New-York tribune., 1896-12-08
POLITICAL NOTES.

ticians nearest the throne that the senate co
foes will be completely reorsanized py MI "oo'' w.
tho new Lieuenant-Go Governor. Mr.. SAXON "P
nolntmonts last winter not entirely sats-
factorv 10 the machine and 1t has been decidcu tna'
they shall not stand. THIS Is the res"'' VI W
cessant clamorings OF several statesmen. ".,"'S
Mr. Coggeshan. the gentleman from the o'ieiu" u
trIct who It will be remembered was harsh'y deai'
with by the machine in consequence or MS ieoei-
uous ATTITUDE But he repented OF his oppositioh u
Chairman Hackett and stood by the machhhe III TIE
fight against the Chairman's re-eiection las. S'''
NOR II Is believed that he VIII nave MS ou In p &c
40 chairman OF the Railroad committee anu VIZ 20
as rh .' Tor in way 10 encourage other prodigas 70
return to the foid
7, soons N be generally understood that the
first appointmcnt to the Court Of Claims VIII
he that Of Licutenant-Governor SaN,oh Inc
place pays 5000 year ana the term 10 'o
five years 1t Is considered one OF the i'o''
desirable berths in the State The title OF Judge
goes with It, 1t was said that Mr. Fassett "ahteu
one NJ these places but he has declared the report
TO be erroneous II appointed Mr. saxon hosn ~, term
ceed Wilbur +. Porter. OF WATERFOWL WHOSE 'e'"'
Of Office expires In January.
.ro,hor change to be made as quickly as possible
under the incoming State administration II III '''
Cantol Commission. That is to be completely re-
organized The Commission is composed Oh the
I,eutopont-Coyernor the State Engineer the
sunerintendont of Public Works and TWO other
members at present Archmedes Russell vi "si"
cusc and General Ira NJ. Hedges. OF HaVersf""
Their terms OF Office expire with Governor Mortons
administration. Woodruff will succeed SaN'oh
Adams continues I'm office and Aldrldge expects 10
succeed himself The old combine in the Board
consisted OF Aldridge. Saxton and Russell WHO
made most OF the 700 Capitol appointments. these
appointments made In the interest oi Al
drIdge's and Saxons candidates. for Governor. and
I'm many Instances were displeasng 10 MT rid'''
without them Aldrdge's candidacy would never
have attained such an impetus as II dd-an impetus
that proved exceedingly embarrassing 10 the ma
chine at Saratoga 1t Is therefore more 'haii
likely that the entire force viii be discharged ana
that new lot OF employees will be drafted into SER
vice after January l. The Superintendent or the
Capitol is Mr. Barness friend Easton. OF Albany.
He IS naturally anxious to be reappointed but II IS
NOT altogether certain yet that he Will get another
term Mr. Barnes is doing everything In MS power
TO have him taken care or even abandoning MS
own effort TO obtain the Insurance Superntend-
ency: but the Civil Service people OF Albany are
after Easton. and seem to think they can prevent
his reappointmcnt Mr. Barnes feels that he Is en-
titled to especial consideration at the hands OF the
Govcrnor-clect. because through inc eHorts OF ms
machine Black ran 200 ahead of Mckinley In AL
bany County.
Machine Democrats of Kings County derive much
satisfaction from considering the official returns OF
th. local vote. showing the actual voting strength
OF Mr. Shcpards followers. whose full vote
was pocd for their Congress candidates. That
amounted TO 5i67 votes. s52 more than was cast
for Palmer and Buokner. "McKinleS." says THE
cuzcn "is Indebted this element. therefore. for
S2 votes out OF his total plurality Of 5225S In the
county What the figures show in Il nutshell Is
,h1, The full strength OF the Shepardite faction.
backed by our contemporary. The Eagle Is o'''''
against BOB for the regulars
President Mckinley will have less to trouble him
in the matter Of distributing patronage than any OK
his predecessors for that matter any fresdehs
since Jackson's time or the 10000 offices
tan tpto tbo bnp of
tor,ous party less than 500 excepting postmas-
tcrs remain outside OF the classified service. He
will have 3O.oo0 less places to I'LL than President
Cleveland owing 10 the way In when the CIVIL SER
vice law has been extended under this Admnistra-
ton There has been some talk among politicians
nbou, modifying the law. but the prospect
Of such a change IL not bright. There Is. as
THE Syracuse Post" remarks. lttle foundation FOR
the hopes OF the place-hunters THE hands or ths
dial OF progress" 1t adds. do not turn backward.
civil Service reform has come TO stay. Even "ere
pubc sentiment not Overwhelmingly In favor OF the
extension OF the classified Civil Service system Presi-
den, Mckinley would be little inclined to take tho
step sussessth s Tho beneni Of his successor than when
he nut several thousand offices IN the CVi service
under Civil service rules ana "a E n scanr Cah
met and heads OF departments and In ilnE tne I'M
na hampered @ by the pressure for places
in s the varos cershps Washington He believes
in Civ service reform, and he WI be very glad TO TO
relieved Of much Of unSn sS pGGss '0r
oro thing about the Governorelect which pleases
| tho machine organs above everything else Is the
prepondcrance OF vertcbrae In him. fle Is back-
bone clear through" says State Treasurer GOWNS
paper IIe accepts criticism. OF course but neither
oattery nor criticism will drive him from the course
oS oSe has '"AF"e" OUT 10 '''' '''' ~
Notwithstandin all the talk about Populism. the
sImon-pure Popustlc ticket represented by Bryan
| and Watson received only 10000 votes throughout
| the entire country or 1900 votes less than were
| east for the gold Democratic candidates. Palmer
and Buckner.
When all tho distinguished individuals now visv-
| ing Canton get through making Cabinets for Major
Mckinley "Thc Rome Republican, thinks. he Will
make to suit himself and that VIII probably
suit the people.
Governor Morton's action In giving women rep
resentaton In tho management of the state hos
pitals and insane asylums is commended even by
such Democratic newspapers as "Thc Albany
Times IJnion" which believes that the good re-
suits Of this policy which have already been prac.
tically exempiited In Pennsylvania will be verified
| In the Empire State
Henry Georges talk about this being a "sham
| republic" has stirred up row that he Will not
hear the last OF for many day. If he moth
| ing for tho sham republic. "The Haverh Ca
zette believes for the sham prophet" who an
swers to his name the people care equally moth
ing
DIR. Parkhursts vigorous criticism OF the sweat
| shops receives the commendation of 'The Ameri-
| can Craftsman" which congratulates the Doctor
| on his complete departure from the orthodox lines
| Of the pulpit. "If few more preachers. 1t adds.
would follow In his footsteps and induce some Of
| the n-hunters to buy nothing but decently
| made goods, II would rebound TO the credit Of the
| Church."
| The question OF extending tho Civil Service law
the country postofces Is discussed In the affirm
ative by "rhe Long Islander" Judging from the
raid that is already being made six months In ad-
| vance upon the postofccs OF the country" It re-