The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-12
WAS VANS MAN FRIDAY.
he Told the Tax Assessors How
Much Van Allen Was Worth.
HAD HIS NAME PUT ON TIE LIST
And Organized the Newport Democratic
Club for Him Ambassador Van Allen
Never Voted Untn 1891. Hpt Has Done
Lots of 1t Ever Since.
HAD HIS NAME PUT ON TIE LIST



New YORK, q t.. 12.-The World says
Mr.. James Jonn Van Allen. Swho paid
$50. 900 TO represent lis native country nj
the cont of Kiug Humbert, is nm Ameri-
can who VI to his forty-seveuth YER
GOES d red it "vulgar to vote" Like the
man from the Bowery loigi ~ blouse
waits on election day To see what
IL Is WORTH" Mr.. Van At.n waltel ali
his life till it was worth n high place in
ths diplomatic service. He threw In
5000 with his vSte. but then he h p 5
TO pull out a bigger plum tnan the lVd
iug-house man.
Mr.. Va Allen is a ci izin OF the state
OF Rhoce Island. His fab. er was = citizen
o. the 81 s ale. Tue toa never
voted until lS92-a tef he had contributed
the $1,000
Ills remark ,ble fact was demonstra Q |
pos lively yes erday ia the Office of Nsw-
ports city clerk Uy a W orsd reporter,
VINO went over all the registry lists
since 1881. Mr.. Van Alien has never had
any American r side ice but IN NV
port. tie was educ ted q Iagla d. aud
uetw en- his majority ani his marriage
to Miss Astor, save teen years axe. h.
llved aInost entirely abroad. He went
to Newport onIy a few times dur n: his
married life, anu then only Oh short
visits TO his Ia her, anu IL wa n Z untll
just b,loge his fathers death, la 1886, th u
he bIcame in any sense Il residrsl. , nee
then h. has been Oh tue tax-3tois as tue
owner OF Wakehurs.
The ", ri reporter also looked over
the AK lists aud found that j. j.. Van
A en- nai no figures IN the p rs ..al
estate column uuul 1873, when A. is
cred ted with $50, 900 oreh OK pers mai
properly.
II @ since his pal c. { DC re POiat,
Newp 'rt. WIS iinished. ne.r.y el years
ago, 10 has been 1llel with o ] cts OF ant.
Of hich a conservative valuation woul
lie 81, 600, coo, but until this ye r he n yer
paid "A eenJ of ersOnal t"X,s. NV.
with tile prospects OF an enthusiastically
before Elm. he has co.lfessei 10 the tax
nm S siuuers Of Newport that he OWLS
SO. 600 north Of personal properly. be
ne has had TO pay In Sther years taxes
on his real Estate at "a valuation OF s2.O,-
00O. NV, raging s1,lOOa year. This yeis,
with the e sU..ai propert tax, his con-
lributi n To the ely treasury LAS jumped
TO nearly 81, 500, showing nat he
believes the Opportunity o. prenxiag an
b ssator to Z o name o. James John Van
Alien Is wortA more Than tue S5U.UOJ ii &.
stipulated ia the boud.
still. there il this TO he said in Mr..
james John Van Aliens favor. tie is
workfag hFrI TO lake up Ills lost tIe c
in voting under TIA. Jatelage OF COlOIc.
Honey. lie did Los vJsc at all Tor tie
Lwenty-six years succeeding his major
ity, but in the last eight months ne nas
voted four times, which stamps him AS
the F.delio OF yeArliu9 loitlcians. lie
voted in the Newport city election ON
Oct. 26, 1872; In the Eationai el ct,ou on
Nov. 4, n lie sta q election April 3, 1888,
and Ia tie elecSion OF May 70 on a sue
cpssor in the assembly 10 the .aie lie iiy
Astor Carey.
Mr.. james John Van Allen did little
else than actually vote, however. HIS
political mentor, Cap. aud eX-Mayor
a I'd exp .ctnnt Senator Honey, Attended
to all the disgusting prelim nary de-
tails FOR him. IL VAS the usriui Honey,
who told the tax co COMMISSIONER Ldat they
might put James John Van Ale dow.
rs the owner of $50,OOO worth OF personal
p.op-rty, aud IL was the sam x 'ntlema :
who told the board Of tauvassers 20 put
The name OF James JOIN Van ale I
on the registry list. IL vas Mr.
Honey who organ sd the Newport
Democratic club aad Proposed Jane,
Johu Van Allen as its president, aud it
was Mr.. Honey who 'rsanized that
sterling ryan iz~ations. the Va Alien
guards, which helped 20 sigpaIly la the
success OF the Democratic party. 1t
may be remarked ITere that Capt. Honey
was defeated in O.toDer for n second
term AS MAJ or, even with the aid Of Mr..
Van Ale..'s IN uden vote.