The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-26
POLITICAL NOTES.

POLITICAL NOTES. ,.
Robert r. Bush who has been spoken Of a eandI
date for Speaker Of the Assembly 10 tho representative
Of the ChsmnpR county district. . native Of Yats,
county and nearly 90 years Of ass He ssrved In ths
Twelfth New York Infantry participated In the bast
and held for some time ~ prisoner. And returned
from the war ~ Captain In the 1s5th Infantry He u
| aphysician graduate OF the Buffalo University and
are'ident Of the town Of Horsehead.
Timothy J. Campbell whose recent nupss,s Ssv,
provoked end OF talk the east side 10 serving hi
third term In Congress- or rather. his second full term
his hrst appearance In Washington having been TO MI
out vacancy He was u civil Justice for ak years
from 1870 to 1881 In the latter year no was dsfeated
for reelection but the year after no was sent TO the
Assembly. In 1883 he was elected State ssnator for
two years and In the middle Of his he opposed tho
reelection Of Cox to Congress on the ground that
tho latter was nonresident OF the District He on
posed him BY running the late william Hail % csnd
date against him. On the 25th Of March, 1895 Mr. Coz
was appointed Minister to Turkey and Mr. Campbell a.
pirsd to succeed the Congressman. He won. but
mis- majority was very slendsr-SS7 votes, where
Mr. Coxs had been 1<.sO8. In 1850 Mr.. Camp.
bell was candidate for reelection. and desiring
to increase his majority and to make his election Al
sure ss possible he secured the following endorse.
ments; Tsmmany Hall. Republican. County Democ.
racy Irving Hail. and Labor party. The contest how.
ever. did not turn out ~ expected Thomas p GRADY
running a. stump candidate receiving II TOO vetss
and falling only $50 short Of csmpbslrs total In 1883
Campbell was defeated for Congress- but in 1890 on
the union nominAtion BY Tammany Hall. the Rspubii.
cana County Democracy. and the New York Demoo.
racy. he was successful
The name Of Thomas =. oiiroy 10 very ssnsraliy and
very favorably discussed candidate for the Demo.
cratic Aayorahy nomination In 1902
The six new states idaho. North Dakota eouth IA.
keta. Montana. Warrington. and wyoming. will have
- AeVv trs a..
The State Of has abolished III. po,l
~ prerequisite for voting The tax at rate VARYING
from 20 cents to ~ fol, upon very great number Of
persons. proposition made several ysars aeo 70 do
away with tho tax qualities Of voting In PsuusyL
vania was defeated b. an overwhelming majority.
election Of 1879 the supporters Of Lucu. Rob-
inson the regular Democratic candidate for Governor
against whom John Kelly running 40 an .nde
pendent carried through successfully their local
county ticket and won In majority OF the CITY dis
triots. In tho Twsnty.third Assembly District Gov
Robinson's majority over Mr. Kelly was 400. Charles
willoughby Dayton. the regular Democratic nominee
for Asssmblymsn was third in the race running 100
behind the head Of his ticket The next year there was
. union OF the two Democratic factions and Mr. Day
ton. receiving tho endorsement Of Tammany. was
elected In the biography which he prepared for the
manual appeared this statement: "Mr. Dayton though
endorsed by Tammany Hall fall has never belonged
to that organization" That was regarded by many
Tammany men at tho time a. n most rratuitous slur
on the organization which had elected him, with.
out whose aid and had been defeated tho
before. The exAssembyman expects to b on tho
Tammany General Committee In tho Twenty.thfrd
District after Jan. circumstance which recalls to
the notice of many old rammany his illusions to
that organization At time when he was holding an
ONCE by the aid Of ito supporter and whom Il vas
much less strong than It Is to-day.
Thanks to the diligence Of Comptroller Myers tho
election officials who served the recent election arc
paid much earlier than usual this year. The work of
paying OF was begun at the paymasters once on Nom
day. the 2lst Usually tho money 10 not ready before
tho last week OF the year. IL thsn
The new Board Of Aldermen will contain few nav
members Alderman Martin will succeed Alderman
flegenheimer in the Tenth district and Alderman
Smith will succeed his former friend and coliearue
Alderman Kunzenman in the Fourteenth. John Norri,
not returned In the Seventh. and Alderman Cove
reappears from the Thirteenth but in other respects
next years Board OF Aldermen will be the samo in
membership this except from the annexed district
The assignments OF Judges OF the Supreme Court for
1892 includes the designation Of Judge Edward Patte
preside in Chambers during the early part of the
month October when matters involving the duties
OF the County CLERK in the acceptance or rejection OF
certificates Of nomination come up Tor consideration
BY raising the membership Of the Sammany General
Committee from 900 the strength Of that body
TO b and larger Opportunity for tho r,p
resentation Of Democrats il to b afforded. The new
General COMMITTEES will meet for permanent organixa.
tion on Jan. g.
Tho Republicans OF the Ninstssnth Assembly ps.
trict have appointed committee prepare Duplicate
return bsnks for use atthe next election in the various
election districts OF that district. me determination
10 do that not reached until after much consro.
versy and dispute. Such blanks have been in use pv
Democratic organizations for many year,.