The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-16
POLITICAL NOTES.

POLITICAL NOTES.
In an action In the Supreme Court nv ? lne..c,, '
dano TO forecio.e lien. tho Hon Ju,,, y Va,
President OF the Police Board and founder NJ -.
York Democracy. appears as "Jncon Noorhi,r
One good eject Of renpportionmen, o, IA,
districts 10 TO be tho oindng together by cls,, handy
the annexed district with Manhattan I.,,nJ :, Nv"
be said that At the present tims the resid.pt.
Twenty.third and invent y.four,h wards bexonn Wv
Harlem almost have separate and distinct .i.,,
government They have their own As.ensl,m.'
Aldermen. Commissioner Of Public iupro, .,r...
civil and police courts. police precincts And w..
boundaries and In tho choic. of Congro.,m.n yo,.,
with New York. but with Westchester COUNTY rh.
nexcd district has more than tho required obo,, :,
population for an Asse'nbiyman. ana consecu.n,,
sumo OF Its residents will vote this year eIther n,,
the present Nineteenth or present Twcn.y.tb,,, ~,
tret. and the Harlem River. white continuing to ma
geographical linz. viii for tho frs, time ,,nc. ,s-
cease to DO political line OF demnscaliVn In Sewy
county
II is not the custom In New York city 10 ,.,,.c,
tiers. Miles OReily toricia!y Charles j. iiarin., w.,
chosen IN 1906, and was succeeded. for one term ~
big Judge Michael Connolly, who was sucoes,.a .,
term. by Con- Franz sigei who gave way a,t,ro,
term to Patrick Henry Jones. who was succeeded u,
ono torn, by Frederick ". Low. who was ,ucc..a..
for term. by Augustine T. Docharty, who wa an.
ceeded for torn. by John Reilly who WAS succeed
cd for ono term by JanesJ. sevn. who give rae.o,
Jan 1890. to Frank Fitzgerald. the present ineum
bent indeed. since the establishment OF the ono. a,
Register OF Deeds. by net OF tho Legislature passed
March 1s. 1872. no person has held that pAee for tv
consecutive terms although there Ia nothing in IN.
State Constitution to prevent reelection I, nunasr
derstood TINT Mr. Fitzgerald who popular R.g,.,
is to bo q candidate for reelection.
Claims against the city continue TO be Med Al Ly.,
rate footing up s1tOoA according the books o, N,
Comrtrol!crs ofcc dnrinr business hours OF ono day
The Court Of Appeals decided In test that Board,
OF Commissioners could not suspend without nay"
city employees. They could discharge them oitrvh.
and thus terminate thcI- claim for salary but ts.y
could not temporarily suspend them without giving IN,
employee the right to for salary for the period ~
his suspension Of tho law N. sub
ject led = number OF Commissioners to transsre.,
their powers and suits tho results but In many ~
the cases the city has WIN: 10 considered complete
defence-s waiver in writing by the employee o; ali
claims Of damages on account Of his suspension. IL
the which controlled by civil service
rules suspension is of great service to the employee
for It frees him fdG the ordeal Of examination and
Keeps bis place opeh whereas summary removal would
deprive hun Of the advantages he enjoys
Jan. p. tho day for the meeting Of the Democratic
National Committee called choose the place for the
Convention Of 1892. II tho anniversary Of tho birth Of
three contemporary ceiebrltics-John c. Fremont Re-
publican candidate for President OF tho United Staes
In 1855: John @. Breckenridge. elected cerresieu:
1855 and defeated for President 1860 and Stone
wall Jackson.
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John T. Eerby Of tho rwenty.fourth Ward hss es.n
appointed Inspector OF Buildings in the Fro De-
partmsnt. and Maurice Stack Of the First Ward has
been appointed Dock Master in the Department OF
Docks Mr. Ksrby vas nm to stx months am IN.
leader of the County Democracy in tina rxsn,1,ou,,
Ward, and Mr. Stack was while that organization en-
dured tho loader OF tho irving Hail Democracy
First Ward Extremes touch.
the Department OF Public Works for 1901 tsSIoooa
That tells story Of economy in the public serv,c.
very m uch m oro eioouent and aim, than anew
or.dI, ~ Oh. Han Thnrns. n,,raa =. ,.I,n,,,'n W,
nrnv,den. tnnc,,an. 80 IN -, inno.tn, ,,n",an., ~,
n.rtm.n,
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The story Of the once who called on President
jackson TO demand the position OF United States Min
lister to the court Of ST. Janess and at the close e
the Interview agreed to forego his claims ola
pair OF the Presidents boots has not passed wholly
from tho memory of politicians It has been recently
duplicated q small scale by popular local states.
man Of many ambitions. the Hon. John Martin who
prior to che municipal election OF 1910 was formida
BILE candidate for tho Office of Sheriff on the Tammauy
Hall ticket. He did not got the nomination and he
was later on candidate for the appointivs once Of
Under Sheriff with similar results Prior to the election
Of 1891 Mr.. Martin candidate for the more mod.
est and humble office Of Coroner the Tammany Hail
ticket but his expectations were disappointed again.
This year. for the third time Mr.. Martin asprsd an
office and has been successful in Getngit II 10 that
OF Journal Clerk In the State Senate less important
than sherih or Coroner. but better than no ONCE
Tho husrumps OF twenty yean ago. unable to lend
Ener valuable support to tho election OF either Of the
candidates Tor President nominated by the Republicans
and the Democrats held q nominating convention in
one OK tho parlofs Of the Fifth Avenue HOTEL put
Frederick Law OlmsteAd for vicePresident. The
seemed 70 promise great things while the June
were poisoning but the crisp frost Of November
AID the 1879 Nugwumps prone and cold and the ticket
vas Withdrawn.
- en' pion''ueu' IN .ne poh.,os OF ths day. have
~n "o'o Aeu'o part IN pubic anairs than John
no mas oeen reelected BY tho Republican, Of
INV =" o"tea e'a'es senator. On tho Democrats
'ao however 10 party entertain little behind sher-
nan IN khowledse OF political affairs and in active par
l',psson IN thom he Is Arthur r German who. born