The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-23
POLITICAL NOTES.

POLITICAL NOTES
A the T|iopns truly says New York has the loves,
Of any OF the large cities Of the country" The
increase the personal estate valuation last year
ss3a 100000 Tns will yield s5g5. 900 additional tax
and reduce proportonatsly the tax on real estate.
The Democratic State Convention to nominate State
ofcers was held in 1887 At Saratoga Sept IS The
Democratic State Convention Of 1889 for the Same
purpose held in Syracuse on Oct. 1. Tho Demo-
cratic State Convention OF 1891 held in Saratoga
on Sept Ia This years Democratic State Convention
will meet Oct the nrst Thursday in October
special Getting of tho State Committee bong necessa
ny September to nx tho date and to call for
delegates The Republicans will follow about a
week later They say that they will have n
busy campaign and they will need to- IL It 10 tn cir
expectation to force the Democratic majority much
below $1,000. The Republican Convention to nomna ate
State offices in 1887 met in saratoga Sept. IA In
1889 tho Republican state Convention for that pur.
pose met In Saratoga sept rs In 1891 the Republi.
can State Convention met in Rochester on Sept. u
Reference was made n year ago in tho Political
Notes. that of the traditions Of municipal poll.
tics that County Clerk In Office IL reelected.
Since 1858 only County Clerk Charles Low. had
asecond term and tho clrcumstanoes attending his
election in 1870 were such that the count was dis
puted and very long afterward such changes
made In the method Of voting have since precluded
Wholesale repeating" In now lork. NlHlhm '. NC
kenna was County Clerk year ago. and his renomi-
nation regarded by persons certain
When, however. the Tammany County Convention
made its nominations Mr. McKsnnas name was not on
the list and he did not Office holding until Gov
Flower appointed him to his present office. Coroner
made vacant by the election Of Mr. Levy As Register
Tho State Arsenal at tho corner Of Seventh avenue
Thrty.nfth street. Is thirty years old It Is the
only property the State OF New York within tho city
limits and It is valued in this years appraisal Of Now
York real estate at half q million dolara
The Tammany social club in the Ninth Assembly dis
trict Is called the Chickasaw Club, after the In
dians OF the iazoo district, who left Mississippi to
go West grow up with tho country. 1t costs $40
Join the Cn,ckasaw Club. and $25 to DO charter
Der during tho closed season OF oysters.
There is something OF . break down in the line Of
good government clubs. They were to cover tho
city like the spots on tho leopards hide appearing
when least expected in Democratic neighoorhoodA
Speakers to be sent from tho Fifth Avenue head
quarters The establishment Of these clubs has stopped
abruptly and It is said BY some persons who claim
to speak with authority that the City Club. which
succeeded to the political estate of the City Reform
Club. il out of business for 1893.
The Republicans arc giving up their headquarters in
various New York districts the reserve fund from
previous years dminishea II costs money to main
TAIN y nepuuucau uehuquaTt0rs anu biuCo NoNomoeE
the advisory statesmen have been many but tho cash
contributors few.
Tho failure of Grace and his political friends
get national the
which so many OF them confidently relied upon after
March recalls to some gentlemen In politics. the
of the late Hubert o. Thompson. and presents many
points OF similarity Commissioner Thorn pson the
most earnest and active Cleveland man from New
York in Chicago in 1884 as Mr. Grace was tho most
earnest and active Cleveland in Chicago 1892
II is true that Mr. Thompson had At his back strong
and brilliantly political organization where
Mr.. Grace had . fragmentary assortment Of high
privates of small account politically. but In respect to
the activity and sincerity Of purpose Of tho two leaders
there difference when the election of 1884 had
been won tho recognition expected by Mr.. Thomp
and his friends was not forthcoming from Wash
inRton- Nj. Grace (whose friendship for Mr. Thomp-
whi!o the latter was once is well known nnds
himself In similar predicament. duo to 4 mscalcua-
ton Of the forces which Now York city poiic
Mr.. Thompson. though disappointed in his Eanguine
expectations, WAS not, to q current phrase "a
gutter" He believed in hRhtng and in lighting hard.
whatever the obstacles and the result OF his persist
snce was the mai app IMMINENT on July 1855 OF Ed
ward l. Hedden his lieutenant and relative Collector
OF the Port Of New York. It'll thought by per.
that by similar display OF vigor Mr. Grace might
get little OF tho recognition which his friends stil
hope for but those who think not familiar with
the and conditions of the celebrated Victoria
Hotel compact. which puts such recognition entirely
out of tho question.
There were thirty Of the Assem-.
bly, from city in the last Legislature and every
OF tho thirty has has been charged with having sena
torsl asp;ra ions or being pushed friends for
tor though the salary of the ocss and
the two branches OF the Legislature have coordinate
powers OF iawmaking There will be. under tho now
apportioument. eight Senators from New York city
this year. and already there scramble for the
nations In the various districts all of which arc
securely Democratic The term Of 4 Senator 10 two
years whereas the term Of an Assembly man 10 only
one year, and. moreover. the Senators In certain
cases have oonfrmatory power over tho Gov.
ernor's nominations In tho last Senate there
wero seventeen Democratic and fifteen Republican
Senators. To pass bill q majority Is required, and
single Democratic Senator could therefore, by his adj
verse vote or his absence. block the majority. This
complication several timoa and stalled ieEisar
tion each occasion. In tho late Assembly. however,
the Democrats had majority OF twenty and It would
have required ten members In actual cAstron ALI.
anco to Accomps much a. one Senator could IN
the upper House alone and unsided That 10 another
reason why ely members. when both branches OF tho
Legislature TO DO voted for az 10 the this year.
are extremely anxious to secure Senate and some
what indifferent about an Assembly nomination. at
tho salary. Every political leader has necessarily
some political enemies and tho number OF these In.
creascs with the duration OF his political life. Such
enemies might be strong enough In neighborhood to
defeat . candidate for Assembly. but spread out
rough senatoria district they would probably not
amount to much.
Two Dem ocrats -ono signing himself Veteran Demo-
crat" and tho other Democratic Inquirer write to
TUE Sur call attention to supposed errors IL para
abiding to tho term OF surrogates In this county
veteran Democrat that by the act OF 8<7 Sur
rogates ia this county were elected for three'year
terms and that Gideon Tucker WAS elected In 1852
for single year OF tho unexpirsd term OF Edward G.
West and reelected in 1893 and again In 1866 being
tha nnIy EurF