Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-03
Republican Congressional Campaign
Committee at Work.
MR.. BABCOCK STILL is CHAIRMAN
Arduous Work Now Before Him
and His Associates.
SOME NOMINATIONS MADE

The republican congressional committee
has moved into its new quarters at the
Hotel Normandle and by the end of this
week will be permanently located and will
begin the preliminary work of the cam
paign for the election OF republican repre-
sentatives to the next Congress.
A season of ariuous labor is before the
committee and the coming campaign is
expected to be a vigorous one The last
campaign waged by the congressional COM
Ilittee was the record-breaker, in point of
work accomplished, but the operations of
this summer will not be less extensive.
Tons OF printed speeches will be prepared
at Washington carloads of campaign lit
erature will be shipped and the vast sys-
TEN of correspondence maintained.
BabcocI< still Chairman.
Representative Babcock of Wisconsin.
who has been at the head of the committee
in two successful congressional campaigns
will hold the Craftsmanship of the COM
mittee during the coming campaign and
will remain in Washington the greater part
OF the Summer.
He will be assisted by Vice Chairman
Sherman of New York, Mr.. Overstreet of
Indiana, as secretary, and MIR. Frederick
F. Schrader as assistant secretary. Mr.
SchradeI has been with the committee since
the campaign of two years ago and Will de-
vote his attention principally to the literary
work of the committee. He is now engaged
in getting up the handbook, which is pub
lished by every committee. containing facts
and figures for the use of candidates and
speakers.
Mr.. William B. Thompson of this city
continues as treasurer. The executive COM
Of n
tatives John A. T. Hull of Iowa. Joseph G.
Cannon of Illinois. David H. Mercer of
Nebraska, James L. McCleary of Mime
sofa, II. C. Loudenslager of New Jersey,
Richmond Pearson of North Carolina, and
Senators Redfeld Proctor Vermont, j. H.
Gallnger of New Hampshire and John L.
Wilson of Washington.
Some Nominations Made.
Nominations to Congress have been made
in several districts throughout the coun-
Try, and the current month Will witness
the holding of many conventions by both
democrats and republicans to select candi-
dates for Congress.
Representative Hit of the ninth Illinois
district has been renominated. He is now
serving his eighth term in the House of
Representatives. His district is rock
flpDtu republican one, ana ne Was IeHOIn-
mated by exclamation, the convention sit
ting but twenty minutes.
Representative Cannon of Illinois has
also been renominated The nomination
was unanimous and was made with en-
thusiasm by the admiring republicans of
the twelfth district. Mr.. Cannon is now in
his twelfth term in the House.
Representative Curtis has been renonl-
mated by the republicans of the fourth
Kansas district. He is serving his third
term in the House.
MIR. William a. Calderhead has been NOM
mated by the republicans of the fifth KAN
sas district. He was defeated for Congress
IN the last election by Mr.. William D. Vim
cent, the populist-democratic nominee
Representative Charles II. Grosvenor has
been again chosen by the republicans of the
eleventh Ohio district as their candidate
for Congress. He is serving his sixth term
IN the House.
Representative Mahon of the eighteenth
Pennsylvania district has been renominate ted
for the fourth time by the republicans Of
that district. In the last election he ran
nearly $3.50 votes ahead of his opponent.
Representative Seth W. Brown of the
sixth Ohio, and Representative Walter .
Weaver of the seventh Ohio, have been re-
nominated. Each is serving his first term
in Congress