Review of reviews and world's work . ember, may bedefeated by a Republican-Independent coali-tion. Governor Patterson has won famebeyond the bounds of his State as a pardonerof criminals. During his term of office hehas releasee] nearly 1,000 prisoners, including152 murderers. The Republicans of Tennes- bave nominated for the- Governorship(apt. Benjamin \V. 1 [ooper, of Newport. TheDemocrats of Texas are sharply divided onthe issue- of prohibition. By a decisive votethe Hon. (» I ilquitt, anti prohibitionist, nominated for Governor al the primaricin July. At a special session of the TexasI lat
Review of reviews and world's work . ember, may bedefeated by a Republican-Independent coali-tion. Governor Patterson has won famebeyond the bounds of his State as a pardonerof criminals. During his term of office hehas releasee] nearly 1,000 prisoners, including152 murderers. The Republicans of Tennes- bave nominated for the- Governorship(apt. Benjamin \V. 1 [ooper, of Newport. TheDemocrats of Texas are sharply divided onthe issue- of prohibition. By a decisive votethe Hon. (» I ilquitt, anti prohibitionist, nominated for Governor al the primaricin July. At a special session of the TexasI lature the I louse pa ed drastic antisaloon bills, one of which prohibited thiof lie| within ten mile of any publice hool, but all these hills u< re defeated in the ie-. The Republicans «? f Texas havenominated J. 0 Terrell, oi in tntonio, forI he n< I < Iklahoma i 1 ommitted to the prim iplc i m Rro dihi In 1 he- primalii ol Kugusl 1 the ., . .ill- I < e ami lid 270 77// ISf ERICAS REVIEW OF REVIEWS. -l NATOB THOM \- PB70B GORE (Whu-c i!i .rwith the* lai 1 ouml sensa: ment to the constitution was carried. Thisclause i- almost a verbatim copy of theNorth Carolina disfranchisement law. Itapplies solely to negroes, exempting illiterate whites and Indians. Much complaint hasbeen made in Oklahoma of the methods bywhich this amendment was carried. Theballots were so printed that much moreeffort was required to vote against theamendment than to vote for it. The re-sult was that many votes were counted forthe amendment which had probably not beenso intended. Senator ^l,t H1 JU-V ^(-natur Thoilia- P. Gores (;re of Oklahoma, openly charged Chroe3 in the Senate that, in June last,a bribe had been offered to him to withdrawhi- opposition to contracts made with Indiansiif the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes, for thesale n| coal and asphalt lands valued at morethan S;o,ooo,ooo. The government hadauthorized the sale ! these lamb. Undoubt-edly the Indian O
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