Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-02
BERRY'S FENCES IN NEED OF REPAIR
Republican Success in the Eleventh
Threatened.
NOVEL CAMPAIGN WORK


| u"'ioh' iilIS Is Specially true OF the con-
| dition of affairs in two districts the sixth
| and eleventh. The former, represented by
A. S Berry, is safely democratic, under all
| ordinary circumstances. but now the hun
| dreds of democrats who failed to get an
| office from President Cleveland blame Berry
| for the calamity which has oVertaken them
| They want new deal, and above all. q
| Congressman who can get thar" The re-
suit of this rebellion of the disappointed
| soTeheads is a hot war on the Tall Syca-
| more Of the Raging Licking" which may
result in his defeat. The aspirants for the
| democratic nomination are: Joseph Donald
son of Carroll. X. W. Nelson of Campbell
| w. W. Dickerson of Grant and Mr.. Berry.
| When kentuckian has completed a term
| in Congress he appeals to his constituents
| for Endorsement of his course, which
means a reelection. Two years ago Dick
| erson made this appeal when he returned
| to his home from Washington. but the cry
came too late: Berry had fixed things in
| his own interest. with the result that he
| won the race. When Berry came back from
| the capital, after the recent session OF Con-
gress he found his fences in a bad fix.
| Between DickersOn and Nelson, Berry's
| persimmons had been scattered to the four
winds. and his appeal for Endorsement is in
| danger of missing fire, as did that of Dick
| erSOn, his predecessor.
| No Boiling Democrats.
| Kenton and Campbell the two big
| counties of the district, and they perhaps
| contain half of the voters. The cities Of
| Covington and Newport. the respective cap
| itals, have combined population OF $4,000,
principally politicians who are always on
the alert for an office regardless of its
| Callber. These two counties nave for years
with but few breaks, furnished the states
| man who has held up the peoples interests
| at Washington. This custom has been fire.
| quently protested against by the statesmen
| of the remote counties, but the kick
| never amounted to anything more than d
kick, and the kickers when election day
| rolled around were at the polls electioneer-
| ing for the whole ticket.
| donaldson is in the race the repre-
| sentative of those who do the voting and
never get an Office, and it is more than
| likely that his fate Will be that of the
| score OF lnnocents who have gone that way
| before.
| OF the 10000 voters in this district the
| democrats at the last congressional cleo
| ton east 1871, 50 there is not much dan
| ger of a repub can breaking into Congress-
| however great the Kilkenny cat fight
| among democrats may be. These rows are
| always previous to the election, and the
| first Tuesday il November will find the
| patriots, who never scratch a ticket. at the
polls. ready TO wade in gore to the bride
| bit for the nominee.
| 1t is rather a difficult task at this mo-
| ment to say which man will win. In re-
| dIlty lntre are CnlN TWO, Berry ana Nelson,
| IN the race. They are both residents of
| Campbell county. 10th are lawyers, and in
! the matter Of influence they quite even
| ly matched. Berry is the better poll
ticlan. made so ~ long experience in the
municipal politics of his home city. New
| port, but on the stump he is not in II with
his antagonist. Col Nelson is without a
political record hence he has nothing to
defend; he is making aggressive cam
paign, and II now looks as If Berry was
doomed to political death. Both of the
! Campbell county men may go down in the
struggle and In that event Dickerson, who
| has been thar befo'," will be the next
! Congressman from the Covington district.
| AS to what the republicans are doing or
| what they will do. that cuts no figure in the
case. Nearly II not all of their leaders
have at different times tackled the big
democratic majority only to be defeated
| so that row ii is difficult to find man of
any weight who can BE- persuaded to ac-
cept such nomination.
Republican Dispute fin the Eleventh.
When the state was last apportioned ten
districts were made democratic, and one,
| the eleventh. republican. Cleveland I'm 1S92
received BIAS per cent of the total vote of
( the state, and when the apportionment was
made all Of the safe republican counties,
| eighteen in number, We're thrown into what
| IS now the eleventh district. OF the $4,000
votes only about IL 200 are democratic
! Every two years the score of big republic
/ cans give play to their ambition by an
nOunCing themselves for Congress. As a
! rule every county has at least one man
who Is willing to make the sacrifice for the
| public veal. Just now the fight has dwin-
| died down to three aSpirants, and this trio
| has gotten things into mess, which en-
| dangers republican success; indeed, it would
not, If the present conditions continue, be a
surprise to the democrats carry the
district.
Three months ago John d. White, D. c.
Colson and SilaS Adams, the present Con-
dates for the republican nomination, and
the district committee called a primary
election for September -. that the voters
might choose a leader White objected to
this proceeding, because only six of the
seventeen members Of the committee were
present when the primary was determined
on. He went SO far to declare that he
would not abide the result of the election,
and that he would make the race as an in
dependent candidate The work of arrane-
ing for the primary was continued until
last Wednesday, when White secured an in
junction from the circuit court, restraining
the county officers from holding causing
to be held any primary or other election in
the eleventh district to nominate a candi-
date for Congress- or from declaring GER
tifying the result of such primary or of
giving anybody certificate of election.
White gave bond. and the case will be
heard next Thursday. The grounds for the
Injunction are that the election was not
ordered in conformity with the primary
law. nor the rules adopted by the republi-
can party.
Injunction Ignored.
On the advice of Colson, no attention was
given the courts order in several counties
Whites friends, of course, remained away
from the polls and a light vote, all for Col
son and Adams. was the result Previous
to the injunction the chances were favor
able to the nomination of Colson by a small
plurality over Adams. Colson's partisans
charge that Adams and White combined in
the injunction scheme to defeat the wishes
of the majority of the voters of the district
This may result in a general fight,
with the three candidates before the people
in November.
Whites republicanism is not of the all
wool-a-yard-wide order; ii would pass for
democracy in the north. In recent speech
he predicted that the republican party
would be defeated in sc worse than il was
in '92 unless II got right" or in other
words, came around to his way of doing
thing. He said that he favored the VIII
son bill and Cleveland's silver policy and
that he would be candidate until the polls
closed In response TO inquiry, he ac-
knowledSed that he voted against Harri-
son in 80.
Already democratic candidates are LOOM
ing up on the horizon, and as the situation
presents itself today the republicans will