The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-28
POLITICAL xorBs
The srsvs fear 10 expressed BY some fsrshshtsA -
ltcsl philosophers that the Street Cleaning pepess'
msnt may become Itaianised.

me rsve fear 10 expressed By some fsreishtel -
nticsl philosophers that the Street Cleaning Dspsrs.
ment may become 1tsiianised.
II 10 = rsusi thing for the property qualification Nse
mumps to speak in disparaTemsnt OF the names
mike" Tom" and " Barney As borne by local lead
ers. They oppose the political ambitions Of all msa
thus addressed. though a similar intsrdict would have
deprived tho art Of painting Of Michael Aneslos the
science OF statecrnft OF Thomas Jefferson. and hstrsr
ditions of oratory OF Bernard Of Clairvoix. But great
asis tho Muewu,np rage against these names. their
senseicss antipathy to the ancient %scriptura, name Of
Jacob 10 even more intense. A Jake they cannot
countenance. And yet tho JRkcs are doing pretty well
In politics Just now. Jaho Patterson 10 boss o. the Re-
publican local machine. Jake Hess 10 the last Repubir
can municipal holdover. jake Kunxenmsnn 10 the
favored distributer of Federal patronage. and Jake
Cantor is the leader of the Democratic majority ID the
State Senate.
Tho average number Of men in the empssy a. 90
United States Government At the Brooklyn raw lard
10 1900. They are not all Democrats. and . local Bob
Maxwell with a brand.new axe could weed out the n.
publicans and the Johnny simpsonites before LASor
Day. It 10 computed, without violating the law q
working overtime.
The last Democratic Legislature passed TAG bills; TIE
previous Democratic Legislature passed 7lh The gan
eral average of Republican Legislatures was from i60
to 200 less. These are the figures; 1888. bsA; 1850.
go: 1890. $50. and 1891. asa. That Of 1891 vasa
mixed Legislature; the Republican, controlled the
Senate and the Democrats the Assembly.
Nine OF the ten %anttsnap leaders in the districts b.
ing below Fourteenth street are saloon keepers or e.
saloon keepers. The odd man 10 . whiskey distnise.
Tho expiration Of Judge Henry Murray's term ana
the death Of Judge John r Kelly. for whose family
Tammany has provided = fund. deprived the Twenty
second ward Of two representatives. on the Police Court
bench, and that section of II below Fifty-second strsse
/. 49, lsA .s
nrst timo in the memory OF any New Yorker. From
1853 to 1869 Michael Connolly was . Police Ceurt
Judge. From 1869 until 1873. when Police Judges
ceased to be elective. James B. Coulter was . Police
Judge. Then Charles A. Flammer and aftsrward Henry
Murray were appointed. Judge Hammers one
term ended in 1881. Judge Murray's two terms ended
ten years later. Meanwhile Judge John r. Kelly was
appointed. ana now. since his death. for the nrss time
this portion OF tho Twenty.second ward IL withoutA
representative on the Police Court bench
A complete State ticket. except Governor and Msss
tenant Governor. 10 to be elected in November. and
already the various candidates are preparing shsmr
selves Rice. tho Secretary Of State. 10 serving his
second term. 80 10 Danforth. tho State Treasurer 10
would be against ordinary Democratic usage to rsnom-
mate either. Campbell. the Comptroller: Rossndals.
the Attorney General. and schenck. the State En-
gineer. are In their hrst term, and each 10 likely to b
ASH now appears most probable, Thomas
Z. Benedict OF Ulster. present Deputy sscretsry o.
. ~ " A'bobhS @aAsNes W INV
t%aryship. He was appointed Public Printer under
Clevelaud's nrst Administration In 1885, and had been
before that Assembiyman from tho Ellenvfus district
of Ulster county in four Legislaturea The Secretary %
State receives 81. 5000: tho Deputy gets $4,000, %. thas
tho promotion would not be of much financial bsns-
Mt. Mr.. Benedict 10 what IN known among New Yoyk
politicians as q =" Cleveland Democrat"
Itis all very we'll for some ~sanruins RspubncsnS -
talk OF recognising the Republican party In New
York by turning down T. ConewanRo Plats but VIE
10 to take his place' An army without . General 70
not much better than . General without an army.
