Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-15

popul.st candidate would contribute largely
to the success of the silver democratic can
didate but in the eighth the bulk of the
populists are time wings. and former re-
publicans, and many ofrthem prefer to vote
for republican than democrat, as rule.
However as the sound monay strength in
this district. is divided between W. W. Cal
lahan, gold democrat. and Oscar r. Humid
ley, republican, the. chances favor the sue
cess of Wheeler, whoa rs personally very
popular in his district which he has rep
resented for sixteen years. In the fifth dis
trict the fight is between two candidates,
Congressman Albert T.. GOODWIN, pu2u list,
and William Brewer, silver democrat. The
gold democrats named no candidate in this
district, but 1t is understood that they will, as
a rule, vote for Goodwyn, who has always al
lied himself with the republicans, and whom
they seem to think would not cast a vote in
Congress detrimental to- that system of
finance which the republican party might
favor. Goodwin has the open Endorsement
of the republicans of his district, who con-
stitute more than a mere handful. On the
whole, it looks as II he Is about the only
pCpulist in the state who will probably
win, though William F. Ald-ich, free silver
republican-populisti in the fifth district, has
a good show, but he is scarcely classed as
an out-and-out popufist. In the irst dis
trict there is no doubt of the election Of
George w. Taylor, the regular democratic
nominee, sound money man on a free sill
yer platform, because he has no opposition
but a negro republican, and besides, the
and silver democrats alike will support
him,
Sum Total of the Chances.
To sum up the congressional situation, 1t
locks like the silver or regular democrats
will certainly elect -four congressman, viz ::
Taylor in the first district. Bankhead in
the sixth, Bullock in the seventh, and
Wheeler in the eighth, with a good chance
to elect Stallings in the second, Plowman
In the fourth. Underwood in the ninth and
Clayton in the third. The national demo-
Gratis appear to have good fighting chance
to elect Clarke in the second, Conner in the
third, Dryer in the fourth, and Lawson in
the ninth. The populists with republican
Goodwin in the fifth, and there is a good
fighting show for Aldrich in the fourth
The coming of Generals Palmer and
Buckner, the nominees of the national DEM
ocrats. to Alabama this week, where they
make three speeches. it is said. has been
planned more to strengthen the sound
money congressional cause than with any
hope of carrying the state for the Indianap-
oils electoral ticket. Their visit is expected
to rally those who are tagging behind in the
sound money procession the plea Of
party regularity. Every effort will be made
to arouse all the enthusiasm possible to be
had out of the visit of the nominees They
81 eak in Birmingham THURSDAY afternoon,
at Montgomery that night, and IN Mobile
the next day. 1t is freely stated that Ala
ma is the one southern state that the
managers OF the Indianapolis campaign
| have selected to make fight in, but that
| the fight will be directed chiefly at secur.
| ing congressman, as it would be we'll nigh
impossible to hope to carry the electoral
vote of the state for Palmer and T,uckner
| unless all the anti-democrlts should unite
| in. support of that ticket