The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-09
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Republican candidate for Lieutenant Gov
ernor OF Kentucky Is a resident OF Ashland. the
former home OF Henry Clay.
The two Republican factions In Pi,tsburg are
hereafter 70 work as one organization. The rip
per" bill marked the beginning OF a revolt which,
b. fusion with the Democrats, succeeded In PITTS.
burg and Allegheny. The basis OF harmony now
will DO reorganization OF Republican interests in
the strong Republican city OF Plttsburg.
The Supreme Court OF Tennessee has declared
the Adams law. passed by the last Legislature,
70 be constitutional. II provides for local option
In towns having . population OF 5000 and under.
upon tho submission OF the question 10 popular
vote. Only eight towns in the State are exempt
from the laws operation and under n the Pro.
hibitlonisIs have rnAde much Roadway
There custom houses whose receipts do not
pay for their maintenance and there are foreign
consulates which donv pay either The town
OF Monrovia In Liberia yielded Uncle Sam In fees
last year si5 Thore was SIS from Tamatavc In
Madagascar and from Pretoria 81 collect, From
tho Island OF Jersey 10 was received from Tehera.
Persia, $40. from Cayenne. SIS and from Bastia In
Corsica, So
California has . Ga. 900 capitol at Sacramento,
Colorado . "a 100000 capital az Denver. Rhode
Island % 600 OcO building AZ Providence and Geor
Yta 81 900 600 capitol In Atlanta. The only States
which have cApitols In large cities are MasSpchu
sets. Indiana, Virginia. Minnesota, Georgia and
Colorado.
In the opening OF Pordham road from East lsoth
street 10 Klngsbrdgo road. in The Bronx. the total
money awards 20 landowners wero 500. 7o2 The
amount OF costs WAS 1880 Seventy I'VE per cent
OF the expense falls on the adjacent property
owners and rs per cent. on the city.
The present Auditor OF Ohio. W. D. Guilbert.
oS.1 tn a. 0 ,NR
the Auditor OF Ohio being four years.
In ono ward OF Brooklyn there Is not q solitary
negro voter.
The Kansas State Senate has defeated tho Woman
Suffrage bin under the terms OF which women,
who now have limited local suffrage in Kansas.
could vote for Presidential electors AS well.
Tho immigration OF Firms into the United States
was 90 per cent. higher during the rSt six months
of 1907 than during the like period OF 1901 and only
per cent. OF the newcomers were a or older.
The Increase OF Finns In the United States. ana
especially In Michigan. In which state they are
most numerous, Is shown In the announcement
that tho Unfsef. u Finn paper published At Caiu-
met has been changed from weekly 10 a daily.
There arc s2 Finnish papers in the United States.
two published In Michigan and one each In Mime
sots, Ohio. Oregon and New York.
slx OF the counties OF Vermont were recorded In
favor OF high license at the election AZ which pro
hibtion was abolished and eight were recorded
against Il. The New Hampshire Legislature has
already taken up the question OF abrogatlng tho
Prohibition law Of that State. and one OF the wit
nesses called before the legislative committee AZ
Concord advocated . high license law with thc
fee for liquor selling At 5000 New Hampshire
Is State having statutory. but not constitutional.
prohibition, and the demand for q high ncoDse
law a . substitute hes been decreasing.