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| William McKinley. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, December 22, 1899.
McKINLEY'S CHRISTMAS.
Chief Executive Will Very Quietly Observe the Day.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Many senators and representatives called upon the president yesterday to pay their respects and extend their Christmas greetings before leaving for their homes to spend the holidays. Among them was Representative Richardson, the Democratic leader of the house. The president appears to be enjoying exceptionally good health. No extensive preparations are making for the Christmas celebration at the executive mansion this year, owing to the state of Mrs. McKinley's health, and the day probably will be a very quiet one. Miss Grace McKinley and Miss Sarah Duncan, nieces of the president, will be guests at the White House during the holiday recess. Abner McKinley and his wife also will be there.
SCHOOL TAX RATE.
State Officials in a Wrangle over School Money.
ALBANY, Dec. 22.—Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction Ainsworth was shown Comptroller Coler's figures by a press correspondent with reference to the amount of money paid into the state treasury by New York county for school purposes and his implied claim that because the amount paid in largely exceeds the amount drawn out by New York, she has the right to be exempt from state regulations.
Mr. Ainsworth says that since 1795 the state tax for school purposes has been levied by the legislature upon the property of the state. Last year it was .84 of a mill. New York happens to have poured into it the wealth from the rest of the state which is locally taxable there. The result is that she does pay into the treasury probably more money that Hamilton county, but no good citizen would claim that New York was exempt from a general state law because of her wealth. As well might Mr. Vanderbilt or Mr. Rockefeller claim special privileges as a citizen because he pays a larger tax than Comptroller Coler does. Mr. Coler would object to [what] Hamilton county objects to, New York claiming a special privilege because of increased wealth. This school money is divided among the counties in proportion to their population and teachers employed. New York receives all that her population and teaching force entitles her to, as does Hamilton county. The statement of Mr. Coler might be valuable in considering [what] the law ought to be from his standpoint. My communication attempted to tell what the law is.
State Board of Regents in Session.
ALBANY, Dec. 22.—The state board of regents was in session here yesterday and will be again today, considering the report of its special committee which presented a memorial to the special commission of the governor's appointed to unify the educational system of the state. The commissioners plan as formulated is not in accord in many respects with the recommendation as suggested by the regents, and at the session today resolutions will be adopted, it is said, either approving or disapproving of the plan on which Statutory Revision Commissioner Lincoln is at work drafting into a bill.
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
Future of the Bicycle.
The bicycle as a fad has become a thing of the past. Utility has taken the place of enthusiasm, and the wheel has ceased to be a craze. It still, however, has a future as an excellent method of exercise and of quick locomotion.
The Baltimore Sun, looking into the statistics of the trade, finds there has been a heavy decline in exports from this country, notwithstanding the great decline in prices, and that original investors in cycle works have met with great losses. The same is true in England. In the first eight months of 1895 that country sold abroad $5,350,000 worth of bicycles and in 1896 sold $5,946,500, but a decline set in in 1897, and in the first eight months of 1899 it sold only $2,393,500 worth. Of the companies organized in England in 1896 and since, 40 with shares aggregating $13,750,000 have gone into liquidation. Shares of 36 leading companies show falls aggregating 30 per cent, some falling as much as 75 per cent. The common stock of such companies is now almost absolutely worthless. Probably this is the history of the trade all over.
Like everything else, after the novelty wears off the bicycle has ceased to be simply an instrument of pleasure and popular diversion, but has come to the demands of practical use, and that is its future.
A Race Distinction.
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 22.—Governor Candler has signed the bill prohibiting the sleeping car companies operating in the state from furnishing berths to negro passengers except in coaches used especially for the accommodation of negroes. The measure is now a law.
AN EXPENSIVE VOTE
Cast by Clyde Eaton of Cincinnatus in the Army in Cuba.
The entire board of supervisors was assembled at the county clerk's office yesterday as a board of county canvassers to canvass the vote of Clyde Eaton of the town of Cincinnatus, which was cast in Cuba, where Mr. Eaton is a private in the Fifth Artillery. It was an expensive vote for Cortland county, for its total cost for actual expenses will very nearly reach $175, but that is of course no concern of the voter who is entitled to his vote as an American citizen at any cost.
