The sun., 1903-08-02


lucky. Morris Belknap resides In Louisville. Al
though the Republicans of Kentucky depend for
success upon the vote OF Louisville, their canal
dates for Governor have heretofore been taken
from other localities
Sixty. ave members Of the next United States
Senate are lawyers one Is civil engineer TWO
are doctors and the others bankers miners, ous'
ness men and politicians. The average age Is 10,
Senator Pettus OF Alabama. the Oldest Is ". and
Senator Bailey Of Texas. the youngest is+0. Twenty
fve members fought In tho civil war. OF college
graduates there are Nifty Ave. Seven members
OF the Senate were born in other countries
Labor Commissioner johnson OF Kansas has.
It Is reported. begun a campaign against puplc
otrcers who either work themselves or cause their
clerks TO work more than eight hours day He
says the Eight Hour law applies to all State ocias
and has warned them all that they must stop vlo-
latng II. The object Of the Eight Hour law Is TO
give more people work. declares Labor commits
sioner johnson. and the public oflcials should set
q good example 10 other employers by complying
with II 10 the very letter Gov. Bailey says he was
not raised on an eight hour schedule.
Phlladelphia has I.S40 miles OF streets and $50
street railways St Louis has S1S miles OF streets
and s2i of street railways, and Boston has 49S miles
OF streets and 2iS miles Of street railways Balt-
street railways Cleveland with 500 miles OF streets,
has ais mles The figures for other cities are: Buff
tAo streets $50 miles, railroads 29S San Francisco.
streets $780, railroads. 2bs Cincinnati streets. $50.
railroads. c0s: Pttsburg. streets. 3so railroads.
l72. and New Orleans. streets. 700, railroads. i75
The city Of 81. Louis claims the distinction OF
being the only large city In the country which has
a separate and distinct political Organization apart
from any county. New York city includes nve
counties. Philadelphia is In Philadelphia county.
Chicago In Cook. Plttsburg In Allegheny. Boston
In suffolk, Cleveland In Cuyahoga. Louisville In
Jefferson, Buffalo In Erie. Detroit In Wayne. In.
dianapols In Marion Cincinnati In franklin.
Omaha IN Douglas and Kansas City In Jackson.
The boundaries OF Baltimore city and county differ.
but st. Louis Is a city OF Itself.
The new Commissioner OF the Land ONCE In
Washlngt is credited with having determination
to retrenoh Government expenses tits announced
that his nrst orncial act TO abolish the system
OF sending out cards OF acknowledgment OF all
communications. a work that has required the
entire attention OF four clerks,
Tho extension OF small park areas In the down
town districts OF New York has tended largely to
the reduction OF the vote In these districts, and
the approaches 10 the now bridge on the East side
and the land required for the new Pennsylvania
terminal on tho West side have largely reduced
the voting population OF the Twelfth and Eleventh
Assembly districts respectively. When the present
apportonrnent OF the city OF New York was made
In 1895 the whole Of the present region The Bronx
though forming one Senatorial district. was made
into two Assembly districts only, although In
Manhattan and Brooklyn each Senatorial district
was divided into three Assembly districts As n
consequence, the two Bronx Assembly districts
have disproportionateiy large number OF voters.
AZ last years election there were "a 7sa votes cast In
the Thirty .nfth Assembly district as many as In
tho First. Second. Third and Fourth Assembly
dis,rtcts OF Manhattan. In the Eighth district
last year only 400 votes were cast. in the First
4? 200 and In the Twelfth only $500 In the Thirty
fourth distract 90 votcr were cast. and as the
downtown distrioa decrease In voting population.
those In The Bronx advance.
The nav Mayor OF Ashtabula ONO. former
railroad man OF pttsburg was reelected upon the
Union Labor ticket. Ashtabula Is city OF i5,c00
inhabitants an9 has long been known ss the greatest
orc receiving port Ia the world. There were three
ether candidates. Mr. McMlllan. when hc came