The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-02
PoLfTICAL NOTES

irH ONCE A.0 O0 for the salary or the county
clerk s12.6oD for the County and surro2atos Courts
Of Richmond and auO 600 for state taxes. s2,IUn
for stationery and pint M s.OOo for the expenses
and pay mcnt Of jurors. St5Oo for the District At
torney of Richmond anI hi office, and the balance
for charitable purposes.
Tho Democrats Of ohio who are outspoken in
their advocacy Of the cause of silver and resent
what they consider the intrusive interference or
Democratic politicians iron, New York. call Aten.
ton /, the fact that the official vote Of Augustus Van
WICK for Governor Of New York outside OF the ter
rttury included in the Greater New York was 3al,-
ia at last ycars election. while at tho last election
for Governor Of Ohio the Democratic candidate for
that once pul,el 4Oi 80 votes.
There are thirteen counties ia Wyoming. which
was carried by Bryan in 1896 At last years election
for Governor the Republican candidate was success
fu and carried ten uf the thirteen counties the ma.
ioriy against him in Laramie county. which includes
the city OF Chev enne being ~ votes only in total
Of more than 5000. wyoming like other far Vest
ern and Northwestern states IL reverting ~ is
former Republican allegiance. and the two fusion
counties. johnson and sheridan, are In the northern
part " the state Tongue River Ia In the latter aud
crazy woman's River in the former. Wyoming was
the pioneer American constituency to adopt female
suffrage and IL Ia projected there by constitutional
provision. The Woman Suffrage law in Wyoming
w.nt into effect in 1870 when Wyoming admitted
AZ state in 1890 wac A>ll a Territory.
The Greater Now York Poloe Department issued
last year CAP masked ball permits $40 permits to
carry firearms 2A3 permits for funeral parades and
300 permits for miscellaneous parades social.
political and military. The largest number OF per
mits was issued In the shortest month February
Thc silver Democrats Of New York city and its
vicinity are in a much dsorsanized condition just
! o,I ham 1,t,I Of nnf ~
arden! silveritos in favor Of direct appeal 10
william j. Bryan to come to town and save them
from the CALLING tyranny Of the Democratic Rodbug
through the intervention Of the National Democrat,
| Committee. Others are lying low and waiting for
! something TO turn ny. Others are in favor Z
| capturing the Tsmmany Hall organization.
while others for emitting sdrift from Tam
many entirely AMI beginning forthwith . war
fare warranted not to cumina'c until the Democrat
| f. National Convention Of 1900 1t 10 one OF tho
troubles Of the silver party in New York city. else
where that it has Generals than soldiers, and
wherever that condition crnfronts party tho diff
| cuitJ % Imposing consistent or coherent course
| upon its members ia very great
| The substantial defeat OF the biennial sessions
project IN the New York Legislature in Albany last
year IL expected 80 exercise favorable influence
upon Republican prospects in Albany county this
! year. The Republicans Of Albany maze avery poor
| showing at last years election. The county gave
! 700 majority for Van Wyck. replaced the Republic
! can hy Democratic Congressman, and . Repub-
| can state Senator by Democratic State Senator.
thereby making the upper branch of the Legislature
| clnss and elected the Democratic local ticket III
part AT least this result ascribcd to the hostil-
ity NJ tho Albanans to the biennial sessions project.
| for which it was thought they were inclined TO hold
| the Republicans responsible.
An addition has been made to the number of Sem
| ria .
| giula whose term expires next year. The new CAR
| didate il former Congressman John Gonde. who
Solicitor of the Treasury during the first Admins.
,ratun of President cleveland and who presided at
the recent anti. machine Democratic conference In
| Richmond. Mr. tioode is q Nirginian by birth and
| resident of Norfolk He a m enber Of the Rich
mond Legislature In 1851 and President elector in
| 1852. Re is 10 years Of age.
The number OF horses ill use in the New York
| Police Department was 40 at the beginning of the
present year. of which go were in use IN the two
| boroughs of Brooklyn and the Bronx.
| The repor, of the Commissioner of Highways for
the quarter ending May l. 1928. contains this state
,nrnt: " III the borough of Brooklyn. no new pave
nent having been laid during the quarter, the mile
ave of paved streets remains the same. In this
| borough OF Manhattan during the same period six
paving contracts were completed. at cost Of SAL
| uos. and additional contracts for paving were en-
| tered into to the amount Of Sse .825.'
The term OF the Treasurer Of the State Of Florida
| ia four years snd in November 1897, G. b. Collins
was elected TO that Office fora term ending Jan. L.
| 1901. Mr.. Collins resigned and j. b. Whitfield WAS
| appointed temporarily i'll hts place until the snc-
| cecding general election Of 1923. when he ran
! against Mr. Gay, the Republican candidate Mr.. Gay
headed sort Of forlorn hope for the Republicans OF
| FLORIDA who are in voting minority III every ono ot
the forty. counties Of the State. and who besides
this are without solitary representative In either
| branch Of the Legislature. Mr.. Gay 1t was CON
coded would he defeated but the nerestin the can
| vass turned on whether or not he would poll as
| many as 600 votes in tho State. He didn't. His
| total vote was 200. and he beaten by $4,000
plura,ty The Treasurer of Florida receives 80 900
| aycsr salary.
The Attorney General Of Virginia who receives
| a. 300 year for his services. has recently been
called uron to decide the case Of Mayor Bib Of
| Louisa, who IL disqualified on account OF hts
failure to take the snti.dnenG oath. The casa Is
Que which attracts attention from the fart that has
| h.cn found that other county and town ofhcias In
| Virginia are disqualified from the same cause. Tho
State Constitution OF virginia disqualaes duelllsts
from oriceholdng and duellsts and the abettors Of
| duelling from voting.
| Though the Municipal Council has not found time
or opportunity TO dispose Of some matters author
| iyng the issuance OF bonds for urgent public pur-
noses it has not been similarly nsRlectful Of soma
| ether matters At the meeting OF the Municipal
Council on June IL unanimous consent WAS given to
| introduce a resolution. which was unanimously
| adopted giving pernnssion TO the Brian Born Club
ITO parade with transparencies through the streets
| and avenue. OF the borough of Manhattan" ON
| juno IL
| Til. last printed annual report Of the New York
| Fire Department appeared on Aug. 81, 1893, and
| was for tho year 1897.
| There were fewer disposssss proceedings brought
in the borough Of Manhattan in the year 1893 than
| IN the year preceding.
| The Commissioners ol Accounts have completed
| their annual summary OF fees collected in tho
| Municipal District Courts Of Manhattan, and they
find the total Of these to- lie S57.S37 for the year
| 1888. The Commissioners Of Accounts are nothing
| n not thorough. in small matters. and they have