The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-12
POLITICAL NOTES.

The New York charter provides for weekly rs.
port Of the Department of Finance aud for tho publ.
cation Of that report in tho CGp Rrcnrd. The report
Of the Department OF Finance FOR the week cniut
April % appeared in tho CJtv Record Of Juio
Amorg tho colleagues Of David u. Hcndrrs ,i, ~
Iowa in the FiftiCth Congress from that STAT vu,
John Henry dear If Burlington, now United sn,c,
SENATOR. and James b. Weaver Of Bluumhid Pom.
ulist candidate for the Presidency in lsUa. ton
Weaver WAS District Attorney " tho Second Judicll
district NJ Iowa bsfnro appointment =. Assessor
of Internal Rcv4nue in IAdi. Mr.. henderson MS
COLLECT Of !ntcrna Revenue until i-0n and after.
ward Assistant Unitcd states District Attorney
in Iowa, Office he resigned in 1871. Both s"'yii
III the civil war; Gen. Weaver in the Second IVA lu.
faut y and Mr.. Henderson IN tho Twelfth Iowa II.
fsntry.
The war against trusts Is going on actively in
North Carolina which enjoys the peculiar d,tiuc-
ton of being of the poorest IL not indeed, tho
poorest. Of the state of tho country and It is
nounced from Raleigh. the capital, that IN account
of tho new Craig law the ftna, the Home and tho
Prudential lfo insurance comp Anies have withdrawn
from the state. John G. Drcwry. the State agent Of
the Mutual Bcnent Afe, winch has withdrawn says
he believes all tho lifo companies will Withdraw.
Frank j. Lantpy, Commissioner of Correc ton, is
the most popular candidate Just now for sheriff TO
succeed Thomas ]. Dunn. whose term expires with
the close Of ths year aud who IL not eligible TO
election. There has been talk In Tammany
circles of sheriff Dunn for Mayor when Mayor Is
next to be voted for.
What may he described as the tri-qnartsrly report
~ tho Hon. Charles welde. Commissioner Of Juross
for the horoughs Of Manhattan and the bronx. has
appeared. Somewhat oddly. IL Ia signed at the he-
ginning instead of the end, and II contains this eK-
plsnstory sentences 81 present herewith report Of
the transaction of the COMMISSIONS of Jurors for
the first quarter of the jury year beginning Oct l.
1873. from Oct I. 1s!,s to Dec 81. 1898, INCLUSIVE
The report, however, which accompanies this makes
alluson to the Commissioner Of Jurors, but 10
report of tho Department OF Jurors,
The Republicans Of Maryland are to hold their
State Convention this year during the month
OF August. Governor Of Maryland Is to be voted
for and lively contest is In progress In Baltimore
the City Convention will nominate candidates for
Sheriff Surveyor. States Attorney and ono Judge Of
the Supreme bench TO succeed Judge Samuel D.
Schumacher. On the Democratic side In Baltimore Z.
an interesting contest 10 likely in the selection OF
delegates to tho State Convention. rs Baltimore may
have several candidates In the cid for the Guber-
Material nomination. Four have already been j
toned-Edwin warheld. Judge william, A. Ftsher.1
Charles X Lord and OF. Congressman lsidor Rayner.
The Virginia Populists and the Virginia Democrats,
have determined In advsnce-long in advance-of
the Presidential election of 1900 TO harmonic and
both parties have determined a lively warfare
against trusts. Tho populists OF Virginia are not
formidable in number. but the result Of the last
Presidential election showed. they outnumber the
gold Democrats of that State In the proportion OF
about six TO In 1890 the Mckinley vote in
Virginia was 1851 900. Blaine polied for Fresdeng
in the same State 10000 twelve years before.
There no Republicans in the present State Cove
eminent OF Virginia. all tho offices IN which held
by Democrats.
Judge Nash. the Republican candidate for Cove
ernor Of Ohio s resident Of the capital city Of %.
lumbus In Franklin county which Ia usually one Of
the closest in the State. 1t 10 represented In she
next Congress by John J. Lentz. Democrat. and Al
the last State election in Ohio Franklin carried
by the Republicans by plurality OF only 400 vote0
in total OF $4,000. Heretofore the city OF Cincn-
natl has usually furnished candidates for the
other Of the political parties. Tho last four Demo-
cratic Governors of Ohio residents of Chilli
cothe. Cincinnati. Cincinnati and Hamilton. respec-
lively. The Republicans OF Ohio have generally
gone into northern counties for their candidates.
though not uniformly Tho Republican cand-
date for Aeutenant-dovernor Of Ohio is a resident
OF Cincinnati.
With the Democratic National Convention only ons
year OF with large majority OF the States holding
no general election in 1899. and with tho lines Of
contest clearly formed in nearly every State the in
huence OF which is likely to be In any way potential
in the nominating convention OF next year there il
only Zip to date ono candidate In the field for tho
Presidency on the Democratic ticket. william j. Bry-
an. the candidate OF three years ago. Among some
conservative Democrats the ardent hope 10 xpressed
that this years election tend to change the stu
alton somewhat but this is improbable a. the only
States In which the Democratic party 10
and uncompromsingy committed to free silver are
Kentucky and Mississippi. which seem likely 10 GO
Democratic. On the other hand. New York holds no
State election. and the OF the Democrats in
ohio the prospect OF which is remote. would be
more likely TO alter the Republican than TO improve
the Democratic situation far a. Presid entail oln.
didates concerned.
The Penitentary Board Of North Carolina haa
bought for 5000 tho shirt factory and lAundryr
plant put in the prison by New York arm andS
will manufacture shirts for the Southern market.
Tho city's contract for the new school buildings
for Public School III. 1881 street, between Fifth
aud Madison avenues. calls for an expenditure Of
s2sS9I6. The new school on Jerome and Walton
avenues. to be known a. Public School ITS, Ia to
cost $224 $50, total for the two OF 1904 72S By
some error in the Comptrollers ONCE this Is the
official description given of Public School 100: "a
building on Ninety ninth and Doth Streets borough
OF Manhattan" There arc two Ninety ninth streets
In New YORK; Ninety ninth street Eaat and Ninety.
ninth street West and Tooth street from river
to river, except as broken by Central Park between
Firth and Eighth avenues. This vaguely described
new school is TO cost $20s 600
somewhat belated but none tho leas acrimo-
NOUS controversy has arisen in Baltimore on the.
question whether the colored Republican or the
white Republican voters OF that city who abstaned
from tho recent municipal contest are responsible
for the defeat OF Mayor MAlstsr for election Tho
essential fact is that he defeated and It would
seem TO observers in other States that the question
whether he was defeated by the lukewarmness OF
white Republicans or Of colored Republicans is uu.s
important, tabulation Of the result however,
shows that about per cent of the rsgstered whites
voters OF baltimore did not appear at the polls on,
election day, while the Proportion of registered
colored voters who did not appear was IL peri
cent but this disparity by no means accounts fosGi
the recent Democratic victory. In Maryland that
registration Of white and colorcd voters Is
made. and in the Presidential election Of lsNe there's
were 2l3 900 white and ~ oco o,Io,oa ,,o...a A.,