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ter and put it at DO, 900. AS to tho
chances for congressman, tho redistriot-

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| chances for congressman, tho redistrict-
| ing has not made so much difference.
Mr.. Aldrich of the present First dis
trict is renominated and already counted
i'll by tho Republicans. Mr.. McGann of
the present Second is now in tho Third
and still saS,, though probably not by
the IS, 900 majority he got i'll 1892. Mr.
Durborow of tho present Third was de-
featod i'll the new deal, and the nomi-
nee, Mr.. Frank Noonan, is n new man.
A somewhat disgusted Republican de-
scribes him as "a rich and eccentric
dude weighing 100 pounds. ;" Mr.. Gold
zier of tho present Fourth is renomi-
mated, but is now i'll the Sixth, and in
the Fourth by tho new division the
Democrats have nominated Mr.. limo
thy e. Ryan, totally unknown in
Washington, but supposed to be an Ital-
inn from Tippcrary. Mr.. Hopkins, Re-
publican, of tho present Fifth is re-
nominated, and so of course is Mr.. Hit
of tho present Sixth. General Hendcr-
son of the present Seventh lost the
nomination i'll his new district, and
Major Thomas w. Fullerton of Ottawa
is tho Republican candidate. He is
lawyer and Il very popular man, locally
described as "a good mixer and u reg
ulnr three ply, all wool get there, Eli. I"
Hessrs. Childs and Wheeler of the pres
cnt Eighth and Ninth are left out by
the new deal, whilo Mcssrs Post and
Marsh of tho present Tenth and Elov-
enth are renominated and will como
back, we are told.
Third and Fourth Parties.
Mr.. Mcdonald of the present Twelfth
and Mr.. Funk of the present Fourteenth
are defeated for denomination, but Mr.
Springer of the present Thirteenth will
make the same old fight, this timo
against Major Connolly, veteran, u
lawyer and "A first class stumper, " the
Republicans say. Tho district is not
quito so Democratic as it was, and MI
Springer is promised the fight of his
life, Joe Cannon will como back, and
SO probably will Mr.. Fithian, although
the Republicans have set up Il pretty
strong combination against the latter
Against Hon. Edward Lane, the oler-
lcal locking member from the present
Seventeenth district and now nominated
for the new Eighteenth, the Republic
ans have named Hon John |. Rcinalzcr
of Macoupin county, of whom tho only
information obtainablc hero is that he
is an old lawyer. Mr.. Smith of tie
present Twentieth district is renominat.
ed, and i'll the new Twentieth the Dom
ocrats have nominated Mr.. John J.
Higgins. In tho Eleventh they have
nominated Robert r. Gibbons, and in
other districts men have been named
whose record is yet unknown here. The
Populists and Prohibitionists have also
nominated extensively, tho latter hav-
ing put up very popoular preacher,
Rev. f /. Hayes against Joe Cannon.
If the old Danville district is anything
like it used to be when l Travelled
through it. Br'er Hayes will run like
cold tar
Where Enthusiasm Abounds.
1t would be idle to give the estimate
OF each party committee as to gains and
losses. The least the Republicans will
hear of is carrying Is of the % dis
tricts. LII Iowa there will be some fun
III the Ninth district, where Hon. A L.
Hager is renominated, and the ofttimes
candidate for president, General James
B. Weaver, is his opponent Mcssrs
Hayes of tho Second, Lacey of the
Sixth, Hepburn of tho Eighth and Dol
liver of the Tenth are also rcnominated.
aud tn. others will he. AS Iowa was
the one state i'll which there was no Re
publican slump in 1892 and only orc
Democrat was elected to congress, no
gains or losses arc counted OF. by either
party.
LII Kansas there will be fun from the
word go-in fact, there is already The
new men nre o. L. Miller Republican,
and II. G. Moore, Democrat, in the Sec
ond district; S. S. Kirkpatrick, Repub
lican, i'll the Third; a. II. Ellis Rcpub
lican, in tho Sixth, and Chester l. Long,
Republican, against Jerry Simpson in
the Seventh. The Populist members
will have another trial for it, and Case
Broderick i'll the First and Charley Cur
tbs in the Fourth, Republicans, arc also
renominated. The Populists are fright
fully enthusiastic, TO speak moderately,
but the Democratic committee frankly
confesses that it doesn know how the
state is going and has no present means
of finding ont In Indiana tho Dem
ocrats feel absolutely suro of eight dis
tricts, while tho Republicans claim
| about the same. The latter started III
juno by claiming the state by 10000
but have now reduced to 5000. AS u
matter of fact, no party under heaven can
now carry Indiana by 10, 000 majority.
The Democratic vote of Indiana is the
most constant quantity i'll American pol
itics. The variations in major: ties have
been very small ever since the war pc
Rod and have been due entirely to the
changes Of independent voters Nino
denominations may be counted for