Hutchinson gazette., 1898-11-17
DEFEATED MEMBERS
Forty-Three oongrossmen Failed
of Re-Eloction.
THE REPUBLICANS SUFFERED MOST
RuGFcw aIon of National Note and lin-
portanco Among the Defeated
Many POPuliSta Among the
Retlred Members,

Nansas City, Mo-, November TO-
A special to the Kansas City Journal
says!
Forty-three members OF the Fifty
fifth congress will not be members ~
the Elfty-SlNth, OF this number,
twenty-slX are Republicans and only
three are Democrats, eleven are fu-
slonlsts aud three are Pops
The Republicans suffered the great
est damage as regards the loss OF cd
members in New York, Pennsylvania,
and Illinois. The Fusion loss was
most severe In Kansas, South Dakota
and Washington, where 1t was prac-
tlcally eNtlngulshed.
Analysing the Republican losses,
Aldrlch Is defeated In Alabama, but
in all probability this case will be ap.
Pealed to the house, as Aldrlch claims
TO be elected on "a fair count. lie
has been seated twice on q contest.
The losses In Illinois ARE Bellonap In
the Third Mills In the Fourth, White
IN the Fifth, and Jett In ihe Eight
Itoenth, -four i'm all. In Kentucky,
Walter Evans In the Fifth and George
M. Davidson In the Eighth are de-
feated, and in Maryland w, w. Nc
lntyre, OF the Fourth Baltimore, Is
the victim OF local dlsaifectlon and
the 0ntagonism OF The negroes. In
Massachusetts, Walker, the present
chairman Of the committee ON bank
ing and currency, will not be return
ed, and with him nails Samuel j. Bar
rows in the Tenth
The heaviest slaughter among old
Republican members Is recorded In
New York, where l}elford Is defeated
in the First, Hurley in the Second,
/. Il. Fischer in the Fourth, Bennett
in the Fifth, j, Murray Mitchell in
the Elghth, Quigg In the Fourteenth,
Low in the Fifteenth, Southwlck in
the Twentieth and Mahan in the
Thirty-second. Cochran is defeated
by about fourteen votes on the face
of the returns, but the soldier vote
at Camp Meade will probably reverse
this into a Republican victory. Ma
hany will contest i'm the expectation
that the 500 soldier votes in Honolulu
and Manila will overcome the GIG
majorlty of his opponent.
In North Carolina the Republicans
lose Richmond Pearson The uncle OF
Lieutenant llobson, OF NIcrrimnc
fame for whom he was named. In
Pennsylvania five well known Repub-
llcans bit The grass, In the Twelfth
Williams; In the Thirteenth Brumm;
in the Twenty-seventh Stone, and in
the Twemty-eighth Arnold.
In Virginia the Republicans lose
General Walker, who carried the dis
trct twice; hut this case will un-
doubtedly be appealed to congress.
General Walker succeeded Stonewall
Jackson in command of the famous
Confederate brigade and is one OF the
historic characters in the present
house, Two other Republicans from
! Virginia fell In the battle OF ballots;
Wise In the Second and Thorp In the
Fourth These are all of the Repub-
licans who failed of reelection.
In California the FuSlonists who
were retired are Barlow and Castle,
of the Sixth and Seventh districts.
In Kansas, Hotlin, at large, was de-
fcated, as also Peters, Vincent and
Jerry Slmpson-rour-bcsides Nc,
'Cormick, strai9ht-out popWllst.
In Michigan the Republicans re-
tired Brucker Fusionlst; in South
Dakota, both FuSionists, Knowles aud
Kelly, and in Washington the most
picturesque of all statesmen, James
Hamilton Lewis, together with his as.
soclate, Jones, were knocked out.
The Democrats who were retired
from congressional life were Handy
from Delaware, Jett in Illinois aud
Todd in the Third Michigan district.
Popullsm, independent of fusion,
sustained its losses in the retirement
OF Mccormick in Kansas, and Skin.
ner and Fowler in North aCrolina.
With few exceptions, the retired
members obtained very little dlstinc-
rtlon in congress and their loss will
not he seriously felt. The exceptions
ore notably Walker of Massachusetts,
Bennett Of New York--who Is n fine
lHNNcT ullW is SuM 10 ne e0pUptu 10
the daughter of Speaker Rced-Evons
of Kentucky, and c. W. Stone Of Penn
sylvanla The loss Is far more in the
direction of the picturesque theatric-
al than solid merit, Handy, of Della
ware, though serving his first term,
proved himself "a mUrplot, with no
compensatory traits to offset his
VeNatious ones. Jerry Simpson has
never been regarded AS other than q
political harlequin, while Lewis has
excited the visibility of the world by
his congressional antics. No man in
public llfe is more fairly entitled to
wear the motley and fools cap. lie
eeSipses Jerry Simpson only in the de.
gree of ,edslcaton which both enjoy.
Simpson DIS a selfrmade man, while
his rival Is college.tTed, whose ego
tism, however, is wholly natural. In
most respects the two men belong in
the same category.