The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-15
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tiAtNis hhA N"V Nf
points. General information, history, govern.
ment, and experience.
The Thirty second ward OF the city OF Chi ago
lays claim to distinction for the showing made
for Mckinley and Hobart In the thirty eight pre-.
cincts OF the ward they polled IL GA votes to
$500 for Bryan, a Mckinley majority In one ward
OF 1900. In the town OF Cicero, outside OF chi.
cago, n town made somewhat prominent in the
preliminary postal card canva9scs, Bryan's vote
was exactly 1000. A Chicago man who bet that
Bryan's vote in cicero would not reach I 900 losi
$50 by the wager and $40 additional on tho
Wednesday succeeding election in the form of a
nnc for lntoNication.
Tho sunday Democrat, OF which DR.. Michael
Walsh is editor. was the only one OF tho Irish pa.
pers In town to oppose the Presidential candldature
OF w. j. Bryan. and II was DR.. Walsh who succeed
cd in getting from Archbishop Walsh the formal let.
ter which d~isslpated the idea industriously circulat.
ed by the silverites that he favored the cAndidature
of MIR. Bryan on the silver question.
Tho total amount OF dock bonds issued by the city
OF New York since the establishment OF that de.
partment in 1870 is $50, 100000.
| From present appearances there won't be a new
Tomos until the sixty ninth Regiment gets an mr..
mory, which. as one OF the members OF that regi.
mcnt declares. will be the day after never
Tho smallest portion OF New York city, terrific.
rally, is Manhattan Island. Tho largest portion OF
New York city, territorinily, is made up OF the
towns and portions Of towns annexed from West.
chester on July !, 1895. The former annexed dis.
trict is larger than Manhattan Island and smaller
than the Wakefield territory. There are more
pumps and wells in the former Westchester town.
ships than on the whole OF Manhattan Island.
William Mckinley had less than 1000 majority
in only three OF the sixty counties of New York
Greene. whore the scene of RIP Van wlnkle' is
, laid, Seneca. and Hamilton, In the Adirondack
Mountains. schoharie was the only county In the
State carried by Bryan. 1t gave Gen. Palmer 90
votes. He had 40 in Seneca.
Why the Republicans Of Louisiana, who didn't
have votes enough to elect one set, should have run
two electoral tickets for Major Mckinley In Louisi'
ana is one OF the unanswered questions OF tho ro.
cent canvass.
The funded debt OF New York city is $40, 900, 900
larger than It was two years ago, and 1t has been on
the increase OF late. New Yvrk's present debt ia
larger than the debts collectively of tho following
American cities: Chicago, ST. Louis, Baltimore,
Louisville. Pittsburgh. Buffalo. indianapolis, Al.
bany, and Richmond. Cincinnati and Philadelphia
are the two American cities having relatively the
lsrgest debts.
The late Henry C. safren, County Clerk of Kings
county. was the representative OF the Sixth dis.
trlct in the Republican State Committee.
Since the service of jury notices has been taken
by law out of the hands OF the Sheriff and trans.
| ferred to the Commissioner OF Jurors, English
script has succeeded German gothic on the notices.
and there has been a satisfactory gain in cficien-
cy. The recent report OF Mr.. Pllmley. Commission
err OF Jurors, shows 4,ol7 notices serrcd ana only
o54 failures 10 respond. In all s2lO was collected
in fines and turned over to the Chamberlain.
Some dispute has arisen among politicians over
the boundaries OF the Adcrinanic districts from
which, next year, a full Board OF Aldermen will be
chosen. The Aldermen elected in 1894 were chos-
en- from the Aldermanir districts established In
1899, which. excep II in the annexed district, CORE
sponded with tho divisions of the Assembly dis.
tricts. A new apportionment was made OF Assem-
bly, districts in 1895, and It IS supposed by some
persons that this apportionment will regulate the
choice OF Aldermen this year. In point OF fact, Il
has nothing TO DO with it. and the new Aldermanic
districts VIII be laid cut under the terms OF the
Greater New York charter.
With two exceptions. New York State contrib.
utes NOR" TO the I'M ernal revenue receipts OF the
country. about $3.50, GOO, 600, than any other State
of the country. The two which exceed IT are I'LL
nois and kentucky, the distilcries in which account
for the excess. The New York internal revenue
district Witch has the most varied business in q
year IS what IS known as the third, over which, as
Deputy Collector. Mr.. Edward Crosse has pre-
SlIel since u fuCttfltu Mr.. tTulIlni
Eliman, III, 49, htee Of President Harrison. The
Treasury ON .rals have recently made u careful in
vestIgation OF the various internal revenue offices,
and they ma the one conducted by Collector Crosse
TO be in perfect order and condition, without any de-
fcienc!es. errors, or overcha-ges OF any kind. and
he has been Officially comrlimented by the Treas.
ury Department in consequence.
The representation of districts In the Republican
County Committees is regulated 10y the vote cast in
each at the preceding election for Governor. The
founders OF the Republican system Of representa-
ton omitted TO put any limit upon the membership
OF the several county committees. and, as a result
of this, there VIII be in both New York and Brook.
Ign this year an Increase so large as to make, per.
haps, the committees in both cities cum oersome.
In Brooklyn the increase Is from 40 to 2l2 and IN
New York from IS. 10 2lo. Such All increase IN
the committee membership was unexpected. One
method OF reducing 1t is by the appointment of
members TO ONCE. a penalty which some OF them
would not object to, 1t is thought. The basis of
representation on the Democratic side Is the mum.
Der OF election districts.
The three Commissioners in charge of tho opening
Of Trinity avenue In the Twenty. third ward are
Charles +. Wells, an employee OF the She rif's OF.
flee, Lloyd Coils. 0 son of Commissioner of Public
Works Coils, who is one OF the four Commissioned
of Street Opening and Impro vement, and George
H.. Epstein. who was an unsuccessful candidate for
the Assembly in the Fourth district al the recent
election. He polled within ITO OF the vote cast for
the Socialist ticket in that district.
The combined salaries OF the Judiciary OF New
York courts OF record and minor courts amour,
to nearly Sc. 900. 900. The exact sum for 1897 is
81, sh7 900, exclusive OF any contribution by the
State. The Constitution provides for the contlnu
ance Of the salary OF the Court OF Appeals Judge
after no has passed the seventy years limit. .
The Twelfth Congress district, In which, con.
trary to the expectation of some OF the brst In,
formed Republican iea!crs. Charles A. Hess was
defeated for election 10y George b. Mcclellan. has
long been known for It's disloyalty TO Congress
candidates nominated by the Republican party. II
WAS In this district that. in 1885. the late Allen
Thorndike Rice, the Republican nominee, was sold
out, and as n result Of the investigation which fol.
lowed. the leader Of the Republican organization
In what was then the Sixteenth district. but Is now
the Eighteenth. was expelled from the Republican
organization. In 1858, as the result OF similar acts
OF disloyaIty. william J. Boyhan. the Republican
nominee for Congress, was defeated by tho late