The sun., 1894-12-26
POLITICAL NoTEs.

New York city and Brooklyn never receive favor.
able consideration from the Republicans In the
Albany Legislature. Since 1879 when Alonzo n Cor.
nell q Ithaca, but elected from New York city dis
trict tthc Eleventh. chosen Speaker of the As
sembly the Republicans have gone for their presiding
oflcer to Albany, oswego. Peekski. Syracuse King.
ston, Troy, watkins and Little Falls Now the
test Il between representatives OF Oswego. Ogdens
burg, and Garrison the Hudson ON the Democratic
side the Is different The last Democratic Speaker
was william suzer o. New York city. one OF his pre-.
decessors was Alfred c. Chaplin OF Kings william
1iitchman OF New York city was Speaker Of the As
sembly during the period OF former Democratic su.
premacy. BufTalo and Fmlra each furnished Demo
cratic Speaker. New York and Brooklyn have always
been Disseminated against by the Republicans In the
Sew York Legislature.
The next Board of Aldermen lose. by death the
familiar figure OF Cornelius Flynn Of the First by de
feat, Silver Dollar smith OF the Third and r. NJ Nor
gan Of the Twenty.nrst II retains two veterans Of
long servlce-Noonan of the Fourth and TAFT Of the
Sixth. a reelected member who has had long expert
in the Board Ia William Clancy OF the Fifth. He
has run for ONCE nearly as often as Tim Campbell
and has always been elected As Ia the case among
the members OF the New York delegation to Albany
this ycnr the veterans in the Board OF Aldermen
long to the minority party
Mr.. Reppenhagen has resigned from the State
Democracy in the Third district and Mr. Godkin in
ERntn, Du the organization Ia PROOF against with
drawals In the Ninth district At the recent election
the Mlhoanditcs in that district polled 90 votes tho
State Democracy 1873, and tho anti.Tammany or
O'Bren Democracy 21O. The total vote OF the Ninth
district 10, 900, and closely divided that
Mr. Morton carried the district by votes, and Mr.
Saxton, the Republican candidate for Lieutenant
Governor lost It,
The special term Of the Oyer and Terminer Court
will begin on Jan. IL Pardon c. Williams a Justice
Of tla nrt has haan haatO atadh hv tha
Governor to hold IT, Justice Williams Ia Repub.
lican and resident of watertown, and was elected
in 1883. He led his ticket that time by 900 votes
in his home county. Gov. Flower. who appointed
him, comes also from Jefferson. He born in
Theresa township. Jefferson county has one repre-.
sentative the Court OF Appeals bench. Denis
o'Brien, and had q Lieutenant. Governor from 1869
to 1878.
BY one OF the amendments to the State Constitution
adopted at the election the conditions under
which . citizen may vote have been changed. Here
toforc. any who has been citizen ten days pre-
vious to an election has been qualified to vote IL .
resident OF the county for four months. resident OF
the election district for thirty days and resident Of
the State for one year. Hereafter. to vote man
must have been a citizen for ninety instead OF ton
days This provision Ia designed prevent wholesale
naturazatons Just before election day 1t expected
that naturalization proceedings will he conducted, in
consequence OF this, with greater deberation here
after and rules for naturalization will probably
be adopted. Since March. 1898 emigration to the
United States from European countries has diminished
greatly, and the number OF intending citizens has
recently began to wane. The adoption Of this re-
quirement Will further deter naturalization. The
ratio of naturaiEations to the whole population is
now greater in the West than in New York city.
The Independent Rouma ian. American Citizens
Association with in Orchard street. to
have ball In Webster Hall on Friday evening. jan 4.
The Roumanians are becoming very numerous on the
east side Of town, and this organization exercised
considerable influence In the recent election In the
Third and Fifth Assembly districts, both OF which
gave substantial maJorities for Mayor elect Strong
though heretofore firm In their allegiance to Tam
many Hall. Nearly all the Roumanians In New York
residents OF these two Assembly districts
Robert A. Chesebrough has given notice OF contest
against George Mcclellan, the Democratic candidate
for Congress in the Twelfth district. Mr. McClellans
majority l,400 aud he carried three OF the
four Assembly districts included within Its boun.
daries Col Chesebroush's chief reliance In his
projected contest Is on the claim that bicy
Gle riders diverted from his support by
OF a circular issued by OF Col McClcan's
supporters. This Is novel and Rrotesque claim. and
particularly unsubstantal In the Twelfth Congress
sional district where bicycle riders curostes.
eraging about one to the square mile. The truth OF
the matter IL that all the uptown districts went Re
publican on Congressman at the election with
the exception Of the one In which Col Chesebrough
was running. but the explanation OF his defeat
given by politicians does not include bicycle riders
important factor. They say that Assemblyman
Hoag, the campaign manager OF Col Chesebrough. be-
longs to another era Of politics He Is George Bliss
Republican. He believes In waiting for the tide TO
come In. In Col. Chesebrough's case the tide
sluggish the flow OF yhsellne left out doors a
cold day, and the result that Col. Chesebrough
defeated where little extra EFFORT might have.
politicians think, secured his succesa
man w tumDed a wall O ASCERTAIN ~
there ditch the other side OF Il probably
a charter member OF Good Government Club A. There
being thirty Assembly districts In New York city at
the time of of the birth OF the Good Government clubs
and twenysx letters in the alphabet, the organizers
Of the movement determined 10 use alphabctir des.
ignatOns for their district clubs with the inevitable
result that the supply Of letters has short ana
there now talk Of using geographical names such
Chelsea. Greenwich. Cherry lIill. Turtle Bay, and
Blonmingdalc. The name Boomingiale Is, In some
respects To be- favored as the most appropriate for
Good Government association the members OF which
have for the cornerstone principle the maintenance Of
political organization In New York TO do away with
politics. There Is no Assembly district In New York
in which the Good Government poll many
800 votes for a candidate other than John Brooks
Leaytt Their total voting strength probably 5000
i 800 less than the Socialists poll every year without
fuss. The o. q. men are most noisy where they are
least numerous.
The determination OF sherIn elect Tamsen 20 retain
IN ofice some Of the Tammany ofnclals who have
been serving under sherins Grant, s!ckles German,
and sexton, Is not al all satisfactory Ia the members
of the yaTloIs anti ramnany factions but II gives
sreat pleasure To the Republicans ami enables them
say. which they do frequently, II told you So"
That Is what might have been expected they declare
from a reform Democratic Mayor. lie would havs
been dead against TamnlaEy before election and sat
isned with nothing short OF the Obllterstion Of the
Wigwam but, the election over, he would have con
siiered that he Democrat and retained In ONCE
as large a number OF TammRny Hall men possible
With a EsPubli"ln as Mayor however, a different
course was and Is q be eKIsctcd, and this was why
they say the Republicans Insisted all along that the
head of the municipal tcStG this year should be- a Re
publican In suui standing and NOT pemoCrat
whether In opposition o. TaunAuy Han not The
action OF Mr., Tam,eu Ia retaining Tamuany men IA
his Oce.of sheriff certainly IustiErs the claims of
some Of these Republicans and Will make Il very df
ncult hereafter for anti Tamany democrats Ia secure
Republican support In warfare against IamHany
MT, Ianlsen Was on the kepubllcan uekrL
The Latest AbOat ths Hsrssy Case.