The sun., 1900-08-27

Company. 4, OF Maspeth. borough OF Queens, pc
utioned for a nre hydrant fronting It's premises on
Maspeh avenue and the local board Of the afoena
borough, In meeting assemble the 9th OF August
declaring It's appreciation Of services which such or
gan,auon is ready to render to the public has
resolved that prompt response should bo made TO the
desire OF said company. There ia however. no hy-
drant on Maspeth avenue as yet.
Henry j. Coggeshali who has not been renomnated
in the Utica district for the Senate was until his re-
urement. the Father OF the Senate" having served
continuously In that body since 1884 Prior to his
election 10 the Senate Mr. Coggeshsll was an Assem-
blyman for one term Nj Coggeshsli succeeded a
Democrat as Senator.
Since the death Of Senator Gear Of Iowa there are
ten Senators who have boen Governors Of their respec
tive States. They are heaHs. Proctor OF Vermont
Berry of Arkansas, Hawiey Of Connecticut Culom OF
Illinois. Bate OF Tennessee. Perkins OF California
Shoup Of Idaho, T1llmsn OF South Carolina Foraker
OF Ohio and Culberson OF Texaa OF thsse. six arc
Republicans and four Democrats The terms Of
Senators Shoup. Ttllman. Berry and Cuilom. two
Democrats and two Repu blicans. expire on March T.
1901.
Thirty nine Of the my members Of the last Albany
State Senate had previous experiences IN the Legits
year.
TO the Constitution Of tha, STATE authorizing taxation
for irrigation In ,oms Of the counties
The Republican Congressional Committee Is look.
ing for gains TO the Republican mem mbership Of the
next House from two sections Of the oountfy-New
York city and the far West In this city every one OF
the Congressional districts In each OF the four Dor.
oughs chose a Democrat in 1895, and Republican
gains, especially In Brooslyn, are probable In tho
far West the subsistence Of the pro silver sentiment
among former Republicans Is accounted an element
In the situation unfsyorabe TO Democrats and their
Populist allies Advices to washin ng ton indicate that
there will be no Republican gains In the South and no
Democratic gains In New England. There Is
probability OF Republican losses in a few Southern
States
Twolarge excursions. the closing outings OF the
present season left West Side districts. the Seventh
and Ninth respectively on Thursday last under the
auspices OF Tammany Hall The Seventh district
outing under the direction OF James ". Boyle was a
success. There were 20 900 persons In attendance
The Ninth district outing under the direction OF Coun-
Gilman Goodman was not up TO the expectation OF Its
managers The attendance was about 900. and the
advocates OF Mr.. Sheehan's leadership OF Tammany
In the Ninth district much eated BY the poor show
Ing made by their opponents
Iowa one OF tn. States iu which there are Biennial
sessions OF the Leg stature but In which there are an
nual elections for State ofcers, the Governor being
chosen in the oyears and the Secretary OF State and
minor Officers being chosen In the alternate years
when members OF Congress voted for II Is proposed
by constitutional amendment 70 alter this election pro
vision that all the State ofneers should be voted
for and elected the same day This year the once
of Secretary Of State is the most important to be
nlled.
There will be $500 polling places IN this years
election In New York State. and an average change
OF ten votes each from the Mckinley 10 the Bryan
column from the vote Of four years ago would repre-
sent a change OF 100000 votes Nj MeKlnley's
plurality was zos 900 In 1925, and such change as
sanguine Democrats figuring on would leave the
Republican lead l64 600. The majority against
HnL when defeated for Governor by Levi p Morton
In 1894. was 10000.
II Is predicted In Alabama that Senator MorGan, |
now "a years DID, will stay In the Senate until he s
8S the close OF his next succeeding six years term
Albany county, ~ Y. has had uniformly the same |
In the Assembly under six appoint
ments four membera No other county in The State |
having more than one member has retained during |
this period the same representation
The total vote on the constitutional amendment In
North Carolina disfranchisng colored citizens was
siO,5O2. The total vote Of North Carolina In the |
Prudential election OF 1898 was $50. 900, 20 900
more votes than were cast on Aug. 2, The vote for
the amendment was is2zi7 and against the amend.
ment i2s,as5. a majority for the amendment OF
5S,a52
David r. Hill was nrst elected " the Assembly n
1870 He had among his colleagues in that Assem-
bly, william W. Goodrich OF Brooklyn Smith NJ
weed Of Clinton Thomas a. Alvord OF Onondaga, |
Webster wagner Of Montgomery. Timothy j. Camp
bell OF New York Dewitt c. LittleIohn Of oswego
pd I ford of In he
Assembly, Of which Mr.. Hii was a member. Samuel
J Ttden Of New York. George West OF Saratoga and
Henry Smith OF Albany were members
The next Constitutional Convention for the revision
Of the organic law Of the State will be held In 1910
unless the Legislature shall meanwhile provide for
70 the voters OF the State the question |
whether such convention shall he called sooner
scrutiny Of tn. lists OF onicehoders under the Mu.
nicipa Government on July /, 1900, shows them to
have mum bered on that date 4s.9Si, Of whom e.ssS
were policemen and nrem.n, ii.i77 school teachers |
and Board OF Education employees. and ,4o4 labor
erS Since Jan. I, 1898, when con sodaton went /
into eject 10, 900 appointments have been made and
5 900 ''holdovers" have been retained.
There are more uaturaliied Hollanders exercising
the right Of suffrage In New Jersey than there are In
New York and more than twice as many In Michigan
than in New York and New Jersey combined.
The acceptance by the Tammany Hall Organization |
this year Of the Democratic deputy superintendents
OF election under the metropolitan election law will
bring considerable additional patronage To that or
. gAniIston. though very considerable number OF |
the former appointees In this department have been
Tammany Hall men. This years APPROPRIATION for \
the metropolitan election district eIpenses under
State regulation, Is siszsoo.
The Democrats Of Wisconsin have not been regard.
less of the claims OF minor towns In their nominA-
tions this year Their candidate for Governor. Louis
Is q resident OF KsnoshA. q town OF less
than ten thousand inhs tAnts noted for It's factories
Of wire mattresses The candidate for Lieutenant
10 from wsushAta. the candidate for State
Treasurer from Fsll Creek. the candidate for Rail-
road Commissioner from Amigo, a iumbr town
noted for the manufacture Of barrel boops and the
candidate for Superintendent OF Education from
R..r.. All the nre.eni aiais In VII.