The sun., 1901-04-17
POLITICAL NOTES.

One feature Of the Toledo municipal .l.rt'cn q,
which Samuel Lightning Rod Jones was reelected
Mayor was the election by larger majority than
Jones had OF Police Judge Wachenhema Demo.
cra,, who gained some political distinction a whls
ago By deciding. IN case brought before him. thA.
drunkenness was disease and not a crime.
Under the operations OF the poll tax law In eorria
which excludes from the suffrage those in arrears for
any poll tax since 1877 more than one haf Of the total
number Of voters In the Cracker State did not vote az
| the last Presidential election. Mississippi has a
poll tax Of 81 and the citizen who does not pay II
not vote even II In other respects, educational and
residential be complies with all Constitutional re
ouirenents Yet last months orncial return shows
2a57i white citizens who have elected 10 pay thi,
year. This neglect dlSianchseS them for two years
The number Of colored voters who cannot or do not
pay the poll tax in Mississippi IS 100 900 and the
actual number OF voters who took part in last years
election less than 90 900 In State in which there
500 600 voters The vote in tho Fourteenth Con.
gressona district OF New York city was n 1000 las,
year
The payroll OF the Fire Department telegraph
service in Manhattan and The Bronx IS $4,000 th.
year In Drooklyn and queens Is Is So. COO total
Of $1,000. Richmond has volunteer Gre service
Their will h. an election for Governor o, Ohio this
year and the Republicans OF the State with prs ccal
unanImlty from present reports, are TO renumlnate
such Is The ohio custom the present Republican
Governor Judge Nash. GOV Foster was nominated
,or two terms 81 was Gov. Foraker 50 was Gov
Mckinley rudcr TIE projected now apporton-
ment Of Ofi) legislative districts the Republican
control at columbus Is Is thought 10 be assured but
at the Apil elections tar Democrats carried C!evr.
land, Columbus Toledo, and Sandusky 10 the extent
OF elcc,re their mayoraty candidates in each city
In Cincinnati there was no election.
The F.nh Warl Democratic Club OF Par RockA
way haS becn Incorporated in Albany.
The Citizens nlon has held It's primaries for n.
election 81! district committeeman for 1901. though
what particular force IN political way there IS in
primaries, participated In by no one bu, the elected
delegates IS oar Of the questions which It Is not easy
70 answer. Tnc citizens Inion expects to nominate
a ticket 'or municipal and country Offices In Man
haitian some time In TIE month o' September provided
that there is no demand for a citizens Unon confer
encc wIth Republicans before that tine.
The Federal Department IN Washington which
hos r smallest number % employees Is n. Depart
mrn of state the aggregate salaries Of It's employees
being less than $50 900 year
This years appropriations for borough o-oers
in Manhattan, The Bronx Br1llyn. Queens and
A''HlU'HN dUloAIllN 10 ShIdN or WHICH ihe lHTgeI
item is for the salaries Of "sccrta.es ard clerks.
Considerable GSpropor,on east, among the sp-
Troprainns for these ofnccs, for the allowance for
The lronN is AS large as that for Brooryn and that
Tor Richmond a. large IS that 'or queens.
With the exception Of Detroit. no other iars. aty
In the United states is so near foreign territory as
Iufalo There are no large cities on the Mexican
border ard none - large population on the Canada
lnc IN northern New York or Sew England Seattle
and Tacoma In Washington are at some distance
from the British Columbian border and southern
Florida. the nearest point to the West Indies, con
ialns no large cities.
The rnon Reform party of the United States,
which bases an It's expectations o' political improve.
nent on lts cherished pauarca NJ q referendum tooE
Is rise some years ego IN ONO and ran Presidential
lcEei ioF the hrst time last so tmbrr It's success
vas mt remarkable The ur.og Reform candidate
'oiled sc'' 'oes IN OHIO, I'm IN Illinois. a4i In
NfrAnSas s52 IN Indiana and ~ IN MARYLAND
ess than 600 votes In TIE Who'll. country
The toUnc'mrn's charges growing ow n the
uncfal ~ Herman SIlycT were $50 for badges $40
or carriages Soc 'oE noal piece ara so 50 for gloves
total Z" s'.9 )" ~ be paid out Of the appropriation
Dr cy contingencies
Missouri Is one Of the States OF the country In which
he growth oi the Republican party is most marked
''' ''"'N 'B" M'. hiyah carried Missouri, out
"a" OF ~ Louis. by 1000 majority Last year
il majority IN the Estate, outside of ~ Louis was
1000 !dI onr uali 81 Louis casts Abou, 20
cr rent of 'he vote Of the State a considerable
hare Of the political power Of Missouri has for many
ears teen controlled by the old Confedcfat. ,l.
'n'' Du' aS theSe toimer leaders from the rural dis
l'S nave ded TcNfrd or been forced out by the new
adeIs The political conditions established in the
WI war have been Of much less Importance More
.ei IN southwestern Missouri, the Development Of
y ead and inc Interests has brought in TO IN. State
h"moer oi newcomers having much more progros-
We ho'ions OF politics than tie men they Ar ,vn,as