The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10

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Tho a. a. was organized Mt Clnton, Ia, In 1887,
tended throughout the United States. The head OF
tho Supreme Council bcnrs the title " Past Supreme
President. lilo Ia nm Town man, resident In clinton.
which Is one OF the Few strong Democratic countle. in
Iowa. At tho national election OF 1899 Cleveland car.
rlcd clinton by n majority OF 1000. II went Demo.
cratic In 1873 by 800. and In 1890 by 1000. Cleveland
has proved, when n candidate, the most popular
inc city OF New YORK u paying $4,000 rent Tor the
premises at Thirh avenue ana losth street used Tor
tne o'h'n unsrI't poilco ana inc Ichth district C'Nh
curt r"r u premises uscu ny thr Elsntn p''trlct
.ourr ' i"ehtytn'rn street anu h'Bhtn avenue,
theo''y pnSb 20 ooo' anu Sios auuit'ohaI ior gas anu
'ueI 'coHso'' "ou'u Is 'he 'essoh
Kentucky aud Ohio have the same representation in
both tho Democratic and tho Republican National
Conventions as New York -sevcnty.two dclcRates In
these two States the Democrats, In 1892. polled 10000
fewer votes than they did In New York, and the TO
publicans pollcd 10000 fewer.
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Albert c. Wilson. who prepared and gave out for
publication A rabidly hostile speech aeainst the ltnine.
liquor tax bill and then voted for II on tho roll call OF
the Assembly. is reported on Republican authority
| to have dee Jared that no amount of money could IN
duce him to accept another Assembly nomination. Il
would probably require an amount almost ns large
for him to secure an Assembly nomination. Mr.. VIII.
aon 10 a native OF Connections and nifty years OF age.
He was formerly a member of the Hartford Common
Council.
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On the list OF January, 1895. the municipal debt of
the city OF brooklyn was o62.OoO,o0O. Tho net debt
of this city at the same time was sll2,o00.0O0 Tho
value of assessed brooklyn real estate by tho last ap-
praisal was H54OOOO OOO-Or ten times moro than the
amount OF the debt The value OF New York city's
assessed real estate is fifteen times greater than tho
amount OF the net debt
The course Of Louisiana in national e,ections and in
advance Of national election. bas bean an errat,o "a
To deprive that State of much induenoe in tho ne,d
Of pol,t,c,. o,ten,ib,y. Louisiana ia A close state
the e.ce,, Of co,ored male ,nbab,tant. over tho
wh,te male ,nbabitants beinQ nv the Ias, conan. 7ao
in a tata, population of l.lls.OOo. The election laws
/ NJ Iouisiana ore Of n somewhat priniti ", cbaracter
l and under them the total vote or tho state ,ns,ead
! OF keeping pace with the growth of the populntion.
rises and fals spssmodica,,y like the waters of
thu Mississippi River Thua in 1874 tho Re.
npb,ican vote wn. rs 600 for President and
four years later IL wns rs. 900. In the Democratic
year ~ 1894 the DemocrotIc vote Of Iopisian. wv
40 ooo In, in Isss Tho vear n, nomocr.,,c d,...,o, 4,
ro.e 10 az ooo. The Renublican vote in lass for Gov.
.,ror Nv a, mn Louisiana .,ac,a . covsr,or f., th.
fell of to 80. 900. At the same April election the DEM
OCratS pOilen SlT,UUU, wnlcn was more thAn the total
number OF voters OF all parties at the election pre-
ceding. Seven months later the Democratic vote fell
to $4,000. The relation OF the parties to each other In
Louisiana is somewhat grotesque. Thus In Bienvtlle
parish in the Presidential contest OF 1888 the Demo
Gratis polled 9SS votes and the Republicans J.. In
Ouachita there were 2. 102 Democrats and 4 Republi.
cans. In Richland there we're 1000 Democrats and
no Republicans. In Lafayette parish the Republican
vote, which was ] ,234 in April, fell to 80 in November.
At the last Presidential election only one man voted
| the Republican ticket I'm West Carroll and in COncor.
da 1898 citizens were for Cleveland. and the Repub
ltcans. Prohibitionists, and Populists combined didn't
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u u joseph A. nosal"us "a' ono o.. tne mos.
conspicuous rrohio'eohs's IN view iork s'ate ana
mMs ifcquen'S u naua U e'ecti.e ONCE L au-
unN'on W oeins omineh 70 fronio''on's. no was
"e"o y. ~ 'o''e'' ""u "oueiator
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II consSten's U y oacn o'io II froh'o'''oh
p",' $40. '' :" 'o"o 'e"son ""'n
t.eis pam u oho III oe'e'y Vi rriehus'h
Ih"aue,pnia, nei '"oy " u more numerous
tnah ~ o ,o'H taAe "t''e 'oi asr
,a.,on, ~ u i'mpeiahco parry amounts very
''e :" "e '''on
n..'ne use ~ u,e vi 'o oee'9 u
F.ienus r aue IN nne ,o'A' nu"oer
u f'"u' III VIC o"'e' w 'o0'oo"
The Mckinley boomers are having a lively time
throughout the interior 0 the state OF new YORK.
particularly along the Mohawk Valley and the
Southern Tier. and they have adopted the plan OF
enrolling all the antimachine or anti Plat Repub'
lcans into what is called the Mckinley League, the
objects OF which are: First, TO assist in securinSthe
nomination OF the Ohio man for President; and.
second, to secure control of the Republican party
machinery in the state of New York. Among the
cities OF the state at which Mckinley meetings are
ton, Port Jervis, Troy, and P.attsburg. though an
anttplatt meeting I'm PlattsbuFu would aaam f0 ba
something OF a paradox. There Is no Mckinley on
the road map OF the United States.
The Tombs prison, which IL is intended TO improve
at an expenditure OF 100000 for q now front and
tiers on Centre street, needs such an outlay moro.
probably, than any other public building in the city
OF New York. with the possible exception OF the Hall
OF Records. The Tombs prison was built In 1910,
more than half a century ago, and II has been repeat
eddy complained OF by successive Grand Jurles as