The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-16
POLITICAL +

POLITICAL NOTES.
OF 1880 mon appointed a. Members Of the 20.
lice force OF New York between Aug. I, 1925. and
Jan. I. 1897, . period of seventeen months. 1855
were natives Of the United States. Eli NJ Ire.
land. AZ OF Germany. "a OF England or Canada, Q
OF Austria, and . of Scotland. There were also .
Russians and 1 Holstein Dane.
A member OF the present Congress has the hon.
ored American name Of Patrick Henry. He 10 o
Democrat and q Mississippian. was . soldier during
the war. is q lawyer and legislator. ana was former
ly . farmer.
The Grade Commissioners In tho annexed dis.
triot north or tho Harlem River line have awarded
to ex. Senator Charles A. stadler SAL 900 IN . claim
OF land, together with q counsel fee OF $3.50.
Charles Z. Patterson of Troy 10 q candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Court OF Appeals
Judge this year. He 10 q native of Vermont, was
educated at Union College. and has represented
Rensselaer, county in the Assembly.
There has not been az Industrial census Of the
manufactures and products of New York since
1875 and State Commissioner OF Labor Statistics
NcDonough 10 agitatins for one this year. The
cost of such q census would DO about sloo. 900.
The last census OF the State was taken In 1879. but
# was an enumeration Of tho Inhabitants only.
Tho next Federal census will be In 1900.
The last installmens of pay drawn from the
United States Treasury by Grover Cleveland. was
warrant 5.S75. for 9s77.7S. dated March 20. and
mailed 70 Princeton, n. J. It was his last install.
ment OF salary for services. consecrated to the pub.
lie benefit. Grover cIevcland's revenue derived
from his conservation to the public service foots
up . considerable amount. As Mayor Of Buffalo he
received In two years go. 900: as Governor OF New
York he received $50. 900; as President Of the
y-a.- ns...- .---s- Ina 0n4
include his.fees as Sheriff Of Erie county for three
years, which foot up in all an amount sunicisnt to
mako his revenue from the public since he entered
politics $500. ooo.
T1mes change. and political methods. prefer.
ences. and designations change with them. At the
foot OF the pier ~ West Thirty. fourth street IL 0
sign cautioning all persons not 70 land there. II 10
signed "DocF Board" There has been no Dock
Board. o~nlcialiy. since 1870.
Efforts are making to sell to the Government for
$50. 900 the farm OF liz acres near Hodgenville.
Ky, on which Abraham Lincoln mas born.
In the year 1895 1884 Wills were offered for pro.
bate in the surroRate's Court OF New York, and
there were only a. cases of contest. an unusually
ANAL proportion. The amount Of property taxes
certified to the Comptroller as assessed on prop.
erty passing through the surrogate's Court was
81. 2oo. 900.
Tho coileetion OF public revenues in the city OF
Chicago 10 attended with much friction and occa-
sional disappointment. County Treasurer Kocher.
sperger has completed his summary OF the books
turned over N him by tho various sub. collectors OF
Cook county. Out OF SCI .<35.4ia assessed against
the county the collectors gathered %, 1897. 7oo.
leaving an uncollsesed balance Of sIl. 9y7.o 47.
The contracs with the Park Department for the
construction and Improvement OF the Riverside
PARK and Drive between 12oth and l2oth streets
was let in September. 1895. for sl1e. osY to Bar.
tholomew Dunn. brother OF Thomas J. Dunn. Tam.
many Hall district leader IN the Twenty. sixth As
sembIy district. One OF tho suretiea on the bond
for &c. 900 10 former Dock Commissioner Andrew
J. White.
Under the terms OF the new charter the Mayor OF
the Greater New York must. before Jan. 20. 1898.
appoint six District Judges. four for Brooklyn and
one each for Queens and Richmond counties.
They will be appointed for ona year. when their
successors will be elected for full terma. The sal
ties is TO ae $4,000. The Brooklyn Judges will get
5000. Appointments TO NIL vacancies are TO DO
made by the Mayor. and not by the Governor.
Frank ". Palmer. the new Public Printer. was
formerly the editor OF . nswspsre or in syracuse.
n. Y. He Il now Q reaident Of Illinois.
The late Daniei.w. Voorhees,. WIN. like many
other men prominent In American politics. was by
firth an Ohio man, met with one serious defeat for
elective once In . political career ~hich-bsgan In
lsAa and continued until 1897, . period OF nifty.
four years. He was tina Democratic nominee for
Congress In the Terre Hauts district OF Indiana In
tho sams year that Horace Greeley ran for President.
tho vote OF the district was $4,000. and Morgan
G. Hunter. the Republican candidate. defeated
Mr.. voorhees, py 600 votes. Il Was . year OF disas.
ter for Democrats in many ~dissricsA. and thers were