The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-06
VOTES
The Middle ofthc.Road Populists have. very appro-
priateiy, carried Barren county, KY. Glasgow juno
ton Is its chief town.

t'oh IN W CHleI town.
Alton y. Parker. Judge.eiect OF the Court of APP
penis, halls from Ulster county. but Is q native of
Cortland county, from which Daniel $. Lamont also
comes. 1t Is a somewhat peculiar fact that while
Cortland is overwhelmingly Republican, the Demo
Gratis from that county have usually gained great
political distinction. while the Republicans have not.
There was this year a slump among the Republicans
In Cortland. due to n factiopal fight on the Assembly.
and the Democratic nominee was successful. on the
state vote for Judge OF the Court OF Appeals tho
Mckinley majority OF 1883 was cut down to less
than 800. onondega, tho homo county OF Judge
Wallace. did very well for him. He carried It by
$500 majority, Notwithstanding the fact that tho
Democrats were successful on the local ticket in the
city OF Syracuse.
There will be an election for Mayor of Philadelphia
in February, 1898. and already a number OF Philadel.
phians. without fear OF the terrible example of the
New York Cts before them, are preparing. so they say.
to organize q Cts Union In the Quaker City, which
has a Republican majority OF some T5. 600. It will take
more than q Citizens Union to dest roy the lead. I'm.
pair the integrity and demolish the influence OF tho
Republican organization in tho city OF Philadelphia
where II is stronger than in any other American city.
Tho Socialists Of New York. who polled 10, 900 votes
at the recent election in the Greater New York. have
adopted what may be described as the sporadic plan
OF campaign. They select each year q different
Assembly district in which to show their strength
uda I IL IL tHelT DeSL cUOTtS. In the lfen.
idential election OF 1890 they chose for this purpose
the Twelfth Assembly district, In which the cloth
workers are more numerous than In any other. and
ran Tor their candidate for ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Jonas,
who polled 1893 votes in a total Of 6.7T2. Mr.. Jonas
Is one OF the best known labor leaders In town.
This year Mr.. Jonas as nominated for Alderman in
the Fifth district, OF which he is a resident. and tho
battle OF the Socialists was transferred to the six.
teenth Assembly district. to the north OF the Twelfth,
and Daniel Do Leon was nominated for Assembly.
Mr.. De Leon IN one of the best known OF the Socialist
leaders. and he made what IS certainly a surprising
showing-a record OF / 900 votes In that district. In
fact. Mr.. De Leon polIed 4 larger vote than any OF the
party candidates running against him except the sue.
cessfui Tammany nominee. Benjamin HOFFMAN.
Tho late Gorham Parks. Clerk Of the Court Of Ap.
pealf. was appointed to that post in 1889. succeeding
E. o. Perrin. who held the place for twenty. one
years. The Clerk Of the Court OF Appeals receives q
salary OF $4,000 a year. He is under a bond Of s2o.
600; he has the appointment Of q deputy. and he is
removable at the pleasure of tho Judges.
The position OF the National Democrats, so called,
in some of the States Is. ludicrous. but its absurditv
does not seem to be apparent to the leaders or this
army. composed of star officers exclusively. In
Massachusetts,. for instance. at the recent election.
the Republicans were OF course triumphant by q big
majority. defeating the Bryan Democrats by more
than 10000. But the National Democrats. beaten
by the B~ryanitcs in the proportion of 4 to
l and by the Republicans In the proportion
of 10 to livery approprtate-are greatly elated
over what they call Saving their 8 per
cent A minor political organization In Massachu-
setts which nominates candidates on q regular
ticket is entitled to q place IL It gets 8 per cent. of
the total vote. and the National Democrats are deslr-
GUS OF continuing to get 8 per cent. though what
conceivable political benefit they derive thereby is
not easy to understand. Precisely the same result
could be obtained by the simpler method of remain.
ing indoors on election day. In New York the Ma.
tional Democrats Endorsed Seth Low under the sym.
Dol OF the ship, which passed In the night. and they
have been at sea ever since.
The single item OF teachers salaries in the schools
OF New York city. exclusive of the evening schools.
amounts to q, 500.0 900 for the year 1898. and for tho
compensation of janitors more than e40o. 900 will be
paid. The school supplies. books. nEps. and station.
cry. will cost moro than half a million dollars. and
there is another item OF expense. repairs to pianos. '
1000. These figures do not include, of course, the
expenditures for school purposes in the other por.
lions OF the Greater New York.
One of the curious results OF this years election
has been observed in the State OF Maryland. whore
the Republicans. successful in the city OF Baltimore,
have met with Unexpectedly large losses In what are
known as the colored counties, chiefly on the eastern
shore OF the State. There are.' approximately, 800,
900 qualified voters in Maryland, OF whom so, 900
about one.hfth OF the total number. are colored
FAC, 900. or about four.ffths. are white voters
The Republicans fl Maryland have what II
called south OF Mason and Dlxon's line a
white mans party. and their successes are
ascribed. recently. to the assistance OF forme,
Democrats in Baltimore and to Republican voters IN
the western section OF the State. which has long beer
Republican. In Garrett county. for instance. OF 8, 900
voters In the last election. $3.50 were white, ao
Mckinley carried the county by 500. This year many
of the colored voters have supported the Democrat,
1 l,la Nn arpl. nI 81 nntnnh IL aA.a.. 4
make q change in the result.
One OF the most surprlsing political chan res to b
seen in any district of the Greater New York on Tues
day was in the Tenth Assembly. In this district las
year the Republican majority on Governor was
votes for Mr.. Black and on Assemblyman 2 votes To-
Mr.. Sullivan. This year the district has been swun,
over into this Democratic side. and Julius Hamburger
the Democratic candidate for Assembly. has a ma
jority over Mr.. sullivan. successful a year ago. o
100. In no other Assembly district Of New Yorl
has there been such a surprising change in twelv,
months. In the Eighth Assembly district, which nd
Joins II, MI. Adler. the Republican nominee, has sub
s~tantially the same vote az a year ago.
The election OF Robert A. Van wyck as Mayor O
New York creates a vacancy on the bench OF the Cit
Court, the hlllng OF which viii devolve on Gov. Franz
S. Black. The last preceding vacancy on the ben n O
the City Court was IN 1898, through the death o
Justice simon VI. Ehrlich. MIR. Morton. then Governor
appointed Henry c. Bo'fy to MI the vacancy, but q
the ensuing election Mr.. Botty was defeated at tn
polls. This year again Mr., Botty was a candidate un
successfully for the onicr OF city Court Justice, an
some OF his friends have been recommending hi
nomination by GOV, Black. But II IL more probabI
that the Governor Will appoint the present DiStrEc
Attorney, W NJ. X. o!cOtt, one OF the most efficient q
the city onicials.
The largest Of the Assembly districts In New Yor
under the present apportionment Is the Twenty thir
on the west side Of town north or l2Oth street. an
the next largest Is the Twenty ninth, between Eight
and Lexington avenues. north OF Fifty.third stree
and south OF Sinrty'siSth. The smallest AsAembI
district In town Is the Eighth, which includes unl
~thiTtyIsix blocks OF Sew York territory, II runs sui
~stantIally from Chrystic 10 Ludlow street, a distanC
OF hve blocks. and from Division 10 stanton. a III
tance OF seven. 1t i not merely the most thickl
populated district Of the city. hut also the mo,
thickly populated district Of any city 81 the world,
is Also the district having the largest alien population
Washington IIesing received. when a candidate 10
al MnynF of 4 hIcaun I'm AnT,l last ona .fauth n "A n n ~