The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-24
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. The Republican Mayor Of Baltimore. Mr.. Malster,
declares that he will positively confno all once
seekers at tho City Hall to the hours between 1890
and l O'Clock. and has had placards announcing this
fact distributed through the corridors.
The Georgia House of Representative has inden.
nitely postponed q bill providing for an Australian
ballot and has rejected a bill to reduce the salaries of
the Railroad Commissioners.
Two members of the next Assembly were also
chosen to that body fifteen years ago in the contest OF
lsse-Dominick F. Mullaney and Patrick a. Roche;
both arc New York city members.
The Treasurer OF the State OF Nevada receives for
his services s2. 400 q year. but his duties are not of an
onerous character. as the bonded debt Of the Sage
brush State is only e1eo. 900. The Treasurer of vir-
ginia gets only o.. 900. and his duties are OF q com.
plex and serious character, as tho total bonded debt
Of Virginia Is in excess Of s23. DOC. 900. exclusive of
some issues which have been compounded at q lower
rate OF interest and Of others which are in dispute.
The municipal debt of some Virginia cities. too. is
considerable. Richmond owes o.. 500. 900. Norfolk
ss, 500. 900. Lynchbure 81. 500, 900. and Petersburg
81. 600. 600.
Senator Pavey. who is preparing q primary election
law for the consideration OF the next Legislature.
was absent in Europe during the recent municipal
contest, an important feature OF which was the at.
tempt Of some Of tho resident Ohio Mugwumps to
ulbCEtulL tue btuDltlty IL utTIH tu0
ness OF the organization OF New York city Republi.
cans established under the present Primary law. His
plan 10 for the election officers to interrogate each
voter when he casts his ballot. and to keep q record
OF such declarations for use thereafter In making up
primary election rolls. 1t is q question whether
such interrogatories would not violate the secrecy OF
the ballot. and. moreover. such q test would probably
be Ineffective. as the Republican party in New York
city holds regular primaries for the choice Of dele
gates and the other political organizations don't. Al
o consequence the declaration OF q citizen that ho
intended to take part In Republican primaries
would be no proof that he was o Republican and In
tended to vote the Republican ticket.
New Jersey 10 one OF the States which have no
Lieutenant Governor. and the necessity for ono has
not been urgent for the reason that there has never
been q vacancy In the ONCE OF Governor heretofore
by reason of the death or resignation OF the incum.
bent. The other States without Lieutenant-Gover.
nors are Alabama. Arkansas. Florida. Georgia. Maine.
New Hampshire. Oregon, Tennessee. Utah. West vir.
ginia. and Wyoming. The Lieutenant.Governor OF
Wisconsin is poorly paid. He receives $1,000 q year
only. one.half as UGH as New York city pays an
Alderman at present and $500 less than the State OF
New York pays an Assembly man for three months
service. A majority Of the States pay their Lieuten-
ant.Governors a salary based upon the duration of
the session Of the Legislature.
The total vote OF Nebraska at this years election
was only b,UUU less man tue total VOte OF the 1AmO
State in the election of 1890. when Bry an, q resident
of.the State. and Mckinley were the rival candi.
dates. The size of the vote this year is ascribed to
the growth OF Nebraska In population during the
last year consequent upon the richness or the har.
vest and the return TO the Blaekwater state OF many
former residents. Tho conditions of suffrage in Ne.
braska are easy. A residence of only six months in
the State. forty days in the county, and ten days in
the voting precinct Is required. There is registration
only In cities having an excess OF 1000 population.
Mayor strong's appointment of Shipping Commits.
sioner Maurice j. Power as one OF the Aqueduct Com.
sioners Is q deserved recognition OF q Democrat we'll
equipped for the duties OF the post. and. moreover. a
recognition of q Democrat who was largely instru-
mental In establishing the board OF which he ia now
q member. The legislation which led to the estab-
lishment OF the Aqueduct Commission was adopted
in the year 1884 at a time when the dominant local
organization OF New York city was the County
Democracy. OF which Hubert o. Thompson and
Maurice J. Power were the leaders. Commissioners
Power. then q Police Justice. drafted tho original
bill for the Aqueduct Commission. the members OF
which were appointed by Grover Cleveland. then
Governor. Maurice J. Power has been q conspicuous
ngure in politics in the city of New York since 1879.
when. with Samuel ]. Tilden. Andrew H.. Green. Ed.
ward Cooper. James W. Gerard. Henry l.. Clinton.
Daniel r. Tiemann. and Abram s. Hewitt. he PARTED.
pated with the late John Kelly In what was then
KNOWN Is tho reorganization OF Tammany Hall. The
original estimate OF the expenditures OF the Aque-
duct Board was Si6. oO0. 900; but the total disburse.
ments before the completion OF the work will be in
excess OF $50. 900. 900.
The finances OF the city OF Baltimore are not at
present in q favorable condition. and 1t has been
found necessary after some years Of a reform Mayor
In omce) to borrow for pressing municipal needs tho
sum of $500. 900.
The total vote of the present city OF New York. at
the recent election. as ~ofhcialiy canyassed. was almost
exactly 100000. being. on the once OF Mayor 800.
$50. and on Comptroller o 9.99s. BrookiYn's vote
was 100. OOO. and the vote OF the borough of Queens
30. 1000. and OF the borough Of Richmond II 900. The
Socialist vote was almost exactly ten times larger
than the Prohibitlon vote In the same territory.