New-York tribune., 1901-06-17
A CONTEST FOR CONGRESS-
PUBLICAN NOMINATION IN
THE NXIVTH

Watertown. y. Y, June Is (SpeciaD-The Re
publicans Of this XXIVth Congress District are
| having an earnest but good natured contest over
| the nomination for Congress. which promises tc
! continue in undecided state for several weeks
! The district includes the counties of Jefferson
! Lewis and Oswego, and so well satisfied were
| the leading Republicans with this arrangement
Of the district that they continued 1t under the
reapportionment bill passed by the legislature in
the last winter. Senator Elon r. Brown Of JEFF
ferson County. was influential in the counsels OF
the reapportionment committee and doubtless
could have modified the district If he had
thought this would be favored by his fellow Re
publicans of the district.
The Republicans Of Oswego County had the
strongest reason 10 be dissatisfied with the nres
ent arrangement. because since jefferson and
Lewis counties were in ,he same Senate district
combinations could easily be made by their
leaders and Oswego County not be considered
Thus. by very natural arrangement" Jeffer-
son County could take the office of Senator and
Lewis County that OF Congressman Indeed for
years. uD to a recent period. this had been the
arrangement" the late Charles A. Chicker,nr
Of Lewis County, being the CONGRESSMAN and
Senator Brown. Of Jefferson County the Sem
ator.
This plan, however, was broken by the cleo
ton Of Colonel A. ID. Shaw. of jefferson County.
as Congressman. simultaneously last fall Colo
nel Shaw was elected Congressman. and Senator
Brown as Senator more. But neither the
osWeeo county nor the Lewis County RepubIi-
cans expressed any wish for a change in the dis
trict
Colonel Shaw having died a contest has been
precipitated in the Congress district and Jeffer
son County Republicans have found it impossi-
bic TO reach an agreement on candidate Ed
ward y. Smith, of the law firm of Smith &.
Reeves. here. has the support of the delegates
10 the Congress District Convention from the lid
Assembly District of jefferson County. while
General Bradley Wnslow. of this place is sun
ported by the delegates from the Ist Assembly,
District.
Ii therefore appears that the delegates from
the counties of Lewis and Oswego will have to
decide the contest for Congressman The Os
wego Republicans have little hope that in tho
event of a deadlock Oswego Republican
would be nominated for Congress For several
successive Congress terms Patrick w. Cullinan
was their candidate bat Mr. Cullinan HAVING
been appointed State Excise Commissioner
would not, of course. permit the use of his name
| for the Congress nomination.
Lewis County. however, Will have a candidate
/ in the person of ex-senator Charles L. Knapp
| burg. Lewis County. on July 4. 1877 and was
/ graduated at Rutgers College, and afterward at
Hamilton College Law School. He entered upon
the practice of his profession as a lawyer and
has since continued ii at LowviIle
In 1870 he was elected 10 the State Senate
and I'm 1886 and 1887 represented in that body
the senate district composed of the counties of
St Lawrence. Franklin and Lewis. Though a
new member, he was placed on the Railroad
Judiciary, Miscellaneous Corporations Iftera-
ture and Public Education committees being
| chairman Of the last named. He was also a
! member of the committee which made the
famous Broadway surface railway investiga-
ton, resulting in the conviction OF Jacob Sharp
In his term in the Senate the St. Lawrence State
Hospital was established Ogdensburg and he
| was instrumental in securing the location of
that institution in that city and the necessary
appropriation therefor. The approximation was
| also made for the building OF the present deaf
mute institution at Malone. and he was nstru-
mental in obtaining that
1 Mr. KnaI~ - 1889 was appointed United