The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-23
THE CONGRESS DrsrRrors.
The Possible Candidates Under the New
Amor iOntu mt.


the spirit aud Illustration TO the hopes. OF tho
average Congressman arc failure to secure n
denomination. defeut after denomination. and
tho establishment VI new appor.ionncnt.
which changes go radically tho houndnrirs VI
his district and throws him into the balliwick
OF another aspirant. or transforms his con-
stituency by the infusion Of many newcomers.
ut the loss OF former friends. neichhors. and
supporters. or the three evils the one last
named is decidedly the most eNaspcrating.
because it is beyond the lower OF
the Congressman TO provide against It.
! If ho failed t. secure denomination
the blame may be fairly charg,able to himself
~, after being nominated FOR reelection. he
failed to secure sufficient support from his con-
sttuents to win. tho fault. like the loss. is his
own. chiefly But the Congressman i'll WASH
| ington. however great may i,c his ability dill
| gence. and watchfulness. cannot provide
against tho changes in district boundaries
which the growth OF population may require.
and the members of Legislature. actuated.
| many Of them. by ambitions rs keen and po
| litcal projects ns well-considered as his own.
| may. in their Judgment. prescribe. He
| must face tho changes or surrender
the field TO another. Appointments Of
Congress districts in this State have.
however, never been SO frequent as to cause
much wokefuness among Washington leGs-
lators. One apportionment was made in 1852
and another in 1873. Tho third, under which
two vacancies we're 1l!od in November last. was
made in 1883. The new airport ionmcnt. which
goes into effect this year is the fourth since
tie days OF the fugitive slave law.
pant Of New York and til. whole Of Staten Isl
ind. The part of New York is on the west
Street. having Broadway as boundary on on.
side ind tho Hudson krcr on tho other. That
a. n al ~ IA 10 ~.
sentative is John Il. Fellows a ccrtain cand.-
trsts in IN e"ntsst is least "' He fe and an"
least nromisinG. against a candidate as elo-
will hays the reGulnr Democratic nomination.
The Eighth district corresponds with the
terms by, EdwarlJ. Dunphy;., It east ut, tie
late, election l2!'54 votes for Flower and H'i1s
for Ss lsss has no %ssn yys snS
III will enloy il a eandi'!at. for reelection. the
saG Of tie ." dsr rhy IS s ths "a Wh
gives the biggest shar" Of tIs DeMocratic
and was defeated Tor rctlertion-is understood
mont t !. that effect has been made yet.
s.Traas Ninth District Is made ny OF wards
cd tie en- present " consess BY
aG SIy s he LATE se vdss RI
ESGSss there so Henry Clay Miner MnossI%
ss" elected Tammany rads M"i the i%o Eshs
Assembly, district to succeed phiIip, Wissig.
many Hall organization. and there, is no
other Democratic organization in the dis
f or consels he as was Gesas In 1s
by Judge Mccarthy. and he owed his selection
II ,he e WSc 81 tine shs
st"s nnd thus enabled enabled Mr. ampae to
cure the union nomination. without which his
lears Hook could only have been on, private.
The kepu leans in that strict cut no figure.
Their n9mination or endorsement would. in
either OF these districts. make no particular
difference to any one concerned.
The Tenth district il, is new and the Repuhli::
and for Fnssett. Il. iSs The district let, extends f
ns w ssss side IF from
avenue from Fort etI to FoSrtrsnth street.
tom or thereabous The dsrie. has 50 no o1 Pss
~ at present ts; q ts territory
said with any confidence at this time to whom
the burden OF the Republican standard will 60
=, The Eleventh district is represented by Amos
been changed by the new apportionment. 1t
forms Ins perfect square. the south boundary Of
Whicn IL STANTON street tne n0rth boundary
tho Es kyer
MI hcuRm n Is the only ,Ganfidate named
the only candidate named against him. Har-
burger il a st, strong man politically. put i is
Of r 5soi Vas; HloTsr:, 4oG$: fssssts: s52
districts Eleven. Sixteen. and Eighteen, and ;
lust overtops and rests upon. in a geographical
sees Tor fower and k" for fss ss tness
Mr.. Cochran is u candidate again MS does not !
lion to be likely. John J. scannelI who was Ills
rival for the nomination, u year ago. is very
that John E Mihoand will in tn" the I
meanwhile piH;rrange satisf..s , With
nominee. He would. undoubtedly. make n {
because the ds5 Ss wheh
Bureau made him many friends
The Thirteenth district is new: and lrreeu, /
SrGSs 9 o r@m
,nc. from Fortieth to Fifty second street and !,
,ast OF Seventh avenue. from Forty-srcond TO y
!5.M"i votes for Flower and o. 7,5 for Fnssett. c
J: J; Little. the present representative. is +
appear that he will have ary serious rival for c
4 ssxccnt John Quinn. es-Congressmau. as an I
The Fourteenth is another new district Il
which has river for each Of its lateral bound.
mn ns to SIDE on s i
lie west side it extends from Fifty second 2
street TO spuytenn B9yri Greek ltcasi at the i
I4.75l for Fassett. 1t has no Congressman ut Ia
present, although John De Witt Warner. one @
II the Cleveland talking phalanx res DIES when IL
rot campaigning with in its bopnharieS A VI "
loZen candidates. Democratic and Republican,. q
lave been named, ex-senator Lugcno :. Ives y
being most prominent among them. The Re. II
,ublicans would like 70 nnd dr-lrabl" and = =
trustworthy candidate In the district. as the =.
republican vote there is lar.a ana growing. n
tut they have no onn in view yet, although It 10
probable that several self sarrlllcinE eruhli' r
un statesmen have the opportunity IN view. =.
nd will keep it in view white tn" outlook con- o.
inues to he as promising as IT y now. ~
Tho Fifteenth district, under the new nppor- d.
innmrnt ia wholly ma east lido affair. 1t runs
rom seventy ninth street 10 the Harlem
liver. being bounded on TIA" east by tho East
liver and on the west above Cent raj Park. by
eventh avenue. II gay" AT II. late election he
q. lS, votes for Flower ami ID ISL for fassett ~
lead in favor Of the former 81 exactly 1000 | ht
shbei r. Fitch is the present REPRESENTATIVE. H
nd very rrohablv. n candidate Tor rennmina- W