The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-26


Mr. German (Dem.) became the rival can
didates-the hitter winning. Another case
was In Ohio, where Irvine DUNCAN (Dem)
and General Enochs (Rep), both in the
present congress, fought it out in n new
district. General Enochs was the winner.
Nearly all of the strong Democrats now
In the house have been reelected Speaker
Crisp comes back with II largely increased
majority, and unless all present signs fail
will be reelected speaker. Chairman
Springer, of the ways and means commit
tee, has been returned, and if his health
and strength permit will doubtless remain
at the head of that great committee and
play an important part in the tariff legis-
latlon OF the near future. General Oates,
OF Alabama, one of the great Democrats of
the house, has been reelected despite an
opposition which ut one time threatened to
swamp him. The same is true of w. l..
Wilson, of West Virginia, whose speech in
the Chicago convention ranks as classic
i'll political orations.
California returns Thomas T. Geary, n
young and aggressive Democrat, whose
championship of the Chinese exclusion act
made him one of the most popular men on
tho Pacific coast. From Georgia come
again Henry G. Turner, a solid, learned
lawyer, man of gentle character and fine
presence, and l.. L. Livingston, who left
the third party just in time to save him
self from defeat.
Young Mr.. Durborow, the Apollo of the
house, will pose again in his favorite atti-
tudes, greatly to the delight of the ladies
in the gallery. But Mr.. Durborow is
something besides an Apollo-he can't help
that. He Is an able and influential leg
islator. In the last session he was Chi
cagos special champion of the Worlds
fair bills, and Chicago returns him by an
overwhelming majority-10,000 and more
i'll district which was formerly Repub-
lican. Larry McGann of the same city,
comes back with something like Is, 600 ma
jority behind him.
Of course MIR. Holman returns. Con-
gress without tho tall, thin figure OF the
great economist, without his Illuminating
jaws and alert II Objects" would not he
congress Mt all. From the same state come
other good Democrats-lttle Mr.. Cooper,
whose plucky fight on the pension bureau
won him national reputation, and w. ID.
Bynum, one of the sterling members of the
house and a man with fine future. Ken
lucky sends back nearly all of its men,
bcrs-the eloquent breckenridge, the So
norous McCreary, witty Ash Caruth,
Montgomery, Payntcr, Ellis, Stone and
Goodnight, who looks like Wanamakcr
Faroff Louisiana returns it's entire dele
CATION, and it is IL delegation to be proud
of. with such men as Boatner, Price,
Meyer, Blanchard and Robertson
Massachusetts does not return all of her
Democrats Young Sherman Ioar, one OF
the picturesque figures of the present
house, did not stand for reelection, and
his chum, George Fred Williams. who won
fame in the silver fight, was beaten by Il
few votes. John f. Andrew and Joe
O'Neill will be in their seats again as if
nothing had happened
breckenridge, McRae and Terry return
from Arkansas. Besides Oates, Alabama
sends back such strong men rs Cobb,
whose alleged inquiry, where am at."
has become part of our national litcra-
ture and conversation; Bankhead, Turpn,
Clarke and little, nervous, hustling, pug
nacious Joe Wheeler. Out in Iowa where
there are six or seven Democrats in the
present house, only one brand is saved
from the Republican burning, and very
good brand it is-Walter l. Hayes. Mary
land sends back that eloquent and fervent
orator, Isidor Rayner Michigan asks
Judge Chapman and Justin r. Whiting to
serve again.
Missouri true to her traditions makes
few changes in her delegation. Dick Bland,
the champion of free silver, as honest and
earnest man as the house ever saw, re-
turns of course. With him come Hatch,
the farmers friend; Dockery, who investi.
gated the Worlds fair, Tarsney, Cobb,
Fyan, Heard, Arnold and De Almond.
Nebraska does we'll to elect to second
term that brilliant young man, William
L. Bryan, who won fame with n single
speech.
The big Democratic delegation from New
York has not changed much. Here come
again that noble Roman, Bourke Cochran,
popular Amos Cummings, the silver
tongued Fellows, funny Tim Campbell,
bold Dan Lockwood and many others. In
Ohio there were some surprises this year.
1t was expected that Mr.. Cultivate, who
is strong, able man, would return, but it
was not believed NJ. d. Harter, the free
trader and antisilver statesman could win
again, or that Tom Johnson, fine fellow that
he is, could induce the city of Cleveland to
indorse his free trade and single tax notions.
Yet here they both are, booked for n second
term-a tribute, fancy, more to their per-
sonal popularity than to an Endorsement of
their views.
In Pennsylvania n few Democrats es-
capped the Republican rout, among them
being Mutchler, BcltZhoover, Wolverton
McAleer and Kribbs. Texas returns Grain,
Culberson, Sayers, Kilgorc and Baby Bal
ley, and Tennessee, not to be outdonc,
sends again McNlillin, Patterson, Enloc,
Richardson and Washington.
With perhaps dozen exceptions all the
really strong and useful men OH the Demo
cratic side have been returned The Demo
cratic dead are Amerman, Reilly and Gil
lespie in Pennsylvania, Babbitt in Wiscon-
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