The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-01
POLITICAL NOTES.

POLITICAL NOTES.
A veteran Georgia politician at the I'M
perial Hotel. New York. said the other night
that william r.. Hearst and the term Hearst
ism reminded him Of the famous coon eong"
OF other days. beginning:
OF 81 Johnsing am my name,
IF yer doan let me in III bust up de game.
A Kansas woman woman sufrragist dis
cordantly remarks; ed have you to know
that the peacock lie & male bird"
The late Daniel Scott Lamont was notably
discreet In all his utterances. He was es"
sentially q political philosopher. as well.
Only once in twenty-five years did a news
paper man who enjoyed his engaging friend
ship and confidence hear him say an ungentle
word OF any man.
1t was when an alleged Democrat attempted
to lmpugn Grover Cleveland's financial In
tegrity in the matter Of the bond sales during
Cleveland's second term. OF this man La
mont said with q depth Of fe eling that brought
a steadier calm to his staid countenance:
He's the ablest and the meanest fellow i
ever met"
In 1850 Abraham Lincoln. though In a min
ority Of a million in the total popular vote,
got 1870 electoral votes, against 1873 cast for
various other adversaries.
When oliver Hazard Perry Belmont was
in the House he was sometimes called Tam
many's Dude Congressman" and now an
authority AYERS that dude" Is an English
word and was first heard on the streets and
in the theatres Of London in 1881 In connection
with Alterations in dress and manners. II
ls a revival Of the colonial word "duds."
meaning clothing. and lie associated with
"dudder." a peddler OF dress pieces. and
'dudd a place where old clothes or rags
were bought and sold.
Afavorite remark Of United States Senator
William B. Allison, for nearly half a century
In Congress-, is Micawber's observation.
"Procrastinstlon Is the thief Of time. Collar
it,"
In November New York will elect q Gov
ernor, q Lieutenant-G%o vernor. Secretary OF
| State. Comptroller, Treasurer. Attorney-Gen-
eral and State Engineer and Surveyor. also
an entirely new Legislature, composed OF
ffty-one Senators and $50 Assemblymen.
besides thirty-seven Representatives in
Congress and a dozen Justices OF the SUI
prenle Court. The entire contro Of the
State Government will be at stake.
Minister of Labor Tregear Of New Zealand
saye that under municipal ownership In that
country the workingmAn is never absolutely
sure OF his job, and when he does get one
he Is only "a well fed slave
The snapshot fends have had O tough
time with the Moorish politicians at AL
geciras. 1t is related that one old Moor re-
marked to a particularly pestiferous fiend:
1T is not that any harm will ensue to those
whose picture you make. 1t Is yourself
will suffer inconvenience in the next world.
Allah will say to you: Following your own
will and pleasure, you have made those
figures. ] now command you to give them
souls And where. my friend. will you be
them"
Red flowers were the decorations at the
funeral Of Johann Most.
Concerning a third term for Presidents Of
the United States, De Tocqueville said;
President Washington established the
practice Of declining a third election, and
every one of his successors, either from a
sense of Its propriety or from apprehensions
OF the force of public opinion. has followed
the example. So that it has become as much
a part Of the Constitution that no citizen can
q third time be elected President as II it were
expressed in that instrument in words
Mayor Adam Of Buffalo, frequently men,
toned as good timber for the Democrats to
nominate for Governor, recently requested
| his fellow citizens to send In suggestions for
the betterment Of the Queen City. Here are
q few OF the replies:
That the city buy and maintain a herd
of 200 goats. because there is never sickness
In a family where a goat is
That a law be passed restraining hens to
their owners premises. because hens use
the next door porch for a chicken run. but
never lay eggs here"
That all the city's electric lights be a
to wink the hour. so that q man need not
take his watch out in the winter"
That it be a misdemeanor TO leave Q gate
open. because it's bad luck to CLOSE q gate
after anybody has left it open
That every citizen be compelled to plant
q rosebush before his house. to mako the air
sweeter.'"
That there be no brass street signs and
that mirrors shall not be carried through the
streets. because they reflect the sun into
weak eyes"
That there be daily parades in summer
to amuse the children"
THAT the city supply m~egaphones TO street
car conductors. so that deaf passengers may
not be carried past their streets"
When John L.. McLaurin Of South Carolina,
Democrat. mentioned for a place in President
Roosevelt's cabinet. was a United States
Senator he coined the phrase commercial
democrat" meaning the Democrat who was
broad enou gh to rise above party environment
and look after the South's material interests.
President Cleveland In his second term
appointed Walter @. Gresham. Republican.
Of Indiana. Secretary OF State in his Cabinet.
Gresham had been Postmaster-Ge neral and
Secretary Of the Treasury in President Ar
thurs Cabinet.
There are b1.i4o persons on the payroll OF
the city Of New York. and. In addition. II 900
employees Of the Board Of Education.
william j. Bryan. although in far of Japan.
Is keeping his eye on the Democratic national
convention Of 1908. The first gun in his
interest has been fred by the Democratic
Majority Rule League. an organization In
Chicago The real object of the league is to
prevent william R. Hearst swallowing the
dele gates from Illinois, and next to elect all
the delegates possible for Bryan.
At the organization Of the league in Chica go
the rivalry between the Hearst and Bryan
factions for the Illinois delegates TO the next
national convention showed itself in a resolu-
tion asking the county conventions to instruct
their dele gates TO the State convention TO
vote for representative Henry T. Rainey as
the temporary chairman OF the latter gather
ing. This was carried and the Bryanites
won FIRST blood In their fight against Hearst.
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