The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-21
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The three States 70 hold eiectonsi IN September are
Arkansas. Vermont and Maine. An three elect Gov.
eTnofs. The election in Arkansas is on tho 5th. In
Vermont ON the 9th and in Maine on the 18th.
The expenditures Of the New York Fire Department
for the borough OF Queens outside Of Long Island
City arc inconsiderable. Thsss arc the sums for
1898 allowed by the Board Of Estimate and Appor-
tonment for the Ere departments Of the various
towns and Villages in Queens borough; Nevtovn.
5000; RockawAy Beach. 5000; Far RoetavAy.
$4,000; Richmond Hill. $1,000; Jamaica. 1900;
Flushing. 1000: College Point. $3.50; Hollis, 5000.
and whitestone. $500.
The NEXT examination for Custom House veieher
will be held In October. and In anticipation anumbcr
Of Applcants for appointment in the Tederal service
are brushing up their knowlege OF foreign lands and
languages. trade terms. weights. measures and
GeometTy. The United States will soon begin to
have imports from their coloniss-something new -
an American Custom House.
Montana Il the only State in the country having .
Populist Governor who will hold over in ofacs after
Jan. 1. 1899. There are nov six States having
POpulist Governors, but in Ave there are elections in
November for their successors. The term Of the
Governor of Montana IL four years.
The oolored Democrats In this city are again active
in anticipation Of an election for Governor. Their
present headquarters are in the Seventeenth Assem-
bly, district.
Tho annual election notice has made ~ appear
ancs In Staten Island 0iohmond county. where the
only county and district ofacers 10 Be elected are .
District Attorney 10 succeed George n. Pinney, Jr.
RspJ. and . member Of the Assembly in place Of
Charles J. Kuhlman Dem). Mr.. Pinnsy II not .
candidate for reelection.
In tAo VARIOUS obituaries published soon aftsr his
death Of the late James o. Brodhead Of 81. Louis.
former American Minister 10 the republic Of Swift
rorland. there was uniform admission of the fact that
In the year 1875 Col. Brodhead was one Of the candi-
dates for the DemocrAtc nomination for President
Of the Omitted States. and that he was the fAyorito
candidate Of the Missouri delegation. the National
Convention Of that year being held in the city Of ST.
Louis. Col. Brodhead was the homo candidate. He
was the favortto OF the convention city, and the
thirty votes Of Missouri were thus divided,
Brodhead. 10; Thomas A Hendncks CnominAted
for Vioe-Prosident at that conventon), Z; Samuel J.
Tlden uhe candidate for President. 2; and william
Allen Of Ohio. 2. There were seven candidates for
tho Presidential nomination In the st. Louis Conven-
ton Of 1876. and the only survivor Of the number is
Thomas +. Bayard. He was the fayorito Of two
States. Delaware and Georgia The Brodhead dele
GAtes afterward supported M. Tiiden. who was nom-
mated. securing the unanimous vote Of New York In
the convention.
The Democrats Of wyoming. Whers thsro il . stato
election this year Cor Governor. Secretary Of State.
Auditor. and Treasurer. have put In nomination for
Governor Horace O. Alger, who viii be indorsed by
the oliver Republicans. The platform adopted by
the Democrats indorses the Chicago platform. and
fAvors an income tax and the retention Of All land !
over which the American nag hoata. Tho term Of
the Governor of Wyoming il four years. In the
election of 1894 the present Republican Governor
received 10000 votes. his Democratic antagonist
1000. and the Populist candidate ALL. Since
then there have been some defections among
the oliver Republicans. who have received the
nomination for Auditor In this years fusion. In
1896 Bryan, as the fusion candidate, carried wyom-
NnD NV ryvralfk- ~ 90 -oAna THE dt.&a - .A,. IL |
close and may be close again this year.
Aresoluton viii soon be introduced In the Munid.
pal Assembly to have oil portraits painted Of former
Mayors Body. Schieren and Wurster.
The statement is made, and here 10 some cor
roboraton of It. that the Liberty Bell Democrats, 10
called. the 1e to L silver Democrats. arc numerous
enough in the newly created Nassau county to pre-
clude the success of the regular Democratic candi.
dates unless there is q general harmoniLng of Dem
ocrats. The new county has heretofore been gener-
ally regarded as safely Republican. Meanwhile,
another element OF local dissatisfaction has entered
into the political situi ion in Nassau, due to 4 failure
among Its citizens to agree upon q county seat. Re
Gently there was held at Aliens hall, Mineola, o
meeting for the purpose OF perfecting plans for
bringing about the deSiRnation of Mineola as the
county seat. The other places that want thu honor
are Hicksville and Hampstead. The population Of
Mineola is $50. of Hicksville 1000 and of Hemp
stead 5000.
To,rn Topics was one of the papers Designated By
the Board Of Estimate and Apportionment for the
publication OF the advertisement of the recent sale of
city bonds. The President OF the Board of Aldermen,
the Corporation Counsel and the Comptroller were
the three officials voting for its selection. The Mayor
did not vote.
Since the success OF the Democrats ut the recent
State election in Alabama there has been 4 revival OF
the agitation for an amendment 10 the Constitution
of that commonwealth. similar in character IN tha
ones adopted in South Carolina. Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi. and designed to exclude. so far as the Fed
eral Constitution permits. colored citizens from the
right of suffrage. By the last Federal census there
Were 100000 colored inhabitants OF Alabama and
only 5000 foreign-born residents.
The Democrats OF Texas. who held their convention
this year in the city of Galveston. which usually in
clines toward the Republican party, have selected as
their standard bearer Joseph D.. SayerS of Bastrop.
who represented the Ninth Texas district In the For
ty-hfth Congress. II is the capital district Of the
Lone Star State. including within its boundaries Aus
tin. the Texas capital. and is overwhelmingly Demo-
cSatc. Candidate sayers is q native Of Mississippi.
He served in the Confederate Army. He was
. member of the Texas State Senate twenty
i've years ago.. was afterwArd Lieutenant-Gov
ernor, and has been a member Of seven Congresses
consecutively. always representing the capital dis
trict. There Is again talk OF q fusion in Texas this
year on the Governorship between the Middleof-
the-RoAd Populists and the Republican,, who Ap-
pear at the polls in considerable numbers only at
Presidential elections. In 1895. on q like combina-
ton. the combined Republican ard Middle-okthe-
Road Populist vote Of Texas was Pa. 600. though
the Mckinley electoral ticket In the same year. at
the same election, received I67, 900.
The Democrats Of the State Of Pennsylvania are
running for Lieutenant-G Governor this year william
II. Sowden Of Allentown. a veritable PennPylvan!a I
DutchmAn. The Pennsylvania Germans came to
that State from the PalntinAte. and have preserved !
for nearly two centuries the idiomatic language of '
their former German home. with such accretons Of
English a. to make their conversation Almos, in com
prehensible n Germans unfamiliar with the PalAtin- !
ate dialect. The Pennsylvania Germans ara mostly !
in the northeastern portion Of the State an they
vote the Democratic ticket almost undertatingly. Il c
was . Pennsylvania Dutchman who enlisted in the Z
cixil Hnr and being asLnl hr ahn racrlitlnL aaa.a. z