Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-17
KENTUCKY SITUATION
CHANGES CERTAIN IN STATE
DELEGATION IN CONGRESS.
Republicans Hope to Win In Two Dis
tricts-Kehoe's Chances With
the Machine.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Evening star.
| LOUISVILLE, KY, October Is, 1904.
| No matter which way the cat jumps in
Kentucky this year, there will be several
changes in the makeup Of the states dele
cation in Congress, though it is more than
probable that politically it will remain the
| same
| The only doubtful districts seem to be the
third and the fifth, and the republicans
| claim that they are we'll organized in these
and have good show of breaking the solid
democratic front. They also are hopeful Of
the ninth. but there seems little chance for
| them there For some time the eleventh
| has been the only district in the state from
| which republican could feel any certainty
| of being chosen to Congress, nearly every
| republican county in the state being in
| cluded within its bounds.
| In the present Congress this district is
| represented by DR.. Godfrey Hunter, ex-
| minister to Guatemala, who was elected to
| fill out the unexpred term of the late Vim
| cent Boring. In the next Congress- how
| ever, he Will be succeeded by Mr.. Don. Ed
| wards or London. who was finally given the
nomination after one of the most desperate
| fights in the history of the district In fact,
SO hot did the contest become that at one
| tlme II even seemed as If the democrats,
| VINO nave really good candidate in the
| person of Mr.. George Stone, stood chance
| of capturing the district
| Charges of fraud of the most fragrant ma
lure We're made and though Dr.. Hunter at
one time was awarded the nomination. upon
recount of the vote in the primary, by the
| district committee, great discrepancies in the
| vote were discovered and Edwards won out
by a majority of nearly 1000. For time
| Hunter and some of his friends promised
to make things warm for Edwards, but so
far as can be seen at present they have not
| succeeded and the republicans will carry
| the district by their usual majority, which
| is well up into the thousands
| In the tenth district "Parson' Hopkins,
who has served two terms in Congress, will
| return for another, for although the re-
| publicans have a strong candidate in the
person of Mr.. Theodore Blakey of Beatty
| vile, the democrats are strongly fortified
| and as a rule win pretty much as they
| please.
In the ninth district the republicans are
building high hopes, for, although they
( were greatly chagrined by the resignation
| of former Representative Pugh after he had
| accepted the nomination, they feel that
they have very popular candidate in
| Judge John B. Bennett of Greenup.
Kehoe's Candidacy and Republicans.
The opposition of Representative Kehoe to
| the will of the democratic machine in the
| state convention last spring has also been
| a source of qualification to the republicans
| who figure that the machine will hardly
rush enthusiastically to the support of a
| man who tried his best to aid Senator
1
! that be.
| But the democrats refuse to lose conf
| dence and Representative Kehoe claims he
will be elected &c, once more , h is en n1gay
! although his majority likely will be con-
| siderably cut down.
Representative Gilbert, the senior member
| of the Kentucky delegation in Congress
| will certainly return to his old seat He
| had hard fight for the nomination, and
much bitterness was shown In the conven-
L 1a1 tn II a.
| ton and which was forced to adjourn with
| out accomplishing its purpose.
Miles Got an Empty Honor.
The bitterness shown by the defeated
| candidates will not, however, have much
! effect on the race, and the nomination by
| the republicans of Nelson d. Miles OF
| Nicholasville was more in the nature of an
empty honor although Mr.. Miles is an
able lawyer and well-known citizen.
Like the eighth district, the seventh is
| overwhelmingly democratic, and the sore
| spots caused by a tflee-cornered race for
| the democratic nomination between Mr..
| Kimbal of Lexington, Campbell Cantrill or
GEORGETOWN and South Trimble of Frank
| fort, the incumbent, have vanished.
fractional Fights in Both Parties.
! fractional fights in the sixth district in
| both parties always make matters uncer-
| tain, for the Covington district seems to
be the home of party strife among repub-
| leans and democrats alike. Present indi-
cations point strongly to the election of
Mayor Rhinock of Covington, the demo-
cratic nominee, over Leslie Apologize, re-
publican.
Congressman Swager Sherley, who, for a
| first-term man. made good record last
year in Congress as the representative from
the Louisville or fifth district, will have the
| fight of his life this year. The republicans
have chosen as their candidate w. c. Owens,
| formerly democratic representative from
the old Ashland district now represented
by South Trimble and at one time by Henry
Clay.
Maj. Owens defeated Col. W. c. P.
| Breckenridge for the nomination at that
] time after one of the hottest fights in the
| history of the district, and he is known as
| one of the most eloqeent orators in the
state For some time past Maj Owens has
been affiiating with the republican party,
| and is regarded as one of the strongest
men in the fifth district.
Strong Fight in Louisville.
Both parties are putting forth every eff
| fort in Louisville, and with the exception
| of the third district it seems to be about
| the only place IN Kentucky where real
| work is being done. The republicans have
| strong organization, though the same
| might be said of the democrats. The re-
| publicans also charge that the democrats
| have only been enabled in the past to carry
| Louisville by the means or repeaterS ana
| fraud, and this year they declare these
| means cannot be employed, as the federal
court will have jurisdiction and offenders
| will be punished
| David Smith, Dave" as he Is known
| to every man, woman and child in the
| fourth district, is just as certain of his
reelection as the democrats in Georgia
| or the republicans in Maine. 1t begins
| to look as If he is fixture in Congress-
| for the democrats have been sending him
| back again and again. and each time he
| seems to increase his hold on his consti-
| tuentS.
| Hottest Contest in the State.
| The hottest contest in the state next to
that in the fifth district will be in the third
| where Mr.. James NJ. Richardson, the DEM
ocratic nominee is opposed by Mr.. w. H.
Jones republican, who has expectations Of
| success. All is not love in this district
among the democrats, and Representative
| John Rhea, who has large following and
who, on account of his free silver senti-
| ments refused to run for reelection, is said
to be fighting Richardson for all he is
worth.
| There is no doubt that the democrats are
| badly split, and as the majority there is
|