The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-19
THE EIGHTH CONGRESS DISTRICT.
A Promise OF Lively Times Ahead In One
Section OF the East Side.

So fSAs'
The territory included within the present
Eighth Congressional district has always been
fighting ground and for a long time Timothy
Justinian Campbell has been running In II for
Congress, sometimes successfully and some.
times unsuccessfu!ly. II Is now represented
by II. c. Miner, the theatrical manager. who,
his friends say, Is rot a candidate for reelco.
tlon, having. like the man described in the
Bible. recently taken unto himself a wife and
prepared q European honeymoon trip which
will nj ecluds his presence III and about Grand
street during the stirring times OF The cam
paign In October.
Mr.. Miner and Mr.. Campbell were rival can
didates for tho TRmmany Hall nomination in
tho election of 1899, and the favor OF the Tam.
many leaders, so It is said on the east side. was
explicitly promised at that time TO Mr.. Miner:
but a Presidential election was pending and
there we're many considerations which made the
harmonlzing OF Democratic fractional difficulties
desirable. So, the Miner men say and the Did
line Tammanyites agree. Timothy Justinian
was renominated on the positive and definite
agreement that lie should stand u, lie In 1894
for Mr.. Mln"r, who consented to withdraw In
his favor. Accordingly, Mr.. Campbell had q
practically unanimous election In 1909. But
when 1904 was reached Campbell. the Miner
men say. was again In tho field. Mr.. Miner
was nominated 6y Tammnny and Dir. Campbell
announced himself rs q stump Democratic can
diiats, with the expectation Of receiving sum
,ient RepubllSan support to turn the scales in
publicans who were then in control of
the Republican machine were favorable
To the campaign Of 7. Justinian, who
vas lined ny on the side q reform,
cans controlled the psrtE machinery. In the
Assembly districts, the Fourth, Eighth, and
Twelfth, the Republican leu;ers OF which
four years ago were John Collins now dead,
Police commissioner Murray, and Sinner
John simpson, Co,.ins and Simpson agreed
TO act ~togethor against Campbell, and at the
nomination while Murray and has friends held
II rival Convention for the purpose OF endors,
!ng Campbell. The matter finally got into the
courts, and, under the decision uf Judge David
McAdam, SIMPSONS name was printed on the
Official ticket a. N" regular Republican caudi.
Dcat Campbell, for he ROLLED AS an independent
;,yS4 vote lgninst s,O3s for Miner, the Tam
many candidate, while 6,el4 yutes were CasL
OIL the Republican ticket Tor Simpson,
The y!Cissitudes OF politics are sometimes
surprising. Siuce 1894 Collins has died, and
his son, John j: Collins, Is now a Plat RepLb.
lean, hand and glove aud arm In arm WITH
Murray. Simpson Is the minority Republican
leader In. the district. Miner IL out OF tho
race, ana Campbell, cOnhdeut n a Republican
enforcement this time announces himself In
the Held. such is the situation at pTCsrut.aud
there Is a lively time ahead, though who tho
Tammany Democratic candidate Will DO Is not
yet known. The Eighth Congregational di5-
trlct is .oVerwhellnlnKIy Democratic. SimD-
sons position as q bureau chief IN the Depart
ment Of Public Works has proved OF little ad. |
vantage 70 him politically,