The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-10
POLITICAL NOTES.

POLITICAL NOTES.
Both candidates on the Middle OF the Road Populist
ticket, Barker for President and Donnelly Tor Vice
President. are natives Of Philadelphia o.
= . protection against the p~ernicious activity Of
street robbers. the municipal lighting system a
Chicago has been extended and more than 1000 ad.
disional arc lamps have been Installed. The city has
In operation nom Its own plants 5 400 arc lamps %
The term OF the Governor Of Kentucky Il four VEGA
but there will be an election for Governor In that Stsh
In November. following the contest Of last year. and
Il promises to BE one OF the most stirring Nights whicl
Kentucky has ever known. J. c W. Beckham. the
present acting Governor whom the Democrats exp~es
10 nominate as the head OF their ticket Is a resident
Of Nelson county. well known for Its superior
whiskey. and he Is the youngest Governor kentucky
has ever had. II the Republicans do not renomina's
MI Taylor. II Is expected that their candidate will b
John Marshall. who ran for Lieutenant Governor on
the Taylor ticket last year. lie Is a resident Of The
city Of Louisville.
Under the extension Of las boundaries TO include
what Is now the Greater Troy II Is expected thAs
Troy's total population as returned By the Federal.
census will be 90. 900. Troy's population by the lea
Federal census was 90. 0s6.
There Is $50, 900, 900 worth Of United States Gov.
eminent property, as Appraised locally. within ths
boundaries Of the Greater New York-S2A. 800. 900
worth In Brooklyn. s2s. 1907 900 worth In Msnhattaa
and The Bronx and the balance In Queens and Rich
mond. Government property pays no tax.
CONGRESSMAN Rhes. Democrat, whose title 70 his
seat In Congress as a representative OF the Ninth Wiz
ginia district has been sustained against the contsSe
Of walker. the Republican candidate. Is q resi-.
dent Of the town Of Bristol. which enjoys the some
what peculiar distinction OF being In two States. One
part Of Il Is in virginia; another part Is In Tennessee
The main street Of Bristol Il the State line. and Il 10
very convenient one from all accounts for those
persons desiring to escape from the iurisdi ction d
one State 70 the other.
According 70 the Treasury estimate, the population
Of the United States on June I. 1899, was 76.0il 900.
II there Is the same Increase Of population from June
l.. 1890. TO juno I, 1900. the date Of the csnsus. 40
there was FROM June /. 1905, % June I. 1899. the
number Of Inhabitants returned BY the enumefstors
will be 77.ea., 900 for this years c.nsus-exscsiy Ia
900. 900 more than by the census Of ven years ago.
The Democrats Of Michigan, a. their Port Huron
convention. declared them selves. among other things
in fsvor Of the Initiative and referendum. . Federal In
come tax. municipal ownership Of public utilities. the
popular election Of United States Senators and Q
g~reenback currency"
The Republican vote Of Maryland was $50. 900 in
1895. i2i. 900 In 1897 and iis. 900 in 1896.
With two exceptions, all the members OF the preseue
New York city delegation to Congress are candi-
dates for reelection this year.
Theye we're 400 ahsenteea fyou, the Rsnuhitesn
State Con INVENTION In Massachusetts,, a circumstances
which has revived agitation for a smaller convention
than one Of 800 delegates.
There were In the United States In 1890, Ia. s4o. 900
male In Ia bitants Of voting age. or ~ per cent. Of the
total population. The number OF votes cast In tho
Presidential election Of 1891 was Is, 1881 or 81
per cent. Of the number Of legal voters, II Il probable
that at the Presidential election In november. 1900.
the number Of citizens Of voting age will exceed
20. 600, 900 and the number Of votes 70 be cast should
exceed 10000. 900. By 1908, Il Is estimated. the
population will be 100. 900. 900 and the vote cast fs
President rs. 900. 900.
No Republican candidate for Governor Of New York
has run for that once At two successive State elections
anoe 1874
There have been twenty four Vice. Presidents Of che
United States. exclusive Of those Senators who.
serving as r Presidents pro tenn Of the Senate, have
actad as Vice President, but not every one Of them
received. on retirement. the peculiar mark Of dis
tinction shown to the Hon. Adlai E.. Steven on, the
las, Democratic Vice President To Mr. Stevenson was
given . service Of silver, the chief article OF which was
a soup tureen upon which was the inscription: To
Adlai Stevenson, Vice President Of the United States
and President Of the Senate. ls95-is97" The SAM
praise which was bestowed by the Senators upon
Adlai Stevenson was earned BY all his Immediate
predecessors In ofncr. Chester A. Arthur, the
twentieth Vice President OF the United States. was an
impressive nsure in the Senate, an American gentle
man Of the highest type. Thomas A. Hendricks. tbs
twenty FIRST Vice President, was known and esteemed
for his urbanity and courtesy; and where has there
been In the whole history Of the Senate Q courtlier,
more honorable. more discreet and more ~efhciens
Vice President than Levi Parsons Morton. the
twenty second on the list Of which Adams was the
nrst and Jefferson the secondt
william J. Bryan is not the only Democrat Who
nnds public speaking profitable Ex-Gov. Bob Tay-
ior has ciosed.a long lecture tour Of the West and Is re.
ported to have made clear. over and above expenses.
the sum Of $50. 900. The salary Of the Governor Il
Tennessee is $4,000. Bob Taylor held IL for -four
years. from 1897 to 1891.
South Dakota. in which the Populists held their
National Convention on May Q. was the closest Stats
in the country a, the Presidential election Of 1890.
The Mckinley vote In Il was Al .0I2 and the Bryan
vote Al. ,26, a plurality for Bryan OF only iss. the
Temperance vote for Joshua Levering Of Baltimore
being ss5. A United States Senator Is TO be elected In
South Dakota this year and there Is a vigorous con-
test over control OF the Legislature. The present Leg.
islature Is made up OF eighty. seven Republicans and
forty-nve Democrats or Fusionists. The present Gov
ernor Of South Dakota Is q Democrat The Leuen-
antGovernor Is a Republican.