The ballot was prepared at the secretary of state's office and had to be sent to Cuba some time before election. In fact, in order to reach its destination in time for election day it had to be forwarded before the final date of filing certificates of nomination or changes in the tickets. It proved to be a straight Democratic vote, and the part that was particularly cloying to Supervisor Hunt from the Democratic town of Preble and over which he lamented in audible tones was that it was cast for member of assembly for James Robinson, who withdrew his name after the soldiers' ballots were prepared and of course before the substitution of Mr. Parsons' name was made. Therefore the vote was absolutely useless on that office as counting anything.
The ballot had to go through the usual course of ballots on election day. It was forwarded to the inspectors of election of the town of Cincinnatus who had to assemble at the usual polling place, prepare the ballot boxes as though for an all day task, open the sealed package, cast the ballot, then open the box and count the ballot, prepare the returns in due form as though cast on election day. Two of the inspectors had to bring it to the county clerk's office in Cortland, where it was filed. The board of county canvassers then assembled, examined and canvassed the returns, and the county clerk had to make three new copies of the entire returns of the county—the former returns with one vote added—to be sent to the governor, the secretary of state and the comptroller respectively, and the new returns had to be forwarded.
The expense now includes one day's time for fifteen supervisors $60; their mileage from their homes to Cortland $30.40; one day each for four inspectors of election at Cincinnatus $16; mileage for two inspectors in bringing the returns to Cortland $7; the clerk's fees for making records of returns, about $40. This makes an aggregate sum of $153.40. In addition, there is the rent of the polling place at Cincinnatus, the work of preparing the ballot boxes, etc. and other contingent expenses which County Clerk Bushnell estimates will bring the total expense up to about $175.
THE NORMAL FACULTY.
Where the Teachers Will Spend Their Holiday Vacations.
The majority of the members of the Normal school faculty will spend the Christmas vacation out of town. Dr. Cheney will be in Cortland during the greater part of the time, but expects to be in Syracuse for two or three days in attendance at the Holiday conference of the Associated Principals of New York state, which begins Tuesday evening, Dec. 26.
Prof. Banta will go to Syracuse Tuesday to attend the meeting of the Amherst Alumni association of Central New York which will occur at The Vanderbilt that evening. He will also attend the principal's conference on Wednesday.
Prof. and Mrs. Booth expect to start soon for the home of the parents of the former in Sanquoit, N. Y., to be in attendance on Christmas day upon the wedding of his sister, Miss Amy Booth and Dr. Courtney, a dentist in Syracuse. Mr. Hermon W. Booth, an attorney of New York City and a brother of Prof. Booth, is expected here to-night and to accompany them to Sanquoit.
Miss Hendrick expects to start on the 9:20 train to-morrow morning for Syracuse to spend the entire vacation with relatives.
Miss Booth will go to New York City and later to Nyack, where she will visit friends and relatives. She expects to leave to-morrow morning.
Miss Bishop expects to visit relatives in Binghamton during a part of the vacation.
Miss Gale will be, for the greater part of the time, at her home in Groton.
Miss Skidmore expects to go to her home in Hempstead.
Miss Hill will spend the entire vacation at her home in Manchester, Mass., and Miss Griffin experts to start on the late train to-night for her home in South Dover.
BREVITIES.
—Additional local on eighth page.
—The choir of Grace church are asked to meet for practice to-night at 7:45 o'clock.
—An entertainment for the Presbyterian Sunday-school will be given at the chapel to-morrow evening beginning promptly at 7 o'clock.
—The weather is ideal. When did we ever have such blue and cloudless skies, such bracing and yet not cold air and such fine roads at this season of the year as at present?
—New display advertisements to-day are—F. D. Smith, Christmas gifts, page 6; Smith & Beaudry, Two days, etc., page 6; C. F. Brown, Perfumes, page 6; Model, Clothing, page 7.
—R. Burns Linderman has paid his excise fine of $500 and been discharged from custody. Robertson, Jacobs and Murphy are still boarding on the county as guests of Sheriff Brainard [re: selling liquor without a license—CC editor].
—The funeral of Mrs. Sarah J. Tuthill, who died on Wednesday will be held at her late home, 10 Hubbard-st., on Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock, and at the Universalist church at 2 o'clock.
—The members of the Woman's Christian Temperance union are requested to meet at their headquarters on Saturday at 1:30 P. M. to attend in a body the funeral of Mrs. Eugene Tuthill at the Universalist church at 2 o'clock.
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