The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-03

-,na One OF the Ola Dnys-ue ms
n,.rsd Headquarters and 10 Giving Out
Fat Cigars and Luncheop 10 his Friends
The speakership Practically Settled.
ALBANY. Jan. 2-Here It is the Saturday be-
fore the Legislature meets and not as much
oo,,tlcel buzz as when the Aldermen in the old
cty Hall down In Now York held their annual
drawing for little Offices. With the Inaugural
tion Of Gov. Flower and the decision o! the
eontested election cases political interest died
ont. The Speaker Of tho Assembly ana the
President Of tho Senate OF the state OF New
York, not to mention clerks. doorkeepers. ser
seants- arms. and Fostmasters. are TO DO
slected. and thcre isn't half the fuss that the
Cobleskil farmers make over selecting their
repres entatiye in the Schoharie Board OF Su-
pervlsors.
When tho Legislature was Republican the
Senators and tho Assemblymen from the rural
districts came to Albany weeks beforehand.
dressed In their Sunday suits and carrying big
sripsacks. They would sit on the sofas In the
Delayan House and look on the first marble
floor they had ever seen in their lives. while
lou Peyn tho one ever heard his first name in
full, silas b. butcher. Sheridan Shook. Hum
minebird Buregh. and the other old
var horses whispered mysterious political
secrets to them. Up stairs Gen. James William
Hustled and his competitor would have open
epeakership headquarters There would DO
omen boxes OF cigars. with blood-red bands
stamped Real Perfectos" The Legislators
had all the free cigars they wanted. aud there
we're bottles that nobody watched carefully.
Across the hall were moro headquarters.
where Charley Chickering used to be man
aging his canvass for Clerk
Those old days are gone There are no
Clerks headquarters at all. No ono seems to
b running for President OF the Senate. Sena-
tor Cantor has such o sure thing that no has
not gone to the trouble Of opening headauar-
ters. Dr. h. p. Bush OF ChemunC. who will be
Speaker has taken rooms US q matter Of form.
but the only things to show that they are head
quarters are three open boxes Of bega de beEas.
picture Of a beautiful lady driving along the
Sss coast in q ne-horse phaeton.
m that hasts left a Fl s Is Ss ms The
SECOND time, Ho began in 1859; and he has
headquarters because he cannot help It To-
day he he'd New ieas Luncheon there With
Of other. things. and big. fat cigars that cost
Twenty-Five cents apiece Wholesale. He did
this TO celebrate his breaking the Assembly
ssSsSly SAf Ssean S ITO
dc Assembly from Queens county, He went
and liz h. vas speaker once. while janet, William
Hustled has been Spea ker six times, and he isn't
through yet Several e his trirpds presented
1oSn sssGle With 3e
Carries 81 IN s Snow
lar friends But even with the free luncheon
end the fat cigars there we're few callers.
served serve the General in ALBANY Since he was q
boy, Is IN faithful ATTENDANCE He said sadly:
sss see vi st Be ana Ses
nothin' but de mlnerandum.'.
..Assemblyman John Connolly felt so lonely
his friends at his house. s Pine street, back Of
the asJ si Hh,cS in Albany is in fashionable
Of New York will be resident Of the Senate.
Robert ?. Bush q ChemHng; Speaker Of the
6sse q as fss not @ TSc
S % Ce Nv OF fhs se anaa hausice Hqat
end the Tammany leaders donot want to spare
sr He vss Gef * osffe
ens ysass Hga and % clerk h Of the DemeeIatie
ts ns tSe1
are short Of experienced men for committee
Chsi5m's1nshiHs. This IL causing great deal
four 1.-THE i've are from New York city. Or tho
OemocrAuo ASSembymen who are reelected
% large q proportion come from New York
that Chairmanships BY seniority Of continuous
which will naturally go to New York and
Brooklyn. the New York city Democratic lead
prs are asking nothing. They would prefer to
hAve the Chairmanships given to country
Democrats. II they can find competent and ex-
~ o. the q Senators. II have served before in
the Senate. and 10 in the Assembly. Sixty
pine Of tho 12S .AssemIlymon have served
6s sH 9b,ch he b 0e9 us OF members Il out t.
cans. Independent Republican. and vacancy
RSuIoollicSsnnss n the Assembly. There are only
o. the eTwenty-s district being put down
The only change in the Governors office
stat is the strnoErapher. N. 1. York. who has
s sai, years taking the place 9f sttnographer
Senator Hill, The Republicans. wifi Tsncmi.
eate their old candidates. Gen. James William
Hustled for Speaker. Chick ering for Clerk,
Capt James ManviIle Of the. Dean Richmond
ior sergeant ut Arms. and the old officers OF
the Senate with the exception OF J. Slont Fas-
eett, who IL not member OF the present Senate.