Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-21
Claims of the Candidates Overlapping
Each Other.
NUMBER OF REELECTED MEMBERS
Mr.. Fortune States the Ground of
His Claim.
THE CHAPLAINCY CONTEST

Claims and counter-claims Of the candi-
dates for the respective House offices grow
stronger each day as the contest pro-
crosses. There is O growing belief, how
ever, On the outside that the claims of the
candidates are overlapping each other.
There is undoubtedly a large element non
committal up to this time and this element
is being divided among the candidates by
the latter themselves, AMI not always with
the concurrence of the other parties. Many
of the new members, unacquainted with
the candidates and the methods of reor-
5aniz:ng the House, have deferred express
ng partisanship in tie contest until they
shall arrive upon the scene and look the
ground over.
Reelected Members.
There will he unusually large number
OF reelected members in this House OF
the total membership of 3J6 nearly tne-
half served in the preceding Congress- the
number of those reelected being III, of
whom 100 republicans, seventy-three
democrats and four populists including
NewlaniS of Nevada a silver man In
addition to these III reelected members
there are ten who have had previous serv-
ice in Congress, of whom eight are repub-
leans and two democrats. OF those hay-
ng more than one Representative Arkan-
5as, Louisiana, Maine and Oregon are the
>rly states which reelected their entire
ielegations Pennsylvania reelected the
greatest number of old members, return
nE eighteen of those who We're in the
flfty-third Congress. Next in order come
New York, with thirteen old members
eIeorsia ard Texas, ten each; Iowa AMI
)hlo, nine each; Illinois, Massachusetts and
Missouri, seven each; Alabama, Arkansas
ana tennessee, six each; Louisiana, Mich
gan and Mississippi. five each; California.
Maine, Minnesota. Nebraska and South
Carolina, four each; Kansas and Wiscon-
sin, three each.
Mr.. Fortunes Claims.
The contest for the doorkeepership con-
tinues to lie between Mr. Fortune of North
Carolina, Mr.. Upton of Tennessee and Mr..
Glenn of New York.
Il am making a personal canvass" said
Mr.. Fortune today, "and have not estab-
iished headquarters. 1 make my plea for
election upon the ground that the solid
south having been broken and republican
party given a substantial foothold there
we deserve to receive one of the elective
offices. l suggested to Mr.. Upton, the other
southern candidate, that l would be willing
to leave the selection of the south's candi-
date to caucus of the members from the
southern states. / base my own claims
upon the fact that North Carolina was the
pioneer in breaking out of the solid south
and upon my services as a republican in
that state"
Friends of Mr.. Harry Sherwood. ex-
postmaster of this city, are pushing his
candidacy for the postmastership of the
House with vigor. They are making a
strong plea in his behalf, based upon the
thorough fitness for the office which they
declare he possesses. They point to the
fact that he is acquainted with the work of
handling congressional mail by reason of
having served as postmaster of the House
in the Forty-third and Forty-seventh Con-
crosses, and his long service assistant
and finally postmaster in the Washington
city post office.
The ChaPlnincy.
Some comment has been occasioned by
the apparent eagerness of some western
delegations for the election of a chaplain
from their state. and the question is being
asked whether those delegations are MAX
Ing trades upon this place. This office be-
longs to the District of Columbia the old
members say, because the salary of s!D0 a
year has never been regarded as sufficient
remuneration to tempt minister 20 come
from another city and attempt to live upon
that sum alone in Washington, and there
fore 1t is only desirable to resident Of
Washington. who can easily take the place
as an adjunct to his regular salary. As
the chaplaincy has 10 patronage whatever.
1t has never been in demand among Repre-
sentatives who had axes of that kind to
grind.