The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-03
POLITICAL r
The Republican State ticket In Illinois Is made up
wholly OF men living outside Of Chicago.

The Republican State ticket In Illinois is made up
wholly Of men living outside Of Chicago.
The newly organized Popullst National mmIttee
Of which Marion Butler has been reelected chairman.
has one woman member,
The three Commissioners In the matter oi acquiring
title to the approaches 10 the Willis avenue bridge
over the Harlem River have filed with the Comp
troller claims for additional allowance as follows:
Edward b. whitney. IS, 600. B.. ". Bloomingdale.
$1,000 and Arthur Berry. 81 1000. Charges Of
a 1000 for additional services on a Harlem appraise-
ment are unusual.
There will be- State election In Alabama In August
and the Populists. who are still numerous there. are
to hold a State Convention at Birmingham to. morrow.
They are opposed 10 a Constitutional convention,
favor the dispensary system Of controlling the liquor
trafhc. and are opposed to the present Democratic
State Administration. The Popullsts OF Alabama
polled $4,000 votes for Bryan and Watson In 1890.
Bryan and sewall had 10000.
The Department Of Health has requested an appro-
p~riation Of si3, 500 80, the care and maintenance
Of the building occupied by the said Department.
corner Of Sixth avenue and Fifty NTH street" This
building has been altered from club uses 10 onlcial
uses at considerable expense already.
The tax budget OF the city Of Paris Is SIS. 900. 900 a
year or about $40. 00O. 900 less than the amount 10
be raised In the city OF New York from taxes this
year. The volume OF IA Ration would be con slderably
greater in Paris bu, for the fact that many functions
which are here charitable to municipal expenses are
paid for from national appropriations. The debt OF
the city OF Paris is nearly sA0o, 600. 900.
Two wards. the Twenty third and Twenty fourth,
make up the borough OF The Bronx. At the entrance
10 one OF The Bronx breweres, however. Is this sign:
Three Wards" The explanation Of this apparent
error In trans Harlem topography Is found when Il
Is known that an "a" referriue to medals for excel
lence Of BEER has fallen from the sign. Atthe en-.
trance Of President Louis r. Haren's once In the
Municipal Building in The Bronx is this: Notice -
This Is not a political headqua rers. II Is a place
Tor the transaction OF public business only"
The State Of Texas, notwith ytandlng It's large cleo.
toral vote and It's preponderaing Democratic ma
jorlty, has not heretofore exercised much influence
on Democratic leadership and policies. but this year
Its position on the Democratic side promises 10 be
much more important than ever heretofore for the
reason that the Democrats OF the Lone S,ar State,
po'h on the GovernOrship and on the Senatorship,
nave harmonixed their differences. and former fac.
uohai DIVISIONS, witch occasionally threatened
Democratic supremacy. no longer exist. In the
presidential election Of 1895. Texas gave Bryan his
largest popular majority. 202, 900. the only other
state In which his lead was In excess Of 100. 900 be.
Ing Colorado. where he was $4,000 ahead. bu,
under the conditions OF equal suffrage without dis
unc'ion OF sex, Texas has thirty votes in A Demo
cratic National Convention and these thirty cast asa
unit would not be without eject were 4, no, for the
TACT that Texas Is so low down on the voting list.
There Is considerable complaint among the Tam.
many Democrats Of the Thirty nrst Assembly dIstric,
over what they consider the discrimination OF the
leaders at headquarters against Oh. Hopper faction.
when was victorious atthe September primaries, and
In favor Of the defeated Welde faction. On the vo,. A,
returned the Hopper ticket received 1927 and IN.
Welde ticket l ,237, and the Hopper men elected Of.
ncers and took control OF the organization. In mat.
ters OF municipal patronage. however. the Hopper
faction Is ignored, II is asserted. and the
auohs OF the Welde minority are considered. one re-
cent Instance being In the matter OF the appointment
Of appraisers on application OF the Corporation Coun.
sell On the list Is one Of Judge weide's sons.
No state In the country except Rhode Island and
Mississippi requires more than one years residence
for citizens. In Minnesota a residence OF four months
only Is required In the State and OF ten day. IN the
county. A majority Of the voters Of Minnesota are
foreign born.
The Eighth Congressional district OF Alabama In.
cludes seven counties In the most northerly mart of
the State and has long been represented BY Gen.
Joseph Wheeler. The contest for the nomIn alton 10,
the unexpired term l. already lively. and three cand,.
dates have appeared In the feld. Jesse r. Brown of
ScottSboro, editor ~ the Progrs,sire. Ace Judge vii.
Ham Richardson OF Huntsville. who has several times
unnecessarily opposed Gen. Wheeler, and the Hon,
W. II. Sawtelle OF Colbert county. The election xlu
occur on Aug. q. the same dav sthe S,a,. .,..,ou
and the winner will serve in'Congress until March A
next While Gen. Wheeler Is not a candidate for IN.
short term. the general belief In Allah m, Is tina, h.
will stand for the long term at the November election
III figured that the President will retire him a., a
Brig adler. General before March 4. which act would
make him eligible to a seat in Congress after March
4. next
In the early years Of the political history OF this
country II was visionary 10 choose as the President
the candidate getting the highcs, number OF electoral
votes and to make the candidate usually Of the oppo-
site party who cote second largest number Of vote,
Vice President. This plan was adhered TO until 1874,
when the present system OF popular votes for Presi-
dental electors was inaugurated.
The average municipal budg 81 In the city Of Lon.
don Is $4,000 900. and as the total population OF
London, including all divisions under municipal
government. was q. 200. 900 BY the census OF 1925.
this total would com pare ~fsvorably with the exp.ndi.
surss Of New York. which are. approximately. Sss.