The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-21
~POLITICAL NOTES.

oregon, Two IN vermont Ahu Iout w Aa'he' NJ tlth'
Republicans.
oregon cas-. 100. 900 votes In the Presidential elsc.
ton Of 1890: Vermont east 65, 900. Both States hold
preliminary elections for State onncers, Oregon In
June and Vermont In September. This yeat the
Prohibition vote OF oregon was 40 and Of Vernon,
I.27S-a difference Of Just one vote.
The basis OF division Of Aew York city into election
districts Is an average OF 400 registered votersin each.
the minimum being $50 and the maximum 800,
The Democratic Congressional Committee Is ng-
urlng on the gain Of one district In Texas. There
was but one Republican In the last House from
Texas, Arkansas. louisiana and Mississippi
In the four successlv, Presidential elections OF 1888.
1909. 1890 and 1909 there were only two candidates
Of each party and th. defeated nominees Of 1888 and
1899, Cleveland and Harrison respectively, ale the
two surviving Presidents. a surviving Presidential
candidate. who has a somewhat complex record as
such. Is James II. Weaver Of iowa, Twenty years
ago he ran for President Of the United States on tho
National Greenback ticket and ponsd $40, 600 votes,
and twelve years a'tefward he ran as the Populist
candidate for the Presidency, polling more than a
million votes. Since 1850. the populisi party has been
nominating Bryan,
New York coun;y's share Of the expense OF the
New York canals for 1900 Is 81, 100000. Kings
county share is s352.OoO. To the canal fund Queens
county contributes $50, 900 and Richmond county
$4,000.
The battle against miliiarism and monarchy. other.
wise Imperialism, does not amount TO much In New
England, where IL started. Maine and Vermont went
Republican In September and at the october town
elections In Connecticut the Republicans Increased
thsIi m~alorIues compared with 'astyear
The contract for repairing the asphalt pavement
Of Washington bridge and The Third Avenue bridge
has been LET 10 the HArber Asph Alt Company for AS.
1870.
-Four years ago IN. orceIs NJ the Chi,.go stock
yards refused 20 permit the use Of ExC.srge Hall
for the political meetings Of either party, but his year
this rule has been suspended and a large Republican
meeting, addressed b. Judge Yates, was held within
the stock yards.
From present indications AT vAshin gton the cost
o. the present census sil be SIS. o 10000. No previous
Federal census Of population has been 50 satisfactory
or provoked so little cI.Jclsm or censure as this one.
There are two survivors among Prohibition can
dldat.s for thu Presidency. John p. 81. John Of Kan
sas. who ran In 1854. and Joshua Leyering Of Mary
land. who ran In 1895. In his home State Mr.. Lever.
ing polled s.o,2 votes. only 81 more than the Prohi.
billion ticket received In the prior Presidential election.
The Republican nominee for Comptroller on the
New York State Ticket Is Erastus c. knight Of But.
falo. who was substituted on Il for the late william j.
Morgan. hodied on the day following the Saratoga
Convention. Erie county has been more largely repre-
scented among Comptrollers than any other county
In the State within recent years Thirty years ago
Asher p. Nichols OF Erie was appointed Comptroller
10 oil a vacancy cause by the election OF his pred
ecessot TO the Court Of Appeal, bench. His yc-
cessor, a Republican, Nelson X, Hopkins. another
Erie county man. was twice elected and he served
four years James A. Roberts Of Dunalo was elected
In 1898 and he served for eve years William j.
Morgan. also OF Buffalo. wa elected in 1898 and was
In once at the time OF his death. Mr. knight. who
will be elected as MI, successor win h in once until
Jan. T.. 1909 Business nen IN Buffalo enjoy hlgh
repu,e and New York STATE Comp,rollers hav. nec,s-
srily much to 90 with the financial administration
OF the States canal system.
A sheriff in place OF Augustus cser and an Assem-
blymAn in place Of George Mstcalie are the only county
orncers to be elected In Richmond borough this year.
The Connecticut Legislature is made up OF a7o
members. "a in the Senate and 2o2 In the House, The
basis OF representation for Senators In Connecticut
As nxed In 1898 i' not less than eight nor more than
twenty four districts. each county there are eighg
20 have at least one Senator.
Chlcag 60 Is 10 b. redlstrlcted into thirty I've wards
Averaging $500 residents Under the proposed
plan there will be two additional wards In the south
side. and one less iathe north side, while the ives
sde VIII retain us present numbef lhere are nov
thirty -four Eardsin Chicago.
Under the Federal census OF ls4o. New York had
the same number Of Representatives In Congress as
a, present, ~ So did ohio, Maryland. Connectiu,,
North Carolina and Rhode Island. Since then Penn.
sylvanla has gained q. Massachusetts 5. Wisconsin
7, Michigan q and Illinois is. Under this years
census apportionmeni New York seems likely " re-
tain It's present membership
Rsrnaols onceholders were not unknown In old
New York. In l7a2 William sha'pas, who had bs'u
City Clerk for forty years. and continued TO hold once
some years subss4u 'ruy, p%etIion-d for an increase
OF salary There was no civil service law al that
period. The Oldest New York oncrholder al present
IL said to b. j. T Maggie. Chief Of the Bureau OF
Municipal statistics
Tn, Indiana county which has the largest resident
population Of MEMBERS Of the Society Of Friends Is
Wayne. the capital Of which Is the town Of Rich
mond Considerable dependence Is being placrd by
some Democratic orators on d~eisctions from the Re
publican standard In Wayne through the anita gonism
oi many Of thu olde' member, Of the Society Of
Friends 10 the prosecution o. foreign wars Wayne
county Is usually Rtpubl can.
According to the estimate OF the FIRST Voters
National Republican League, S,ooo.o 900 young men
will be ,llgibl. this year to cast, their nrst Presden-
,ial votes. or about 20 per cent. NJ the full voting
streng 9Th Of the county They base theit estimate
on tn" fact thAt by she census Of 1890 there were
in the United States In thai year :, 500 ,nIS young
men Of the ageS OF - to "a. Inclusive. Considering
the increase In population during the last decade. !
they say that on Nov. q atI.as: 5000, 900 young
men will cast their hrst Presidential votes.
Benton NcMuln, candidate for Governor NJ Ten
nesSo. In 1905. Wa elected ny 5000 MINORITY
agalnI his Republican opponent, Fowler This
yea he 4, running f,r reelection again IT a Henderson
county Rspuolc,n. who Is the nominee OF the two
Republican actions now united
The Middle II the Road Popllt''s Of lows Who !
mustered I, 7nn votes only in that Sta'e Al the election
o. a year agD have determined /, make no nNm'na.
tons hu' to tomlin In the middle n the road, The
VIII lie vote 4 Iowa was 45S 90 last year. 1000 less
than In the preceding Sto'e election. and $4,000 less
than In the Presidential election OF 1890
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