The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-09
POLITICAL NOTES.

| FOLiIICAL NOTES.
The term OF Mr. Cleveland As President will sxr,rs
on March T. 1897. The term OF David r. Hin A. senioe
Senator from New York State viii expire on March A
1897 the same day. But tho term OF Frank Hiseoets
successor in the United States Senate viii not expire
until 1902
Tho ctys bill for advertising tho nomination, msas
at this years election was 81 1880
No amusing episode in tho neld Of ,oe. no,,,.,
has softened the aspertes of defeat the
than the trip of committee OF New York AMI R,oo,.
Ign Republicans to Philadelphia to ascertain how that
| city came to be carried for Harrison ana Reid III,
Philadelphia ward leaders explained tho case to th.,-
visitors and attributed In all seriousness tho result IA,
the absence Of machine rule in tho Republican oru.ni
| zaton In tho Quaker city Tho New York and Brook.
Ign Republicans were delighted and promised to call
again. As matter Of fact tho Republicans Of Pha.
| dephia have an almost perfect local machine Il
rolled up big majority for Mr. Harrison ono reason
| why New York and Brooklyn Republicans did 40
poorly this year Ia because In neither city has thar
party an organization worthy OF the name Ky s,csr
tanning this fact manifest to every ono cse before
starting they could have saved tho expense of their
| round trip tickets
All talk about the nomination for Ds,rct l,to+,.x
At next years election is premature and most OF IL n
the merest gossip. District Attorney. in New York civ
are not decided upon year in advance and in the
four NEST recent Instances tMckeon in lssi Marine
in 1884. Fellows in 1887. and Nico 1881 tho nom
nation was settled only few hours before the vonven
| tion met
In injection Y it'll the Office Of Chamberlain which
becomes vacant during Mayor Gilroys term II 10 fac,
which has previously escaped observation that the
Chamberlainship (Which Is tho best paid office under
tho city governmenD has for more than wenty years
been ned with single exception. by persons never
elected by popular vote to Official position III.
exception was Richard Croker appointed In May 1882
Tho city is paying 100000 a year in rents for do.
pariment Offices now. declares elect Gilroy and
he adds that this would tho interest So 900
In bonds. 30 that 1t would be economy to get . now
building AS soon possible. The valuable records IN
the st wart building or tho Registers Office could be
inper.' by fire. he declares. and many of them could
not he r, placed. True; true Out waers footinga
The height OF political ahsurdty has been attained
by the statistical Muswumrs who have reached the
conclusion that the Democratic national ticket was
not faithfully supported" in New York state in the
recent election phenomenal ma jorty. in Presi.
| dental year OF between $1,000 and 80 600 would
naturally silence ono would think. such lille eabhls
but Migwuinpis only seadfast wi as he wrong
end OF question. as IN this instance Perhaps.
though. II the Mugwumps had not joined tho Repub.
cans IN the tprng election in Chemuuv and made
common cause with them in Rensselaer, in November.
| 1881. the results this year would have been more
gratifying in those two counties as they certainty
would lave been in Albany under skiful leader
than Judge llerrck who divides his time with en,,
mrar'ia!ty between the court and the taking
his delegates badge into trailing the ernn.
| into the other
Faithful. declared the wise man In tho 27th chaptsr
of Proverbs are the wounds OF friend but they are
probably more exaperating than the wound. Of
an enemy. when persistentIy ADMINISTERED Such 4,
the suit Of the American National Bank OF Providence
| against eA Mayor William r. Grace. Tho action dates
back eight years and relates 10 a transaction Of a
mercantile character wherein Mr. Grace one of tho
parties and Ferdinand Ward the other. One result OF
1t is the existence OF claim. on the banks part.
which Mr.. Grace disputes. and which I'D 10
date he has been successful in resisting Whenever
tho political skies look particularly bright for him or
his friends and he Is on the point OF wing some
important success this suit. like Jackinihe K reap
pears and is rehashed and rehearsed down TO tho mi
nor details 1t has become in fact. Old story and
its renppearanco at irregular intervals is injustice
to Mr. Grace hi. friends Wedge and his politi
cal enemies are frank TO admit.
Tho election OF Ferdinand Levy to tho ONCE OF Regis
ter creates vacancy tho Board Coroners which
will be filed temporarily by appointment. A Coroner
for the full term will b. elected in November us,t
along with a successor to Michael J. B. MESSENGER,
elected in 1901 BY this means rather the result
OF this tho rotation in tho choice of Coroners will
changed. There four Of them in New York. and Mp
TO this time they have been chosen in the fol-
lowing: Three IA majority Of the Board, In tho nrst
OF each SERIES the second year. one the
third. Hereafter more than two Coroners will boz
chosen in any one year. and q maior OF tho Board
i'll not BIO installed the result OF any election
The republican primaries for tho choice OF the
mtee for 1898 will take place tho 18th inst. and
there is prospect of contests in many Of tho
districts 1t an old axiom in politics that statesmen
fight hardest when there is !eas, dispute over and
such appears to be the situation with tho Republic
Of New York city to day. They have been shorn Of
their State and municipal patronage and their polti
cally available Federal Offices to DO taken
away Instead of abating the zeal of the Republican
partsnns. these disasters to have rekinded it,
and lively battle all along the limo is one
q IA day undv
lengthy contests. unduy protracted by tho employ
ment OF counsel on terms of familiarity with the Law.
but having nall knowledge of municipal politics.
Don't forget Davenport in making Acknowledgements
to those who contributed toward making the Demo
cratic victory in New York. lie did his share.
Lincoln county In New York will put the Empire
State on par with many Of its sisters. There is Lin
coin county In Arkansas. Georgia. Kentucky Lousi.
ana. North Carolina. Tennessee ana West Virginia
In tho Eastern States there is Lincoln county In
Maine only. In the West there is Lincoln county in
Colorado. Kansas Minnesota, Nebraska. Nevada South
Dakota. Washington. aud Wisconsin. Some countiss
however. derive the name of Lincoln. from
sassinated sixteenth President. but from AajorGsA
Lincoln of the Revolutionary army.
The Republicans OF tho Eighth and Ninth Assembly
districts have been looking forward for many months
to the building OF the new Appraisers warehouse. at
the junction OF Washington and Christopher streets.
a source OF patronage in the Presidential election.
Along with other cheerful Republican anticpAtions
this dashed by the action OF the Harrison Ad.
ministraton in postponins the beginning of I'm.
til after the determination OF the election contest
Ground has at last been broken. and to the asonsh
ment and dismay of all good Republicans in that sec
ton Of town. the contract for excavation has been
given n member OF tho Tammany General Commit
tee in the Fourth Assemby district This is
reasons why the resident Republicans sad. bus
other and greater disappointments await them In
connection with the Appraisers building Tho new
warehouse will cover entire block of land. and win
not be ready for occupancy before 1894
The selection Of Minneapolis the place for hotnx
the Republican National Convention IN June
mended by many statesmen as a shrewd move Tor
cilating tho growing states OF the Mort hwest which
have been very firm In their allegiance "a R-puh
candidates Of late. In Wisconsin. III. ho!lng OF
tho Convention in the vicinity seems to have eN"sei
no such effect u was expected. In Minn.so'a Nj ar
rson polied 900 yOes less in 1892 than he DID n