Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-24
Unless Hill Bridges Over a Number
Of Chasms.
ALL Is NOT WELL IN EITHER CAMP
ARepubIican May Represent Sena-
tor Murphy's District.
EMPIRE STATE POLITICS

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
NEW YORK, October 24.-Unless Hill
carries out his idea of clubbing har-
mony into the warning democratic
factions in this city and Brooklyn there
will be a number of congressional districts
lost to the democrats. In each of the city
districts there are several democratic can
didates in the field, and the districts have
not large enough democratic majorities to
stand this. Hill will be here all the week,
and every moment of the time that he is
not making speeches In this vicinity will
be devoted to patching up differences in
his party. Tammany will have to give in
to him and withdraw some of its congress
sional nominees, so that the Grace element
of the democracy can have some of the
positions. Unless this is done the Grace
men will keep their men in nomination in
all of the districts and jeopardize the
chances of the Tammany nominees. There
will be a number of changes made and
some of the nominees will be shifted around
into different districts, but just what these
will be will not be known for several days.
One of the big congressional fights of the
state is that in the Troy district. Con-
gresham Charles ID. Haines has been re-
nominated by the democrats and the re-
publican candidate is Frank s. Black.
There is more or less opposition to Haines
because of his vote against the Wilson bill
At one time 1t looked as If he could not be
renominated. Besides, he does not stand
well with Senator Murphy and his follow
ers. In nominating Mr.. Black the republi-
cans made a regular Mckane issue. year
ago there were election troubles at Troy,
as there alI) lays are, and ore of the re-
publican watchers at the polls, Robert Ross,
was shot and killed. The citizens Of Troy
rose In their wrath and convicted dem
ocratic repeater, Bat" Shea by name, of
the crime and he is now under sentence
of death. In this fight in behalf of the muir
dered Ross il was Mr.. Black who did the
greater part of the work. He Is keen
young lawyer, who came to Troy about
twenty years ago without a dollar that he
could call his own, having just worked his
way through Dartmouth College, and he
now stands at the head of his profession In
that section. He conducted the case against
Shea and conducted 1t so well that Shea
was convicted and all Troy rang with
Blacks praises. This makes Mr.. Black a
very formidable candidate, for there viii
be large rumber of democratic votes cast
for him by the people who think that 1t
is time lawless election methods In Troy
were ended. The republicans are keeping
the murder OF Ross before the people there,
and although the district was carved out
SO as to be certain of a democratic major
ity yet the chances are even that a re-
publican will be elected to represent the
home of Senator Murphy.
MIR. Traccy's Prospects.
Tracey is having a hard time in his dis
trict across the river. The Hill men do not
like Tracey, although they are not antag-
onizing him openly. An arrangement was
made for the sake of harmony by which
the anti-Hill democrats of Albany were
allowed to renominate their man Tracey
for Congress- while the Hill men took the
members of the state legislature. Yet
Tracey is so thoroughly a Cleveland man
that he will not receive the votes Of all
the Hill men. The republican candidate is
George n. Southwick, a hustling young
fellow of thirty, who is the managing editor
of the Albany Journal He is good talneI
and is making one of the most energetic
fights that that district has seen in years
He has challenged Tracey to numberless
joint debates, but Tracey has declined them
all.
The republicans are in danger, on the
other hand, of losing a member from the
st. Lawrence district. Here the congress.
slonal convention got into deadlock and
ballots were taken by the hundred Until
the thousand mark was reached and the
delegates gave up in despair. Thereupor
two republicans were nominated by peti.
ton, Congressman Newton NJ. Curtis and
Lucius Littauer Of GIoversville, the latter
young man and a wealthy one, who Is
now u glove manufacturer and who q few
years ago was rowing on a victorious Val,
crew. The matter was left to the state
committee to decide and the decision was
In favor of Curtis. But the friends of Lit
tauer are not inclined to abide by the de
cision and declare that the fine Italian
hand of Mr.. Plat is visible in the pro
ceedfngs. If these men stand out and Der
sist In voting for Littauer Curtis NAV h,
defeated, for the district is not so heavil,
republican that it can stand two republican
candidates. The democratic nominee 1.
Ihomas IT, Hossie of GOuverneur.
South and West,
In the Long Island district the republi
cans have named a strong candidate. an,
expect to win. This is Richard c. Nc
Cormiok. who has been governor of Arizon;
and also represented that territory I'm Con
gress for half dozen years. The distric
is democratic. but every time that Mr.. Nc
Cormick has run for Office down there h
has cut down democratic majorities. an(
there is an excellent fighting chance fo
him to win over his opponent Joseph Fitcl
of Flushing
Out IN the Rochester district there Il
Trouble In the republican camp. There wa
long and bitter fight for the nomina ton
which finally went to Henry c. Brewster
wealthy carriage manufacturer. Tn
| nomination created dissatisfaction for 1
was claimed that Brewster had voted 70
Cleveland in days gone by, and Rocheste
has always been strong for Blaine Their
was 50 much talk that 1t finally crystalline,
in the appearance of an independent re
publican candidate, Oscar T. Williams, VIII
was beaten by Brewster at the nominal TIM
convention. Brewster's friends have mad
every effort to have Williams get out of tn
race, but his name still remains on tn
| ticket, and Brewster will lose many vote
| in this way, and this may elect John L
Lynn, the democratic candidate.
All is not peace on the republican side II
| the Syracuse district, either. Here Con
gresham Belden was put aside very un
tremendously. The Hendricks faction car
| ried everything before them and they nomi
| mated for Congress Theodore l.. Poole, VIII
| was pension agent under the Harrison ad
| ministration. The Belden men do not lik
| Poole personally and they are sore owe
| their defeat, and this Is likely to make
bad showing for the republicans on election
| day.
Outside of New York and Brooklyn tn
| democrats have only renominated three o
| their present congressman, Ryan, Trace
| and Haines. Ryan's republican opponent |
| Ben. l.. Fairchild of Pelham Manor. TIL
| republicans have made eight denomination
| in that part of the state. Congressme
| Lefever, Sherman, Ray, Payne, Gillett
Daniels and Hooker have all been renom
| mated and will be elected without doubt.
The republicans also think that they hav
| a good fighting chance to win another G
the Buffalo districts. This is the Lock
| wood district, and this year the Democrat
nominee there is Joseph z. Gavin. The re
| publican Is Rowland b. Mahany, the youn
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