Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-30
OHIO POLITICAL REVIEW
ANTI-BRYANITES PLAN TO CONTROL
KANSAS CITY DELEGATION.
Republicans Have Nominated Four
teen Congregational Candidates-
Interesting Speculation.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 30.-Only one
democratic candidate for Congress has been
nominated in Ohio so far. That is Robert
B. Gordon. present member from the fourth
district. who has been nominated for sec
ond term. John ]. Lentz, in this district,
will have no opposition for the nomination.
The date for the close of entries has
passed. and no other name was presented
to the committee. The nomination is to be
made by popular vote. the primary cleo
tons to be held at different dates in the diff
ferent counties of the district. Judge R. E.
Burke of the sixth district of Texas is be-
ing nominated in the same peculiar way
now for a second term.
Plan of Anti-Bryanites.
The democrats are holding back all their
primary election work for some reason this
year. The commonly accepted explanation
is that the opponents of Bryan, in control
of the party machinery in the state, wish
to leave the selection of delegates to the
Kansas City convention to the committees
instead of to the people of the party. be-
lieving that in this way an anti-Bryan dele
cation from this state can be secured.
Three democratic congressional conven-
items have been called. These are in the
eighth, at Delaware, on May 10; in the four
teenth, at Shelby. on June I, and in the
fifth, at Defiance. on May 2. In only one
of these is there any chance to elect a dem
ocrat-that is in the fifth, represented now
by David Meekison. He will probably be
returned for another term.
Fourteen Republican Candidates.
The republicans have nominated their
candidates in fourteen of the twenty-one
districts, as follows:
In the fourth, Edward Wright: in the
fifth. F. L. Hay; in the sixth. c. Q. Hide
brand in the seventh, Thomas Kyle; in
the eighth. W. r. Warnock; in the NINTH
]. H Southland: in the tenth, Stephen Nor
gan; in the eleventh. C. II. Grosvenor: n
the thirteenth, D. w. Locke: in the If
teenth. H. C. Van Yoorhis; in the sixteenth.
]. j. Gill; in the seventeenth. NJ E. Gill
lette: in the eighteenth. R. w. Tayler. and
in the twenty-first. T. E. Burton.
OF these fourteen seven are new to con-
gressional work. The new men are Messrs.
Hay. Hiidebrand. Kyle, Warnock. Locke,
Gillette and Wright. Hildebrand Kyle
and Warnock only have any chance for
election. Wright. Hay. Locke and Gillette
are in hopelessly democratic districts. Even
in presidential year these districts are
practically certain to go democratic. Hit
debrand defeated Seth Brown after hard
fight in the sixth. Warnock retired Repre-
sentative Archibald Lybrand In the con-
vention after a bitter fractional fight and
Kyle defeated Walter Weaver, the present
representative from the seventh district. in
the same way.
In the fourteenth district the republicans
have held one convention to nominate a
candidate for Congress without success.
and will meet in convention to try 1t again
at Norwalk on May H. Representative W.
s. Kerr desires to be returned. but there is
strong opposition to him. The outcome is
doubtful. Representative Phillips will no
doubt be nominated in the twentieth dis
trict in the convention set for May TO- Jas.
A. Garfield having withdrawn as a candi-
| date for the nomination.
Uneasiness Alleged.
The republican state convention failed to
| follow the instructions of Mr.. Dick. secre-
tary of the national committee. in a circu-
| lar letter to all the state committees some
months ago. to have the electoral candi-
| dates nominated by the state conventions,
| In accordance with a decision by the SUI
preme court OF Maine concerning nominal
tons under the Australian ballot law.
| There Is some uneas!ness lest this may ar
1ect the legality OF the election Of the