The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-03
POLITICAL NOTES.

The commercial travellers who are supporting
BRYAN and have established themselves at the
old Revere House. Broadway and Houston street call
their org anizaton IN, Travellers and
Hotel Mems Antitrust League An antitrust
league among hotel men has long been in existence
In opposition to anti pay patrons The Secretary OF
the new ORGANIZATION is from Missouri.
The term OF jonathan RoSsot st. Johnsbury. VI.
who was appointed United States Senator from Yer.
mont In place OF the late Justin s Morrill, by Gov
Smith, expires on March ! next, and there has already
been A contest among the Republicans " Vermont for
the yucees,orship, the chief candidates bring eX-
Gov. W. p. Dillingham; Of Waterbury and Congress
man W. ". Grout Of Derby.
The total rent account OF New York city this year
for properly hired from private individuals VI corpora
tons for munic'pa, purpo'eSis ~s5l3,a79.
Neither Vest nor Cochreil. the two veteran Missouri
Senators, one q them having a record of twenty
on years Of consecutive service and the other Of twen.
&c. i've years was a member Of the House Of Repre-.
sen,atlyes before his election to the Senate
IN two Senatorial District, Of New York. the
twenty seventh, Represented by Hobart Ktum Of
schoh.rie. and the Twenty eighth. represented by
Edgar Bracket Of Satntoga. both Republicans the
democrats have combined with independent Repub,
III u lllAlH' ~ - " 500 N1hA' A''
last Senate had a Republican M jority Of four which
me Democrats hope 70 reduce BY combinations In Re-
nubl,,sn districts and the Republicans expect to In
crease under the stimulus Of a big Presidential
majority.
The only two Congress districts Of North Caro-
| Ina carried by the opponents OF the disiranchlsing
amendment, TO the Con strtution Of that State were the
Two In which the colored vote is least numerous. All
IN. Congress districts In which the culored vote
ia large were carried for the amendment and those In
which It is largest wen, for I, Overwhelmingly.
The ON cal vote for Governor OF North Carolina at
The election In August was as follows: Charles H..
Aycock, Democrat. ls6.65o; Spencer H. Adams. Re
publican and Populist 1870, 900. The Democratic
vote was IL 900 more than Bryan received In the
State four years ago. and the Republican vote was
5000 less than was cast for Mckinley.
In the Presidential election OF 1879 the Prohibition
candidate wasa Ken,uckian. The nrst Prohibition
candidate. for President nominated In 1872. was o
| Pennsylvania.
All the preseni.Siate orncers In Illinois. Ohio, WIS
| oonsln, Michigan. Indiana. Iowa and North Dakotl
and West Virginia arc Republicans.
Finder the Congressional and electoral apportion
| n,nt based on the 1900 census Nebraska gained a
lArger Increase in representation than any other State
Texas Illinois, Pennsylvania and Minnesota gained
two Congressmen each.
There have been two Populist candidates for Vice
President Of the United States In the years when tn,
Populis, party made nominations. Gen. Field Of VIZ
sinia In Iso. and Congressman Watson Of Georgia
In 1895.
lively night over Congressman Is In progress In
| Chicago. The districts which the Democrats hope 10
gain are the Second. now represented By Congress-
man Lorimer who defeated c = johnson In 1895 by
a.7e7. and the Sixth, where Congressman Boutcll
defeated Emil HoechSter by i,ii9 votes The other
two Chicaso districts represented by Republicans are
the Fist. the banner Republican district IN Cook
county, and tn. seventh, where Congressman Fos'
had 10, 1000 two years ago.