Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-09
NEW YORK POLITICS.


Corrsspsndsncs Of TIE EVENING Star
ALBANY, n. Y, october q
Wnie the Congressional nominations In the
state are not all made yet the list is sufficiently
complete 70 make possible forecast OF New York's
delegation In the Fifty-nrst Congress. The pres
ent delegation stands fifteen democrats TO nine.
teen republicans, an exceptional preponderance
OF republicans as the districts are so apportioned
as 10 entite each party, on a normal division, 10
seventeen. Fourteen OF the districts now held by
republicans they Will control at the coming cleo
ton without serious difnculty. The third, repre-
sented by 8. V. White, will return a republican TO
succeed White; the sixteenth Will re-elect John II.
hetcham- Congressman Mof1tt, from the twenty
nrst; Sherman, from the tweuty-third; Beden,
from the twenty-iiftn; Delano, from the twenty
sixth; Nuttng, from the twenty-seventh; Flood,
sso sre S Baker IRON tne nr Tro
the thirtysecond, will De reelected. Representa-
tive A. x. Parker, OF the twenty second, Will be
can, and Congressman Davenport, OF the twenty
ninth, BY joan Raines, a republican. BY these
~ Sne state Ios S tSe
fourth, may or may not pe renominated, Out
the district Is sure TO elect a. republican.
Besides these fourteen sure districts the
republicans will elect John A. Quackenbush In
the eighteenth district, now represented by Con-
gresham GreenInan. Greenman was an accident
In politics anu his vote against the Mills bill
against the wishes of the democracy OF the district
has retired him from politics. To Offset these ff-
teen SURE IcpuoiiCdu uotEiCtSs IuC uciuOCTdtS are
certain Of thirteen or fourteen seats they now
hold In the house. They will elect eight members
from New York, including democrat In the thir-
tenth district, now represented by Congressman
Fitch, a democrat TO succeed Perry Belmont In the
first district and will re-eiect MesSrs Felix Camp
bell and Mahoney, In the second and fourth dis
tries. Congressman Tracey from the nineteenth,
and Congressman Bacon from the fifteenth DIS
trct Will be Reelected by Increased najOglties al
though show OF opposing the latter Is 10 be made
by Noses ID. SSivers, the republican nominee. The
fourteenth district, represented by Mr.. Stani-
necker, Is reliably democratic.
ACTUAL CONGRESSIONAL FIGHTING
In the state Will be reduced to i've districts In
the nth, II Archibald NJ Bliss Is not renomina ted
he threatens 70 defeat the democratic candidate,
and If he Is renomiuated, on the other hand, the
brooklyn democracy Will not support him Oh ac-
count OF his vote against the Mills DILL No noini-
nations have been made yet In the seventeenth
district, represented By Congressman Hopkins,
but the democrats have ] fair chance OF carrying
II. They are reasonably certain or electing John
Wiley 10 succeed Congressman Weber, republican,
In the thlrty-thru district. In the twentieth dis
trict George West has retired, and canvas, Is be-
Ing conducted by John Sanford, the republican
nominee, against Deputy Controller L. A. West
brook. the democratic nominee. Westbrook Is the
stronger and more popular man, but Will win only
through financial EiScalculILlOn by his opponent
the twenty-iourth diSLrict Is fairly deOdtable,
Congressman WILDER being Candidate Tor renOm-
lnatlon against eX-CongresSInan John s. Pindar.
MI. WnDer, however, spends money uUerally in
politics. and may again overcome the districts
democrats have niteen certain districts, counting
The thirty-tnird, WITH probabilities in the nun and
seventeenth anu POSSIBILITIES In the twentieth and
twenty-Iourth. &.