The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-28
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

print the picture Of man with smooth face who has
raised full beard since At the time OF Mayor Grants
candidacy number OF the old cuts Of him were out
They renrssented him having a moustachs and side
whiskers whereas he really had q full beard lie had
grown the beard since his picture taken and the
cut made from It Even some OF the old outs Ap.
pear al timea
Another thing than the arrangement OF the beard
makes It necessary get new editions Of cuts;
that IT, the change in weight. Mr. Frederick 8 GibbA
for instance had cuts Of him made from photographs
which were taken about the time that he went into
politics At that time he weighed about 1855 pounds;
he weighs up toward 2OL Ills cheeks wero then
sunken his face pale through ofice confinement Now
his face IA plump and pink The pictures OF him az
they appear make him look like a conSumptIva
County Clerk Reilly ia another man to whom these
remarks will apply. lie Ia now fat. 1t 10 only two or
three years since he thin His moustacho and his
flesh have accumulated simultaneously.
1t only right that the public should havo the latest
pictures OF these men and that they should be photo
graphed down TO date least down to every fall
campaign during which 1t may be necessary 10 print
their pictures.
Every commission and every committee furnishes
employment for New York stonographers o1portH en-.
gneerS lawyers, and clerks Every year the LeRsla.
ture sends several committees to New York Zach of
these com mttses has its own counsel hphora
cerka accountants and other Employed Then tho In.
terosts affected by the investigation have counsel and
other employees with occasional and 40
countanta An nvestiRation q good thing lawyers
and typewriters and 1t makes business in the
time which is thor dull season Besides this OF
the commissions are preparatory to enterpriseA
and employ engineers as we'll Tho Rapid Transit Com.
mission keep busy several Engineers and
besides tho usual lawyers and clerical force Tho
Greene Hudson River Bridge Commission will also keep
engineers busy. Commissions help professional
the expense generally OF the taxpayerS
tits probable that tho Nineteenth Assembly district
will show the largest proportionAto increase voters
next fall Tho Nineteenth district is about seven miles
long. 1t runs from spuyten Duyv down to Fifty.
second street and has Seventh for its eastern
boundary. Tho centre of the district Is strongly
publican, with the two ends Democratic. Thore arc
more voters there than in some Congress districta
Judge Campbell had bad luck with the bills which he
favored at Albany. Some Of them got through one
House but tAilod In the other OF them did not
either House and others that did pass failed
ceivo the Governors signature.
There will be big nghtiu district over the
annexed district Commissioner He will hold
erA Mayoraty terms and his power will be greater in
his district than that OF other Commissioner In tho
city. In the openings OF streets and and
public works he greatly Affect the value of prop
erty the fact that street is improved paved
fore another turn the line OF growth Tho office
elective and only the people OF the annexed district
can vote for It. Tho new Commissioner will be q
bnation OF the Park Commission and the Commits.
sioner of Public Works and the Board of Street Open.
ingA so far AZ the annexed district RoeI
Commissioner Purroy is not candidate for tho place;
he Ia too busy taking of his heath 10 possible
that combination Of the Republicans aud the County
Democratic basis of division OF tho patronage will
be mado against Tammany This likely II there
is no coalition of tho Republicans and tho County
Democrats on the county ticket Tho annexed district
has given TAmmAny puralties ever since Commission.
Purroy became tho rammany leader but tho Repub-
licAns arc strong there and there are some County
Democrats There s also rivalry between tho Twenty.
third and Twenty fourth wards tho upper and lower
ends Of tho district which will show when It to
tho election OF tho Commissioner. Tho upper end OF the
district will think that II from the lower end is
elected he will be much moro likely to improve tho
lower end than the upper end. 80 1T will be in the
other case THERE'S more politics over this office
than any other
ItmAy be the political maxms against summer can.
didates which have prevented declarations for tho
ofices to DO Allied next fall There are few hundred
candidates for Mayor but there not many candi.
dates for the Other oceG The two City Court Judges
who in expect denominations and Michael jean
Baptise MESSENGER 10 willing to DO Coroner again But
for District Attorney. Comptroller and Sheriff. all big
ofices. thore almost no candidates. Men have
learned that by declaring Themselves early In the
they give longer time for their oppon nnd
their faults and defectS and that matter who Is
nominated the first thing likely 10 happen will DO
knock them ont because all OF tho many candidates
each Office who have been keeping their desires to
themselves or telling thom only to their intimate
friends disposed against the candidates
1t is not probable that there will be . Democratic
State Convention this year Tho only state once
filled by election fall Is Judge OF tho Court Ap
peaS to succeed Robert Bare OF Herkimer The last
time Judge OF the Court of Appeals the only
officer to DO elected 1t fixed up by the State Com.
muee without going to the trouble OF calling State
Convention There great deal of expense connected
with tho holding Of = State Convention. There arc
three delegates from each OF the l2S Assembly districts
in the State besides all the Statesmen who have
TO that all these delegates vote properly Then tho
candidates have their friends thero the platform
makers and the usual attendants at Convention, who
make up crowd Of several thousand. There 10 also
likely to be injurious friction at Convention not
particularly tho floor but in tho prelimnAr than
At Stale Committee meeting. Tho most powerful rea-
OF all against holding a Convention 10 that II the
Convention is held the fight between tho County De-
mocrAoy and TAmmany for the seVenty.two delegates
from New York would break out at last Since tho
County Democrats united with tho Republicans last
fall TRmmany has claimed that they ceased to be .
Democratic organization entitled to recognition In the
Democratic Conventions When TAmmAny in 1879 ran
candidate for Governor by itself It thrown out OF
the state Convention At that timo Tammaay did OF
with tho Republicans, but only another Dom.
ocratic ticket This is what the County Democracy
has doing OF aud since Its Organization,
Dut Whon tho county democracy unltou Win tno re-
publicans openly Tammany claimed that they forfeited
their right to DO called q Democratic body.
Since tho death of Irving Hall tho delegation has been
equally divided. TAmmany thinks that It should now
have all tho delegates At least many its vote
entities It to. On tho returns of last fall TAmmany
poled about four times as votes as the County
Democracy Tammany thinks that the least that the
state Committee do In making up the roll for the
Convention ia to give Tammauy four hfhB OF the dele
CATION Even then TAmmany would have dihpropor.
tionato number OF delegates TO votes On average
each delegate 10 Democratic state Convention ropre.
sents about 100 votes TsmmAny polled about one.
nth Of the Democratic OF tho State and has less
than on e.tenth Of the delegates
The Treasurer of the bridge OF the few ofcials
who have to DO responsible financially for the acts Of
mon they have not tho power to appoint remove.
Tho Treasurer give bonds for the bridge moneys
He has not tho power to hire or discharge tho men
who handle tho moneys and who could steal than
his year salary any time they felt like It.
M. Villas as n Presidential Subject.
From the INDIANAPOLIS Sentinel
In It's issue OF to-day the Herald OF this city
prints the following In Its editorial columns: