Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-30

denomination. they grew to be warm
friends at the Atlantic City conference last
summer. where the financial bill was
drafted. Kerr holds an important position
on the committee on the judiciary. and his
reputation on the floor is growing.
His Election Assured.
THE wizard OF the delegation is H. &.
Van Foorhis of the fifteenth district. For
five successive times has he received the
nomination from republican congressional
conventions in that district. This is a rec
ord breaker and the performance is all
the more remarkable when 1t is considered
that Van Voorhs had not been active in
politics prior to his election to the Fifty
third Congress. He had Il hard fight for
this last nomination, and the opposition
boasted that they had him routed. The
delegates were selected by primary sys-
TEN, however, and when the convention
convened he had a working majority and
was nominated on the first ballot. The dis
trict is about three thousand republican
and his election Is assured.
j. j. Gill has been renominated by the
republicans of the sixteenth district. He
was elected to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Lorenzo Danford, and was
given this denomination without opposi ton
Gill Is wealthy manufacturer who has
only been IN politics of late years. The
same care and ability that he displayed in
his business interests is now being devoted
to his political ambitions. And as this is
a district that has followed the rule of
keeping men in Congress a number of
terms, he will undoubtedly serve his con-
stituency for some time to come.
Watching His Fences.
Representative j. A. Mcdowell of the
seventeenth is watching his fences with
some anxiety. This is a solid democratic
district, and three or four gentlemen have
come out and announced their determine
fiOD n ba u,ItI h
Ike Hill of the House force has been
spoken of in this connection but your
Uncle Isaac is long on horse sense in his
day and generation, and has picked Nc
Dowell as the winning man. The republi-
cans have made a nomination in this dis
trtct and selected Col M. NJ Gillette now
member of Governor Nash's staff, as their
candidate. Gillette is we'll known In Wash
ington. having lived here for four or five
years prior to taking up his residAnce at
Newark, Ohio, in 1903, as secretary and
treasurer Of the Newark Fuel and Light
Company. He was secretary for a while 10
Representative Alexander of New York. and
for time was connected with the river
and harbor committee. He is genial
young fellow, great hustler, but will
hardly overcome the three thousand demo-
cratic majority in the district.
For a time it looked as though Repre-
sentative r. w. Tayler, living at Lisbon,
in the eighteenth district, would have a
hard fight to save his congressional scalp
The opposition was organized so thoroughly
that he was compelled to take the field in
, person and spent several weeks laborinR
with the electors of the old Mckinley dis
trict that no mistake should be made in
tho nomination. When 1t came to a show
down Of delegates, however, he had a num-
Der to spare. and the district is unanimous
in Its desire to return this keen, aggressive
and fearless young champion.
Jimmy Garield's Ambition.
Representative Phillips has been having
trouble for his second denomination. James
Garfield, son Of the late President has been
anxious to break into Congress for several
years past. He conceived the idea that
| the time was ripe to realize his ambition.
After several weeks hard work he has come
\ to the conclusion that he had better wait
! a while, and it is conceded that Phillips
| will be renOmnatcd. Representative T. E.
| Burton of Cleveland was given practically
| unanimous denomination at a primary vote
| some two months since. This Is his fifth
| denomination.
The Fight at Dayton.
| "A fight is going on at Dayton, Ohio, over
the nomination at the hands of the demo-
| cratic congressional convention Of the third
1 district. John l.. Bremen, who has repre-
scented that district in the Fifty-fifth and
| Fifty-sixth Congresses. is a candidate. but
declares that he will make no fight for i,
| II there is any opposition to his course In
Congress. Bremen is a solid, substantial
| business man, whose strong hold on his
| constituency is his unquestfoned integrity
and freedom from political tricks. He de-.