Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-02-01
Ilocomon Ammount Of Illness in the Empire
CITY. McClelland Boom for Presidency
TRYING TO FIND WHERE PARKER STANDS
people Insist On Passage Of Street Gar Ordinance Then Change
Front and cIamor for Its Repeal

NEW YORK. Feb 1.-The recent
inclemsncy OF the weather has caused
4 great deal or trouble In Greater New
york and has directed the attention
III tbc citizens In general and ne
municipal authorities In particular 70
many defects that urgently need nm
rection. The street car probieLa ~
still far from being solved. The as.
eomodations are not adequate and 're
service on many lines exceedingly
Door. During cold weather the pas.
sergers suffer considerably owing 10
tho lack or heating facilities on many
lines and the traction companies do
not seem 10 be inclined to pay the
least attention Ia the complaints 81
their patrons. So long as The receipts
ii The companies are satisfactory the
managers DO not worry over the com.
fort Of the travelling public. Mayor
Mcclellan seems determined % es-
poues the public cause and insist upon
much needed improvements, but es'
tremely doubtful whether he VII be
able to make M impression upon me
callous managers Of the traction com
panles.
The enormous increase Of the mum
Der OF pneunonia cases n this city
and The prevalence ~ ~fneaales. iaila
enaa and grippe have stirred the health
authorities ID unusual cneFgs and M
effort viii bs made q enforce at least
some Vi The sanitary ordinances which
Ike the antfapitting %orlanee, have
scarcely been more Than a dead letter
ever since tiey were promulgated. ~
would seem that mheated cars are
responsible for nearly as much sick
meas as the indiscrimlnato splitting IN
public places and that Il would be 10
finitely easier 10 enforce The law
against the street car corporations
than against The army Of illthy 81
tenders against tho anti splitting
ordinance.
The mess In the political canldfon
Is beginning TO boil and everybody Is
wondering what the outcome Will be
Charles =. Murphy. the Tammany
leader ana his rusty ~lientenants have
begun the delicate process Of wire
pulling and their movements, az wen
as the presence in this city OF promi'
nent democratic politicians from 9th
er parts Of the state have set the PEG
pie guessing. Murphy declines 10 talk
just mt present. He says II Is much too
early to talk about candidates. but
there Is a suspicion In democratic
circles that he Is engineering q deal
with Senator McCarren Of Kings. and
with the anti.Hill men In Buffalo,
Platsburg, Albany. and Troy. which
will enable him % control the state
delegation to the democratic national
convention In favor Of Mayor McClel.
lan's candidacy The indications Of a
boom for Mcclellan are quite strong
and the activity displayed by the may
or and the municipal government Is
evidently Intended 10 rouse public
sentiment in favor Of Mcclellan 1t
Ii expected that Tammany Will event.
ualiy succeed In having the state n
yentton 10 elect four delegatesiatlarge
10 the national convention. held IN
this city. where It will be easy for
Tammahy VI exert i dominating in
fiuencc.
The Parker boom IL beginning 70
take 4 more definite aul tangible
shape. During his stay n this city
william jennings bryan took consid
cradle interest in the Pafkei boom
and made an effort II ASCERTAIN Pafk
cr's position in regard "a lie currency
question Recently d letter was pnie
lIshed. signed Dy Judge Parker. hid
stating that be had always voted for
The democratic candidates. Mr.
Bryan, however, was Informed by
SON, n his political friends that
Judge Parker had voted for Palmer
and B~uckner the candidates n u,
gold democrats. and for that reason
Mr.. Bryan is anxious 10 ascertain OF
which side ~ tho fence Judge Palmer
really stands or stood.
One of The numerous attempts oi the
board 81 aldermen 70 Improve Tie de-
plorable traffic conditions on tho
crowded streets of This iii, la
caused no end Of confusion and
evoked energetic protests on tie part
Of the travelling public. An ordinance
was passed recently requiring street
cars to stop on the neal side 81 street
crossings, instead Of the far side. "A
the rule has been heretofore. Notices
Informing the public Of The change