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358 large portion of our country against every usage of civil warfare during the late civil war.' The resolution was referred to the committee on military affairs upon motion of Mr. Whiteaker, and a substitute for the original resolution was reported, as follows: "Resolved by the house, the senate concurring, that we welcome William T. Sherman, General of the Army of the United States, to our state, and invite him and his staff to visit the capitol at this session."

At the election held on Monday, June 6, 1870, for state officers, L. F. Grover received eleven thousand seven hundred and twenty-six votes, Joel Palmer eleven thousand and ninety-five votes, for the office of governor; S. F. Chadwick eleven thousand six hundred and fifty-five votes, James Elkins eleven thousand one hundred and forty-two votes, for the office of secretary of state; L. Fleischner eleven thousand five hundred and ninety-three votes, M. Hirsch ten thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine votes, for the office of state treasurer; Thomas Patterson eleven thousand six hundred and fifty-one votes and H. R. Kincaid eleven thousand five hundred and fifty-eight votes, for the office of state printer; James H. Slater eleven thousand five hundred and eighty-eight votes and Joseph G. Wilson eleven thousand two hundred and forty-five votes, for the office of congressman. It is thus seen that the entire state ticket of the democratic party was elected by a small majority. A. J. Thayer was elected judge of the second judicial district by a vote of two thousand four hundred and twenty-two to two thousand three hundred and thirty-six in favor of John Kelsay; R. P. Boise was elected judge of the third judicial district by a vote of three thousand four hundred and ninety-two to three thousand four hundred and seventy-four for B. F. Bonham; L. L. McArthur was elected judge of the fifth judicial district by a vote of two thousand