New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-01
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.
NEWS OF PUBLIC MEN AND AFFAIRS.
REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION IN TIE NATIONAL
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AFFECT

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ventlon Completed last month, all further activity
in that line will await the OItcomc OF the proceedings
AT Minneapolis Immediately afte: the National nomi-
| nations are made the Campaign Committee must be
appointed, and then the active work In advance Of the
election will begin The Campaign Committee Is APP
pointed by the Executive Committee and consists q
twelve members Of tic General Committee. who haze
power TO add 10 their number Republicans who not
IN the General Committee TIC Executive Committee
will consider the question Of TIE relative representation
in The Assembly distlicts and the bearing of the
changes upon the local nominating conventions next
fail Tile alvisability Of opening permanent campaign
Headquarters rcyt mont, may dis, lie taken up n.
TINS weeks meeting
The Kings County representatives. In the Republican
State Convention tha year did not succeed in gaining
as many honors as tlcy did four years ago. Then
| James ;. r. StFarahan made OF the electors
atlarSe and David a. Baldwin made an alternate
dolcSa'cat large. The failure to accomplish as much
| this year due TO divided cOnnsclS. The repre-
scntatives OF brooklyn were not fully agreed They
! az first sought to have cx Mayor Schroeder made
decgatea, large and, failing in this sought TO nave
| Mr.. Stranahan made ciectOr atlargc The result
was that they succeeded In securing the place Tor
| neither. An attack made by John +. Henry upon
Mr. Stranahan In the caucus Of the delegates was par
TALLY responsible f)r his result. There was repre-
! sentation Of Kings County upon the nominating
committee including Charles r. Martin. T.. p. Thomas
Ernest kaltcnbcrg, George T. Deane aud jacob irchh"r
The Brooklyn who will participate in The Ma
| tional Convention Theodore u. Wills, Jchn A.
Nichols Charles A. Moore. Edward b. Bartlett Robert
A. Shakey, Jacob J. Schlusscr Dr. Charles i. llepp
| and Joseph benjamin. Only ~ them took part
| in the 15oo convention, which nominated President
Harrison. lie is Theodore b. willis. His associates
| nj that time Timothy l.. Woodruff Granville w
Harmon Jesse johnson. william j. Taylor. Michiei
| J. Dady, DR.. Louis F.. Nicot and James C. Johnson
McSsrs willis. johnson and Harmon are all row Fed
| pr, DIR Is cad
and Dadv failed 10 get the offices they sought. Mr.
| Wills chairman Of the Campaign Committee In
lse5, and he will probably be placed in the same place
| this year, rs he Is well fitted for The work by eS
| pcricrcc and inclination.
| BY the Congress district apportonment Brook
lyn gets five electors instead Of fDur. The men Ia
In this capacity ac Howard ". smith, president
| Of the Union League club lIorac" F.. Dresser. Jan"
| q. Carpenter william A. Booth aud W. l.. Moore. Tic
Kings County Presidential electors in ls5- were Major
GuStavc 4. jain. Nelson J. Gates. james W. Eirkctt
and Chester d. Burrows, IT, who represented the -four
| Congress districts. Mr.. Sranahan was an clectorh
large. and he was entrusted with the duty Of convey
ing the certificate Of the vote for President and Vice
President from Albany to Washington. He was the
Oldest member Of the Electoral College being then In
his eighty 1rst year. His younces, associate was Lis
| pcnar stewart. only thirty three. lie Is M
| clcctOr again this year.
An entire change was effected at the state Ccnven
| ton in the representation of Kings County upon the
Republican state Committee. The new members aN
william II. Beard. james W. Elrkctt. Charles VI
Nevns ". J. Tylor and Robert NJ Johnston and they
succeed Israel j. Fischer. Charles I. Dunwcll, Dennis
VI. Hurley and Francis f. Williams. one new mem
Der has been gained by the additional Congress district
| allotted 10 Kings County. The men have been
active In politics for years and he depended upon
TO give good account Of themselves In the work to
which they have been assigned.
