The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-15
POLITTC1J NOTES.

Tic Comptroller has appointed Merritt smith OF ron
kers an assistant engineer in the Finance Department
The Judges al tSe Court OF General sessions have
pointed John j McDcrmott. the county Democracy
candidate ter Assembly the Eighteenth district IN
1870 an attendant IN that court.
Tic Assembly to be chosen in November will with the
senate elected last year participate in the choice Of
United states Senator TO succeed the Hon Frank His
cock. Warner Miliers term RS senator expired
March g. 1887. and Mr. lliscock chosen succeed
him Jan, 20 1887. the Republicans in the I.cgsla.
,urc giving Inn their vote soly to the number OF 81
aud all the Democrats present ,62 G) voting for
Smith VI. Weed. In the Republican caucus there were
IL ballots for three cRnddhtcs-liscock, Warner
Miller nnd Levi T.. Norton In the Democratic caucus
there one ballot Resulting rs follows: Weed a,
Edward Cooper 3. Dan'el Lockwood l. Waldo Hutch.
Tugs ]. ana James Green l. The Democrats have nov
majority the senate and II they be able to retain
their asrcndnncy in the Assembly they choose Z
Democratic colleague for Senator Hill or his ssor
Frank r. Fitzgerald. the present Register whose term
expires on Dec 81. whose successor s to be elected
in November is it Is understood. to DO candidate for
the Office o additional Surrogate proposed In Senator
Ahearns bill, which is pending in tho Legislature.
1t appears to be condition precedent to all others
in the organization OF clubs. leagues. parties. ana
guilds FOR the amelioraon of humanity. that clear
majority Of tho members must part their In the
middle The organization tho City Club Is the most
cent case in point.
Judge Maynard OF tho Court or Appeals, who was
to III the place OF Associate Judge on the bench
made by the death " Judge Ruger expects 70
be candidate for election next fall In 1876 and 1919
he was elected Assenblyman from Delaware county.
AMI made a record MS q temperance man chiefly. IL
1871 he elected County Judge OF Delaware county,
and held the place for ak In 1888 no can.
didute for secretary OF state. and defeated n
1887 he appointed Assistant Secretary OF tho Tress.
nry under the cleveland ministration In May 1882
he was appointed Commissioner OF tho Revision Of
fut nj n aaIa NJ A h..
Deputy AtorneyGenerai of the state at a salary
OF $4,000 year. and he vacated that office to become
Judge of the Court Of Appeals.
Very little sympathy Is expressed by old.lus Tam.
many men for tho New York Democracy men who com.
plain about what they call their i'll treatment. Speak.
ing OH the subject the other day wcll.known Tam.
many man said 80 far from complaining. those Now
York Democracy chaps should account very
fortunate. Tammany Hall has done HRreat deal more
for them than they have been able to for At
the last two elections not only endorsed many
their candidates. but also furnished them with money
TO man the districts and to pay their expenses with.
out aid they would have been able to candidates
nowhere. Yet they to BIO demanding that
they should receive some further recognition. though
what ground am at a loss to know for they have
already received all that should be coming to them and
a good deal more besides. think"
The Republicans may continue to win charter cleo.
tons spring provided the Democrats continue to
he n poor exchange for the Presidency.
If tho apportionment of Now York city Assembly
districts through the basis suggested some time
before the beginning OF the the folio wing
list of Tammany Hail Assembly district leaders will b
found to be substantially correct l.. Frank r Fitz.
gerald: H. Patrick Diver: Ill. T. u. Sullivan; w.
L. 7. Fitzgerald V. Daniel o'Rciliy: VI. Philip Wis.
sig; VII. Patrick Keenan,: WILL George f. Roesch; Ix
John Rsilly;X.. Edward Hngan: H. James T. Kcat.
ing NIL. james j. Martini MIL. James Fitzpatrick;
XIV. Bernard +. Martin: XIV. John C. shcehan;
XVI. John e. scannclt. XVII. William Dalton; XVIII,
james A. OGorman: KIN. George W. Plunkit; Xxx.
Daniel +. Mcmahon; XXI. John Connolly: XIII D. j.
oFarrel: NNIlI John whaien: XXIv John f. Carroll,
NV. Thomas J. Crombie: XXvI. Lawrence Delmour;
NNvII, Harry C. Hart: XXvIH. william II. Burke:
NXIX. Charles Wilde; XXX.. Jacob A. Seebold: XXXL,
II. d. Purroy.
They have not done much else since shutdown on
election day but the Republicans in three New York
city distrctsthe Eighth. tho Eleventh. and the Thir
teenth-havc composed theiG differences schermann
and Brodshy having adjusted their rivalry for leader
ship in tho first named Alderman McMurray having
returned to the Republican fold in tho Eleventh and
Gibbs AMI Cow!c having buried their hachets of fac
tionRl warfare deep down in the harmony field.
The greatest merchants the greatest bankers the
greatest lawyers. tell you" Mayor William Rebus
Grace declared before tho Young Mems Society Of ST.
stephens Church. at their reception. are men OF
never csasing energy. ana while you may now and
then hear of some one who accumulated fortune or
has become famous by what seems to BIO some fortu-
nate accident. yet the man who waits for chanc 70
serve him thus will never be SO served ut ALL"
According to the statement furnished by the Score.
tary of tho Commission the monthly expenses of the
AVueduct Board amount to about $4,000 two thirds
OF which is for work done by contract tho remain.
ing third for rent. salaries. and advertising.
One Anticipated and useless feature of election. in
this city which has stubbornly wthstood the march Of
progress is the booth for the distribution tickets
These boxes have been in for ma.y years rather
1t may be said have been in existence hut they not
large enough to hold tho ordinarily corpuent dstrbu
ter of tickets pastors and wholly unsutrd for
the protection Of tickets. They frai and un.
substantial easily overturned. top heavy, and
unsightly. AMI about the only good pur-
pose they fuhl is that OF furnishing kindiing
wood for the b"nilres of small boys election
night In tUrbulont and riotous neghborho on an
usual for hostile gang to make tour OF II district.
ovcrurnns tia election booths and scattering tho
tickets OF the candidates. Under the existing election
law. with fat sets of tickets indoors II would make NJ
ishcd bnt all Efforts 10 abolish them have failed aai
they n"y TO he in again this ycar. The boxes
81 II each in cost, and there eS7 s"c
ton districts at the recent election thi. item OF outlay
81 45 for each political organization using these
unsisltiy and surerfuous reminders "f TIE pocs
quarter OF a century ago.
At no time since 1864 has S"w York state rast its
electoral votes tor the stmn political party iw"
ressive rrcst1entIn elections. In 1854 IL went Rcpub
lean. in lass Democratic, IN IST. Republican, 1919
democratic. III 1850 Republican, in 1885, Democratic.
aud in 1883 Republican, According To these prcrs.
dents. 80. should be u Democratic year.
- eight applicants for appointment on the police
force pntrOlm.n vino presented themselves for ex
animation last week, onr was !abprrr one porter
H. /,
cpntion, requiring from those engaging In them murh
ply rNi strength these foIr ere rcjcrtct I'm ia,
other hnuI. baker. n cabnctmakar. railroad coz
ducior aud entry clerk passed satisfactory
one result Of the election OF n Legislature that 10
Democratic in bo' branches is 10 be the recas,ing OF
the state issues on which poltica! battles are to be
wngri IN New York. Since lSSJ. the year Mr. IIivs
hrst election as Governor. tho demand from Democrats
Tor state census and new apportionment has been
snrcnl S.nre Ihsi the deIlunN fnr