Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-03


In the twentieth district the democrats
Endorsed the populist candidate, S. l.. Har-
rington, but this offended the populists, and
ne was Obliged to withdraw from both tick
cts. Neither the populists nor the demo-
Gratis have yet filled the vacancy thus made.
The republicans nominated A. H. Killing,
the president of the state board of agri-
culture for Congress In the thirteenth dis
trict. but he declined. The congressional
committee is empowered to fill the vacancy,
but has rot done 50 yet. Though the demo-
cratic plurality in the district is large
enough to seem to be safe. the democrats
had trouble in getting a good candidate
who would accept the nomination. The
honor was first conferred upon Capt. W. L.
Haynes Of Fren ont. who has represented
the district In Congress one term, but he
declined. Boston G. Young, who has been
made the candidate, was nominated in a
second convention. Young has been a men,
Der of the legislature, and. in 1883. was
candidate for secretary Of state on the
democratic ticket, being defeated at the
polls by Daniel j. Ryan.
The democrats hope to elect Layton in the
fourth district, Srook In the fifth, Cultivate
In the twelfth. Young in thSthirteenth and
Richards in the seventeenth. They think
there Is a chaLce for Tom johnson to Sc
cure reelection in the twenty first district
This seems highly improbable. however, for
the party is full of dissensions there and
the party organ-the Plaindealer-is openly
fighting JohL The friends Of Senator
Brice are not likely to overlook this oppor-
tunity to express their disapproval of his
attack upon the Senator in the state con-
vention. Johrsons election would be a sig
nal personal victory.
The democratic plurality in Congressman
Layton's district would seem to be large
enough to insure his return to Congress
about $500, but his republican opponent,
w. ID. Davies is making a vigorous and
skillful fight. He asserts his confidence in
his ability to overcome the majority against
I'm nd parfo frn1x
estness. If Layton is really in danger Of
defeat 1t Is not certain that the next dele
cation In Congress from Ohio will contain
any democratic members.
In this district Mr.. Cultivate Is making
the only real fight for election to Congress
that he has ever been called upon to make
The normal democratic plurality in the
district Is about 5000, but upon the vote for
governor last fall the republicans carried
1t. Mr.. Cultivate Is making a vigorous
campaign of 1t, and 1t will be a matter Of
pride with him to see that he Is not beaten.
He Is quite wealthy, and 1t Is believed that
he will put great deal of money into the
campaign. His competitor, D. X Watson
ex-attorney general of the state, is a man
of fair ability and skillful politician, and
while he has not the means to put into the
campaign that his opponent has, he will no
doubt be able to draw much more in the
way of campaign funds from the national
committee than Mr.. Cultivate will
Much will depend in this contest upon the
source from which the populists will draw
the larger part of their increased vote. They
will have this year between 100000 and
100000 votes in Ohio. An agent working
for the republican committee, polling the
city, reports that he found in one ward
here, the eighth. $50 voters who admitted
to him that they were going to vote the
populist-labor ticket this year for the first
time. The eighth ward is an average ward
in all respects, and II the gain Is the same
in all the city the new party will gain
nearly 1000 votes in this city alone.
Bellamy stOrer's Defeat.
The turning-down Of Congressman
Bellamy Storer in the convention to nomi-
nate his successor at Cincinnati last week
by George B. Cox and the Foraker repub-
hcans was great surprise. 1t had re-
Gently been announced that Storer had the
favor Of Cox and other leaders in Cincin-
natl as candidate for the United States
Senate to succeed Senator Brice. The work
Of the republican conventions in the first
and second districts indicates that q truce
has been patched up between the Foraker
and Sherman factions OF course, the For
aker men controlled the conventions. But
the nominee In the first district, Editor
Charles P. Taft of the Times-Star, is one
Of the most incorporating Sherman re-
publicans in the state. He is, moreover, a
personal enemy of Ex-Governor Foraker.
Jacob H. Cromwell. who was nominated TO
succeed Storer. is a prominent Foraker re-
publican. 1t seems to indicate that both
wings of the republican party in Hamilton
county are to flop together this year. and
II there was any doubt before that the re-
publlcans would carry the first and second
districts 1t Is now removed. Storer had not
been In Cincinnati since the adjournment of
Congress, and it is believed that he did NOT
dream OF thus being placed upon the shelf.