The sun., 1901-12-30
POLITICAL NOTES.
The appropriation for the care of Grants tom,
for 1907 is 5000.


for 1902 is 5000.
Colorado, Nevada and California have no r,,,.-
! sentAtion on the Committee on Mines and Nntn,
In the present House Of Representative, Tern
torial Delegate Smith OF Arizona is q member ~,
the committee.
Connecticut Is to consider amendments N ,s.
present sntlquated Constitution OF the STATE al
a convention viii meet IN January lor the purno,.
OF It's is9 delegates. i2i are Republican, and a. A..
Democrats There are two prohIhuoni,ty Art
two independent. There are 81 lawyers. 60 FAR,
ncrs rs manufacturers and 50 men of other cali.
ings. including clrrgymen md physicians
The advocates OF ALTERATION In Presidential
tickets are already being heard from on tae Demo.
cratic side. One ticket is Hi and Harrison David
h. Ill., for President and Carter II Harrison TO-
Vice President. Another ticket Is Taggar aDo
Tillman. former Mayor Taggart OF Indlanapo.shns
senator Tman OF South Carolina. Gof!nAn and
Gufey. German OF Maryland and Gurry OF Pom.
Sylvanla have also been suggested, hlf 'r- geo.
graphical reasons ~ no other such a corh.ra,,o,
could not be considered. 70 Bryan and pAck
burn, Bryan OF Nebraska and Blackburn N Ken.
tucky. there would be no geographical objection
Secretary Hay was born IN Illinois. Secr.,,,v
Gage In Franklin county, y. Y, senator Root In
Oneida county. y. V. Secretary Long In Maine
Secretary Knox In Pennsylvania. Secretary
Hitchcock In Alabama and Secretary Wilson IN
Scotland. The last is the only member n tho
fTtslufnt NdDnct VINO ~ not q native horn citizen
OF the United States Former PoStmaster GsnerL
Smith was born in Connecticut
The defeat Of Thomas " Hart. R.nuh,,cs, AN.
didate for Mayor OF Boston at the recent election
and present Mayor OF that city. preserves what
has come TO be known as the rule OF political rota.
tion which is peculiar 10 Boston and under which
a Mayor OF one political party when a candidate
for reelection Is defeated by the candidate ~ tho
opposition party. For more than n quarter Of
Twin NJ haS Ia,,
ceeded By a man OF his own party Mayor Hart
when last In that once was succeeded by Mayor
Matthews, Democrat who, In turn. was succeeded
ny Mayor Curtis. Republican. and he was sue.
ceeded by Mayor Quincy. Democrat. Hart
elected to succeed Quincy as Gen. Collins. Demo.
crat. has been selected TO succeed him Tho
success OF the Democrats at the Boston
election was a great surprise TO many. Tn" ma.
jority broke oil previous records. Gen. ColI'nrs
lead was 1900 and the total vote OF his Republican
opponent, only $1,000. one result OF the election
has been to give the Democrats hope of carrying
all three Of the Congressional districts Of Boston.
The Eleventh or Back Bay district which Is Repuh.
lican by 5000, went Democratic The Democrats
are considering as candidates in It Josiah Quincy,
Nathan Matthews, Jr.. and Charles S. Haullu.
There continues to be much opposition to ths
understanding clause" in the Virginia Consu.
tuition which provides that every elector must
be able TO read the Constitution OF that state or
or give a reasonable Interpretation thereof Sons
Of the opposition to the adoption OF OF this clause
comes from Republicans. but a larger amount Of
Il from white Democrats who are lliterate and
from Democratic politicians who fear that the
elimination Of the color question Will put Virginia
among the doubtful States. The counties which
now give the largest Democratic msjoritios are
those In which coored voters are most numerouA
The city OF New York through It's Charities De-
partment engages quite extensively In the agri-
cultural line. During the summer OF 1901 the ON
cial harvest was 90 bushels OF onions, Al bushels
OF rhubarb % bushels of beans rs bushels OF pars
nips. 4i bushels OF carrots. bushels OF radshes.
47.s heads OF cabbage. 2.se7 heads OF lettuce. II
bushels Of spinach. IS bushels OF peas. IS bushels
Of beets bushels OF tomatoes II bushels Of leeks.
4o1i ears OF corn. s4s sauashes and sS7 cucumber
There are only two Republican members OF the
present House OF Representatives from North
Carolina and both are from mountain districts
OF the western part OF the State where white votc
predominate overwhelmingly and where the prao-
tcai Acknowledgement OF colored voter tnost Of
whom reside In the tidewator counties OF eastern
North Carolna) appears to have worked 70 the
benent OF the Republican party. one OF these
ConrreSsmen is trustee OF the University of North
Carolina: the other served In the Spanish war
The late Justice David AcAdam enjoyed tho
distinction OF never having been defeated for pub
lie once though he was 81 elected Judge In 1878
In one OF these elections he the only successful
nominee on his ticket In all of tn EN- he ahead
OF his associates. A son OF Justice McAdam u
ASsembyman elect from the Eleventh district
The annual appropriation for the expenses ~
the Presidents once. including the Presidents
salary. compensation for his clerks and secreisrrN
the furnishings OF the White House and the msn-
tenance OF the grounds is less than $4,000 ytaf
The estimate for 1909 is s2s4coo. The expense,
OF the legislative branch OF the Federal GovernM,uI
are o. 80 Oo year and OF the Department Of jus
tlce S ooOOo The expenses OF the Dstrc' ~
Columbia paid for by the Federal Goycfnm"r.
are O.. 10000 year.
A bill has been introduced In the House Of Repre-
sentAtives by Maryland man granting q nol'Ay
pension Of so TO survivors OF the C1Nl War Wa1
are totally blind Under the present Law ,.-a
veteran pensioners who cannot trace ther A"'.
ton directly to causes arising from their srf-s
ere entitled TO a maximum OF t2
The eIpense % lighting the city ~ Nev N"r. =
no small one Fof 40? the appropriate f.f'a~1i
and sA IN the two bofoushs Of haIhatftr "a
The Broni 1851 saiS $40 In the borough ~ NrH..
n l. tySDSo IN the borough 81 OIeens. w.'.l ..
proportion 60 ~ total population. b. fhr f.. .H
Illuminated - the boToughs OF the ci'l .'..
and 90 the borough ~ Iuchmond 49," b..
told ths expense 81 So and o.edur.iy 'r..i
on sttrrts 10 pubIr bautirss aud Ia h'g ss.r
Nsw Aoh city 10 round D. oO0 90 - year