The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-04
POLITICAL NOTES.

william E. Sen gems Is a candidate for Corp >ra.ioo
Counsel In the event Of that post becoming vacant
through the retirement of John whalen TO be can.
didato for the supreme Court bench this year Of
which there is again political rumor Four former
operation CounScls. George u. Andrews. Morgan
J. O'Bfen. Henry Il. Bcckman and Francis NJ. Scott
are supreme Court Judges. and IL ia understood
in political circles thot Mr. WhAlen nrpircs 70 Ike
nomination to succesd Henry W. Booksavcr. whose
term expires. who la not candidate for reelection
Alger county. Mich ia in the North 'rr Peninsula
and casts about 400 votes. of which. in 1890 SIC.
Kinley received sol and Bryan has The area Of
Alger county isnearly 1000 square miles.
Tho Third Congress di,trtrtsof Massachusetts wn
of the closest in the country at last years cleo.
ton between the two parties. Tho Democratic
nominee in 1t poilcl 1i,l6S votes and the Rcpub.
licsn candidate II ,oos II lis practically made Mp u
one Massachusetts county, Worcester. and of on,
town OF Middlesex county. Hopk.nton. which
gives usually Democratic majority. Last year tho
Democrats carried II by 10 votes nearly half the
'mocratic lead in the whole Congressional dis
trict. The vote OF Hopkinton township is 800, the
total vote Of Worcester county il 2+.ooo.
The partisans Of John G. shcehan in the Nnth
Assembly district have been making a thorough
canvas this year. adding materially to the former
Tammany enrolment and supplying in some cases,
1t Ia asserted. their Goodw opponents with names
ana addresses Tor the rival enrolment. senator
MunzinRcr. Mr. shcehan's lieutenant, who has taken
very active part in the fight against Mr.. Goodwin
has another year I, serve as Senator and as the
political control of tho Senate in Albany turns upon
q single vote. according to the experience of last
winter. the importanc, OF Senator Munzinger as
factor In the fight is considerable. Civil
Judge, too. 10 to be elected in tho district
in which the Ninth Assembly Is included
In place OF Joseph H. Stiner. the east boundary Of
tho judicial district being Sixth avenue, and nun.
Der of strong Republican election districts being
included within It, For twelve years there Q
Republican Judge in this judicial district and Mr..
etner the FIRST Tammany to be elected in it
The Superintendent OF Public Instruction OF Texas
gets 50, 500 year; the Superintendent OF Public
Instruction in Massachusetts, gets $4,000; New
York pays So. 900; North Carolina pays $4,000.
The Republican representation from New York
county in the last Assem- bly, in Albany made up
OF eight members to twenty seven Democrats bus
two Of the Republicans were elected by small ma
jorites. Mr. Henry by 3lb votes in the Fifth district
aud Mr. Adler by 100 in tho Eighth. Both these dis.
trcts normally close. but the Republicans hope
while retaining them. TO add one Of the two Bronx
districts, the Thirty-fourth or ThirtyNh to their
list
There will be election for Governor in Nebraska
this year. such election having been held in No.
cessful by q plurality of 3.4Oo. The Republicans
have been defeated in Nebraska at every election
since 1893 but interest attaches to the State
election to be held in November in the Blackwater
State for member of the Supreme Court
Regents OF tho State University and a Congress.
man from the Sixth district to succeed the late
william H. Green. fusionist. The Democrats and
Free silvertes have hxed upon the place and
date flor their convention as Omaha. May -.
deal Of importance 10 attached to the election be-
cause. apart from the tickets to be voted for all
the State. county Offices In all the counties will bo
filled and District Judges throughout the State will
be elected. The Democrats are very confident OF
their ability to elect the fusion candidate for Judge
OF the Supreme Court. who in this instance is likely
to be Populist for the reason that the Populjss
nominated and helped to elect tho Democratic can
didate. Judge Sullivan, two years ago 1t is said
that eI.Gov. siles A. Holcomb e1-United States
Senator william v. Allen will be the candidate.
Prior to last years election tho Tammany Hail
organization refused to mako any application for
appointees Deputy State superintendent of
Election under the statute Of that year and In the
county OF New York more than 900 individual ap-
plications were made for appointment. in Kings
county nearly 1000. In Queens county 500. and in
Richmond $50. The total number OF applicants
claiming to be Democrats who were subjected to
animation was .14s out Of which number 300
Democrats appointed by the State superin-
tendent
The Boston City Record does not enjoy tho advan-
tage Of Q very extensive or lucrative circulation.
The number of copies printed is 575. OF those 44o
sent free to certain residents Of Boston, and 90
sent free to residents of other places. Tho
Der OF paid subscrbers to the Boston CITY Record
seventy nine only. The city OF New York derives
IS. 900 year from sales of its City Record.
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