Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-11-17
CONTESTED SEATS
Will Cause Lots Of Both r in the 54th
Congress.
Already Notice Of Contests in 26 Districts Has
Eeea Given.

Washington. Nov. 16-The members
of the committee on elections of the
| House of Representatives in the 5ith
congress, will find their positions no SINE
cure, Notwithstanding the large major
| ity secured by the Republicans upon the
| face of the returns, there will be an unus-
ually large number of contests for seats
made before the committee.
1t is said at the Republican headqtar-
tiers that the size of the Republican
majority will have no weight In deter
mining the consideration or the issue OF
The contests; in all cases where fraud Is
clearly proved of sufficient extent to hav'
reversed the will of the voters or where
the majority of the voters in the dlstrlci
was prevented by undue means IRON
expressing their will, the seat Will bt
given to the man legally and moral!
entitled to it, Contests on mere technl-
calities. it is stated, will not be encour-
aged in any way.
The Republican congressional campaigr
committee is advised of the intention OF
defeated candidates to institute contests
in the following 26 districts, the contested
in every case but one being Democrat
Alabama, 4th district, w. F. Aldrich,
VS.. Robbins; Sth, Crandan (Pop.) VS.
Wheeler; 9th T. H. Aldrich VS.. Under
wood. Arkansas: 9th, Myers VS.. Neill.
Kentucky, 7th, Denny VS.. Owens; 10th,
Hopkins VS.. Kendall. Louisiana, 1st,
Kernochan VS.. Meyer; I'd, Coleman VS..
Buck; Sd, Beattie VS.. Pirce; 5th Benolt
(Pop.) VS.. Boatner Missouri, 3D., II. q.
Orton (Rep.) VS.. Dockery; 9Th, Van
Horne VS. Tarsney. Nebraska, 9th,
Dougherty VS.. Kemp, Pop) North
Carolina, I'd, Cheatham vs. Woodward
3D., Spears vs. Shaw. South Carolina,
ist Murray VS.. Elliott. Texas, 10th,
Rosenthal vs. Crowley. Virginia, lst,
Mcdonald VS.. Jones; 2d, Garland VS..
Tyler; Sd, Southwark VS.. Elicit; 4th,
Thorpe vs. McKenney; 9Th, Cornett VS..
Swanson; 9th, Hoge VS. Otey; 1th, H. j.
Walker VS.. Turner; Sth, McCaull VS..
Meredith 10th, Vost VS.. Tucker.
Contestants from the 10th Kentucky,
5th Louisiana, Sd Missouri and 9th
Nebraska districts have not informed the
committee of the grounds upon which
thew intend to make contests. In all other
districts named, fraud will be alleged.
The Louisiana contestants assert fraud
of all kinds that amy be perpetrated at
an eleculOH, iiiNSS'i 'o''iieo'
stuffing of ballot boxes, suppressing or
falsifying returns, and the prevention OF
voting by force and intimidation.
The contests from Virginia will be
made in pursuance to the plan that in
cludes the determination Of the constitu-
tionality of the present election law in
that state. 1t is said at the committee
rooms that one of the charges to be made
by the contestants is that election officers
threw out at least 90, 600 votes after the
election. In the 1st district alone,
number were thrown out, supposedly cast
for the Republican candidates, 40OO.
Of all the proposed contests brought TO
the attention of the campaign committee
since the election last week, only one has
caused doubt of the sincerity of the con
testant in the minds OF the committee
officials. Which one that is, they do not
specify.