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their vhisksy producs.
Senator hcIAurin Of South Carolina. Who 10 con-
testing T1llmans Demoaatc leadership In thss sak.
vas formerly Attorney General Of South Carolina.
Part q his education Vas obtained In Phiadelphia.
Ths discovery has been made that Philadelphia
has In It's treasury S73 900 belonging 10 persons who
did not call for their money when their bonds ma
tured and became pay-s.e who eft thelr Interest
unooieesed
There are 1874 post oilces In the STATE Of North
Carolina In which the compensation OF the postma
Is lss than $50 a year The two North Carolina
post ofces which have tho largest revenue are Char
lotto and Wilmington.
Charles II. Allen. Federal Governor Of Porto Rico
and former member Of the Massac usctts L,gisla-
ture and Of two Congresses has been selected by the
Republicans Of Msssa chusetts 70 preside over this
years State Convention.
The Republicans have made their municipal nomI.
nations In the city OF indianapolis. Thomas Taggart,
Democrat Mayor. and they expect 10 vrest control
OF the city administration from the Democrats. In
dlanapolis Is Republican city. Mayor Taggsr's
term expires on Oct. Q.
Tbs number OF naiuraii,ations Of new citizens Is
less large this year than IL has been heretofore and
this circumstance explained BY the fact that none
OF the political organizations In town has made any
effort 70 add 70 the number OF naturalised voters In
anticipation Of the Mayorasy election. A majority
OF the newcomers srs Russians or Italians.
Ths population Of Philadelphia county. Pa. in
creased s470 900 between 1890 and 1900 and the popu
lation Of Allegheny county. which includes the city
OF Pittsburg. Increased 2%4o0 In the same period.
Pike county. which the late Horace Greeley once
described as distinguished chiefly for snakes and
Democrats, had 1900 population In 1890 and s.7O0
llnt nttnn-- Il In
Two Federal departments disburse almost exactly
che same amount In salaries. the Treasury Depart
ment and the 1ntsrior Department., In washin gton.
S5.Ooo.OOO each. But the Treasury Department
has 400 more employees than the Interior Depart.
ment the average rate OF compcnsat In the Treas
ury service. In which there many women employed.
being less than In the other.
The Republican candida,s for Attorney General
Of Ohio Is John NJ Sheets Of Putnam. OF the rural
counties Of the State The Democratic candidate
for Attorne y General OF Ohio comes from Toledo
the home Of Mayor Golden Rule Jones. The Demo
cratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor Of Ohio.
Anthony Howcils. Is by birth welshman like Jones.
He Is a residen, OF the town OF Massilion.
Among the proposed changes In the Virginia
Constitution Is . radical revision OF the judiciary
system OF the State. Though the convention was
ostenslbly called for the single purpose OF revising
the Election law OF the State BY excluding from the
franchise majority OF the colored citizens, Its mem
bers have taken up so many Other questions that a
practically new Constitution Is likely 70 be offered
to the voters OF the State.
The vote for Mayor at the las, local election In
Philadelphia was $4,000 Republican and $4,000
Democratic. Philadelphia retains undlmlnished Its
70 the Republican party not only In ma
tional and State, but In municipal contests as well,
and the night OF the Democrats for existence there
Is made under conditions which seem TO be less favor
abie each year. In 1896 Bryan polled 5000 votes
In Philadelphia. In 1900 he polled 81. 200 only.
The public schools Of Nebraska have an endow-
ment In lines duplicated In no other State. The
securities held by the State In the permanent school
fund are In amount Si.Se55 5446S: the landed endow
mcnt consists Of asa s54 under contract OF sale,
s4s6i2 acres under lease and 81. sos vacant.
From the interest on securities, interest sale and
eas. rentals s0ss 103 Ss realized In 1900. None
Of the endowment can ever be diverted. and as the
lands appreciate In value the annual receipts will be
augmented.
The Health, Fire and Police Pension Reserve Funds
amount 70 about 81. $50. .0oo more than per cent.
of the total running expenses Of New York city In
Guiding the payment Of Interest on the debt the re-
dempiion Of bonds which have matured and the cltys
contribution 10 State expenses. There are nearly
!. 900 police pensioners. There are 7, 700 employees
,f the Police Department, $500 Of the Fire Depart
nent and $4,000 OF the Board OF Education. The
,enson system Is being gradually extended 10 public
chooI employees, and in the nrsi year OF the opera
ion Of the present law TO retired teachers the amount
" pensions paid was so'.sss
The nrst vacancy In the Senatorial representation |
n Maryland will be on March I. 1903. when the |
erm Of George l.. Wellington. nondescript Republi-
an, expires tic is not q candidate for the nomina- |
ion Of either party the Democrats being pretty gen
rally agreed on Arthur p. German as the caucus |
andidaie and many Republicans, especially In |
outhern Maryland. being favorable 10 the nomlna- |
ion Of Sydney f.. Mudd one OF the Repu blican dele
,ston To the Fifty seventh Congress. Mr.. Mudd |
vas a member OF the Firy -nfth. Fifty sixth And
rfty nrst Congresses and was Speaker OF the Mary
and House OF Delegates In 1905.
The Philadelphia delegation TO the Republican
'tate Convention at Harrisburg on Aug. 81 Is made
p OF eightysx members. all representatives OF the
talwau element Of the party This Is the nrst time
hat this condition has prevailed since 1895, The
nii staxarts or reform element OF Philadelphia Re-
u hlicanism, unepresented In the convention at
harrisburg are making night against the municipal
cket nominated by the regulars In Philadelphia, at
h. head Of hch Is John Weaver for District Attorney
COMPTROLLER a Recorder OF Deeds and three Judges
the Court Of Common Pleas are also to be eleeted.
Under the cumulative system OF voting esta blshed
a Illinois, Il Is possible for . minority party having
My small part OF the voting strength OF the district
, secure one OF It's representatives In Springfield.
one years ago the ProhI bIuons,s In one OF the IlI
o,s d s,ricts put the cumulative system OF election
a tes, with this result The district was Re publi-
,u Each OF the Republican candidates received
pproy oyimately 5000 votes. the one Democratic can
dae received 5000 and the Prohibuonls ., 900.
he Prohlbtonlsts captured one seat The next
-sr they lost IL and they have had no representative
sprin gneld since. The peculiar method which
,e State Of Illinois adopts for elections TO the Legls
ture makes Il practically impossible tina, either
ATTY shall have . sweeping majority.
Between 1910 and 1900 New York furnished several
plomaic represe en,aiives 70 the Netherlands. New
ork city being regarded as the locality having the
os~st traditional connections with Holland August
elmon. was appointed American Minister 10 the
-,heriands In 1854 Henry C. Murphy Of Brooklyn
1887 and Robert B. Roosevelt In 1888 AZ present
e preference In such appointments Is given N North
r,tern States in which Hollanders are now much
ore numerous than In New York. The present
mer,can Minister to The Hague is . resident Of
inne sota and his prede eccssor under the Cleveland
was from Michigan. Although the
,mmcrce Of the United States with Belgium Is con.
lrted almost exclusively through the port OF New |
ork this STATE has on two occasions only furnished
10 American representatives In Brussels.
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