Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-04
Nominations in Six Congress
sional Districts Yesterday.
BABCOCK- WINS OUT
TRIUMPHS IN FACTIoNAL FIGHT
OVER GOV. LA TOILETTE.
Will Probably Be Again Chairman of
Instructed for Roosevelt.

Nominating conventions were held in six
congressional districts in four states yes
terday. The conventions, in five districts
| selected delegates to the republican national
convention and in doing SO indorsed Roose-
velt's nomination.
Representative Joseph w. Babcock of the
| third Wisconsin district, chairman of the
House District committee, renominated
| by an overwhelming majority and after a
most bitter factional fight had been made
| against him. His denomination was one of
! the most signal political victories ever
| achieved in Wisconsin, and is regarded as
| high tribute to Mr.. Babcock.
year ago the faction of the republican
party controlled by Governor La Toilette
started after Mr.. Babcoclzs scalp. 1t was
| merely question of factional friction. the
| La Toilette wing desiring to supplant Mr..
| Babcock with of their plaid and
kiltie Mr.. Babcock declined to quit at the
nod of the governor and allowed that they
would fight it out
The opposition started in by running a
candidate against Mr.. Babcock in each Of
| the seven counties of the district. with the
| object of drawing the strength of the
county to a ''countyS favOrite son., and
| then in the roundup throwing the combined
anti-Babcock vote to some man of the gov
ernOr's selection.
The ''favorite SON. scheme failed utterly.
| Mr. Babcock cleaned up the favorite son of
each of six counties and ran him a tight
| race in the seventh. The outcome of the
| fight was that Mr.. Babcock went into the
| district convention with about six-sevenths
of the total vote in his control.
Satisfaction at the Capitol.
The news of Mr.. Babcocks denomination
and his great victory gave great satisfaction
| at the Capitol today. Mr.. Babcock, as
| chairman of the republican congressional
campaign committee, is personally known to
every republican in the House and is uni
versally personally popular with men of
both parties. His party colleagues were de-
lighted at his triumphant denomination,
which in the third Wisconsin is equivalent
l to election
There is no question that they will de-
| mand that he resume business at the old
stand as chairman of the campaign commit
tee for the coming congressional contest.
After winning five successive congressional
| campaigns he is willing to drop out. but
the boys won't have 1t that way, and un-
! less President Roosevelt drafts him, on ac-
count of his experience. political skill and
intimate knowledge of political conditions in
every section, for chairman of the national
committee Mr.. Babcock undoubtedly will
| lead the republicans in the fight for the
House
The convention which nominated Mr.. Bah
| cock enthusiastically Endorsed President
| Roosevelt's nomination.
Second Kansas District.
| There were lively times in the second
| Kansas district yesterday. Representative
| Bowersock, who is entering upon his third
| term in the House, was up for renomina-
! ton. He was opposed by Henry ]. AL
| len of Ottawa editor of the Herald, and
| the contest became so warm that split In
| the convention resulted.
| The Bowersock faction nominated their
| man and the Allen wing ran their conven-
| ton to suit themselves and nominated their
| man. Then, according to the dispatches, it
was a race to file the nomination. papers
| with the secretary of state. State Treas
urer Kelley, who was Bowersock man,
proved the best Sprinter, and he reached
| the secretary's office and had the Bower
| sock papers on file before the Allen runner
| hove in sight. Allen filed a protest and
| will take the case before the contest board
The dispatch was so taken up with ac-
| counts Of this foot race that it failed to
state what action was taken on instruct
| ing the delegates to the national conven-
ton.
Third Kansas District.
While this stormy scene was being enact
| ed in the second Kansas district, all was
peace and harmony in the third district,
where Philip Pitt Campbell was up for re-
| nomination. The republicans of that dis
| Campbells first term in Congress and will
| ing to give him another term He was NOM
mated by acclamation.
| The convention instructed the delegates
! to the national convention to vote for
Roosevelts nomination.
Sixth Indiana District.
| At Shelbyville yesterday. the republicans
renominated James e. Watson who has
been coming to Congress ever since the
| Fiftyfourth, when he was elected over
| the veteran, William s. Holman His dis
| trict is close one, hotly contested every
| election by the democrats, and it Is es-
sential to- have complete republican har-
| mony. The dispatches say that all was
| lovely in yesterdays convention.
| The convention instructed for Roosevelt
Twenty Third Illinois District.
| The democrats of the twenty third Illinois
district met at Newton yesterday and nomi-
mated DIR. d. M. Foster, after taking forty
| seven ballots. Mr. Joseph B. Crowley now
| represents the district this being his third
term.
Seventeenth Illinois District.
| The republicans of the seventeenth ILL.,
nois met in Bloomington yesterday and
reDominated Representative John A. Ster-
| ling for Congress. Mr.. Sterling is serving
| his first term.
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