The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-28
PoE1r1on VOTES

There are only two Democrats on joint ballot. on
IN each house, In the Nevada Legislature. Bryan
polied 81 per cent OF the vote Of tho sagebrush stat
in 1899 and Mckinley and Hobart 10 per cent.
In 1897 the number Of plans nied for the eonstruo
tion Of new ~buildings or alterations to old ones 81
the county OF New York was Q, osS. against 0,735 n
the year 1895. The estimated cost OF such building
and alterations was es1,ooo,ooo. more thnn eio.
900. 1000 in excess Of the preceding year.
Ohio and New Jersey are now better represented IN
the Executive Department Of the Union than IL II
usual for two States to be. though not undeseryedlJ
90. Ohio and New Jersey people feel themselves
justified in thinking. Tho President IL from Ohio
and 20 IL the Secretary OF state; tho vice.President u
from New Jersey and 90 10 the Attorney-General. II
10 an unusual thing for o state which has a Vice
President to have q representative in the Cabinet a
well. when the Presidents State IL also represented
In the Cabinet. too; but, though unusual. II 10 not I'M
precedented. During the Administration of President
Harrison. Indiana was represented In the Cabinet BY
Mr.. Miller, the Attorney. General, and New York.
which had the vice.President In Levi p. Morton, had
also the Secretary of the Navy in Gen. Benjamin y,
Tracy. But New York ia accustomed to some distinc-
tionh which. in q political way, do not often fall to
theahare OF New Jersey.
Preparations are already under way for taking the
national census OF 1900. and. as has been the custom
heretofore. the place Of superintendent of the census
Ia n coveted one among statisticians and statesmen.
The superintendent OF the census Of 1880 was Gen.
Walker Of Connecticut. The superintendent Of the
census OF 1890 was Robert P. Porter. then OF New
York, but now OF Cleveland. A candidate for super.
intendent OF the census OF 1900 10 8. n. D. North of
Boston. formerly Of Albany.
Ex.Assemblyman Walter W.. Rahan. whose me.
ohanical contrivance for keeping q cigar lit In his hat
while pleading for clients in criminal or civil courts,
THE Sun has already described. has been much an.
noyed. his friends say, of late BY illusions to the re.
semblance borne to him by Enrique Dupuy de LONE.
The election OF 1898 in New York will be essential.
ly q Estate election" for Governor. LieutenantGov.
ernor. state Officers. and members of both houses in
Albany. There will be no municipal officers voted
for within New York city. but several judicial officers
will be elected In the territory included in II. A sue
cessor will be chosen to Justice william N. Cohen of
the Supreme Court, whose term expires on tho 31st
OF December Eext. who IL hlling, by the Gov.
ernor's appointment, the place made vacant by
the death OF John Sedgwick. In the Second
Judicial district there will be an election TO
NIL the place OF Justice Augustus Van wyck,
formerly Judge of the City Court OF Brook.
Ign. and now supreme Court Justice. whose term
expires conourrently with that OF Justice Cohen.
Justice Van Wyck Ia a brother of Mayor Van wyck of
New York and q Democrat. There will be an election
for 4 City Court Justice in New York county In place
OF William N. K. olcott. Republican. now nllng the
post OF Robert A. Van wyck, resigned to become
Mayor. An amendment to the Constitution now
pending in Albany will. n adopted. do away with
judicial elections in OF years. but It hasn't been
adopted yet. and cannot In any event go into effect
before 1901.
The estir, .tea coat ., ,,k,ro dov, and -.r,ov,r.
tho mo,orrv =, ,ho ra,arra,s :, p,,,s 80. 80
Forty .secona strest IA AIN ono ,nd ., q. r.,,,,.d hr
some persons as Significant that In the oficiai compu'
.a'on meae In 1909 OF the value OF city property
tue oi''riouting reservoir winch 1t is intended to take
uo"h ana the wh"ie reservoir square, from Fortieth
!" for'y'secoha street ana from fhth 10 sixth ave-
hue-wes then estimated to be worth 100000 or
VIC INC present Vaiue OK the OLD masonry.
III. - -, =.
..ra = NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 49,. !.
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years canvass was clearly marked In the vote in the
Assembly on Feb. go to discharge the Excise Com.
mittee from consideration OF any substitute or
amendatory liquor tax measure. When the Ralnes
law. radically changing the method Of imposing
liquor taxes. was originally adopted, four Repub.
licans in the Senate and a larger number in the
Assembly-chiehy from New York, BROOKLYN. and
Bufalo-opposed It on local grounds aud voted with
the Democratic minority against It. In 1896. when
the amendments proposed to tho Raines law.
strengthening certain features Of II, were offered in
Albany, there was some desultory opposition to them
by Republicans from the large cities, but they went
through nevertheless. This year the Republicans in
both Senate and Assembly are united, and on re
vote taken on Feb. 28, on the motion to consider the
Hamburger Excise bill, every Republican present was
recorded against auch o proposition. and only Demo. |
Gratis in favor Of 1t. The Raines LIQUOR Tar law IA |
now yielding to the State of New York 1000. 600 a
year in revenue which It didn't have before. and the !
party stands solidly behind IL.
what Is called In Ohio the Liberty Party " is about
the Popullst party in the Buckeye State. At the |
OF 1897 for Governor, the Liberty partv |
polled 8,loO votes, which. compared with the Ma. |
tional Democracy vote of 4, 600 for julius Dexter. tho
gold Democratic nominee, was considerable. The |
Liberty party got votes In every one OF the eighty.
eight counties of Ohio, and polled its largest vote in |
10 =. son'o"na' py inc establishment
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