The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-09
-FOUR CONGRESS VETERANS.
Reed, Ketchum, Hnrner and Cannon Likely
to Serve Another Term.

Reed, Ketchum, Hnrner and Cannon Likely
to Serve Another Term.
Thomas Il. Reed was reelected to the Fifty
sixth Congress in the First Maine district at
the recent State election in the Pine Tree State.
and John II. Ketchum OF Dover Plains. Alfred
G. Harmer OF Philadelphia and Joseph G. Can
non OF Danville have recently been renominated
by the Republicans in their respective districts,
all three Of which are overwhelmingly Re-
publican. These four ConGressmen-Reed
Ketchum. Hammer and Cannon-are the four
veterans OF the Congressional service.
Mr.. Reed was originally chosen to the Forty
fifth Congress. and he has been elected sue
c~essively to ten Congresses since without a
break. invariably carrying the Portland dis
trict. and has gained a distinction which has
led to the Speakership for him when the Re-
publican party was in the majority and the
leadership OF the Republican minority in the
House when II was not.
Gen. Ketchum. who represents the Duchess
county district of New York. has not had SO
easy a Congressional record. He was a mem
Der Of the State Senate when the civil war
broke out. and he entered the Union Army
as a Colonel. He continued at the front until
he was appointed a BriEadier-General and was
meanwhile elected to Congress. taking his seat
on March 4. 1885. the day of the second inau-
G~uration OF Lincoln. He was subsequently
elected for three terms from his district. and
was a candidate for reelection for a fourth in
1s72. He then became. unwittingly; no
which. besides being exceptional. was GER
tainly most unsatisfactory. The year
1s 9 Z VAS was one H # great G tTiI%Rh % OF th t6a hGHP S5d.
cratic candidate for President, and the success
OF Republican candidates generally was re-
trict, then made up Of Duchess and Columbia
counties. there was resident John o. White
house. q wealthy shoe manufacturer, who de-
termined to be a Congressman whatever it
cost: He had TIE means to indulge IN ms am
RRt stcR;,m and d. d Rams SO ;, i &c the 6ep e5esffsST The %, b Ssn;
between the Republicans and the Democrats in
this district is admitted generally to have been
spent. and n wholesale corruption OF the cleo
torate in these two counties ipEyo3lGyed an ex-
election preceding the Republicans carried the
district by 2.3QQplurality. and on the tidal wave
ooidS,i success nSt in Rug IS1 fn a majority 1nHd tgs of 5000 Ob or more
money to Promote Mr., ,WhitehSassIs canvass
and Mr.. Whitehouse had a majority in excess o.
900 votes, Gen. Ketchum after his defeat retired
Of the District Of Columbia from July, 1874. to
Snly' 1877: He was next elected eeGsttee to the Forty,
t tern U congsecStiS Sng VIZ Then nfGS he retired tir in Se eona
sequence OF impaired health, but resumed his
Congressional career in 1895. He has been Sll
district. and is in the field for election thirty
four years after his original race. though he
was not q member during n considerable part
Of the time. In the las, Congress Gen. Ketch-
nm was a member OF the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs, and he has been active In all mat
Mr.. Harmer. the veteran Philadelphia Repre-
sentative. has served thirteen terms in Con-
gress In a district which is overwhelmingly
Republican. He vas Recorder Of Deeds before
being elected to Congress-. and his, service, has
not been ,unbr9ken; In the election OF 1872
sse Ihl b9 d tsoaSrd d M fsnasy aRd the wa Fii ffpr by
Mr.. Harmer. Subsequently, there was a
based upon the Federal census OF 1870;
under this. apportlonment into the same
district, Neither, would retire In favor
ieated. the Democratic candidate prevailing;
This was the only election In which since, first
a candidate Mr.. Harmer has been defeated, and
the circumstances attending his defeat were
such as would indicate no impairment OF his
popularity In Philadelphia.
Joseph q. Cannon was first elected to the
Forty-third Congress. and. with one break the
Fifty-second, he has been elected TO every Con-
gress since. and his place as Chairman OF tho
Committee on Appropriations Is q commanding
one on the Republican side. When defeated
in 1890 the plurality against Mr.. Cannon was