The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-24

CorrtSan
The Second district of North Carolina. represented
In the last Congress by a coiored man named While,
has long enjoyed the distinction OF being The
stron res, negr 70 district In the country. though the
preponderancc OF eolored voters In It Is by no means
So large as In some districts Of the Gulf States The
Second North Carolina Is made up Of nine counties In
the northern and eastern parts Of the State, between
Raleigh. the capital. and the tidewater counties
which constitute the First district, which Is Demo
cratic. Mr. White. a Republican. had a majority OF
$500 In 1893, but the proposed Constitutional
amendment In North Carolina, viii, II adopted, do
away with the present distinction OF this remaining
. Republican constituency.
The Volunteer Fire Department In the borough OF
Queens outside Of Long Island City has l,943 mem
Der distributed among ,iAly- four companies. of which
eleven are in Newtown The appropriation for the ex-
penses Of the department, IN the borough last year
was sal ,ose. The appropriation for FIRE service In
Richmond WAS S55. 900.
One OF the minor oriclals Of the Treasury Depart
ment in washingt ton bears the designation OF Captain
OF the Watch.
The chairman Of the Republican County Committee
rec YES no salary, bu. ne gets advice a 10 what he
oughI ~ do la great abundance.
Frank j. Cannon Of Utah, heretofore desig mated
politica ly as a silver Republican, has announced his
purpose 10 support the Democratic ticket State and
national, In Utah, a fact which recalls to notice the
common error Of many Eastern p%oliticiansi In dcscrtb-
ing all the States west Of the Rocky Mountains as
'the Pacific Coast States" Actually there are three
Pacino Coast States, California. Oregon and wash
raglan Tho,. y all ns Inc recent returns from
Oregon show, strongly Republican. Utah. Nevada
and Idaho are mining States, They incline to the
sid OF tn party which cspouses the cause Of silver.
Utah Is a mining Stat II was carried BY the Dcmo-
Gratis at the special Con resSional election In April.
What is described by some Of It's supporters as the
reform administration OF San Francisco has revoked
the censure NJ some critics The Call declares that as
q result OF its i'm perfc ctions the people OF San Fran
cisco are undergoing an era OF something like SEMI
barbartsm. In which each individual musttake care
Of himself The streets are LETT unsprinkled and the
merchants have 10 obtain sprinkling carts ard have
tn, dust laid at their own expense. The streets are
unlishlrd at night and ~footpads pront by the dark
ness, and so the citizen who gees abroad at night
must provid" him self with a lantern to see where heis
going and with a pistol TO protect himstl against
robbery. In the darkness 81 the uni GIFTED streets no
man can see inc approaching TDDOSl dlu W
Of the danger until a pistol is thrust In his face and a
demand made for his money"
There are only two Republican State Senator'S from
New York county. and tn effort to elect a thhd In the
November contest. when Senator'S as well as Con
gressmen are to be voted for, will be attended with
some unusual dinioulty Under the existing Sena
toriA appornonment. all the stronscs, Republican
parts Of the town arc included In the district repre-
sented by Senator llsworth, and tho district repre-
scented by his Republican colleague, Senator Ford. Is
one In which fractional differences among Repubi-
cans are now at Their height. The margin OF Re
publican lead In this district Is not large even In a
Presidential election. and the Democratic candidate
slated for the race. Charles u. Guy. Is expected 10
get some Republican support. In all the other Sena.
tolal districts Of the city the Dtmocraticlead Is CON
siderable
The only recorded instance In many years OF .
Democratic nominee WIN was reluctant to accept his
psrty's nomination for Vice President WAS Thomas
A. Hendrcss. the choice Of the ST. Louis Convention
for that once In 1876. He hesitated some time before
accepting. on the occasion ot his second nonina-
ton a. Vice President by the Chicago Convention In
issa Nv. IendricEs showed no ihe r"IurtHne-. Brt
he wrote In his letter Of acceptance from Indianapolis
on Aug. 90: "t Is a nomination I had neither cx-
pected nor desired. and yet | recosn ize and appreciate
the high honor done me by the convention"
The Fiftieth Congress was In session Az days in
all. The Fifty-fourth was in session $50 days The
present Congress will be notable In many ways. but
In one different from It's predecessors In session In tho
year preceding a Presidential election. No radical
legislation has been adopted. No factionAl differ
ences have barred the way 10 legislation by the
majority. and the minority party has been unabie "
secure the acceptance Of any Issue through legilation
which is likely to be a factor OF importance In the
national contest.
Persons having ofncal business with any Of the
Borough Presidents Coogan Bowley, Hanen. Grout
or Cromwell, wni be pleased - be apprsed Of the fact
that tho once hours Of these Presidents, - formally
established. are from 0 A. N. 10 p. NJ. Saturday -
excepted. When the Borough Presidents are MOTTO be
found at their ofnces, tho secretaries are In charge Of
them between the hours named.
nv the Federal census Of 1890 there were 81, 900
Hungarians in the United States Ten years before
that the number retur ed In the census was q 700.
From 1870 70 1880 the number Of Hungahsns In tho
country increased 400 per cent. from 1850 10 1890
44o per cent and II Is not unreasonable 70 expect a
like Increase In this years census, the immigration To
this country from Hungary having been continuously
lArKo MUCr lbbU, 6nu Y hiionN ulhl w
that country. In three cities, Buffalo, Chicago and
Cleveland. the HungarIans have organized politically
for 1900. In New York they have one organisation
on the ea~ side Of town.
The Bryan silventes Of New York have abandoned
the plan Of sending a contesting delegation 10 Kan
sss City They will remain In New York 70 ~crttlcI'e
the sincerity Of Tammany's support Of the Nebras-
kan. II Is 1 500 miles from New York to Kansas
CITY a long distance for political travellers.
The Democratic candidate for Governor Of Indisna,
John W, Kern. lisa native Of Bo'etourt county. Va.
and was an intimate per sonal and political friend Of
the late Senator Daniel ". VOORHEES, for many years.
He I. now the City Solicitor OF indiana polls under the
administration Of Mayor Taggart, who is a Dem
ocrat although Indian polls 10 q Republican city and
rives, In an ordinary election. a Republican majority.
The last previous Republican President Of the United
State was a resident OF that city, as vas the hra
Democratic vic.-Pr$ident after the close Of the War.
The friends Of Gen. Ketcham. the Duchess county
Congressman Of Dover Plains. are again calling at.
,enyon 10 the fact that this stalwart Republican holds
the record Of having been unanimously renominated
BY acclamation for Congress by his party sixteen
times. Gen Ketcham began his o ngreSslonal ser
vice IN 1868. He was elected aftcrward for four
terms and then, after a period Of retirement during
which he was the holder of a Federal once In wash
ing,on, h. was elected TO the Forty sixth. and had
seven terms consecutiveiy He has since been elected
TO the Fifty NTH and Fifty-sixih Congresses. The
district which he now represents includes Duchess
and Putnam counties on one side Of the Hudson. and
Ulster on the other
Some OF the Western conventions OF Democrats and
Populists, attaching much Importance 70 euphony
and less 70 logic, have declared sgsins, stamp duty"