The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-04
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The proposed constitutional amendment - 10 the
method OF Milling judicial vacancies proposed by Mr..
stedrnsn, Republican, of Albany. provides that whom
. Vacancy occurs otherwise than by expiration OF
term In the once OF Justice OF tho Supreme Court IL
shall be nliod for q full term at the next general cleo
tion in an even numbered year happening not less
than three months after the vacancy occurs; and. I'M
I'll tho vacancy shall DO so filled, atemporary appoint
ment shall be made by the Governor. by and with the
advice and consent OF the Senate IL the Senate shaii
be in session, or. II II ia not In session. the Governor
also may NIL such vacancy by appointment.
II would .scm somewhat as II when David q. Hill
left Elmira to make his home In Albany he took the
Democratic party OF Chemung along with him, or NJ
least . considerable part of its voting force. The
Democrats carried Chemupg in the election OF 1898
by 1900 majority, and In 1894 by 800. In the
Presidential election OF 1895 the county went Re-
publican by $500. and last year IL was carried by
the Republicans By 100. At tho recent township
elections In Chemung, the Republicans elected seven
Supervisors and the Democrats four only. q Repub-
ncan gain over 1897. The two rival leaders in Che
munG, Hill on tho Democratic and Fassett on the
Republican side, arc active in Its political AFFAIRS NO
more. MIR. Hill Is . resident OF Albany and Mr.. Fas-
sett has practically withdrawn from Republican
county politics.
Regardless Of whoever else may favor biennial sss-
sions Of the Legislature. the people OF Albany are
very much opposed to the project and declare that n
adopted Il will be ruinous to tho material interests OF
the old town on the hill. divcrting the profitable pat
ronage OF visiting statesmen from hotels. boarding
houses, dairies. ooree and 'cake saloons. shooting
galleries, dime museums. theatres. and other places
of public instruction. recreation. and refreshment.
Tho population Of Albany IL approximately 100, 900.
Tho debt Of Albany IL about %. 1000, 900. and tho
moneys expended by strangers in Albany during the
legislative session arc put at about e100. 900 q year
or 81 per inhabitant. or about half as much a. the
interest on Abany's debt ut o per cent.
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Moro than twice a. many Republican supervisors
as Democratic Supervisors have been elected al this
years spring contest throughout tho State. and
Democratic gains have been noted in the interior vii.
lagos only.
| There arc nve divisions OF the Municipal Court in
the borough Of Brooklyn. Three of the Justices are
schnitzpaf-n. aoetting, and Neu. Charles Conrady 10
one OF the court clerks and Herman Gohlinghorst 10
another. In the Coney Island division OF the borough
Of Brooklyn Cornelius Furgueson 10 Justice and Jere-
miah oLoary is clerk.
An ordinance passed in November. 1897. provides
that Elinstreet. from Chambers to Great Jones street.
shall be regulated and graded and have tho curb
stones set and the sidewalks tagged for q space Of
four feet wide. 1t 10 now found that the grade Of
some OF the streets intersectinR Elm will have to Do
altered TO conform to tho now grade, ana that there
Is no lawful provision therefor. Application has been
made, in compliance with the. terms Of the charter,
to the Board Of Public improvements for payment on
this account. but temporarily an appropriation 10
withheld. Tho Elm street Widening was designed
originally for the relief OF Broadway. wherein tranno
had become congested. but there IL now less trafno Of
vehicles on Broadway than was the case when the
agitation for tho Elm street widening wa begun.
The municipal reformcrs Of the city Of Chicago are
not to be accused of Incidence in tho matter Of public
agitation. They have recantly sent out . circular 10
the electors OF the windy town asking this question:
"Do you believe in roserving q lot of valuable land
on the lake front for park purposes when It is well
known that there are no residents to use suoh O
park P" Some Chicago men devised recently o plan
for identifying the whole lake front of the south
side. 80 called. but they have encountered the opposi.
ton Of those who declare that the lake front should
be used for revenue purposes. the ownership moan.
while remaining in the city OF Chicago. The results
OF the municipal election of April. 1897. were unfav.
orable to the hopes OF many municipal reformers.
but some of them have recently taken new oncour-
agement in advance of April. 1898.
Tho recent celebration at the Saratoga Club In
honor OF ex.Congressman James N. Marvin, some.
times called "the First Citizen Of Saratoga" who
had reached his eighty ninth birthday, recalls the
fact that Mr.. Marvin IS ono Of the few survivors OF
New York's delegation to the Thirty eighth Congress, /
which was in session, though not uninterruptediy,
from Dec. 8. 1858. to March 8, 1885, during the most
active period Of the civil war. That delegation, com. |
posed of thirty. one members, was made up OF repre-
sentative citizens of both parties moro largely per.
haps than any other delegation sent from Now York, |
and included Reuben E. Fenton, ~afterward Governor, |
Francls Herman. afterward United States Senator; |
benjamin and Fernando Wood. Erastus Corning OF !
Albany, Judge Homer A. Nelson Of Poughkeep sie. |
sfterward Secretary Of state; Martin Kalbneisch Of
Brooklyn. James Brooks aud Jonn winthrop Chanler
of New York. Thomas N. Pomeroy Of Auburn. Do
Witt G. LittleJohn OF oswego. John Ganson of Buff
faio. Freeman Clarke Of Rochester. and Augustus |
Frank OF Warsaw. who was active in tho foundation !
of the ReDuDlical marty and WA pOa NJ tha nanuh. Y
lean delegates at largo to the Constitutional Couven. |
uoai In 1894. MIR. Marvin represented the Saratoga
district in that Congress and in two Congresses sue
ceeding. |
The Bronx River. which has evoked heretofore moro |
attention from poets than froml politI clans and has |
invited. to some extent. the attention of discoversrs |
and prospectors, has under the new division Of tax /
districts gained its nut Official distinction o. O line of
boundary. The Twenty.fourth ward is now divided
for taxation purposes into two PARASITIC Twenty |
fourth ward west Of tho Bronx River and the Twenty. |
fourth ward east OF the Bronx River.
The advocates of free transportation for IeFislators
on New York railroads. Steamboat. trolley cars and |
stage coaches have been preparing tables designed to |
show that exemption from tho payment OF fares Is |
enjoyed by legislators in other countries quite gen. |
orally. In Germany Legislators corresponding with |
the lawmakers OF Albany get NO salaries but free
passage on all the railroads. In France they receive |
6l,s0O a year and q free pass on all state lines and
the privilege OF ~nrst-class travel on all other lines for |
a fec OF % a month. In Italy no salaries are paid, |
but the right to free travel by car or boat is accorded
to the national Legislators. In Portugal the nav of
deputies Is 90 a day. aud they have FREQ passage on
any Government vessel and over all State railways
when on ofncial business. In RoumaniA tho rate Of
compensation is S5 a day. with free passes on all the
railroads. In Belgium the awmake receives 1000
francs q year and gets n free pass over all tho Govern.
ment railroads connecting his home with the capital.
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The term OF Shelby N. Cullom expires on the Sd of
March 1901, and John p. Altgeid is already in tho
feid to succeed him. The term OF Stephen NJ. White,
Democrat. OF California, expires on the 90 OF March,
1899. and Gov. J. Fl. Budd, Democrat. Is q candidate
to succeed him. Gov. Budd's term expires in Janu-
airy, 1893. The salary of q Senator is %, 900; the sal
airy or the Governor OF California Is %. 900. The term
OF George Gray OF Delaware expires in March, 1899,
and there 4, already talk OF his being succeeded BY
one OF the saulsburys. a family numerousin Delaware.
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