The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-12-28
A Review OF the Situation From a
Washington StandpOInt...GIanc
ing at the Candidates and
Weighing Their Chances.

Memphis, Tenn, Dec. 18,-In re.
cent letter, the ScinlitGr's Washing
ton correspondent says:
Next year will be an important
period in the history OF politics in this
country. Down in Tennessee q gov
ernor, United Stetes senator, mem
bers of congress and members OF the
state legislature are to be elected.
Theirs are many Tennesseans here,
and forty.nine W. Of fifty are men
who have secured or are,seeking pool !
tions for services rendered Democracy.
These men are well posted in politics
because they make their living that
way, hence their ideas and opinions
are worthy OF consideration.
In the first place, 1t seems to be gen.
orally understood that if Gov. Turney
desires denomination he will receive
it, SO far as the members Of Congress
are concerned, without opposition.
But, if he refuses to 60 before the
convention, there is at least one gen.
tlemen from Tennessee, who now occu
pies seat in the lower house of Con-
gress, who will contest for the prizo.
Joe Washington from the Sixth dis
trict is ambitious to fill the executive
chair, If all reports are true, and they
come from mighty reliable sources.
HON. IsHAM q. HARRIS
will be q candidate for reelection,
perhaps without opposition. The inn
preston here is that the only man in
Tennessee that can defeat Mr.. Harris
is the Hon. Josiah Patterson of the
Tenth district. No two men in the
state or more intimate than Senator
Harris and Col. Patterson, aud there
is only one thing that could possibly
make them flock horns" and that ia
their positions on the silver question.
Col. Patterson is reported as saying
that he is determined to uphold the
administration aud to defend his
course in voting for the repeal of the
Sherman law, If the silver question
is made an issue in the next campaign
and Patterson's attitude is assailed the
chances are the fur will fly.
M DEAhMON,
the new member from the Ninth dis
trict, will be q candidate for re-elec
ton, but it is rumored that he will mo-
have walk.over, for there are many
good men in the old Ninth who would
like to come to Congress. 1t is under
stood that McDearmon will have OPP
position of a very formidable char
acter.
BENTON M'MILLIN
would also like to return, McMillin !
continuous. He not only wants to com
back, but he would not object to bein
elected speaker of the house. He ha
been here since the Forty-sixth Cor
gress, and he thinks that the time ha
about arrived when he should b
chosen to preside over the liberation
of the house.
COL. N. N. COX
of the Seventh district is satisfied wit
his present position, and has no ide
of resigning. His district is compose
of eight counties, comprising popul
ton OF 153,846. Out of all these goo
people 1t Is possible that ne Will nav
an opponent.
HENRY sNoDGRAss
OF the Third expects to return. b
made the trip last time by very ma
row margin. Snodgrass is reported
the East Tennessee papers in sayiu
that he will be re.nominated on ii
first ballot. OF course, this will d
pend upon circumstances. There al
Intelligent, strong Democrats in h
district who could make it exceeding
warm for him, and it may be that
has larger job than he has contractt
for.
GUS ENLOE
OF the Eighth will make the race agai
He had an uncomfortably close ca
before, only receiving 11S more vot
than his opponent. Thrasher. Eve
If Enloe gets the nomination, and ii
Republicans and populists combin
as they did before, his election is
no means certain.
JIM RICHARDSON
Of the Fifth district would not refu