The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13
POLITICAL r

On April 20 the Democratic stats Committee Of
will meet at Harrisburg TO elect q
and TO nx the time and place for the state
Convention, which IL to nominate q candidate for
The two most conspicuous candidates for
the nomination arc Col. James M.auney of Allegheny
and Judge James G. Gordon Of Philadelphia. west
county has instructed eleven delegates and
Beaver four to vote for Col. Gufrey. Blair county
has declared for qufey. schuylkin's fifteen dele
gates are uninstructed. but many Of them have said
they will support Judge Gordon. Somerset has I'm
dorsed A. H.. Conorth for Governor. Both Philsdei-
phia and Pittsburg, supporting dufey and Gordon
respectively, arc overwhelmingly Republican.
The SATISFY Of the Bellevue Hospital typewriter and
stenogrnpher. paid by the city, has been reduced
from s1o a week to s7.7o. The salary Of the Com.
missioner of Charities Is $1,000.
The withdrawal of Roger ouarles Mrls from the
contest for United Rtntos Senator in Texas his term
expires on March 4, 1seo) makes easier, probably.
the race OF Gov. Culberson to succeed him. Culber-
son's term expires Jan. 12, 1898.
The biennial sessions project. II adopted by the
present Legislature and ratified by next years and
sanctioned bv the voters in November, 1899, would
not go into eject until Jan. 1, 1900.
The business OF licensing individuals to do certain
things. some already lawful ana some otherwise,
goes on actively in the New York Legislature and
will not cease probably until The I~eGislstur re ad
journs. Tho representative of the Twentieth New
York district in Albany has introduced q bill em-
pc0ering Mayor Van wyok to license adult blind
persons to play musical instruments and sell articles
on public thoroughfares. There has been some talk
OF q board of adult blind license commissioners, to
be- paid $40 q day each. and to have q secretary,
Photographer. auditor, and three orderiies.
4 The nrat steam ferry between New York and Brook.
Ign WAS established in 1914. and on II Robert Fulton
ran the nrst STAN ferryboat. the Nassau, in 1914.
Before this time horses supplied the motive power,
after the primitive propulsion OF the oar had been
discarded. In 1s35 tho South Ferry vas opened. and
In 1889 the Wall Street Ferry. The Roosevelt Ferry
was established in 1852, and after a temporary dis
continuance It was permanently established in 1868.
The Grand Street Ferry dates back to 1880 and the
Williamsburg Ferry to 1s49. On Aug. as, 1877. tho
FIRST boat of the Annex Ferry, between Jersey City and
Brooklyn. made its first trip. Ferries between New
York and Brooklyn were maintained by rowboats for
more than $50 years before the Nassau was put in
commission by Fulton.
Comment is made upon the fact that aimee the con-
solidntion OF Brooklyn with New York the number OF
new buildings Ia larger in the borough than in tho
old town. Last week eiRhty.seven permits for new
buildings were granted in Brooklyn against thirty
I'VE only in New York.
There ia to be an election for Aldermen in Chicago
IN April, ana IN ADVANCE OF the contest many OF the
local Chicago reformers are insisting that party lines
should be ignored. The plan Of ignoring party limos
has been illustrated quite forcibly in Albany this
year, where from the district represented by Senator
Pavey there are three Citizens' Union Assemblymen.
wcrkes OF the Twenty.hfth. Laimbeer OF the Twenty.
seventh. and seligsberg of the Twenty.ninth. All
three were elected in the same Senatorial district on
the Citizeus' Union platform OF non. partisanship. so
called. Weekes and Laimbeer are Republicans and
SpltpRbnrC is n Democrat, and. Notwithstanding the
most profuse declarations OF on-partisanship It is
observable always that the two Republicans are
found recorded on the Republican side and the ono
Democrat on the Democratic side on all vital and
distinguishing questions.
As tho elections for Supervisors proRress through.
out the state. II is made more clear constantly that
what the Republicans have been losing in the small
interior hamlets they have been gaining-and moro
bes.des-in the large cities. The representation in
the Legislature OF these large cities. too. and the coun.
ties in which there are large cities, shows the trend
OF political change. In Albany. long a Democratic
stronghold, the Senator is a Republican, and so are
three OF the four Assemblymen. In Monroe. includ.
ing Rochester, the Senator 10 a Republican. and SO
are three of the four Assemblymen. one of them be-
ing the Speaker. There Is no Democratic representa-.
tive OF oneida In either Senate or assembly. and both
Erie county Senators are Republicans. and there are
as many Republican as Democratic Assemblymen
from Erie.
A suggestion has been made that the city should
lease for municipal purposes exclusively the new
Syndicate building on Park row.. near Ann street
thereby reducing the present charges for rent,
which are nearly $500. 900. for offices scattered
throughout town. The exact amount paid last year
for onlces used by municipal departments and rented
from individuals exclusive OF the schools. nrehouses.
police stations. street.cleaning stations. and corpora.
ton yards) was slo4. l75. and 1t is computed that the
interest on a ee. 900. 900 site and building 1t o per
cent. would be only 500, 900. or about half what the
city is now paying.
Virginia is one OF the States in which there are
biennial sessions of the Legislature. and this years
session has been a mcHe than usually active one.
Members of the Virginia Legislature receive 81 q day
for their services, and this year they have beer in
session pretty steadily since January. Tho limit
nxed for their service Is ninety days. The Senate,
or upper house. has voted to submit to the people az
the election to be held in May. 1899. the question
OF calling a constitutional convention.
II is said that moro former residents of the Twenty.
first ward have been appointed to public ONCE since
Jan. l in New York than at any previous time in the
record Of city politics. The Commissioner of High
ways, Mr.. Keating; the Commissioner Of Street
Cleaning, Mr.. Mccartney; the Fire Marshal. Mr.. seery,
the President OF tho Tax Commission. Mr.. Feitner,
the Deputy Comptroller, Mr.. DAILY. and the President
OF the Board OF Assessors. Mr.. Cahill. are. all of them.
won hFs u mcu' IL bo . tho FTcsiuout VI
the Board of Aldermen. Thomas T. Woods.
In some of the sketches which have appeared Of
Col. Murphy. the President of the Board of Health. II
has been stated that Col. Murphy became the leader
of Tammany in the First Assembly district on tho re-
tiremcnt of Justice DUFFY in 1901. That 10 q mistake.
Justice Duny was retired from the leadership OF Tam
many In the First district in 1850. and was succeeded
by Frank 7. Fitzgerald. elected Register in that year.
In 1899. at the expiration OF his term rs Register. Mr..
fitzgerald was elected Additional Surrogate. = post
he still holds. and on his retirement from the Tam
many leadership Col. Murphy took hts place. From
1870 TO 1891. a period OF twenty.one years, Col.
Murphy was allied with Democratic organizations
opposed to Tammany Hall. Col. Murphy was taken
a prisoner IN tho Fenian invasion OF Canada in 1896.
He was elected to the Assembly in the same year.
albany 10 half way between New York and Canada.
Tho Rhode Island Legislature has taken . recess
from March 4 to April q. the day after this years
State election. The Legislature has voted to submit
to the voters . proposition 70 expend $500. 900 on
the new Capitol. Tho new Providence Capitol. for
which an expense of $500, 600 is provided. will