The sun., 1893-05-21
POLITICAL NOTES.

storisi districts into which. by the spportoment
New York city Is divided: Seventh. 100: Eighth 49,
600; Ninth. 10000; Tenth. 1000; Eleventh. $500:
twelfth. 1000; Thirteenth. $500. and Fourteenth.
$500 The Twenty.fourth ward nj New York. which
casts 1000 Democratic nad 1000 Republican votes.
forms part Of the wostches;ar senatorial district
The Albany Legislature hsving adjourned on Aprii.
20. the week ending aay 20 finds a committee Of the
Republican Club Of this town preparing donounce it.
Ex.Asscmbymen r. j. Lewis, Ia H. Chttenden. and
oS.Judgc Jacob Patterson members OF this
mittee, aud they propose give the last Legislature
scorching review In pamphlet form II is soon TO ho
published There are eighteen other members OF the
committee and before they get done denouncing the
late Legislature the people will have elected
sor. with Democratic majority In both branches
In case any one should ask you New York city has
4Co miles OF Streets 323 mites paved with stone.
40 miles with asphalt. 40 miles are unpaved, and
miles have cobbo stono pavement
Forty.two survivors OF tho Forty.second Regiment t.
New York Volunteers. met at Tamnany.ilau Oh sunday
last arrange TO visit Gettysburg July tho on.
sion OF the thirticth anniversary of the battle The
Fortysecond had originally 10IS members but there,
are now but seventy.four survivors
Tho Republicans who are figuring on gain OF three
A.emblymen in Brie county in November will be dis
appointed. Their gains n Erie will he onset by their
losses In Albany.
Grover Cleveland was Mayor of Buffalo when Edward
Murphy Jr. was Mayor OF Troy David Il. H. May of
Elmira. and william II. Grace. Mayor of New YORK.
when Washington became. ninety.threo years ago.
the national capital single packet soop brought all
tho office furniture OF the DEF artments from Phadei.
phia. besides seven large boxes and nve small ones.
containing the archives Of the Government The OH.
ciais numbered nfyfour persons including President
Adams the Cabinet secretaries. and their clerks.
1t is announced that william II. Leonard Of the
Eighth Assembly district has resigned his post of
fruit inspector IN tho Health Department. The salary
Of this Office is 81 200 per annum.
II the Republic ans expect hold even their present
representation of fifteen in the state Senate they
make better nominations than they made in 1891.
when the result of their bunders control Of tho
upper branch OF the Legislature passed out OF their
hands. Under the new apportionment only twelve OF
the districts are safely Republican and two others
Republican by small majorties To retain their fifteen
Senator'S therefore dhe membership of tho Senate is
fixed by the Constitution thiry.two they must re-
tain all these districts and carry Democratic dis
trict in addition. twill require hard work
Comptroller Myers IL to publish the advertisements
OF the real estate sales Of city property In ali of tho
daily papers. except the Recorder and Joutna,.
The Louisville Convention OF tho National League Of
Republican Clubs was appropriately held in a State
where the Republican party In in the minority.
Under tho new Senatorial npportionment Staten
Island which. since 1879, has been Joined to New
York for representation purposes is Joined Brook
lyn. Prior to 1879 staten Island part OF tho
Senatorial district formed by Queens Suffolk coun.
ties but this year for the first time 1t is annexed to
Brooklyn
Edward Stokes is OF the sureties OF the Morris
Cumming Dredging Company in its contrac: with
the city for improving Irer 81. East River Comp.
troier Myers has approved the suciency OF his bond
New York. Chicago. Philadelphia. B ooSiyn. BatL
more Boston, St Louis. Cincinnati. Cleveland. and
Buffalo, ten OF the eleven big cities OF the United
States are unrepresenttd by OF their citizens
the United States Senate. The only American city
having population in OF $50 900 which has n
representative in the Federal Senate is Francisco
The commissioners awards in the proceedings for
the establishment OF public park at Corears Hook
talked about since 1870. have finally been approved
Under the new law, which will have its the
Elm street widening. pablo rrovements be
riei forward much more rapidly than was formerly
the and time and will be saved peo
pie thereby. Condemnation proceedings against prop
erty needed for public purposes have been scandaous
ly slow IN New York and the late Legislature took .
step In advance in amending the method.
There arc 1000 naturalized Italian voters in New
York city. 1000 naturazei English voters 100
French and 33 600 Irish.
The Liquor Dealers Association of the Ninth ward
has contributed $3.50 to the fund being raised for tho
support OF the widow and hAlf-orphan ohd of exScn
ator Edward r. IIayan It has also on motion of Dan
mclaughlin OF Leroy and Greenwich streets passed
vote of thanks to leader James W. Boyle for
his services in behalf OF the liquor dealers the Ninth
ward" This motion appears have been ncgligently
adopted for Mr. Boyle Is tho leader OF Tnmmany, not
of the liquor dealers in shs Ninth district lie not
in the liquor business.
Many years have elapsed since one OF the downtown
districts has been favored by the election appoint
ment OF one OF It's residents TO Judgeship III of
tie higher courts All our supreme Court Judges live
north OF Twenty.;hird street: 50 do all the Superior
Court Judges 80 with one exception. do all tue Com.
mon Pleas Court Judges Until very few years ago
the same thing was true of the City Court what do
expect - said old sixth ward Democrat other
day. There Ias not been u Judge taken from this
region for more years than big Indian chief has
scAlps and turn out from here sons the br ght
est young lawyers you can ind anywhere. But what
can you expect dherenti It's tho peoples faul,.
There Judge Clan oy our only representative the
bench in OF the civil lie elected in
1874 and he has been holding ever since. Perhaps
that's why they won't give other down.towners a
chance And Clancy isn't Sixth warder. either. lie
comes from the Fourteenth.
Gen. Joe Carr OF Troy. former Republican secretary
OF State at Albany much distressed the condi
tion Of Tro an poitlo.. lie says that il
under the control OF Senator Murphy. whose
wink or movement OF a nnZer 10 sufficient carry
out amy scheme" Under the present system. says
Carr. fair elections are impossible and nothing
says, are dominated by one man. and when the law
about United States Marsaas at tho polls Is repealed
matters will bo worse than they for the Re.
publicans. So saith Carr What are the facts. Tho
Republicans OF Troy poled In 1871. without United
States Marshnls 56y votes for Fassett Governor
At the election OF 1892 having United States Marshas
they polled for Harrison 6574 Tho presence of
the marshas In 1892 made therefore. difference of
nve votes In city casting l4.OOO. There are
$3.50 Troy Republicans. and they should be able to
protect Themselves. their rights mud their candidates.
and II they cannot Is sad State showing for them
Invoking the aid Of tho Fedora. Government and of
nercenaries employed by II. supervisors in order
TO hwart Murphy would be kindergarten business un.
worthy even of modern Trojans.
Tho late Democratic Legislature showed itself re-
gardfui OF the interests OF the militia OF this State
Besides appropriatlng $4,000 for tho alton
Of the veterans to and from Getty sburg and for aen
dant expenses there In July appropriated 100000
for tho purchase Of arms. uniforms knapsscks can.