The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-24
NINE CHANCES IN THE HOUSE.
OF These Few Are Duo to Contests-other
Causes.

The total membership of the present HOUSE Of
: Representatives Is 357, and tho number Of con.
| tested seats is smaller than in any preceding
Congress Of recent years the amendment and
improvement uf the electoral laws uf the various
States having operated To reduce such contests,
toward the settlement Of which there arc now three
Committees Of Election making possible set utiny
Int" the facts Of contests such as was impracti.
cable when one Committee Of Privileges and Elcc.
items had entire charge Of the inquiry In
another particular, however, the Fifty-sixth Con.
gtess Is almost exceptional among its immediate
predecessor, number of vacancies arising
In its membership between the time Of election
in 1905 and the date Of meeting in Dccem Der
1899, through death or resignation. This il the
record
Distirt Conor,ssmin suor,,,ar
MAINE.
lst.. .,Thomss D. Recd. re signed. Amo. L. Allen
I'd Nelson Dingley, Jr. died -, G F. Lttieneld
KESrucKT
It'll Evan Settle. died June Gayle
LOUISIANA
9Th &C.. Samuel T. Baird. died ......J r. Ransdeil
MISSOURI
18th n. p Bland. died ......... D. W Shackle.ord
NEBRASKA
eth. william L. Greene. died o.. william Neville
NEW YuRK.
atth. W b Hooker. resigned ..... T. d. yreeland
ONO.
10th Lorenzo panford. died ..... Jos sph GIL
PENNSYLVANIA.
9th .....Daniel Ermentrout. died. Henry ID. Green
Nine vacancies between the date OF election and
the opening OF the session is an nusual record
and is made more notable by the fact that three
Of the members who have died or resigned were
OF very much moro than usual prominence. being
veterans IN service and II large influence MI
Reed. before his retirement. was for many years
the most conspicuous Republican in Cong ,cSS
with a record II service dating back 10 the Forty.
NTH House, and he was moreover the Speaker II
Tie last previous Congress. His Maine colleague
NJ HnsIcy. Was veteran Representative, lrst
elected 10 the Forty seventh Congress, and was
az tho time OF his death the hartman II the rank.
ing Committee Of Ways and Means. and the leader
gresham B!and Of Missouri was equally prom
incnt On the Democratic side. lie had a long
Forythird Iousc ana his pr"mincncc in cnnnrc
tion with matters 81 coinage the SILVER bin Of
b hSs IoyinS the roinnsc e silver dollars hore
held If silver i Di" sue ana I" the ' he long
Mr. Reed was candidate for the Republican
nomination for President in the ST. Louis National
Convention Of 1925, and he received some VOTES
Tor the same Office in the preceding nominating
was the leading candidate on the ncmocra,ic
side for the Presidential nomination in 1890. and
nIeIained a, The head Of the pull until the nth
fourth New York district; resigned 10 take tho
district 10 which he was elected. lie was the
representative 81 what has been additionally
me strongest Republican constituency in New
YORK. the Chautauqua Cattaraugus- Alicgany
district. Congressman Ermcntrout was tho
representative Of tho Pennsylvania Dutch dis.
State Congressman Settle Of kentucky died
as the result Of his labors in the Goebcl canvass
sGG vGngTessmTnSn Daniord Of Ohio IcpIcscncd
10 the Forty third Congress.