Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-02

Iro Sena, who such easy sailing ~ they
paralysis. IL i II the beginning. Nov
.>-r boom has been fairl,
Raynoids has beetion Ii arising In I'm
II ii the Las vegas and II the judgment
,mpany. 'ormed politicians
re Ii not much
Hauie Evans left todayreceive the sup.
Il On / bushes trip, and uocracy d ew
Monday.
between Muir
s,ness meeiing d tho ~Prsie.der and cleye.
Endeaycr Wand Mccarren. Who
Il the chapel discreet enough 10 Join
brces, supporting Parker.
opuc - ID The mist that had been
Y suppo. over the political situation
Is psop's i led 10 ! grouping Of the CON
ng elements. The Organizes
M Ms the New York democrats are
.orrly opposed 70 Parker and are
-record 81 outspoken opponents oi
Mari boom. They mistrust Judge Par,
lAdyxs position on the silver question
Lnnsand do not believe that he would get
80 4 strong vote. They point to the fact
~ that Judge Parker, on the occasion
or the only time when he, was d ii
didate 1t any election, ran way be.
hind his ticket, and argue that II was
The height Of a~bsurdity ID nominate q
weak candidate when Il was absolutely
necessary to nominate q candidate or
exceptional strength. The Cleveland
faction also opposes Parker, prInci.
palIy on account Of the fact thar his
nomination would greatly strengthen
Hilfs power. Some Of the most rabid
Cleveland men 20 30 far as To say
they would rather see President Roose
welt reelected than Hin restored To
power In Now York.
Tammany Leader Murphy has clear.
~ defined his position In the mat.
ter, and Il cannot be doubted that q
great many New York democrats, not
included IL the Tammany fold. agree
with the position he takes. Murphy
has stated IN private conversation that
he fully recognizes the fact that only
an exceptionally strong candidate
could expect % receive the support Of
the united democratic factions In this
state and that for that reason he fay.
ored the selection Of i candidate strong
enough 70 harmonize the various fac.
tions. He opposed Parker. because he
did not believe that he could carry
Now York, and he favored Cleveland.
because bic was confident that the lat.
Ter could draw the largest vote Or any
candidate mentioned up 10 The present
time.
The annual report DC exsIiealth Com.
missioner pr. Lederle for the year
1909, the last year Of the Low admin.
istration, has come ont and proves
an unusually Interesting document.
y proves BY its figures and compara
tive statistics that owing 10 the rigid
enforcement Or the vaccination and
quarantine regulations BY an efficient
health department smallpox has been
practically stamped out III Greater New
York. On the other hand. the figures
show there has been m Increase In
M.
The number of deaths BY tuberculosis
from 1856 n 1902, 20 Ts74a iii 1908.
That increase ii quite marked and III
rate y about double that Of the iii.
crease IN population. Notwithstanding
That increase, the death rate from ail
causes during 1905. was the lowest
during the last fo3 years.
Another interesting annual report
which has recently been published. il
That OF The New York state board III
mediation and arbitration. Ii shows
that during the fiscal year. ending
September ~, 1905. there we're more
STRIKES Iockouts and labor troubles
n general ii New York than i'll any
previous year, excepting, perhaps. the
year 1856, During the past year there
were 10 the aggregate Is2 labor troub
lcf, involving 1000 employees and
" consequence 81 the strike, 100000
working days we're lost. owing 10 The
New York Building Trades strike. hi,
cSI laborers we're idle and tho aggre.
gate loss ~ working days amounted
% 1.7o7oi9 days. equivalent 10 i 10
tal sum 81 sc,75i7si.f4 In wages.
The owners u certain property
which the Pennsylvania railroad com.
pany requires for the proposed tunnel.
have been defeated ID tho courts and.