Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-05
The Interest in the Massachusetts
Campaign.
RACKED BY INTERNAL DISSENSIONS
The Democrats Seem to Be Losing
Their Hold.
RICH NJ AN AND LABORER
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

VIII Massachusetts be able to send a solid
republican delegation TO the next Congress?
That Is really the only question to be de-
cided at the election next Tuesday. livery
body comedies the election of Gov Green
halge and the entire republican state ticket,
while the local legislature is certain to have
an even more pronounced republican COM
plexion than is usual. The real contests are
in the congressional districts. In 1892 Mas
saChusetts chose ten republican and three
democratic Congressman. Senator Lodge,
at the opening of the campaign, claimed
that it entirely possible tor the repub-
licans to elect every Congressman mis- year.
This statement, to an unprecedented listener,
seemed like a conventional campaign hun,
but as the weeks have passed 1t certainly
looks if such thing were possible. The
only two strong democratic districts in the
state are torn by diSSenSiOnS ana so Dllter
and uncOmprOmising are the swo factions
that ii looks as IL the republican nominees
might walk of with the prize These DIS
tricts are the ninth, now represented by
Congressman O'Neil, and the tenth, repre-
scented by Michael j. MCELtrick. Both dis
tricts are almost entirely in the city OF Bos-
ton and include the strongest democratic
wards.
IL is in Boston, therefore, that the chief
interest in the state election centers. The
democratic rarity in this city has never been
SO distracted by internal dissensons as 1t is
today. The fight in the ninth district was
precipitdted by the failure TO renOInna'e
Congressman O'Neil. While he was away
at Washington Senator John +. Fitzgerald
captured his district and secured the eau
cuses The friends Of O'Neil have no; oe-
come reconciled to his defeat. They are as
sore today as when the result of the eau
cuses was announced. Hunlred5 OF t0sm
will refuse to support Fitzgerald 80 bltter
is their resentment mat although ~ Nell
carried the district by 800 votes two years
ago it is now placed by some very shreWd
political prophets in the doubtful. list. The
possibility of republican victory, even IN
this democratic stronghold, is strenS thened
by the fact that Jesse VI. love, the org
inaI Blaine man." and Il politician % much
tact and aStutensSS, heai Is the ticket. MI
Cove lives in East Bo5Ion, and will receive
a very large vote there, as local pride as
well as resentment toward Fitzgerald, Will
help to swing democratic voters tn the sup
port of the republican nominee.
Large Field.
In the tenth district there are five candi- !
dates in the field-Har:isOn ii. Atwood, 'es-
ular republican; Frederick W Peabody, III !
dependent republican; William 5. NcNary,
regular democrat, 1nl Michael J. Melt
trick, citizen democrat, while N'Chac: G.
Fitzgerald of Coxey army fame is the noro-
inee of the social labor party. With The en-
ception Of Mr.. Peabody and AIR. Tiizser-
aid, the candidates are the same is in SSE2
At that time Atwood received SS22 votes
McEttrick 9,JOT and McElry I,.i9. The in
dependent republican nominee then nad
22UD votes This gives about ll,JoO repUph-
can and lIGOO democratic votes IN tue ClS
trict The contest between ncEttriCk and
McNary is so bitter that they VIII dlVlue
the democratic strength so htdfy III lhe
middle that Atwood is very likely 10 VIM
Even AT democratic headquarters the CpIn,
ion prevails quite generally hat ATWOOD
will be elected. He keeps quiet makes K"
speeches, takes no notice OF alldChS
aIyas no me-
ii he does not bring any new friends 10 DIS
standard. e.,. ..
accent a democratic denomination IN the
am district has given William s. Knox, |
who was his republican opponent IN lS9Z
a good chance OF winning Inc Celloclt LUZ
fortunes are in the hands or George w.
Fideld, a bank president and wealthy man,
but not known as democrat outside OF
his own city. Stevens defeated Knox by
less than 1000 votes in the last campaign,
and the dissatisfaction with the demCCratlc
party in the manufacturing cities OF Law
renee Lowell and Woburn VIII turn more
than that number of votes into the repubh-
can column and assure this district Tor the
republicans.
His Election Sure.
There is an interesting situation In the
seventh district. now represented by the
eccentric DR.. William Everett of Quincy.
1t isn't a question of republican success so
ity. Ex-Speaker William Z. Barrett cap
tured the nomination from ex-MayOr Hayes
of Lynn. who was backed by Senator
Lodge AT the special election a year ago
last spring Barrett was defeated by the |
detection of the Hayes men. Some OF them |
are not happy now, but the pressure from |
Headquarters will go far to keep them in |
line, and certainly will suffice to secure Mr.
Barratt's election.
AWAY down on the cape in the thirteenth |
district, John Smpkins, a young million |
aire without political experience, captured |
the republican nomination from Congress
man Randall. 1t was q sharp contest and |
a good deal of hard feeling was eng 5ndered. |
The democratic candidate is Senator Rob |
ert Howard of Fall River, spinner by |
trade and a labor leader by profession. |
In a district so largely republican there |
is really no doubt of Simpkins' election, |
but it will be interesting to notice what |
the hard-headed cape constituency will do |
when they are obliged to chose between |
a young millionaire who has nothing but |
his money to recommend him and profess |
sional labor leader. who is really man |
of considerable capacity. The expectation |
Is that the sturdy spinner will get a large |
vote and will cut down the normal republi- |
can majority very considerably.
General Review.
In all the other districts the republican |
Congressman have been renomnated and |
are certain Of election. The doubtful dis
tricts. then, are the ninth and the tenth,
normally democratic, but torn by internal |
dissensions, so that the republicans may
possibly be elected. and the other districts |
OF special interest are the fifth where
Congressman Stevens declined to run: the
seventh or Lodge district. where the Bar
rett-IIayes differences give color to the
contest, ana the old cape district where |
the millionaire and the spinner are running !
against each other and asking for the |
votes of farmers and seamen, as we'll as
the factory operatives Of Fall River and |
New Bedford.
The peoples party have nominated can
dldateS i'll every congressional district and |
complete state tickets are up by the pro-
hibitionists, peoples and socialist-labor par
ties.
1t should be said that John Z. Russell, |
democratic candidate for governor, is max |
ing spirited campaign. Indeed. no cam
PalSn, however hopeless, could be utterly
devoid Of interest with so versatile a can
didate on the stump. George Fred Will
iams, Ex-Governor Russell Josiah Quincy,
and. in fact, all the leading democrats are
taking part in what they are pleased to
term "a campaign of education" seeking
to bring the people up to an appreciation
or an income tax and a tariff for revenue
only.
The republicans on their side are work.
Ing even harder than ba