The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-02
POLITICAL H0TEs

Seven candidates were before the Democratic Ma
tiona Convention OF 1875 and the vote Of the leading
one the first ballot was fortyseven in excess Of
half the Convention and short Of 70.
quis,c twothirds. Nineteen candidates were before
the Democratic National Convention OF $780, and the
leading candidate was 100 votes short OF majority
on the first ballot and $40 short OF the requisite
thirds Ten candidates wero before the Democratic
National Convention OF 1894. and the leading csndk
date the first ballot. was Is votes short OF ma
joy and 1876 votes short OF tho required twothirds
In 1872 and 1885, years OF Democratic DEFEAT the nom.
nation made by reclamation. and in the latter
year roll call of States SUSPENDED for the pur
pose There has been no protrscted nsht ever the
Presidential nomination on the Democratic size, since
the Convention Of 1868 in Tamtnsny Hall
The wigwam in Chicago where the Democratic Ne
tonai Convention will meet has frontage OF 800 feet
on Michigan avenue. and ia $50 feet In width. IL the
largest convention hall ever erected and its full
pacity IL 10000.
Municipal tickets for November election. when pub
lshed In spring time are subject always TO changes
later bpt appears now, this 10 10 be- In Its
ta features the regular Democratic ticket exclusive
OF Mayor to be nominated in October; For County
Clerk, william J. Mckenna; for Register. John Van
Claim; for additional Surrogate Frank T. Fitzgerald
for Judge OF the General SESSIONS. Henry D. Purroy.
At succeeding National Conventions of both parties
the number OF army veterans grows steadily less and
the proportion OF civilians and more especially OF
fessional men-lawyers physicians, and engneers-in-
creases The Democrats OF New York. however. viii
preserve in the Chicago Convention their record for
military representatives two of the four deegAep ~
large having gained a national reputation in the nsd.
Cen slocum graduate OF West Point and 65 years
of age Gen. sckies was q volunteer. and succeeded
in command Gen. Hooker before tho battle OF Antis-
tam. lie will be 20 years Of age in October.
The new apportonmcnt will srect tho Senate. A.
sembly and Aldermanic districts. The apportionmsns
of Congress districts has made and no change 10
~. rpdi,t ald stri ,ts
OF Senate districts this year. will not Into effect until
next yenr and in Of vacancy 1t will be filled
the basis of the districts as they were year ago.
Hills vote for Governor in 1888 was essI6< clsvs-
lands vote President in the 6SS. eeH
Cleveland further behind Hill than behind HARRISON
The headquarters OF the New York delegation in Chr
caRo during tho National Convention will bs at the
Auditorium. That will be the New Jersey headquarters
too Tho Indiana and North and South Dakota dele
gates will be located at the Victoria Those from Wis
cousin W II have their headquarters at the Leland.
Those OF virginia will DO at tho Southern Those Of
Colorado and Rhode Island will be at tho Clifton. The
Arkansas. Minnesota. Mississippi Missouri Montana
Nebraska. and Wyoming headquarters will Be- the
Grand Pacific The Ohio and Pennsylvania delegates
will have headquarters at the sherman House. The
other States will have headquarters for their delegates
at the Palmer.
Tho anttsnap Mugwumps show constantly. and IN
many odd ways. tho humbug and hollowness Of thsiS
pretence to be considered Democrats. In eectng dsi
egates to the Syracuse Convention they did not gsk
moro properly perhaps. were unable to get. resi-
dents OF many districts to 60 Not one OF their dele
gates from the Second district which 10 tho strongest
Democratic district in the city belonged there. One
hailed from the annexed district One lives II
brooklyn. and the third lives in the Eleventh
Assembly district. In tho First OF the delegates
from the Nineteenth district and the other from
the Seventh. In tho Eighth district OF the dele.
gates lives In tho Eleventh and another lives in the
Seventh. and so 1t through tho whole list More
than half OF the alleged New York delegation from
the four Republican dstrcta
Leut.Gov sheehan has engaged rooms in the Metre
pole for the June Convention. He is New York's repre-
sentative the National COMMITTEES and the nrst e.
hcent and alert working Democrat In that post since
tho death Of Hubert O. Thompson.
It Edward Cooper who stood alone on the Cen
mttee of Resolutions at tho St. Louis National Convex
ton of 1888 against tho proclamation Of free trade
principles and he prophetic warning, behalf Il
New York State which he represented that com
mittee. of the difficulties which would attend indtRss
to the voice OF the New York Democracy in that
regard. Mr. Cooper is not delegate to this ysaTAu
Convention. but his lively interest In tho cause e
Democracy has not been essened that account nee
does he fail to ake active part In the politics Of tAs
State and city.
The State Senate elected in November last win vssa
the Assembly to be elected this year. for UnissA
States Senator in place of Frank Hscock In the uvpss
House are seventeen Democrats and eleven. assyiy
two-thirds majority. como from the mssropentan sea
Of tho state There should DO good DOUBT
therefore, that Mr. Hscocks will only b
= Democrat but that he will be Democrat from the
metropolitan end of the State The Democrats %
this State have had only two United States ssns-
in than thirty years. of them from Utica
and tho other from E!mira. New York city has had
only three United States Senators in sixty six Year,
Hamilton Fish. elected in 1881: Edwin D. MorssA
elected in 1863 and william NJ Evarts elected in 1854
Brooklyn has had United States Senator. II hAs
never had u Governor. either.
Gov. Flower vetoed appropriations made BY the r.
cent Legislature to tho amour. Of 81 800 ooo . sam
$500 900 OF tho entire all the corporar
tions of Now York-railroad Insurance. telegraph eas
mining banking, and miscellaneous. To insure fru-
gality expense. and to nterpose the strong Of
objection against extravaRance. rapacty and the p
lage of the peoples treasury whether national stats
or loo al 1t needs q Democrat in ONCE eyery time