Frank J. McColloch, of Bellefontaine, and seconding speeches were made by Isaac Newton Zearing, of Logan, and W. H. A. Read, of Lucas. For each nominee the rules were suspended and choice made unanimous by acclamation.

The only contest of the Convention was over the nomination of a candidate for Dairy and Food Commissioner. George W. Wilson, of Madison, named Frederick B. McNeal, of Miami, for renomination. The nomination was seconded by Elihu S. Williams, of Miami, and Elverton J. Clapp, of Geauga. Walter Brown, of Lucas, was presented by George A. Chance, of that county, and seconded by E. P. Matthews, of Montgomery, and William T. Perkins, of Hamilton.

A ballot was ordered and Dr. McNeal took such a great lead from the start, that before the result could be announced Mr. Brown's name was withdrawn and the nomination of McNeal made by acclamation. The result barring fractions was McNeal 629, Brown 183. Outside of Hamilton and Lucas Counties, which went solidly for him, Mr. Brown had but a scattering support.

The eagle was adopted as the emblem of the party to be placed at the head of the Republican ticket on the blanket ballot-Ellis B. Gregg, of Cincinnati, making the motion; and on Senator E. L. Lampson's motion, the State Executive Committee was authorized to fill any vacancies that might occur on the ticket. The Convention then adjourned sine die.

Shortly after the State Convention, the State Central Committee met in Columbus and selected the following Executive Committee to serve one year: Charles W. F. Dick, of Akron, Chairman; John R. Malloy, of Columbus, Secretary; George W. Sinks,

of Columbus, Treasurer; Marcus A. Hanna, of Cleveland; John A. Caldwell, of Cincinnati; Joseph C. Bonner, of Toledo; Isaac B. Cameron, of Salineville; David Meade Massie, of Chillicothe; Joseph E. Lowes, of Dayton; and Clarence L. Maxwell, of Xenia, advisory members.

The Committee immediately mapped out a plan of campaign and engaged actively in its prosecution for more than three months. The results are best told by the overwhelming pluralities given Major McKinley and the other candidates on the State ticket, as well as by the great majority of Republican Legislative candidates elected. Besides this, more Republican local candidates were elected that year than ever before in the history of the party. The Governor was elected in 1891 as "William McKinley, Jr.;" his father having died in 1892, the son dropped the "Junior" from his name and was elected as "William McKinley" in 1893.

The Prohibition State Convention was held at Cleveland, on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 27th and 28th. There was a long and heated discussion over the platform, the "one-idea" faction desiring a declaration on the temperance question only while the others wanted to define the attitude of the party on every question at issue, and the "broad-gauge" faction was successful. The resolutions adopted were similar to those of other years except one which declared:

We stand unequivocally for the American public schools taught in the English language, and are opposed to any appropriation of public money for sectarian schools.

A complete ticket was nominated, with Gideon P. Macklin as the nominee for Gov

ernor.

The People's Party met in State Convention at the City Hall, Columbus, on July 4th, with but a small attendance of delegates. Edward J. Bracken, of Franklin County, a so-called labor agitator, was nominated for Governor. He has since been elected to the House in the General Assembly as a Democrat.

The Democrats held their State Convention at Cincinnati, beginning on Wednesday, August 9th, and continuing through the following day. Their platform included these declarations:

We hereby endorse the platform adopted by the National Convention at Chicago, and especially those portions of it referring to the tariff and to currency legislation. We congratulate the country upon the early prospects of measures of relief, as outlined by the President's late message to Congress, and we have confidence that the Democratic Congress will devise laws to furnish such relief.

The financial situation is the unfortunate legacy of a Republican Administration; it is the natural result of the McKinley Tariff Law and the Sherman Silver Law, extravagance of the party lately in power, and the creation and fostering of trusts and corrupt combinations by that party, all combining to shake credit, to create distrust in the money of the country, and to paralyze its business.

The country has abiding faith in the integrity, patriotism and exalted courage of President CLeveland. True to the people and watchful of their interests, he will enforce honest and economical methods in the conduct of public affairs and secure to every section of the country the blessings of good government.

The ticket nominated was as follows: Governor, Lawrence T. Neal, of Ross County; Lieutenant Governor, William A. Taylor, of Franklin; Judge of the Supreme Court, John W. Sater, of Darke; Treasurer of State, Brisbin C. Blackburn, of Coshocton; Attorney General, John P. Bailey, of Putnam; Member of the Board of Public Works, Louis B. Wilhelm, of Summit; Dairy and Food Commissioner, Patrick McKeown, of Hamilton.

The canvass was conducted on National issues almost exclusively. The identity of Governor McKinley with the law that was known only by his name, and the fact that Neal was credited with writing the tariff plank of the Democratic National platform of 1892, especially emphasized the tariff issue. The silver and pension questions were, however, by no means ignored. The campaign was a stirring one, both candidates making many speeches and touring the State. The result was the largest Republican vote ever polled, with a falling off from the Democratic vote of the previous year of nearly 50,000. The number of defective ballots cast by Republicans this year was nearly double the number cast by the Democrats of the State. The official returns, as returned to and published by the State Supervisor of Elections, were as follows:

HE Seventy-first General Assembly of Ohio organized on Monday, January 1st, with the largest Republican majority ever chosen to each House up to that time. Early in the month the question of a single or "regular" and "adjourned" sessions came up. The small minority of Democrats in both the Senate and House expressed their willingness to unite with enough Republicans to force an adjourned session as usual. Fortunately enough Republicans could not be found willing to break the party pledge and enter into this scheme. Under the State Constitution of 1802, one-half the Senators and all the members of the House were chosen each year, and it was also provided that the General Assembly should meet "on the first Monday in December in every year." The Constitution of 1851 changed this and provided that all the State Senators and members of the House, except to fill vacancies, should be elected at the same time for a term of two years each, and "all regular sessions should (shall) commence on the first Monday of January biennially." This prohibition of annual sessions was evaded by every General Assembly since the adoption of the new Constitution, except the secondthe Fifty-first--by meeting each alternate year in adjourned sessions," until the Seventy-first. Public opinion had been dormant as to this evasion of the Constitution until

1893, when there was a strong expression in favor of a strict adherence to the Constitutional provision for biennial sessions only, and through the efforts of Governor McKinley the Republicans in State Convention had declared their purpose to comply strictly with. this requirement. So, for the second time in forty-three years, the Legislature made provision for State expenditures for two years, instead of for one only, and closed the session on May 21st without adjourning to the following January. A number of beneficial and revenue-producing measures were enacted by this Assembly, but the only one of a general political nature was that granting women, possessing the necessary qualifications as to age, the right to vote for members of School Boards and also to become a member of these boards themselves. The opposition to the law was mainly based on Constitutional grounds, but its supporters claimed that the Constitution did not create the offices in the government of schools but merely directed that the General Assembly should make provisions whereby there should be maintained a thorough and efficient common-school system throughout the State. Also that as a common-school organization was created by the Legislature it therefore had the power to determine the qualifications of an elector and office-holder in it. Difficulties arose as to the registra