The Aldermen almost tunibed over each other IN
their to draw the first instalmcnt Of their
new salaries la. week. BY the terms 81 the act
authorizing the Board Of Estimate 10 nX their salaries
the payment was 10 begin ai that the mem
bcrs Of the Board entitled TO ten days pay for
April. Tho ponderous tn, oiorc Wanser who Weighs
| nearly 300 pounds. was the first 10 appear at the
Office OF City Treasurer COrgin and secure BIS money
and then his associates raced In after him. The self
competency OF Of the members of the board
appears 70 have been greatly rcreacd by tho premium
put upon their work b. pay. But Tbs did not pia-
vent IN" Offering Of a resolution BY Alderman Black
at the meeting last Monday designed IN act tirfi
| to the propreios u a circus who had bloc kndcf
street. He offered a similar resolution last year. and
plentiful supply Of circus tickets IN the hand, ~ one
Of his fellow members failed to mnfy him. Bat the
other members proccded refer the matter that
could not De acted upon until after The circus had do
| parted.
IT cannot be said that tho Legislature Of 500 nc
! compishcd great things f)r Brooklyn. Tie great
add to the burdens Of taxpayers by Increasing sal
aries. Others tended 10 lay burdens upon the
| future by making provision for parks and public
| buildings which will be- Of much benefit 10 pDstcrity.
Several bills Of this nature still ia the hands Of
| the Governor. Among them are the measures Great
| ing a public library. with an appropriation of tooo'-
! OOO approprlaling a Ike sum for an additional
municipal building, laying out driveway along the
| Shore Road I'm Bay Ridge. increasing the amount Ia
be expended for small parks, Increasing the appro
pratlOns for nrmOfi"s. aud to acquire the
property Of the Long Island Water supply Company.
Tie measures OF most importance adopted w'r' those
providing for the Eastern District bridge. for addi-
tionnI street paving, dividing III" Eighteenth ward.
reducing The Park Commission from three to one.
increasing the number Of assessors. ani extending
| second ave. across GOwanus lay.
Uncommon anxiety Is displayed By Cyrus f.
Staples regarding the probable constitutions OF The
commission TO apprnisc the value Of the property OF
the Long Island Water supply Company. II the biz
authorizing ITS purchase by the city becomes law.
Mr. STAPLES has repeatedly declared that he has parted
| with his interest in the stock Of the COMPANY ~
nroIoLle supposton l. that he Is int rested In IN"
pma"tD nov because his sonln-law. r. II. Trecarn.
IS ,l' pr,rid iHi u The COMPANY. $500, .
Senator McCnrren Is 10 have II dinner nrA w., W.
I'm honor Of hi, f.rvces In securing thc needed reg
mon providing for he bas to r be s Gaor ron Mn ne e
,Ivon n, Aron Hail ard number OF puthc mcn WI
make addresses and the advantages 81 the hc% D'Hc
to E Is' cSpercd thai sJcnm would be one 20, Of
mo sneolcrs nt the Grant memorial ihfctht vi IT,
urcoLiyn Institute but he fail"d to appear: -, y,
announcing that he was eXl@cicd 10 De p ,'sr nv
" i,. hour of Ie meeting DR.. StorrS pf''hv'rcu VI,
INC slowly 20 that II sounded Ike slow come anu
th| audience appreciated the ht A., ,.,, ,.r,aa
one Of the interested special rs OF We circus n
, ,rcs,k was the ocoecnarian cN MAYOR Johh W.
Hunter Of the Dime oavngS i -, h conduit
Iutc ugl was east upon the causes Oh inc ,orua''
.'cr in the early winter ny III" late Spl,rs an, nd
, of ,c cxpcrts Of the CITY Works Department. "
| p,ol' y, cdcnt Iy which the city was put on snort
rons Of water for day and hail VIII go ao%" ,,o
I.,ory rs dspcnsation o. Providence one 81 ,ac
~, mnrkalIc features OF the report was The icV,ia
lion Of The fact that owing to the ncca Of E wo,r
ou'r The periodical examination Of II hai been SUI
ppd6ch for several ycars This shows that fro'ac
pa' dcncudcd upon to the city from - "l'.
VA, which might have occurred at any Tune ~