The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-23
OUTLOOK IN PENNSYLVANIA.
several districts Are Closely Contested
by Both Political Parties.

Special to The Washington Post.
Philadelphia, Pa, Oct H-The forecast
of the election so far as the Congressional
ticket is concerned in the State of Penn
sy lvan1a can De summed up as follows:
The two Hgressmen-at-large. GaIusha
A. Grow and Robert H. Foerderer. Re
publicans, are certain to be elected by
the usual plurality, as the Democratic
nominees are not putting up a fight in
this hopeiessly Republican State
In the First district, Congressman H. Ii.
Bingham, Republican, will be returned by
his regular majority Robert Adams. IT,,
Republican, will be sent back to the lower
house from the Second district. In the
Third district, the old Sam Randall strong
hold, there is a hard battle on between
Representative McAleer. Democrat, and
the Republican nominee, Henry Burk The
local organization is doing everything TO
elect Burk but the chances are slightly
in favor of McAleer. James Rankin
Young, Republican, in the Fourth district,
has the largest Republican majority OF
any Congressional district in the United
States, and will pol: his usual vote The
Fifth district will elect Edward DeV
! MOrrell, Republican. In the Sixth. Thorn
as S. Butler, Republican, will be returned.
| Irving p Wagner, Republican. will be
| elected in the Seventh district with little
| opposition. The Eighth district will send
| a Democrat 10 Congress in the person CT
| Howard Mutchler. as will also the Ninth,
| by the election of Henry d. Green. Mar
riot Brosius, Republican, vii! return 10
| Congress from the Tenth by a good plu-
| rality.
! The Eleventh district, the anthracite re-
/ gion, where the great strike has been in
/ progress, may be classed as doubtful. as
/ nobody can tell what effect the strike will
/ have on the result. The candidates In
/ this district are. William COnnell. Repub-
| Iean; Michael F. Conroy, Democrat; Will
/ lam H. Richmond, Populist; +. NJ. Spel.
/ Ger. Independent Citizen: John Szlupss
/ Socialist Labor. The same conditions are
prevalent in thu Twelfth district, but
there are more candidates and the result
| is doubtful in the extreme The list d
candidates Is: Henry w. Palmer. Repub-
liean; s. W. Davenport, Democrat; Asa X
! Dewitt. Democrat; Samuel ii. Houser
Populist; Henry c. Purcell, Labor party
| and John H. Harris. Socialist. The Thir-
teenth district will send a Democrat
James w. Ryan Marlin r. Oimsted, Re
publican, has practically no opposition in
/ the Fourteenth district. as the Democrats
made no nomination. Charles F. Wright
Republican, will be returned from Inc
Fifteenth district. Elias Deemer RepuD-
lican, is sure of election in the Sixteenth
| district. The Seventeenth district VII
send a Democrat. Rufus h Polk Thad
{ NJ Mahon. Republican has little opposi-
ton in the Eighteenth district
The nineteenth district may be properly
f; elassed as doubtful on account OF a fac
/ tiOnal fight. but the Democrats are rea-
! sOnably sure 10 elect their candidate
/ Harry n. Git. In the Twentieth district
/ Alvin Evans. Republican, will be eiecte
/ Samuel NJ. Jack, Republican, Will 20 from
/ The Twenty-iirst district John Dale 1
/ Republican, has no great opposition IN thf
/ TWenty-secone district. in the Twenty
/ third William Il. Graham. Republican
! VIII be elected. Ernest r. AchesOn. Re
/ publican. will be returned from the Tween
I ty-fOurth district. In the Twenty 18th
/ j. y. ShOwaiter, Republican. will be the
| choice OF the majority.
! hard fight Is on In the TWenty-slxfh
/ and the result Is in doubt the chances be.
I tween Arthur l.. Bates, Republican. and
/ Atheism CASTOR, Democrat. being abop'
Z equally divided. The TWenty-seventh vii
/ have a Republican Representative in ans
/ event. as Joseph e. Sibey Is the regular
I Republican nominee. while his opponent
/ LOWS Emery. who Is running on tn
4 Democratic ticket. y also a ReDuDl can
/ The chances for election are about equally
/ divided The TWenty-eighth district viii
1 send Democrat 20 Congress, James X. T.
| Hall.