The sun., 1897-09-12
PoLIr1oAn xorEs.


Convention has been called for Sept Qs with tho
general understanding that II win not nominate on
! that night, but Will adjourn until the 8Oth.
The Tammany Hail Convention has been called for
the 30h The last day for the Ming OF certificates of
regular party nominations is oct. 8 this year.
Among tho labor organization voters who last
! wear supported the Tammany Hall ticket and made
| possible total OF $4,000 in this city for Bryan
there is increased nsstence upon municipal own.
| crship" plank in the Tammhny Hall platform. Tho
| great majority or these voters nre recruits in
Tammauy Hail, an organization which they long op-
| posed and some Of them, there is reason to think
attach more Importance TO the phraseology of plat
forms and to the enuncaton OF principles than they
| do to campaign work In some of the labor organi.
cations the adoption of resolution Is tho hardest
| work done.
| ono hundred and nifty thousand dollars has been
appropriated for Court House in the Fifth Ju.
| dicial district.
The enlarged New York. or at least so much of 1t as
IA within the present city south OF the Harlem River
line will be well lighted for. in addition to tho pres
ent provision for gaa and electricity there arc
| 700 now gas lamps. 100 additional naphtha Tampa
! and 35O electric lamps The city win expend next
year S25 600 in the work OF substituting electricity
| for gas in public buildings. ornces and armories.
| The Independence Hall Democracy has organized in
the Twenty district by the election Of Alfred
| T. Ackert as chairman and Simon Power Secrc-
| tary.
| The next Mayor of Now York viii: have the ap-
| pointnent OF six Art Commissioner. two Comms-
sioners OF Jurors, seaers OF weights and measures,
inspectors OF weights and anu three Civn
Service Commissioners.
The Prohibitionists of Calfornia. tho chief wine
producing state In America poed nearly per
cent OF the total of the Golden state at the last
| Californian neIyhDOr, Nevada tho
only state of the which is decreasing
| In population. has an antitreating law on its
statute books Possibly that is explanation OF tho
| decrease.
The elopment of public works in the borough OF
the Bronx the direction OF the Commissioner OF
/ Street Improvements Is going on actively, and the
expenses of this department aver aging more than
| $50. 900 week. the force now employed in street
| improvements In the two wards beyond the Harlem
River line follows Forenen. SO; assistant fore
men. ~ engineers Of steam rollers. 81 sewer LABOR
ers, 27 cleaners. 4! enBincman Il inspectors sewer
connections. 2; toolnen, lpi stablenan. IL truck.
man, /; oilers. 81 cartmcn. 2o teamsters. 1895 car.
penters 3; PAYERS 8; pruner. l; blacksmith's help
ers. a. machinsts =; sweepers. o; mAson Il stokers.
9; naggers. l2 sounders, 22s; laOorers, 677 total
| l.24s.
| The United States Consul at Lyons. France. with
which city large American trade Is done. receives
o.. 800 year. Th9 American Consul TO Chin KianE.
which Is not centre OF active American mercantile
| trade. receives $4,000.
Gen. Palmer's vote In North Carolina at last years
election as 57s In total OF 2e7 900 The National
Democrats not many in North Carolina In the
city OF Charleston. S. c.. Gen. Palmer polled nearly
as many votes in the whole State Of North Caro-
Ina, o+9.
| Charles F. Tabor. who has been suggested as Dem
candidate for Judge of the Court of Appeals
this year and Is said to have strong Partially for
Bryanism and silver Is native OF Michigan and has
held sundry posts OF political character In Buffalo,
his home. and In Albany. He was twice elected Su-
pervlsor in Eric county. for three years Com
! missioner OF Excise. was twice member OF Assem-
bly, and attrrward Deputy Attorney General. He
twice elected Attorney General. defeating James
u. Yarnum IN 1850 by 5000 majority. Mr.. Tabor Is
u former law partner of William T. shcehan iie Is
| 50 years OF age and when candidate for County
Judge In Buffalo In 1853. the only judicial ofice TO
! which he has asnred, hc was defeated
Two Coroners are to be elected in the borough Of
the Bronx this year. and In anticipation OF this George
washin ton Cook, the present clerks In tho
coroners ONCE. who's father clerk in the ofco
for many years. Is q candidate for the Tammany nom
ina;ion. Ex.Ad.rman Thomas J. Lynch OF the Thirty
| NTH Assembly district Is also . candidate.
The wavc OF prosperity has touched all states.
men In New York. original or annexed. with impar.
tia equality. At the beginning OF the last quarter
reported there was an unexpended balance in tho
hands OF the Comptroller Of 1904 for copying the
records OF White Plains" Whether the value OF tho
record. OF White Plains Iustines such expenditure
"a no longer question Appropriations m ade to
be expended. and usually. has been observed. they
are expended.
Some candidates: Z j. II. Tamsen. for Mayor;
How ard Payson wilis for District Attorney; Emil W.
Hoeber. for Comptroller; George A. Owens Of Brook
lyn for President OF the Municipal Council; Michael
Duny. for Councilman in the Third Council district
OF New York; Joseph A. Davis for Assembly man in
the Thirty fourth district.
Reform comes high Last year the appropriation
for clerks OF the Police Civil Service Examination
Board was $4,000. This year 1t is $4,000
The expense OF cleaning the public offices. func.
ton which devolves the Department OF Public
Works. is quite an item OF municipal disbursements
and 1t IS increasing. This year the cost Is els5 900
Next year, for the same work, $2ll.OOO has been
asked for There are ~ male cleaners and i36
female clcaners and their joint salaries foot up 500.
900 OF the items OF expense for public oricci
may seem to the uninitAied to be excessive. Among
them ol 800 for city directories. 81 900 for safes
900 for carpets and rugs o. 900 for awnings. and
g. 900 for telephone service The cost OF the city
here ste heat Is not used-s $780, and OF
the city clocks $3.50 Tho cltys expense for Ice is
S3 600 for fuel for those departments which dc
not procure 1t Independently. $4,000.
The borough OF the Bronx has secured such iti
nrst formal recognition. Francis Crawford, who
sides in IT. has been nominated by the Prohibition
party for Secretary OF the Municipal Council In the
Thirty.fourth Assembly district one OF the two dis
trcts in the borough Of the Bronx. Col. William II
White hopes to he the Republican nominee for Alder
man. In the Thirty nth Assembly district. which In
cudcs upper portion Of the borough OF the Bronx
Capt D. r. Bolster OF 1879 Washington avenue 10 .
candidate for the Republican nomination for As
sembly.
In the month OF August the total amount Of penal
ties collected for violations OF city ordinances wa
s52l or this 1919 turned over to the Depart
ment OF Charities, and 885 expended In disburse
ments. The balance. 8lo7. was paid into the cit,
,, ,, treasury.
D Suicide TO Avoid Arrest.
> William Stanbury. 33 years old, clerk OF l u
East lO2d street, who attempted suicide on Fri
| nip.y nv cnt HIS throat IA