New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-04

returned a Republican. Jesse q. strode the
present representative. had a plurality OF only
219 two years ago. although Major McKinley's
plurality in the same counties was 612 In 1897
the Fusion State ticket carried the district by
POS. f. j. Burkett OF Lincoln. Is the Repub-
lican nominee this fall. He has had hard
fight, but will probably pull through. This dis
trict is the closest in the State. In the I'D,
which includes this city and county. David II.
Mercer. the present member VIII undoubtedly
be reelected He has already served three
terms and is by far the ablest and most nfu-
entail OF Nobraska's representatives In the lower
house. omaha is indebted to him for much
helpful local legislation, and the appreciation in
which he is held here was shown In 1896, when
in this district he ran IA votes ahead Of the
Republican electoral ticket. Mr. Mercer had
1,4O5 plurality two years ago last fall; the dis
trict Republican by 1,5Ij.
The other four districts which include about
nine-tenths Of the area OF the state, were
strongly antRepublican. both In 1896 and lsJI
In the lid the Fusion plurality two years ago
was 4Sj4. in the WITH 1911. In the With I'll
and in the With 4537 In the last three dis
trcts the present Fusion members have been re-
nominated The Republican managers have
some hope Of capturing a seat In the WITH
which lies in the longer-settled portion OF the
State along the lower part OF the Platte
OUTLOOK IN THE STATE.
They will have done surprisingly well II trey
retain the LIST and I'D districts and capture one
other. Probability points. however. to the re-
turn Of two Republicans and four Fusion MEM
bers as in 1896. In the fight for the control ~
the Legislature the Fusionists possess great
advantage I'm the unequal distribution - repre-
sentation between the smaller and the larger
counties Thus, Douglass County. in which
Omaha is situated contains about one-slXth ~
the population Of the State. It's representation
in the lower bran n OF the Legislature is ten. or
one-fenth Of the membership Of that body. In
the Senate it has three representative
eleventh Of the entire membership Again,
Lancaster County, which includes the capital.
Lincoln has from Jne-twelfth to One-thirteenth
of the population of the State. yet It's share OF
representation in the Legislature is only one
twenty second Both these populous counties
are Republican The Fusion strength. on the
other hand lies IN the more sparSely settled
Northern. Southern and Western districts. In
the LEGISLATURE Of lS96-91 though they carried
both Douglass and Lancaster counties, the Re
pubcans had but eight members IN the senate
and thirty-one in the House Twenty-eight
seats will therefore have TO be gained in the
smaller counties to insure Il majority on joint
ballot in the next Legisla ture. The prospect -
n rather discouraging one. Senator Allen VIII
he renouinatod and reelected II the FusOnists
carry the Legislature. NJ Republican candl-
dates for the seat in the Senate have yet an
nounced themselves.
The candidates for Congress in Nebraska by
districts are:
e H J Bt HI;h ar Lin JAMES MASHHAN LIN
n-DA'T'iD H. MOVER C. NJ HITCHCOCK. omaha
nI-W F. NORRIS. Wayne. }. =. ROBINSON, --.
I'VE H. HINSHAW. W l.. STARK. Aurora.
V. E. ADAMS. su- r. p. SWITZERLAND Nsi-
vI-SoRRIs BROWN. ". l. GREENE Kearney
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