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 the National Democratic Convention and received one hundred and three votes.

The Presidential election resulted in the success of the Democrats: Cleveland receiving two hundred and seventy-seven electoral votes, Harrison one hundred and forty-five, and Weaver twenty-two.

The Republicans elected ten of the eleven Representatives in Iowa and the Democrats but one, while in the previous Congress the Democrats had six of the eleven members.

During this year the people of Iowa became deeply interested in the World’s Columbian Exposition to be opened at Chicago in 1893, in commemoration of the anniversary of the discovery of America. In 1890, Congress recognized the enterprise by an act making an appropriation for a National exhibit. The same year the Legislature made an appropriation of $50,000 and provided for the appointment of a commission to consist of eleven members, one from each Congressional District, to have charge of the Iowa exhibit and devise and execute plans for making such exhibit. The members of the Commission met at Des Moines in September, 1890, and organized by the election of the following officers: president, Edward Johnston of Lee County; vice-president, James Wilson of Tama; secretary, F. N. Chase, Black Hawk; treasurer, W. H. Dent of Plymouth; executive committee, S. H. Mallory, J. W. Jarnigin and John F. Duncombe. The next General Assembly increased the appropriation so that the Commissioners had at their command $130,000. In agriculture, horticulture, live stock, dairy, machinery, manufactures, schools, woman’s work, minerals and various arts, the display from our State was highly creditable. The attendance from Iowa was very large during the entire season of the exhibition. Owing to the death of Edward Johnston and the resignation of James Wilson in 1891, J. O. Crosby was chosen president and J. F. Duncombe vice-president. They