Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-30

ity of 1900 for the candidate But that is
not going to be the case this year. In jan
uary of this year the republican candidate,
Sigrist, who ran against Stratus, reduced
these figures to 400, aid he was not re-
garded as an especially strong candidate.
Now the democratic vote is split. The
Grace democracy has one Of it's strongest
men in the field, Col. Robert Grier Monroe,
and that organization will make strenuous
efforts in behalf of Ats young leader. Tam
many's candidate, Senator Jacob A. Can
tor is not strong With the police. whose
interests he is said not to have cherished
SO tenderly as he Should while in the SEN
ate. The republicans have put up a strong
man, Philip b. Low, ship rigger by trade,
and the man who organized the naval re-
serve and was its first commander. He is
very popular in the district and seems to
stand a good chance of defeating Cantor
Ex-Speaker William Stlzer is the Tam
many nominee in the eleventh district, and
Is sure winner. He Is one of Tammanys
pets and by shrewd management has got
himself Endorsed by the Grace men. He is
making vigorous personal fight, too. His
republican opponent Is ex-Congressman
Ferdinand Eidman. The only hope that the
republicans have is that the labor vote will
go to them. This district has suffered heav-
,ly from the hard times, and many Of its
voters have been thrown out of work. The
republicans are conducting their campaign
on these lines, but are only hopeful even
then.
The Fight Against Sickles.
There Is strong fight being made
against Gen. Dan Sickles. The republican
candidate who is making it is Andrew ].
Campbell. He comes from good old High
land stock and came to this country when
a boy. His friends tell how young Camp
bell was given a start in life" by a we'll
wishing uncle. The start consisted in
"a moral lecture and twenty-five cents"
which his uncle bestowed upon the boy,
and then left him on a corner down town
to hustle for himself. Campbell has al
WAYS been a good republican, and has
served in the state legislature. He Is at
the head of one of the largest architectural
iron works in the country, and boasts that
in all the twenty-five years that he has
been an employer of labor he has never
reduced the wages of any Of his men.
There is a third democratic candidate In
the field here, and big fight Is being MADE
against Gen. Sickles.
Through demo cratic discord and third
candidates the republicans think that they
have a chance this year In Bourke COCK
rams district. After Cochran refused 10
run the democrats selected Colonel Geo.
b. Mcclellan, the young president Of the
board Of aldermen, and who, IL elected Will
be one of the youngest members or the
next Congress. Mcclellan is tired of the
company he is in in the board of aldermen
and prefers the more respectable society
of Congress. His name will help him
great DEAL but the Grace candidate, Geo.
Walton Green, Is a good politician and
vote getter and will cut into the demo-
cratic vote. The republican candidate Is
Robert A. Chesebrough, millionaire man
ufacturer of vaseline. who knows little
about politics, but who has good campaign
managers.
Now that Congressman Dunphy has
withdrawn as an Independent democratic
candidate in the eighth district the Tam
many man will probably have an easy eiec-
ton. This is John J. Walsh, a lawyer,
and one of the men whom Hill tried to
get to withdraw in the interests of har-
mony. The republican opponent, who is
fighting hard against Walsh is ]. Murray
Mitchell, a young man, and the brother
of United States District Attorney Edward
Mitchell. Dunphy is now out for Walsh,
and his friends will undoubtedly support
the Tammany man.
fight against Congressman Franklin Bart
lett. Their nominee is Austin z. Ford the
son of Patrick Ford, 'ahe editor of the
Catholic World. This district has a heavy
democratic majority, but this year there
is more republican hope iinasmuch as there
is a three-cornered fight. John Murphy
having been put forward by the Grace
democracy. Still Mr.. bartlett will proba-
bly, get back all right. "