Acommissioner Of Public Works while in sncs isa
great man. He gets 5000 = year. has the appoint.
m lent of . small army Of subordinstes. and disbursss
in tho public interest $40. 900 . day. Out Of ofnos an
ex.Commissioner OF Public Works does not amount 70
OF tho nve surviving Nav York ex-oommis.
the names Of two are not deemed of sufncisns
Importance to appear in the city directory; one other.
II popularity supposed to have died. lives In retire.
ment: another holds . position in the Comptrollsrs
once. and tho NTH 10 President Of . South American
railroad and Is completely out OF New York politics.
There arc six additional Assembly districts under the
apportionment, but the Civil Judgeship districts
have not been Increased corresponding y. 'Ths First
Assembly district and the First judicial district are
very nearly tho same. The Second Assembly district
and tho Second Judicial are very nearly the same. The
Third Judicial is made up Of Assembly districts . and
D.: the Fourth Judicial. Of Assembly districts Q. Z. ana
W Wv As uuiSA VI Abb0WUiy y q I'M
8; the Sixth Judicial. OF Assembly districts II. II
and IL: the Seventh judicial. Of Assembly districts 10.
20. II, and ~: the Eighth Judicial. Of Assembly lis.
Ericts 10 and Is: tho Ninth Judicial district Of Assem-
districts -. rs. 26. ~. and 28. and she Eleventh
Judicial district, Of Assembly districts II. 10. 10. and
%. There will be NO election In the Tenth Judicial
district. made up of Assembly districts 20 and %
hose are tho prospective Tammany candidates ~ this
lime, Lynn. Dunphy. Moore. Rossoh. 0oldfossl Mar
I'm. Hummsl. southworth. Conan. and o'aorman.
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In their address to the voters Of New York state sss
Iigners Of tho Republican manifesto declare that the
ate Assembly was an demonstrations body. bcoauss
inder tho decision OF the Court of Appeals Kings
county was not constitutionally reappertioned. This
Of which Charles I. Baxton. the profound
urist OF Clyde. N. r., IL responsible. 10 absurd
he Court of Appeals did not declare that Kings county
lad moro or less than its appropriate quota Of repre-
1t merely decided that the districts were
lot equally suedividod. Such . thing does not make
he representation illegal. as any lawyer knows. be-
'ause II docs not deprive the voters OF other counties
4 the State Of any substantial right, and II does not
sstrict the representation OF Kings . particle. Moro
han this. the Republican, for the last seven years
continuously deprived the voters. not only Of
but OF all tho great centres Of population, Of
heir fair representation. and II the logic Of
he Republican manifesto is sound. then al
Legislatures since 1885 have been un-
constitutional bodieA Equally absurd II the Rspub-
claim that tho Republicans OF Kings, with "tws-
birds ~ many votes ~ the Democrats" were only able
o elect one Assemblyman out OF eighteen. The twelve
representatives. OF the rural regions who signed this
show . considerable share OF enrontsry ana
'Qual ignorance In making such q charge The kspub-
leans lost one Of their Kings county districts because.
IEainst earnest protest, they ran two candidates In It.
lost two other districts because they did not make
roper nominations. 4 fourth district Ihsy carried.
out Of . possible eighteen 10 decidedly better
moving than they were able TO make in New York
with . total of nearly 100000 votes pousd Tor
Harrison. they were not able to elect . solitary Rspai.
IAN Asssmblyman out OF thirty. Yet they do not dis
tho fairness OF the Apportionment in New York
To attribute their defeat In Kings to the new ~
,ortionment 10 worthy Of saxton. who. unmolestsd b.
hose OF greater knowledge. led the Republicans on the
,hoals of so-calIed ballot reform. and helped 70 wrsok
hem on the Quicksands OF high license. klsctons N
Vow York State cannot DO carried BY Issuing nsnt
'estoes or by passing resolutions
Police Court clerks receive 5000 . year and tAsss
assistants get $4,000. There are six OF shs foRuse
me for each Police Court. and fifteen OF the isstse.