The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-03
POLITICAL NOTEa

hucu VIII ueponu upon tns retuW OF WIS yeefN ne
nicpsi election. for will pretty dennitey decide the
political complexion Of various municipal dspartusrts
for some year, to come. The Mayors successor vim
not he chosen until 1894; the Board Of Aldermen viii
henceforth hold once two years. instead Of one; the
newt Corporation Couusai Commissioner Of Public
Works. and chamberlain will be IN of,os uatii 1897,
the Board OF Poiics cannot be changed ieee ana
the next Mayors appoin snts In the departments Of
Docks Charities and Correction, and Taxes and Asssss
will control for not less than four ysArs esna
This years Presidential canvass L. In point Of sstiv.
ity behind the record Of previous yssrs sa the
Democratic a. well as on tho Republican side. ne
leaders Of both parties slow in beginning the real
work Of the campaign Tho same condition Of thinss
10 reported In other States.
There has been some criticism Of the action a the
Tammany Hall Committee OF twenty four In slsotina.
without the Intervention OF the voters In prsvtous
years leaders for the newly created districts In point
of tho action Of the leaders IN some dstrots II
choosing leaders for other disricts has prsvious
precedent In Tammany. but. on the other hand. the
action taken docs not anect the right Of the Tam.
many voters in tho districts to choose their owa
local ocer There may be some complication regard
ing the right to nominate under the electoral law bat
II Ia not probable
Under the apportionment, a. hHed BY the Board
Of Aldermen July TO- twenty OF the thirty Assembly
Districts of New York wholly. or mostly. above
Fourteenth street. The Second Assembly d,stries
which has bsen known for more than forty years -
the Democratic Gibraltar Ut noludes tne F0urth ana
sixth wardS preserves the Ugh somewhat changed e
distinction of being tho strongest Democratic district
in tho city. A now constituted II gave Flower ass
year 5000 IN ajority.
| Charles j. Cands. who for . number Of year, has
been tho Treasurer of the Democratic Hatisn Oomr
mittee was of tho contestpg Syracuse delegates
to the Democratic Convention in Chicago. Robert D.
Roosevelt who succeeds him Treasurer. was one Of
the seventytwo delegates who were chosen at the Al
bany Convention and he participated in the Aenbera
| tons At Chicago Mr.. Canda did not.
Staten Island officially known ~ Richmond county.
has In every congressional apportonmeut made since
1922 bsen linked with tho counties Of Long Island,
Surolk, Kings and Queens. Since 1851 Richmond,
Suffolk. and Queens counties have been one distrc.
Under this years apportionmen OF Congress- dsriots
Richmond is Joined with the First aud Fifth Assembly
districts OF Now York city That distrct 10 repre-.
scented by John r. Fellows and should the Democrats
Of Richmond adhere to their determination to secure
| tho Consressman-they have been unrepresentsd II
the State Senate and in Congress for many years-CoL
Fellows would be . candidate In another district
probab In tho In which he resdss up Of the
whole riverside territory with the east side districts
between Fifty ninth and Seventy ninth streets added
Capt. George W. wnshburn has Med . claim against
tho city for 81 500 to reimburse him for Gums On.
pended In his proceedings for Reinstatement Police
Captain after having been retired in violation Of the
| law relating to Grand Army veterans.
There Is state ticket to be elected in New Ysrh
this year. Chief Judge OF tho Court OF Appeals 10
to DO chosen In the Presidential election Of 1884 there
was. similarly. state election. but the number Of
Judicial vacancies was then two. and by agreement
between the two parties Democrat and kspuo-
| lcan put on botn tickets and both candidates
were elected almost unanimously In 1885. when Q
JudEeship was tho only place to be ed the State
ticket there was party fight between Judge Daniels
and Judge Peckham. but In 1880. when there NO
other State oticer to DO elected both parties agreed
| upon Judge Earl Tho truth Of the matter IL thas
neither party wishes the vote on Judgeship to be
copied as test OF its strength. and there 10 large
class OF voters In both parties who wish to keep cleo
tions to the Judiciary separate from politics.
It is against the traditions of tho Republican party -
| renominate Vcefresidents. The old ticket" 10
| a cry which has no attractions for the Republicans.
| Lincoln and Hamlin was winning ticket in
| 1860. but when President Lincoln was renom.
| irated In 1854, Hamiin was left or Grant and Col
| fax was the winning ticket in 1858. but When
President Grant renominatsd four years later.
Colfax left of OF tho ticket Harrison and Morton
winning ticket in 1888 but after President Har
rison renomnated in MINI eapols Morton LEFT
OF. The Republicans found Harrison TO be strong with
tho interest for which Mr.. Morton stood four yearS
ago. and hence the denomination of the latter
thought essential Tho only Democrat In recent years
to be renoninaed for Vice President was Thomas A.
Hendricks who in 1875 and again in 1854. He
cleo both occasions but deprived Of hio
tho rst by fraud little less monsrous thaA the
Force bill itself
Tho Re publican Club has been energetic arranging
SORES Of meetings in the various districts Of the
city. 1t nrst engaged Roswell G. Horr Of Michigan whS
spoke defence Of the tarn system at the
Republican meetings nightly until the middle Of July.
Then Gen George A. Sheridan. formerly of Louisiana
| took hold and he has been tho Republican orator il
| advocacy of protection at local Republican district
meetings since the intention Of the organizers Of
this branch of tho Republican campaign to keep up
| these ms n q
exception of Sundays there will be In this city every
| night Republican protective meeting somewhere.
sheridan went to England last winter to procure
| material for campaign speeches.
| Tammany has chosen young men for its leaders in
the newly constituted uptown districts. The average
age district chieftans is ten years less than thas
OF their Republican adversares. many of whom have
| been in tho harness for more than twenty ysarh
The enacenent OF the Fifth Assembly district under
| tho new Democratic apporionment was foretold In
| THK Sun on Feb Is. nvo months before tho change
The term tho Commissioner Of Public works Is four
years and MI Gilroy or his successor will have clear
tito the office. unencumbersi with litigation. when
tho next Mayor makes his appointment on the LIST OF
May 1899. 1t not so when Mr.. Groy took hold on
MAY l. 1889 exJudge Nelson !. Waterbury dNputng.
at that time the Mayors right to appoint and Insisting
that his client. d. /. smith. lawfully held over.
Th.nsw app,rtoument OF Assembly districts viii
not leave any last years Democrats sent to Albany
without a Democratic constituency Lines have bees
drawn 80 that each ono Of tho twenty Democratic
members from this city can, II renom'nated Do re-
Turned without encroaching upon the district Of either
Of the others It is ut this time Aquestion OF how
many members the Democrats from Now York Will os
able to gain Two of the Republican members oflass
wears Assembly. tho representative OF tho twenty
second and Mr. Wells Of tho Twentyfourth. were eieot
Il in large measure. by Democratic votes. but on .
straight, out night between the two parties tho Ropus
ems would have elected ? membeA and tho Dome
Gratis ~ ON similar ight this year It docs not seem
Mt M i'm the Democrats can elect IN or the
~ m.mh.r. should they be able to do so. the neIS
Legislature would he Democratic. and Frank HiscocA
will have Democratic successor In tho United satss
senate to keep company with David b. HILL
The ration in this city In 1888 Was 7soo<J
which was an OF 5000 ovor that OF the Pres
dental year previous The gain IN 1894 over 1880 vaS
o4O,o ratio OF increase tho total regis.