The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-15
poErr1oA1 VOTES.

,hare. Monroe being one Of the counties of the state
which became permanently estranged from the De-
mooraoy through Organism. It HES an unusually
large Germ an population. and was carried at last
Years stat, election under unfavorabis conditions
By the Republicans by neaTiy 5000 majority. Dir.
o'arady IL tho present Speaker OF tho Albany A.
sembly and IA serving his hfth ter 70. He is popular
In Monroe. and II he accepts the Republican nominR
ton for Congress. his probable successor as Speaker
Of the next Assembly viii DO s. Frcd Nixon of chau.
tauqua, now the Republican leader IN the Assembly,
who IL serving his eighth term.
The present PostmasterGcnerG 10 . Maryland
man; 80 was the Postinaster.Ge n eral in the Cabinet
of the first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln.
Since 1891 the postal business of the country has in.
creased from els 600, 900 TO see. 900. 900 n year. and
tho last onicial report of Government disburse-
msnts showed that II cost $4,000. 900 q year TO trans
port the mails and e44. 900. 900 to handle them. The
aggregate number OF pounds handled is coo. 600, 900.
an average Of moro than forty pounds q year for
every male adult in the country.
There will DO an election for Governor and other
state officers in Michigan this year. and already there
is tnik Of running Hazen 8. Pingreo as the Populist
candidate. with Democratic support. against the Re-
publican nominee.
Tho eiehtieth birthday Of william Claim, ono OF the
four surviving ex-Governors of Massachusetts-oth-
err being George 8. Boutwell,, Secretary OF Navy John
~. Long, ana JOnn ". n. bEhCkett-Wbb CeleDThteu In
Boston last week by member Of the Massachusetts,
Club, of which he has held the Presidency almost
continuously for nfty years. Mr.. Claim was Gov.
ernor Of Massachusetts, from 1869 TO 1879, and he Is
one Of the best known residents OF the good city OF
Boston, which has the Hon. Josiah Quincy for its
Mayor.
New York city's contribution to the State taxes
varies considerably. and as q consequence tho budget
Is increased or diminished by this item to 4 consider.
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taxes was %. 600. 900. In 1899 It was &C. 400. 900.
In 1897 it was %. 400. 900. and this year It is %. 7o0.-
900. These payments are included in the city's
budget. and are accountable in part for "high" or
Glow Z" taxes. Since the adoption OF the Raines
Liquor Tax law State taxes have been on the decline
and It may not be very long before there will DO O
material reduction in New York's quota.
There have been references recently to the very
prominent part taken by Maine men in governmental
AFFAIRS in Washington. and particular attention has
been called to the fact that the Secretary OF the Navy.
Mr.. Long. IL . native Of Maine; the Speaker Of the
House of Representatives Mr.. Reed. is a Maine man,
and the leader of the majority in the House. Mr..
Dingley. Is a Maine man. too. A correspondent OF
one OF the Lewiston papers calls attention to the fact
that . section OF Maine in AndroscogRtn and OXford
counties twenty-five miles in diameter and having
Hebron IN its focus has furnished more mon of world
wide reputation than any other section of equal ex.
tent IN tne Uhlteu Sthteb, montioninB III rihH>
lin. born Mt Paris; John d. Long. Buckneld. Nelson
Dingley. Durham: william P. Frye. Lewiston; Sem
ator Hlborn. Minot; Eugene Hale. Turner. and Post
master. General Horatio c. King. Paris.
The period during which a Governor may hold
without signing or vetolng q bill passed by the Leg.
~islature varies in the several States. In New York.
California. Kentucky, Colorado. Illinois, Michigan.
Pennsylvania, Texas and Missouri Il Is ten days; in
Maryland It is six; in Alabama, Georgia, Massachu-
sets. Mississippi, Nebraska. Nevada, Arkansas.
Florida, Louisiana. New Hampshire. Tennessee. Ore.
gon. Vermont. Virginia, West Virginia, andlNcw Jer-
sey It is nve. and in Kansas, Connecticut, Indiana,
Iowa. South Carolina. Minnesota and Wisconsin IL
is three days. In Ohio the Governor has no veto
power. with the extension Of the system of biennial
sessions to thirty.nine OF the forty.nve States, the
number OF bills passed and requiring the considera-
ton OF the Executive has been much reduced and
the iabors OF the Governors in these States have. been
ughtened correspondingly.
Objection is made to the expenditures incurred for
printing last year by the Fisheries, Game and Forest
Commission. Its report $4,000 copies) cost tho tax
payers moro than e21. 900; extra copies were after.
ward ordered by the Legislature. and the entire cost
was $4,000 On the other hand. Il is to be consid.
cred that the fishery. game and forest interests OF the
State OF New York are very Important; that the Com
missioners receive only %. 500 a year. exclusive OF
expenses. and that without knowledge OF the pro-
~ceedings of the commission the voters OF the State
could not have acted intelligently. as they did. in de-
feating tho proposition to sell q portion OF the States
forest preserves. submitted to them In the form of .
constitutional amendment and rejected.
The Senatorial district represented by Clarence X.
Lexow, Republican. is made up OF the two counties
OF Rockland aud Orange. Following the report OF
Senator Lexow to the Legislature in 1895. wherein
he stood out stoutly and successfully for q bipartisan
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Charles II. Parkhurst and of tho City Vigilance
League. the members of which announced that they
would carry the war into Lexow's district and beat
him. II q candidate for reelection. Mr.. Lexow was
a candidate for reelection nevertheless, ana his plu-
raiity was .. 800 votes. There ia an election for Sen.
ator In the orange-Rockland district this year. and
the announcement Is made, perhaps errone-
ously, that Mr.. Croker and some OF his
political friends connected with tho Police
Department when Mr.. Lexow was the Chairman
OF the legislative committee investigating IL are
going to carry the fight into Lexow's district and
beat him "if . candidate for reelection" Orange
county gave last year u Republican majority OF
1884, but RocklEnd went Democratic by $50. A
vigorous fight In the district Is therefore not improb-
able, but instances are very rare in the politics of
New York where an elective of1oial who enjoys the
confidence OF his constituents has been defeated by
the efforts OF residents of other districts.
The policy OF increasing tho sAl3rles OF executive
and Of reducing the salaries OF subordinate ON.
ployees in the municipal departments has been fol.
lowed pretty generally since Jan. l without as yet
any visible diminution OF the citys salary account.
The increases have generally onset and in some cases
have exceeded the reductions.
A peculiar dispute has arisen in Louisiana, where
change are to be made In the State Constitution.
particularly A. regards voting. Under the proposed
plan OF restricting the suffrage the committee Of the
convention having charge OF the matter has deter
mined to limit the provisions to those naturalizsd
prior to Jan. !, 1898. 1t 10 clainsd that very few
Foreigners have been naturaliLed since the adoption
in 1870 Of the Constitution now in force, because
that Constitution permits foreigners to vote without
becoming naturalized; but II the new Constitution
should give unqualified suffrage to all those who be.
come naturaiized up to the date set there would be a
rush to the courts by thousands who have been vot
ing heretofore without having been naturalized.
1t IL popularity supposed that only citizens
have the right to vote at elections In the
United States; but this Is . mistake. for aliens
= 49, at..oH thal. tntaattnA IN I-.o.-. Ia.