The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-15
CORONERS FOR THE BRONX
REPUBLICANS SAY THEIR TTCKE1
WIZ HAHE A WALKOrER TNIRE.

Rivalry Tor the Tnmmnny Nominations All the
snmc-tItizcns' Union Gets Out Psmpls,
let No. u. tho subject OF which Is Impro,e|
rnent In tho schools Under stronE'- Rule.
There nrc two Coroners to bc elected in the
borough OF the Bronx at the next election. In
view Of tho fact that the section above tho HafS
lcm has received between S2O0,OOO and $500,
600 for public Improvements more n year than
was granted under tho Tammany administra,
ton, and because of tho millions which were In,
vested for improvements In the so-callcd annexed
district during the past two or thrcc years, thu
influence OF the Tammany organization there 10
not 80 strong as 1t was. Despite this fact,
and the probability that tho purroyites wis
nominate n ticket of their own, there Is a livelJ
competition for places on the Tammany ticket
in the annexed district. George Washington
Cook, one of the present clerks in the CoronerS
office, whose father was q clerk in the Office foe
many years, Is a candidate for the Tammany
nomination for one OF the two places which are
to be filled by the electors oftho annexed district,
where he resides.
The Republican candidates for Coroner In the
borough OF the Bronx do not seem to caro- who
are candidates on the Tammany ticket, They
say that the Republican ticket will have q. prac-
The third Of the Citizens Union campaign
pamphlets Is in the hands OF tho printer. and
will be ready for distribution in a few days. ID
- ~ Nv Sitnhh " iholo II UCttoA
public schools, and, like the first two pamphlets,
which Which related to clean streets , and public
baths and iayatories., will DO illustrated with
Pamphlet No. 3 commcnds the improvements
better things by " the agitation OF the past ave
years. and proceeds to show the need for still
the board in January, 1877, says the p1pnphieis.
y q new tone has been impaired to, the whole
i sehS9l sys,em Sinn RaiIliEen noS has h s1 displaced sIoth:
the good of the whole city has pushed TO one
side the jealous protection OF the power of o
The %. ooo. 900 granted by the Legislature Of
1896 and The $1o 1000, 900 granted by the LeRist
will enable the city to escape the reproach thai
tens of thousands of its children are in thS
dations for them. when by law they shonld be
at school. These, appropriations will. also,
This great manufacturing and commercial
city needs good technical, Industrial, and CONT
mercial schools and institutes. Classical high
tyne Of higher education is imperatiyely dc.
rope in this respect. The New York idea has
been to give a boy a smattering OF the rndi1
something to do for which he Is competent. Th1
,hi o idea is to train the boy to do somo'
Through the active and progressive efortN
Of the present board the city will soon have
public schools where they are most needed, and
negligence will be better able to keep pace with
the growing needs OF the city"
or the report which was the outcome Of the
first, months work under the new system OF
medical examination Of school children by the
Board of Health physicians in April the pam!
phlet says:
This means that one child In every twenty
of those examined was suffering from q conta1
giuus or infectious disease. while their compans
ions, by reason of exposure to diphtheria, scarlet
fever, and other dangerous ailments. carried I'd
their homes the seeds of disease and possible
death. No one can tell how many children, in
the years gone by. have been lost to the homed
OF this great city by neglect of the simple pro-
caution now exercised for the first time"