Evening star., 1898-06-24
The Republican Committee Already
at Work.
PREPARING ITS LITERATURE
The Outlook is for a Phenomenal
Majority.
NOMINATIONS FOR CONGRESS

blStTlct conventions IOr nominating rep
resentatives in Congress are being held
from time to time throughout the country
and will continue until late in next October
The campaigns, however, win probably not
be inaugurated until several weeks aftel
the adjournment of Congress.
The republican congressional committee
of this city. of which Representative Bah
cock of Wisconsin is chairman, has no,
commenced to send out literature, except
for the late Oregon campaign. The literary
bureau of the committee has prepared the
manuscript of a great deal of campaign
material. but it will not go to the press
until Congress has adjourned and the poll.
ticians have had an opportunity to look
over the field and ascertain what they
want.
Republican Year.
Some of the republican nominees have
visited Washington recently and conferred
with Chairman Babcock and members OF
the committee upon the preliminaries OF
the campaign and the outlook Withou.
exception they have reported that all pros.
poets point to this as republican year
The indications are, they say, that the re-
publicans will roll up phenomenal ma.
Jority In the House for the Fifty-sixth Con-
gress.
Nominations Up to Date.
The following nominations, democratic
and republican, have been made to date:
Arkansas-Second, J. S. Little, democrat.
renominated; fourth, W. l.. Terry, demo-
crat, renominated.
Alabama-Fourth district, William F. AL
drich, republican. renominated.
Florid2-First, 8. NJ. Sparkman, democrat,
renominated
Georgia-Fifth, L. F. Livingston demo-
crat. renominated.
Illirois-First. James r. Mann, republi-
can, renominated; second. VIM. r. Lori
mer republican, renominated; tenth, Geo.
w. Prince. republican, renomina ted: eighth
Albert J. Hopkins. republican. renominated
ninth, Robert r. Hit republican, renomi-
mated: twelfth. Joseph G. Cannon. republi-
can, car, renominated; thirteenth, Vespasian
Warner, republican,, renomnated: six
teenth. James II. Dankskn, republican; W.
T. Williams, democrat; eighteenth Thos
NJ. Jett, democrat, renominated: twentieth,
j. X William Carmi, democrat; w. A.
Rodenburgh. republican.
lndiana-First, James A. Hemenway. re-
publican, renominated: fifth, George Faris
republican renomnated; SIXTH James T..
watson, republican; DIR. c. a. Robinson,
democrat; seventh, Jesse Overstreet, re-
publican, renominated; eighth. Geo. w.
C1omer. republican,; ninth, Charles Landis
republican, renominated; j. b. Cheadle,
de mocrat: tenth, Z. d. Crumpacker, repuo-
lcan, renominated: John Ross, democrat
nominated; twelfth, DR.. C. B. Stemen, re-
publican.
Iowa-Fifth. Robert G. Cousins. republi-
can, renominated: eighth, G.. l.. Finn;
eleventh, Judge Thomas, republican.
Kahsas-At large, w. J. Bailey. republi-
can; first, Chas Curtis. republican, renomi-
mated; second, NJ. S. Peters populst, re-
nominated; J. d. Bowersock, republican;
third, S. Kirkpatrick, republican; f. r.
Ridgely, populist. renominated; fourth, J.
NJ Miller, republican, III. S. Martin. demo-
crat; fifth, - Calderhead republican; w.
ID. Vincent populist. renominated; sixth.
w. A. Reeder, republican; n. b. McCor-
mick, populist, renominated; seventh, Ches-
ter /. Long, republican; Jerry Simpson,
populist, rcnominated.
Minnesota-Sixth, Page Morris. republi-
can. renominated; fifth, Loren Fletcher, re-
publican, renonEated.
Missouri-First, James L. Lloyd, demo-
clat, renominated; fourth, c. +. Cochran,
demoncrat, nominated; fifth. VIM. s.
Cow herd, democrat, rencminated: seventh
James Cooney. democrat. renominated; !;
eighth. r. P. Bland democrat, renominat-
ed; twelfth, Chas. Z. Pearce, republican,
rencminated; thirteenth, Ddw. Robb, dem
ocrat; fourteenth George NJ. Riley, repub-
lican; fifteenth, w. E. Benton, democrat,
reLo minated.
Nebraska-Second, D. H Mercer, republi
can, renOminated.
New York-Twenty-second, L. N. Lit
taLer. republican, renominated.
Ohio-Fourth, r. B. Gordon, democrat; !;
sixth, Seth w. Brown, republican, renom-
irGted: tenth, S. ]. Morgan, republican:
eleventh, Chas. H. Grosvenor. republican,
reEominated; thirteenth, James A. Norton,
democrat, cenominated: fifteenth, III. e.
Van Voorhis, republican, renominated; six
teenth, Lorenzo Danford. republican, re-
nominated; eighteenth, Robert w. Taylor,
republican, renominated; twenty-first, T. L.
Burton, republican, renominated
Pennsylvania-At large, Galusha A. Grow,
republican, renominated; at large, Samuel
A. Davenport, republican, renominated;
seventh. Irving P. Wanger republican. re-
nominated; ninth, Daniel Erm.ntrout, DEM
ocrat renominated; twenty-second. John
Dalzell, republican. renominated; twenty
third, VIM. II. Graham. republican: twen-
ty-seventh, c. w. Stone, republican, re-
nominated.
Tennessee-First, W. P. Brownlow. re-
publican. renominated; fifth. W. Y. Elliott,
republican, zenith, +. W. Carmack, demo-
crat renominated.
Vermont-First. II. H. Powers, republi-
can, renominated; second, w. W. Grout,
republican, renominated.
Kentucky-Eleventh, s. D. Lewis, demo-
crat
Maine-First, L. F. Mckinney, democrat:
second, Jonn p. Scott, democrat.
Michigna-Fifth, VIM. Alden Smith re-
publican, renominated.
Nirginia-Tenth, ]. NJ. Quarles, democrat.
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