The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-31
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The city OF Boston under the rule Of Josiah Quincy
is run TO some oxtent on tho reform plan. and begin.
ming Jan ! there has been . complete ovorhauling Of
the offending hackmen whose Entertainments have
been distasteful to many visiton to Boston. In order
to put an end 70 this abuse the Board OF Police has
promulgated q number of rules. one OF which
10 that hanson cabs shall be considered a. hacks.
thas hackney carriages having the doors opening on
the sides shall DO held to DO hacks" and that every
other hackney carriage. except an omnibus or Q park
carriage, shall DO held TO be . cab. These distinctions
are important and seem to DO undertaken with the
view Of protecting tourists in Boston.
The new United states Marshal in Chicago. Ames.
has appointed o number Of deputies and has retained
some of the deputies Previously in ONCE Elgin,
Peoria. Joliet, and Streator are represented. and tho
list further includes the veteran Deputy. Jones, who
has been connected with the once for thirty years.
and has charge of the admiralty business of the
Marshars ONCE. George ]. Allen has been connected
with the once for twenty years. Jones and Allen
are Republicans.
The Prohibition County has organised
for 1898 with the election Of william T. wardwen
Is Chairman. Mr.. wardwel was the Prohibition
candidate for Mayor Of New York at the recent cleo
ton. and he polled in the entire territory 1859 votes.
or less than one-tenth OF the Socialist vote for tho
same ONCE. Tho Prohibitionists OF New York arc on
the decline. decidedly. They polled tower votes
than the Socialists in tho state at the last election.
There arc 90. 900 colored inhabitants of the State Of
Ohio. and I2. 500 colored voters in that Common.
wealth. Q majority Of them resident in the southern
counties upon or near the Ohio River. The colored
voters OF Ohio. who have generally heretofore acted
with the Republican party. though in one State cleo
ton. that Of 1888, they gave their support to George
Hoadly. o former Republican. whose friendship for
colored voters frequently has been marked. feeling
themselves aggrieved by their treatment by the Re-
publican leaders, determined to run q ticket of their
own at the last State election. and nominated candi.
dates for all the ofhces under the title OF the Negro
Protection party" The showing madelby their candi.
dates. however. was not reassurfng. Mr.. Lewis, the
Negro Protective candidate for Governor. poled 47o
votes in the State out of q total OF Q 5000. His as
sociates on tho Negro Protective ticket ran behind
the head OF IL.
The Democratic Club 10 not altogether o. new an
organization as some of the recent candidates for
membership upon its rolls would seek to make It APP
pear. 1t was organized In 1871. twenty seven years
ago. and was long known as "The Young Mems DEM
ocratio Club" Of New York. In 1890 many OF its
members. pioneers at the outset. were no longer
Quslined to be included % young men," and it was
for this reason chiefly that the title Of the club was
changed to the Democratic Club. though without visi-
BILE gain. at the time. in membership. political status,
or financial stability.
More than usual care was bestowed this year upon
the COMPUTATIONS OF Voteb cast az the nrDt election In
the Greater New York. and for the nrst time q sepa-
rate column was given TO votes protested and to
votes declared void. On tho Mayoralty 2.0l6 votes
were protested and 2. 12o were declared void. In ad.
dition TO 1890 rejected as blank. . total of nearly
5000 disqualified electors. For the President OF the
Municipal Council there were 2.01s blank protested
votes, 2.lao returned Is void and 7.44o rejected a.
blank. Tho difncuities OF voting in New York are
not being reducedi they seem to DO increasing.
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BY Q recent Massachusetts, law the Governor was
authorized TO appoint q state Tax Commission OF
three 20 investigate and report recommendation for
future tax legislation. The report OF the Massachu.
setts commission q nat tax Of 8 per
cent. on all collateral and lineal inheritance OF both
real and personal property above $1,000 In value.
New York states receipts from collateral inher1.
tances are moro than 8 1000. 900 q year.
The demand for . change In the present law relat-
ing to the primary elections has stimulated the 90
tivtty OF Q number of statesmen, some Of whom Arc
preparing to hold q national convention on the sub
1ect. The Civic Federation of Chicago 10 At the head
OF the movement. Necessarily. a. in all matters Of
public importance requiring judicial knowledge and
great d~exterity Of execution, John Sabine Smith has
in preparation q bill. Francis D. Pavey has already
prepared ono. Senator Ford 10 at work upon q third,
and Senator Brush of Brooklyn Is looking after Q
fourth. The Ford bill Is to provide for an enrolment
each December thirty days after election. Tho pri-
mAries will DO carried on under the election district
inspectors. and any citizen will DO entitled to vote
who declares that he Is . Democrat or . Republican.
as the case may bel that he supported the ticket of
his party generally" " at the last preceding election
at which he voted. and that he proposes TO vote the
ticket az the next election.
There will DO Senatorial elections In all the dis
tTicts OF the State this year. and In New York there
IL likely to be . lively night for the Republican nom.
ination in the district now represented by Mr.. Pavey.
which is Overwhelmingly Republican. and in the dis.
trict represented by Senator Ford. which 10 largely
Republican. In the district represented by Senator
Page. Van Wyok. polied last year 1883 and Low
and Tracy 1890.