The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-10-19
CONTESTED SEATS.
Seventeen Contests for Seats to Come
Before the Next Congress.

Seventeen Contests for Seats to Come
! Before the Next Congress.
There we're but eight contested
seats in the House Of Representa-.
tives Of the last Congress, and now
seventeen are awaiting the action OF
the next House, the papers being
already in the custody of Mr.. w. II.
Mobley, clerk of the Committee on
Elections. The cases are with one
exception from the Southern States,
as will be seen by the following list,
the contestants in each case being
the Republican candidate at the
election.
In the First district of Alabama
Thweatt contests the scat of Clarke,
the Democratic holder of the certi-
ficate. AS the returns were made
out the first named had 1905 votes,
the other II, 1874, with 2 scattering.
giving Democratic majority of
1887.
In the Fourth district of Alabama
Duffie, Republican, had, according
to the returns, 1926, votes, Tarpin,
Democrat, 1S,77S, and we're scat
tering, leaving Democratic major
ity Of 1850, with which Mr. Duffie
proposes to do battle
In the First district of Arkansas.
Featherstone, independent, had Ia
22S votes against 1876 for Cate
Democrat, giving the latter l,34S
majority, which the contestant pro-
poses to overcome by affidavits.
Florida's Second district gave, as
the returns showed, Goodrich, Re
publican, 1877 votes, and Bullock,
Democrat, 2O,012, which Mr.. Coed
rich hopes to overcome in contest
for the seat.
lNDIANA's CLOSE CONTEST.
Indiana has the only contested
seat in the Northern States. 1t is
that of the first district, whore Mr..
Posey, Republican, clans it, and
Mr.. Parrett, Democrat, has the GER
tificate. At the election Mr.. Posey
had 20,627 votes, Mr., Parrett 20,547,
and Mr. Dewhurst, Independent, 442,
the Democrat having a plurality of
only 20.
Maryland is on hand with q con
test in the Fifth district, where
Mudd, Republican, asks for the seat
awarded by the returns to Compton,
Democrat and former member. As
the vote was counted Mudd had 15,-
$40, Compton, 10000 and HELEN,
prohibition, S43, plurality for
Compton over Mudd of ISL.
Mississippi presents one of the
most singular cases in the entire
list in that of the Second district.
There, in the election for members
of the Fiftieth Congress, Morgan,
Democrat, had 1857 votes, and
Chalmers, Republican, 4,76l, total
vote of 12,64S, and a Democratic
majority of 1866; at the last cleo
tion, when the members for the Fifty
first Congress were voted for, Chal-
mers, Republican, had 5,S17 votes,
being an increase of only 1,026 in
the Chalmers vote, while the Demo
cratic vote for Morgan was 1879,
an increase of 5,12l.
In the Third district of Mississip-
pi like showing is made. For the
Fiftieth Congress Catchings, Demo
crat, had 4,51S votes, and Simrall,
Republican, 1882. For the Fifty
first Congress Catchings goes up to
1898, and Hill, the Republican
candidate, gets 4,614-an increase
in the total vote of 1852 and of
4,2S4 in the Democratic majority.
Mr. Hill probably intends to at least
try to explain these figures to the
House Committee on Elections.
In the Seventh district of Missis-
sirpi Mr.. Kernaghan. Independent,
who got 1857 votes at the election,
contests the seat of General George
w. Hooker, Democrat who had II,
OFT votes, or $500 majority. 1t will
be seen that Mr.. Kcrnaghan has
something of fight on his hands.
FROM THE NEGRO BELT.
The Seventh district of South
Carolina is made up of the famous
NEGRO belt, and was long represent
ed by Robert Smalls, who was for
years the only colored man in the
House. But in the Congressional
election next prior to the last Smalls
was allowed only 1856 votes, while
Elliott, his Democratic competitor,
was given 6,493 Smalls contested,
but in the end, and near the close of
the second session of the last Con-
gress, Elliott was given the seat by
the House At the last election
Elliott was again the Democratic
candidate, and was given 1888 votes,
and Mr.. Simmons, the Republican
candidate, 1908, with IA scattering.
Mr. Simmons is credited with the
purpose of making a vigorous con.
test for the seat, and with the ex-
pectation of getting it.
In the Tenth Tennessee district
Mr.. Eaton proposes to make Mr..
Phelan, his Democratic competitor,
prove his right to the seat for which
he has the certificate. At the cleo
ton Phelan had 20,149 votes and
Eaton 1870, Democratic MAORI
ty of 2,419.
Virginia has three contested dis
tricts. In the Third district, Wad-
dell, Republican, claims the seat of
Hon. George D. Wise, Democrat.
These gentlemen were pitted against
each other for the last Congress, as
well as for the one to meet in De
cember next. On the first occasion
Wise had 14,001 votes and Waddell
12,549-a majority for Wise of q