The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-17

this Congress, viii be succeeded by c. F.
Hooker, and Patrick Henry, nephew Of
the present member, viii come as Rep
resentatiye from the Third district sue
ceeding Mr.. Catchings
Mr. Clayton of Alabama. whe was re-
elected, VIII look around in vain for his
brother, Mr.. Clayton of New York when
the new House assemblies, for the latter
fell outside the breastworks. Another
Smith was added to the roll in the cleo
ton There are FIVE in the present House,
and they were all reelected. and w L
Smith was added from Iowa, so there will
be six in the next House, three Of them
being from Michigan-H- C. Smith. of The
Second district; Samuel W. Smith, of the
Sixth, and William Alden Smith, of The
Fifth. The other Smiths in the present
House are David H, of the Fourth Ken
lucky, and George D., of the Twenty
Ond Illinois.
Of the new members. O. H P Belmont,
of New York, is easily the best known
The son of the famous banker, August
Belmont, the husband of the former Mrs
". K. Vanderbilt. he has lately come into
prominence by his ownership OF the Yer
dict" a political weekly in New York,
which, having served its purpose. has
gone out of existence. Mr.. Belmont has
millions behind him, and is expected TO
go in for entertaining on a large scale He
is graduate Of Annapolis, and during the
Spanish war offered his yacht to the Gov
eminent if he were given command Of it.
The offer was declined. His brother, Per
~ Belmont, was a member of Congress for
several terms. Mr.. Belmont succeeds
Jefferson Levy, who incurred Croker's dis
pleasure by voting for the Currency hill
R5presenF at5ve-eleet Butler OF 8issoy=zT
has the reputation Of having conducted
the most novel canvass. His father is
the proprietor Of large theatre, and dur
ing the campaign il was thrown open 10
all those who represented that they IN
tended to vote for the son. In this way
the theatre secured large audiences spd
B6slier received q -1SaIldsorne majority.
representative Soathwick Who succeeds
E-epresentatiTe Giynn OF New York was for
merry a member OF the House but vas
0eIs2rec IN 1855 by Sdr Gym EnGTn he
now succeeds in turn. Both are uewspa-
per men and both are young, Mr.. Glynn
DelEg the younger. Mr. Southwick is con-
nected with the Albany Evening Jour
naI' and Mr.. Gfynn with the Times In
ion Mr.. Gaines of West Virginia is a
Weil-knowa lawyer. and is at present
United States District Attorney for West
Virginia His family are old residents OF
the State having been among the first set
tiers, anG they took a prominent part in
carving the State from Virginia territory.
Representative-elect Hughes. from the
same State. is at present postmaster at
He is a business man and was
q member of the State Senate. Mr. Hughes
Is not a native OF the State but has lived
there some time. Messrs- Maynard and
Flood Of Virginia are both well known in
the State. having served several terms
each in the State legislature They are
young men and are regarded as among the
coming leaders of the Democratic party in
cured majority running into the thou
sands, viii probably De called upon to de-
lend a contest brought by Dr.. Wise. who
holds the seat low by virtue OF contest
sir. Wise IS chronic contestant. but this
line he is not expe tied TO win
Representative NFYin Ohio is the son OF
old Man Eloquent" a title by which hiS
atFer is well known throughout the Cen
raj States Mr. Nevin is reputed to have
Inherited considerable Of his fathers elo-
IUenCe and ability and is expected to
.ch!evs some prominence On the floor