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election is near at hand and urges i'm.
mediate contributions from them 30 the
democratic campaign fund.
Changes in the Lower House.

ShohSsSS la t4iS 1-u"eE kkuubS.
Washington. Oct, 22--No matter which
party elects the president there are sure
to be very many changes in the next
house of representatives over the pres
ent one. About eighty or ninety mem
bers will SO out of this congress to pri-
vate life on the 4th of next March.
Most of the men who will retire will be
those who have served two terms, and
haYe not yet cut very distinguishing
figure IN the proceedings. There are,
| however, a number of important excep.
| tions to this general statement, Ex.
Governor Long, OF Mas assaehusetts, in his
| brief congressional career covering
period of four years, has made place
| for himself in the front ranks. Mr..
Hayden, OF the same stete, is another
| who will retire with honor, and MIR.
Russell. the brilliant young democrat, i,
is third who will be lost to the Massa-
chusetts delegation, These three have
| refused emphatioally TO run again. Some
who are better known in the house will
probably be beaten at the polls. Two
or three southern mem mbers--and the
southern members, by the way, are
usually famous for the grip with which
they hang on to congressional seat
when 1T is at once secured--have also de.
cided TO remain at home to attend to
their business, or have been relegated to
private life on account of the dissatis-
faction created in their districts in the
distribution of federal patronage accord
ed them. There are great many men
who are we'll known through long service
orthrough the part which they have taken
in the deliberations of congress, who find
1t difficult to secure D return to the house,
Among them Is that brilliant demagogue.
the Hon. William Springer, OF Illinois,
chairman of the committee On territories,
and his no less brilliant demogogical
oonfere, William holman, OF Indiana,
who is chairman of the committee on
public lands. Both OF these men have
made great many enemies not only in
their own states, but through the west
ern territories, which are so greatly
affected by the acts of the men holding
the positions occupied by these two.
Then, again, Roger @. Mills, OF Texas.
the dark lantern chairman of the COM
mittees on ways and means, has succeed
ed In calling down on himself the wrath
OF every woolgrower in the state of
Texas, and for the first time in its history
an earnest effort is to be made TO capture
that district by the republicans with the
aid of the pgohibitionists.
There may, and probably will be
number CT surprises in the forthcoming
congressional election. The campaign
committees OF both parties in their can
vass of the probabilities of the personnel
of the house in the fifty first congress
have takena o great many changes for
granted. For instance, each side has
figured upon the return OF that jsckdaw
on the democratic side, John j. O'Neiil,
OF st. Louis, O'Neill has the reputation
OF somewhat peculiar character in
regard to the social proprietles. He did
little to much marrying during the
past session, and as o result the friends
Of one woman who claims to be his legal
wife are moving heaven and earth to
bring O'Neills acts before the ecclesias-
tical church and the voters of his district.