The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16
POLITICAL NOTES.

Prom 1870 TO iso. q period Of my years, there
va, but one addition to the membership OF the
Presidents Cabinet. The proposed addition OF
a Secretary OF Commerce would bring Up the total
members Zip to nine.
The opinion very generally prevails in con'e-
ouence Of the great fame OF Us whisyey that Ken
lucky Is a State In which there is little tolerance Of
the views OF Prohibtionists As a matter OF fact,
Kentucky Is. In part, a strong Prohibition state.
II has itp counties and 4 thcSe ~ IN dry counties
In which all sale Of liquor Is interd,cted, u are coun-
ties having put one licensed liquor dea.cr and u are
counties having only two. Mhiskey naAing Is limited
to one part OF Kentucky, and In recent years the
distilling OF Kentucky corn and ne has been done
chiefly In Cincinnati, now the rtvhl Of Peoria and
pttsburg as a distllery city, Nearly 500 votes
were polled by the Prohibition party In Kentucky
In 1870. but candor comprls the acknowledgement
by Prohlhtionlsts that only ~ OF these came fUm
Bourbon county
At their recent National Convention al 81 Louis
the Social Democracy branch Of the S)'ialist phry
received reports frum organlE atoms having p, 90
members ana prcteniing TO nave a voting STRENGTH
OF OL on. Del gates were resent from se% ,vntecn
of the states, lncrc beng practically no Social
Democracy party In the others.
One OF the original thirteen states which has
not had 50 large a representation IN the Cabinets
OF the Presidents OF TIC United Stetrs a. aane
Others. hut has always had a conspicuous part
IN national ana -, Is Connecticut IL has nHd
but ten appointments to Cabinet places since TIC
origin OF the Re !rrql Government. There WI,
a Connecticut SECRETARY ~ the TrraSury. Wolcot,.
IN the Cabinet OF XtOn, 2 Connecticut Post
master General, Gideon Granger. In TIE Cabinet
% Jefferson and a Connecticut, Secretary Of nc
Navy. Gideon WelieS, In that Of Abraham Lincoln.
The representatives. % TIC Citl'ens' Union Who
appeared recently In Albany 10 advocate The sdop-
tiun Of a law per hitting that organization 10 MAKE
nominations to Office Ne y regular parry and not as
a. ,A, >, IrtynenlgrF pHfif.or ffrlfFFA that Mt
las, years election the citizens Union yoin FOR seth
Low was IlSOOO. Actually IN fIsnn vote undot tEe
symbol OF tAs Statue % liberty va, 25.Doo.
The Social Democracy party may be said 20 have
iis readuuarirrS At Ttrrr HaHic, Ind. where Eugene
V. Dcbs, a candidate for President IN 1910, re-
sldrs. and where S. VI, Rcvr0lds has brrn ruri.
mated 10Y MAYOR At the spring election jTls y..r.
MI. Reynolds ls q lawyer and expect .ions OF his
success are not based uu1n the SaoWirg wufe nv
n, Social Democracy Parry al the last 8 neral
cluciI1n. hut or local causes growing oui Of recent
S,rk.S. IN 1900 U'hs pplcd On NiFo county,
which includes the city ~ T,rrc Ubvtr. 81 y1tce
ara,ny; It72 for the bryan Y rc'o-al ticket end
1872 for the Republican H,Ctoit Al ticket. Tho
vote of Deb, In 'he rs'lrc state OF Indiana was
2s7t and most o. Il came from the counties or thr
Indians border line. The fcgy''' and ORIGINAL
Socialists. who dir'voN any h,so ON o''E uabs.
polrd only 0S votes ~ IN, Rooster STATE, TtTrc
HAu,r hA, a large railroad population.
The agitation Tor direct nNr1lnallns 70 do away
with the power % conventions p, veil as OF eau
cu,cs mas no, galncd much hcad'vsv In t'is r!ty or
IN Boston whs-N. usually. such projects md favor
n answer to m Invitation on a printed carl only
forty men me; In Social Hail, fremont Temple
recently to organize the Caucus Reform League.
A commission was appointed In the State 60
Georgia SOM tlmt nrO TO make recommendation
for the subjects Of two statues ~ be placed Ia
statuary Hall IN the Capitol at Wa,hi7ctoa The
- Htaan Al 40. ZFgvhWn
and Dr. Crawford W. Long, one Of the discoveries
of anrStheSla The selection cannot be definitely
rAtlaed until . mcetlng Of the commissipn 20 he
held IN July The commission NiSbcl inc state
Attorney Genera. Terrd said that this canno, be
Consututionaly done