The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-09

tinuously since. lie represents Putnam county, the
smallest constituency In the State. II cssts about
$500 votes. Mr.. Fish IL 80 years ot age and a son OF
ex.oov. Fish. untl = short time ago he was one Of
tho leading antLPlatt men in the Republican party OF
New York, but next winter he will he one Of Piatts
special representatives in the state Assembly. lie is
astraishtout Republican partisan, with no Muswump
or Committee OF Seventy trimmings.
The term Of Police Commissioner James Martin
expires on May I. 1898; az Police Commissioner John
c. sheehan on May I. 1899. Under the system OF b.
partisanship their Successors must he Democrats, and
twould he a strange reversal " tho ordinary rule Of
politics n Mayor Gilroy, democrat, having appointed
two Republican,, Mayor Strong. n Republican. should
appoint two Democratic Commissioners
The next Republican County Committee will stand
somewhat a. follows in the contest between the Plat
regulars and the Union League Batydlds, For Plat,
First district, 3; Second, 2; Third. 4; sixth, 81;
Seventh, o; Eighth, Q; Thirteenth. o; Fifteenth, e.;
Seventeenth 3; Eighteenth. 4: Nineteenth, o.: TWEEN.
tieth, Z; Twenty.third, 9; I wenty.fourth y; Twenty.
eighth, 3: Twenty.ninth, @. aui 1hirtieth. .. Total.
~. Against Plat; Second district, 2; Fourth, g.:
FIFTH. 4; Ninth, o; Tenth, 5; Eleventh. q; Twelfth, 4:
Fourteenth, o; Twenty first, q; Twenty. third. o.;
Twenth.fourth, 8; Twenty.nfth. 4; Twenty.sixth. 4.
and Twenty seventh, \. Total. 90. This leaves un.
classified two districts, the sixteenth and the Twenty.
second, each with I've votes.
These are the onnces under the Mayor which will be
come vacant on Dec. 81: Secretary. salary $1,000;
confidential clerk, salary sa,40o; warrant clerk.
salary $1,000; clerk, salary o., 500: assistant bond
clerk. salary $1,000; stenographer, salary $1,000;
assistant stenographer. salary 81, 200. and messenger,
ti,4OO. Hisa popularity of the Mayors stan as now
organized that all composing 10, except the Mayors
Secretary and the stenographer, live in Harlem.
The only members Of the original Committee OF
Seventy now In ONCE In New York are Joseph j. Don.
ohue. City Chamberlain: George e. Barrett. Justice OF
the Supreme Court, and Joseph Blumenthal, Commits
sioner OF Taxes and Assessments.
These are some OF the candidates to appointIve
onces recommended to Mayor elect Strong: Fcrdi-
nnnd Eidman. Republican. Excise Commissioner;
Joseph Larocquc, Seventy. Corporation Counsel: An.
son O. McCook, Republican, Commissioner Of Public
Works; Charles II. 7. Coils, Grand Army Of the Re.
public, Commissioner of Charities and Correction;
George W. Lyon. Republican, Commissioner OF Taxes
and Assessments: James A. Cowle. Republican, Com.
missioner OF Docks; Robert Grier Monroe. Cuckoo
Democrat, Clerk of the Court OF General Sessions;
Fulton Mcmahon. Good Government Club. Mayors
Marshal: oliver Sumner Tcall, ftincrant STATE sman,
City librarian; James A. Blanchard. Republican. Park
Commissioner; William J. Freyer. Democrat, Super.
intendent OF Buildings; George W. wanmaker, Re
publican. Fire Commissioner. and Mark NJ. pomeroy,
o'Brien Democracy, Street Cleaning Commissioner.
The Good Government Club men. much dispieased
with their treatment by the Committee Of Seventy,
threaten to run q straightout municipal ticket next
year, supporting candidates OF their own for the vari.
Gus county onces, ana particularly those which have
patronage attached.
The ONCE OF Clerk OF the United States Senate. now
held by n North Carolina Democrat, will be vacated in
favor OF a Republican In Mar n. 1t carries with 1t the
appointment Of twenty clerks and two messengers.
