Evening star., 1896-10-26
THE NEXT.s HOUSE
Changes to Be Made in the Various
Delegations.
FAMILIAR FACES TO Be MISSED
Many Members Failed to Secure
a denomination.
Me DECLINED 1T

S o M E CLINE ED 1T
number Of members Of the present
House Of Representatives hope to be re-
elected to the next Congress. Some of
them, doubtless, will be returned. There
are others, however, who are absolutely
certain not to come back. These are the
gentlemen who. figuratively speaking. have
been 'left at the post" They have failed
to be renominated by their constituents.
Inspection Of the list Of nominations thus
far made up shows that the latter class
includes number Of well-known members
of the House.
Some Southern Delegations.
There will be several changes in the Ala
bama delegation in the House. In the first
district Richard H. Clarke, who has been
in Congress since the F1fty-first Congress,
was defeated for denomination by w. w.
Taylor. In the third George P. Harrison
winds up his career for the present, and II
the democrats carry the district will be
succeeded by Henry D. Clayton. Castor A.
Robbins Of tho fourth was not renominated.
There are sound money and FREQ silver
republican fndorsed by the populists. In
the NTH district James e. Cobb has bsen
defeated for denomination by Col. Willis
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denomination there was some doubt at first.
has carried his district safely. and SO has
Atr. Bankhead Howard. the Populist, was
also renominAted.
In Arkansas the only man to fail of re-
nomination was Robert Neill, tho democrat
from the sixth district, who was defeated
by II. s. BrundaEe In Florida Charles NJ.
Cooper Of the second district who was an
esteemed member Of the District Of Colum-
bia committee in the Bffty-third Congress,
declined denomination. and Col. r. w.
Davis has been put forward in his stead.
in fss eaye been extensive snsnges
Crisp declined denomination and E. B.
Lewis was nominated in his place. In the
second district Benjamin E. Russell has
been succeeded by James NJ. Griggs.
Charles l.. Moses was left in the fourth by
Charles Adamson. In the tenth w. H.
Fleming succeeds James c. c. Black as the
democratic candidate.
The great big Illinois republican delega-
tion, consisting of twenty-five members,
shows only two vacancies in the list of re-
nominations. These occur in the first dis
trfct. where j. r. Mann succeeds j. Frank
Aldrich. and in the fourth, where d. w.
Mills succeeds Charles w. Woodman. Both
of these districts are in the city Of Chicago
The state of Indiana has been redistricted,
but the only man who has failed of renom-
ination has been James E. Watson. The
entire Iowa delegation We're renominated.
In Kansas o. l.. Miller of the second dis
trict was succeeded for the nomination by
"a. III
Ellis succeeds William Baker.
Changes In Kentucky.
In Kentucky there have been several
changes. In the first Charles Clay Wheel
er is the democratic nominee, instead of
John K. Hendrick. In the seventh Owens
was bowled out by Evan Settle as the
nominee of the silver democrats, while Will
liam c. P. Breckenridge has been nomi-
mated by the gold democrats and indorsed
which has been represented SO long by
James B. McCreary, the democratic candi-
| date Is John B. Thompson. In the tenth
young Joseph NJ. Kendall was defeated
for denomination by Thomas Y. FitZpat-
rick.
The Louisiana delegation loses three of
it's old members. Charles F. Buck in the
second district was defeated by Robert c.
Davey. In the third Andrew Price was
defeated by Robert Droussard, and Judge
Charles J. Boatner of the fifth was de-
| feated by s. T. Baird.
In Maryland there are the following
changes: In the third district Harry w.
Rusk surrendered the nomination to Thos.
e. Weeks; in the fourth John K. Cowen,
the railroad magnate. gives place on the
| fifth Sydney Mudd, who served in the pre-
vious House, has been renominated to sue
ceed Charles E. Coffin; in the sixth district
Senator George L. Wellington goes to the
| Senate and John Mcdonald has been nomi-
mated by the republicans.
In Massachusetts Mr.. L. D. Apsley, after
| having served two terms in Congress, de-
clined renomination, and the republicans
| selected George w. Weymouth. In the
| eleventh district William F. Draper gives
| way to Charles F. Sprague, and in the
| tenth Mr.. Atwood is succeeded by the Rev.
| 8. J. Barrows. Elijah A. Morse of the
/! twelfth has been succeeded on the republi-
! can ticket by w. c. Lowering.
In Michigan Henry F. Thomas of the
| fourth. David Aitken Of the sixth, John
Avery of the eleventh and s. M. Stephen
son of the twelfth have been succeeded
| respectively by E. L. Hamilton. Samuel w.
Smith, William 8. Mesck and c. B. Shell
] don.
The only man who missed fire in Min
| nesota was Andrew r. Kiefer of the st.
| Paul district, who was defeated for re-
nomination by F. c. Stevens
In Mississippi J. c. Kyle of the second
! Of the sixth is succeeded by c. W. F. Love,
| and in the seventh ]. G. Spencer gives way
| to Pat Henry.
The Missouri Delegation.
In the Missouri delegation U. 8. Hall of
the second district has been defeated by
| r. M. Bodine. and Seth Cobb of the twelfth
| by r. Wells. In the thirteenth John H.
Raney has been succeeded by Geo. Steele
| on the republican ticket. John A. Snyder
| Of the fourteenth has been nominated over
| Norman A. Motley.
| NEBRASKA loses Two or her old delegation
| Mr.. Meiklejohn in the third gives place to
Ross Hammond and Mr.. KEN, the populist,
| to Judge w. L. Green.
| Nevada's Representative, Mr. Francis G..
l Newlands, we'll known in this city, was not
| renominated. ]. c. Doughty is the populist
| nominee and DR.. Davis the republican can
| didate.
| In New Hampshire the incumbent of the
second district, Henry NJ. Baker, loses the
/ nomination to Frank G. Clarke. The entire
delegation from New Jersey were renomi-
| mated.
| In New York there were several cases of
| failure Of denomination. In the ninth dis
| trict Henry Clay Miner dropped out, and
| ex-Congressman Tim" Campbell was
nominated by the republicans, and gold
| democrats, while the Tammany democrats
put up Thos. ]. Bradley. In the nineteenth
| the nomination of Frank Black for governor
| vacated his congressional position and A.
v. s. Cochran was nominated. Gen. Curtis
| Of the twenty-second district, who has been
/ a familiar figure In the House since the
/ Fffty-second Congress, was not renomi-
mated, L. L. Littaner receiving the nomina-
| tion. Judge Daniels of the thirty-third
| will not come back either. D. 8. Alexander
| is the republican nominee.
! In the first Ohio district Charles p Taft