom
they encouraged to disgrace them
selves, and whom they have since
tried to vindicate, to mutual admi-
ration. The newspapers must admire
the devotion to duty, the discipline
and the moral courage of the troops.
The troops cannot help having a high
appreciation of the patriotism, wise
counsel and good sense of the editors.
If our bonds are at a premium and
capital not afraid to seek investment
in South Carolina, it is not because the
militia of Charleston, Columbia and
other towns refused to obey the orders
of the Governor; but because the mi
litia of Spartanburg. Grecnville, Edge
field and other counties responded at
a moments notice to the call of the
State. It is because the sturdy farm
ers, mechanics, clerks, merchants
men of every calling-dropped every
thing and hastened to the Capital to
sustain the Government they had
chosen, and to uphold the law their
Representatives had enacted.
As soon as things had quieted down,
orders were issued disarming all the
companies which had disobeyed Or
ders. The Lee Light Infantry. of
Chester, whose Captain had done all
he could to get his companyto go, was
reorganized, as were the Edisto Rifles,
of Orangeburg, and the Manning
Guards. The Ncwberry Rifles having
been guilty of insulting the Com
mander-in-Chief, while under arms,
was dismissed from the service of the
State in disgrace.
10 show the temper Of the people
and their adherence of mob violence
and resistance to law, in less than
thirty days after the riot, over one
hundred new companies were organ
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-24

circumstances. he continued, IL was un-
necessary 10 inform the Democrats or
Kings COUNTY OF the Importance or this
election. Turning to national questions, ne
the efforts OF the Democrats voters could
go 70 the polls at this election with no mar
shall to protect them. He referred to the
repeal of the Mckinley law, and the substl-
tuition Of another measure, which. although
1t may not just please the people. was yet
possibilities. The Wilson bill. he said, did
not reach as far as the speaker would have
liked on free materials, and while the duty
was not taken off coal and iron 1t was
materially reduced He had yet TO
hear that any Republican manufacturer
had maGe objections because OF the de-
crease in the duty OF coal. he was yet TO
hear the manufacturer seeking 10 reduce
the wages of his workmen because the
bill was 10 blame for IT. The Mckinley bill
gave US free sugar with a string 10 IL. The
new bill is. in the main, for the consumers
OF the land. If not all that might be ex-
pected, 1t was a long step toward the right
one
Senator Hill disclaimed for the Demo
cratic party responsibility for the panic
be traced to two sources-the Sherman sill
yer bill, which the Democrats repealed,
and the Mckinley bill. 'They say that
wrecked The Snip" he said. mo; the Re-
publicans scuttled IL. They bored holes in
the treasury, and left the snip empty and
Democrats are doing. But now things are
Frightening up; money Is easy, and in a
short time the good old Democratic times
will be back again. Keep the Democratic
party In power, give us a Democratic Con-
gress and Senate. and at the end OF a
ZINES. / will be willing TO join in turning
cut the Democrats"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-24
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

J. F.. March, Mayor of Kinsey. Kan, was
fatally shot while resisting footpads.
Albert Spaulding and mother, living near
Vinton. Ia. We're bound and gagged Mon
day night and the house robbed of 81, 300.
The Fall River striking weavers are still
gaining in numbers. The mills nave lost
200 looms since Monday, making a total
of 100 since saturday.
Herman Clark, a Wall-street broker.
Jacobs, was found guilty of forgery in the
third degree at New York yesterday.
W. S. Sommers, of Charleston, w. Va,
a government inspector, dropped dead at
the works of the Variety Iron Company, in
Cleveland, yesterday, of heart disease.
William Gref, a merchant, aged fifty-1ve
years, is in Jail at Paducah, KY, charged
with criminally asSaulting the nine-year-
old daughter of Max Stromberg. Mob vio-
lence is feared.
The State Superintendent of Insurance of
Illinois announces that the Susquehanna
and Aurora insurance companies, Of Har-
risburg. Pa, will be prosecuted on charges
of doing an unlawful business in Illinois.
Schedules filed in the District Court at
Denver by the Tabor Amusement and Real
estate Company, which recently made an
assignment, shows it's assets to be s 1906
1S2; liabilities, $3.50, 925. Mrs. E. =. Tabor's
assets are given as Sl45, 500; liabilities, all
secured, $4,000.
At Genoa. ILL.,, Monday night, an angry
mob of four hundred attempted to lynch
Charles Stebbins, who was In a fiimsy Gala
booSe, charged with criminal assault on a
twelve-year-old girl. The sheriff succeed
ed in getting the prisoner away from the
mob and safely to Sycamore.
The case of the Rev. NJ. L. Campbell
against banker Frank G. Johnson for $50,-
900 for alternating his wife's affections is on
trial at Omaha Both are well known.
Campbell alleges that Johnson broke up
his home and the defendant charges that
the suit is a species of blackmail.