The expenses OF the Clerks department of the House
OF Representatives last year were s256.OOO. gen.
Anson q. McCook is understood to be q candidate for
his old onice OF Clerk OF the Senate.
The Thirteenth Congressional District Of Texas, rep.
resented in the last Congress by Jerry Cocsreil, Demo
crat, Is the biggest In the United States. II is $50 miles
long and 500 miles wide. New York States greatest
length from east to west Is $50 miles and from north
to south 27o. so that this particular Texas district Is
actually larger than the whole Empire State. even
with New jersey added. The total population Of the
Texas district by the census of 1890 was 100, 900,
about 10 per square mile.
The only district In the city in which Good Govern
ment men ran a candidate OF their own.w without out
side support, for the Assembly, was the Tenth. and In
ms district their nominee pollcd $50 votea The Re
publican candidate in the same district had 1880
and the Democratic candidate 5000 votes.
officially authorizes Il change from the present method
OF voting. which Is by ballot. TO " such other method
as may be prescribed by law. provided that secrecy In
voting Is preserved This makes possible the intro
duction OF the Myers system NJ voting by machinery,
which has recently been adopted by rho Supervisors
OF Niagara county for use at general elections there.
For many years the Democrats Of the city Of Phiia.
deiphia have always had at least one Representative
In Congress, Il being part Of the unwritten political
law OF Pennsylvania that the Democratic wards OF
Philadelphia should constitute one voting district.
For many years the late samuel J. Randall represent
ed this district, beginning in 1852. At his death Rich.
ard vaux became the Democratic Representative of
Philadelphia, and he. In turn, was succeeded by VIII,
liam McAleer. one OF the disasters which overlook
the DamDCrata This yanF VIVA fha lnsa NJ fbI. Tnn |
gressionai district. I'm which In 1899 they had a ma.
1ortty OF 10000. Thus, for the nrst time IN a genera
tion. the Republicans have a solid delegation from the
city OF Philadelphia
The appointment rs Assistant District Attorney OF
gentleman whose chief distinction Is that he was born |
on the same day as Grover Cleveland Is probably au.
splcious, but for which party 1t Is suspicious cannot
yet be said.
Politicians are prone before elections TO exnggerats
the voting strength OF their respective parties, and
sometimes TO underrate the voting strength Of their
opponents. II Is very rare, however, that erroneous
notions concerning the voting strength Of a party
continues after the onicIal returns have been made
known. An exception 10 this rule Is the Hon. Rowdc-
dow Grace. who appears TO have multiplied the vot.
ing strength OF the State Democracy at the re-
cent election by ten In order To arrive at the
ngure of $4,000. In the following Assembly districts
this was the vote given to the local State Democracy
candidates; Ninth district, 1873; Thirteenth district,
o'os Fhlerhth uislEtCi' fof' anu StNentfeutn district, |
$40. The total In the four districts was 2,O5S, hut In
these districts the wheelerites, acting independently
OF the State Democracy men, left the latter l.OI0. In
three OF these districts the German organization also
the candidates. and a fair computation Of
the strength OF the German organization In these ihres
districts would be 400 votes. This would leave The
State Democracy with $40 votes net, or. on the aver.
age, 100 votes to an Assembly district. There are
thirty districts in the city, and an average OF 1870 each
would give the state Democracy 4,sO0. Politicians
aanaFaIIu aannFd than ? unu That nvYr. n.ltI,I4.
by ten gave Mr.. Grace the total he recently claimed.
A distinguished Georgia Democrat, the survivor Of
the quartet Of Georgia statesmen, Alexander II.
Ben Hill, Herschel johnson, and Joseph Il.
Brown has passed away, ENIGoV. ZOO" brown was
q school teacher before being admitted To- the bar,
and q Judge before being elected Governor In 1885
over Hen Hin. He was the Confederate war GOV
ernor OF Georgia, holding the onice TO 1854. Favor
ing reconstruction, he supported the Republicans In
the Presidential election OF 1888. and was appointed
by Bullock, a Republican Governor. Chief Judge Of
the Supreme Court OF GEORGIA. He was United States