New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-26

Of he Peoples Advocate, Ihlrd party paper,
and has been member of the Alabama Legis-
lature On honest vote, such as the Fusion
leaders will do their best 10 obtain, this district
would 80 strongly in his favor.
The With District IS represented at Washing
ton by Judge James E. Cobb, of ruskcaee, TIE an
thor Of the now famous phrase. Mr.. Speaker,
where was at ?" The Judge has accepted a renom-
ination from his constituents as vindcatlon
of his character for sobriety ana other virtues ,
but he will frd the road back to Congress a
difficult The counties composing his dis
trict were carried By Captain Kolb, in August by
! ,634 majority, and the Judges opponent in this
canvass, N. w Whatley. OF Clay County, is one
leaders There are two black counties in tie
district. Macon and Lowndcs. fair count in
either of them would leave Judge Cobb with
little hope of success.
The With District. represented by My Bank
head, chairman of the Committee Of Public Build
ings and Grounds in the present House. lies on
three small Black Belt counties. The five white
counties in the district went strongly for kolb
however in August, giving him net majority
Of s4 T6S 10 leaves %aDr % C s
Fusion opponent, who has thus formidable lead
at the outset. is John NJ. Davis, of Fayette County
Formerly Democratic Representative IN the
State Legislature, and now an active Alliance
worker
The With District, across on the Georgia
border. near the northeast corner of the state
sent to Congress for years the venerable Judge
Forney, who declined last winter the chairman
ship of the Appropriation Committee on account
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candidate for renomination this year, retiring
long in advance Of the convention. His With
drawal was perhaps timely one, apart from ms
personal wishes, for, in the August election, not
a single county in the district was car
ried, by the regular Democracy I'm, lhe
total plurality given to Captain hoo
Democratic candidate this fall The regular Demo
cratic convention has nominated 10 succeed judge
Ferney, W: H.. Densor, young lawyef WHO VINO
served as United States District Attorney Tor the
Northern District of the state under the Cievc-
land Administration The Fusion candidate Is
". " WOOD, of Cullman COUNTY, an AlInce hC"
Convention a straightout Republican canIiNae
took the field in this district, but the kepuol'ah
State COMMITTEE is M now enaGsiOpn to the r,ce
may or may not allow the Democratic nominee 10
slip in between the rival opposition candidateS
In the With District General Joseph Wheeler,
now serving n fifth term in Congress, j. making Il
stubborn uphill fight for reelection: '!p'am
Kolb carried the seven counties OF the district
by net plurality of 2,130. and General Nh2'cr
is drawing on al b. reserves to OveIc4ne ."iS
handicap The Confederate cavalry leader. as Is
well known, sends into this district every year
not only his own quota OF seeds ana cong retS'o'l
documents, but as many other similar ailptmehts
as he can secure at nominal cost from more care
less and ca,y-gOng colleagues. lie also franks
10 his constituents each session numberle'N bound
coples # his own speeches and tries 10 SLOW I'D
various other WAYS that even IN WASHINGTON u"
keeps the names and faces OF his home irlehus
continually in memory. Inc tuslon can nda,"
against General Wheeler j. the Rev. Il. /. El2ck-
well. chaplain of the State Al lance" who entered
politics year two ago, and was c.1ctcd aS an
Alliance Representative 10 the STATE Legislature.
Richard w Austin OF Decatur, seems dspo$d
TO contest the field with these two candidates
as a straghtout Republican. Mr.. Austin got
nomination from some OF the Republican counties
before the Fusion movement was started. lie Is
now in the North, where it Is TO be hoped through
the aid of the Republican National and Con
gressional committees he may BE- convinced OF
the folly of maintaining a canvass which NAV
result IN the defeat of Mr., RlackwcA and tho
n
The lXth District, one OF the largest in the State
was formed by attaching two Black Belt counties
Hale and Perry, u Jefferson County, of which
this city is the county seat. and then aiding two
small white counties Blount and Bibb Accord
ing to the official returns of the August election
nsf Of ss5 S25Eed oss nsis " ye r Of T
County who now holds seat in the House from
the IVth District, has been renominated from & the
sons, of this city, young lawyer and 4 brother
t IF tex x9o1pey r hsls s ppa! in
him majority here sufficient to overcome the
slight majority likely to be given Mr.. Turpin in
the rest of the district on an homes vote. Mr
Parsons will have 70 fight big odds. however, ana
his success is very prblcmatcni
Looking over the State whole, il seems not
unlikely that a. least four M districts the t hf i
the regular Democratic candidates. lhrcc' the
lst I'D and I'D are pretty s1ley Democrai;i;,
while the Ivth and the lXth will elect opposition
representatives if fair vot" can be obtained
As with the electoral ticket, every thing dcpenls
on the success of the efforts now being made with
great zeal and earnesl1ess to scGnrc Ia no'eraV
Meanwhile, much good will be done and me
general chance OF victory greatly mprlych, II thr
Republican State and National committees TX
stems AT once for the summary removal from IN"
field OF the Republican Congressional c'hnlhntN
who are masqueraling as - %stIalght-9utS ~
several districts, where only thc u uniu' ' hr,io'
of all antiDemocratic elements can secure success