The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-10
soME GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.

New York June 6.--This is to be year Of municipal
elections in this State The constitutional provision
separating city from State and National elections IN iu
operation this year No State officer Is TO be elected no
congressman except fill vacancy two, and of
presidential electors Seven OF cities of the FIRST
and third classes to be chosen namely IN the
cities OF New York Buffalo, Syracuse Rochester Albany
Troy Utica The combined population of these cities
per of the total population of the State
Thus majority of the electors of New York will take part
All things considered these elections will
important any State election could be- except that
only local will prevail Yet vtal have become the
OF municipal rule in this country that the city cleo
become National importance and in the OF the
contest New York city, of certainly National interest
Already the lines OF battle being drawn all these cities
and the that being manifested by the eit
is vndcation of the policy of separating local from
National elections There is promise of heavy vote
while with absence National issues, the electors are
able to divide nonparsan lines Unquestionaby large
number of them will continue republicans and dem
but sufficient number will be able to drop their par
tsan preudces far take sides questions OF local
application alone The value of this apparent There can
be doubt that the principle OF nonpartsanshp in munich
pal elections has made distinct advance
The prohbitionsts doubt whether support the
anti Tammany They fear that the Citizens union
sound the liquor question II certainly is not from
the prohbonst standpoint and it going to risk los
ing heavy the support the prohi
bitionst in New York and Kings counties last
year.
very picturesque thunder of the north
this and succeeded eectually in lowering
the temperature of the city and thereby adding greatly the
comfort Of everybody Incidentally the flooded the
with large the downpour In hour
inches of rain fell and in hours nearly two inches
In fact of the unable off fast
enough volume In certain sections notably the
lower part of Sith the deep that it
reached the top of the curb In One Hundred and
Sixty ninth the cellars and lower floors flooded
In Brooklyn the burst in Hancock and
o
church Sewers broke in other parts of the city
and Fort George much damage done The approach
OF the weird spectacle New York has wit
messed in long time.
| The period of extreme heat, which has thus to
end has succeeded breaking the records for mortality
The greatest deaths reported day 74
August -, 1906. But yesterdays total exceeded that
being 400 1t is believed that the weeks record will also be
broken Since June 20 there have been deaths Man
haitian and Bronx of which 6s caused directly by
In Brooklyn there have been deaths in five days
of whom infants under years of age.
=
Park Commissioner Clausen and o r. Spate who holds
pay privilege defend system pay chairs in
the park and declare that the been grossly
represented the public. at absolutely false says
commissioner that any Partially has been shown in favor
of the chairs in the parks 1t is equally certain that
would be permitted In Central park alone it is estimated
there free and benches seating
people At the there only so pay chairs River
side drive and park lined with free benches while per
hape of the Spate chairs scattered Grants tomb
square 1900 free seats and
pay chairs Il convinced" says Mr. Spate that the
public the pay chairs, consider the enterprise far
success The stand taken by Police Commissioner Murphy
does trouble in the least We do police pro
lection but only chairs We handle alone those not
inclined to pay"
The crowd Coney Island yesterday estimated to have
been the greatest that there one day
There at Rockaway.
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