The leader., 1898-04-06
Congressional Candidates.

Congressional Candidates.
Jackson Cor. N. o. Picayune.l
Congressional candidates are {
little backward i'm coming forward
this year. Up in the First distric
it is true that Hon. w. B. Walker
is officially announced as a candi
date, and in the Second, Hon. w
A. Roane is known to be a candi
date, but beyond that, there is, il
is not believed, all official announce
ment, except by Congressman
Love, though it seems to be taken
for granted that all the incumbents
will stand for reelection.
1t seems to be indicated, by the
political signs of the times, that
Congressman Allen, of the First
district, will only have one OppO.
nent this time, Hon. w. b. Walker,
of Monroe. Last time Mr.. Allen
had three competitors, but two OF
them, Harrison, of Lowndes, and
Kincannon. of Lee, pulled out, and
left the final show down to Allen
and Gambler, of Alcorn, who was
defeated by Allen, by small ma.
.ority in the primaries, all held
the same day. The executive
committee in that district
had ordered a plurality pri-
mary, and with the several can
didates in the field to a finish,
Allen would have been nominated
as easy as falling off a log that had
been sOaped for the occasion, but
when the race narrowed down be-
tween himself and Gambler, he had
to get a.majority, which he succeed
ed in doing, but it made him sweat.
The race this time for the nomina.
tion between Allen and Walker
will be watched all over the State
with interest.
In the Second district Congress-
man Sullivan, who is serving his
first term, was nominated at Holly
Springs after a protracted deadlock
between Roane, his present CON-
petitor, and FAINT, of Marshall, and
Splght, of Tippah. Sullivan had
not been before the people at all
for the nomination. The contest
for the nomination had been acri-
Several of the candi.
dates published cards bordering on
personality, and the feeling was so
intense that it was plainly to be
foreseen that the nomination must
ultimately 90 to some man who
had not been in the storm center
of elimination and recrlmination,
which swept over that district.
Roane and Sullivan both live in
Lafayette county, and both reside
in Oxford. There is some talk of
other candidates in that district,
but so far no announcements have
been made.
In the Third district there is no
by any one, though
it is understood that MIR. Catchings
will stand for reelection. He has
always been invincible heretofore,
and the knowledge of this fact
may be the reason why no one has
taken the field against him. Clti-
zens of that district who visit the
capital seem to be divided as to
whether he will have an opponent
or not. Some discerning men think
he will not, while others think he
will.
In the Fourth district Congress
man Fox, who is serving his first
term, has no opponent, and is not
likely to have, for the very good
reason, it is stated, that it would
be a vain thing for any man in the
district to oppose this splendid
Mississippian and brilliant gentle
man. Reared in Calhoun, a law
student in Grenada, long a resi-
dent of Sumner, afterwards Web
ster, for years an honored citizen
of Clay, a State Senator from Clay
and Webster, with the distinguish
ed honor of passing every measure
through that body which he cham
pioned, a popular United States
district attorney for the Northern
district of Mississippi, embracing
every county in his congressional
district, he is as familiar with the
by.paths of the Fourth as was Mac
gregOr with his native heath.
In the Fifth district Congress
man Williams has no pronounced
opposition. and all indications
point to the fact that he will not
have any, for the very simple
reason, Judging from the press OF
that district, that the people are
anxious and determined that be
shall succeed himself. His recent
utterances in Congress have been
generally applauded by the press
in and out of his district.
In the Sixth district, where Con
gressman Love is serving his tirsl
term, Chancellor Hill is understood
to be a candidate, though no Off
cial announcement has yet been
promulgated. Congressman Love
has made formal announcement o
his candidacy for reelection, and 6
large number of newspapers in thai
district are giving him support fol
his energetic work in Congress
Mr.. Hill is a gentleman of ability
high standing, with great populari
ty and troops of friends, who woult
like to see him i'm Congress. 1t il
too early to predict a conclusion al
to the result in that district
Should Mr.. Hill formally anrOunc'
and actively enter the race, in al
likelihood his official announcement
might he followed by the announce
ment of other aspiring gentlemen
a number of counties, perhaps, en-