Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-28
Many Changes Indicated by
the Party Nominations.
SOME DECLINE TO RUN
DISTRICT COMMITTEE WILL LOSE
TWO MEMBERS.
Former Democratic Floor Leader Re
tires to Devote Himself to Duties
in Masonic Order

The House Of Representatives Of the
Fifty ninth Congress will show many
changes of membership. regardless of the
political complexion 1t may assume. A num-
Der of representatives who have been
prominent in the affairs of the House have
either declined to run for Congress this
fall or will be left at home through the
choice of other candidates by their parties.
In many districts nominations have not
yet been made. but it is probable that these
Will show several additional changes Of in
terest
The committee on the District Of Column
bia in the House will lose two of its mem
bers through the operation Of the inexor-
able law of changing opinion. Both are
democrats. one being Representative James
McAndrews of Chicago and the other Rep
resentative D. Linn Gooch of Kentucky.
Both are popular in the committee rooms,
ana Mr.. McAndrews especially has taken a
deep interest in local affairs During the
last session of Congress he introduced a
resolution OF inquiry as to the character Of
the granite selected by the Pennsylvania
railroad for use in the construction of the
new union station. Mr. McAndrews said
he wanted to be sure the building was to
DE truly monumental in character.
the District will also lose a democratic
member of the House subcommittee on the
District appropriation bill in the person Of
Representative Rice A. Pierce of Tennessee.
The appropriations committee Of the House
loses Representative Henry c. Van Voor-
his of Ohio. one of its most prominent mem
bers. After Chairman Hemenway, Mr.. Van
Voorhts at the present time ranks second in
republican seniority on the committee, and
there was strong likelihood that he would
have been selected to succeed Mr.. Hem
enway as chairman in the event of the lat
terS elevation to the Senate as successor
to Senator Fairbanks
Representative James D. Richardson OF
Tennessee, for a number of years the demo-
cratic floor leader in the House, will not
return, having carried out his earlier dec
laration that he would in the future devote
his time to the duties devolving upon him
through his high Masonic offices.
What the Nominations Show.
Taken alphabetically the states show
many interesting changes in congressional
nominations reported to date at the
headquarters of the democratic congress
sional committee.
In Alabama the democrats have nomi-
mated John T. Hefiin of Lafayette to fill
the vacancy existing in the fifth district
The republicans have nominated W. 3.
Walker Of Tuskegee.
The only change shown in Arkansas IS
the nomination of J. c. Floyd by the demo-
Gratis of the third district to succeed Rep
resentative Hugh A. Dfnsmore.
The selection of Representative Victor II.
Metcalf by President Roosevelt to be Sec
rotary of Commerce and Labor will bring
about change in the third California dis
trict, the republicans having nominated
Joseph R: Knowland of Alameda to sue
coed Mr.. Metcalf. There is an interesting
fight in the fifth California district involv-
ing the seat of Representative w. J. Wynn.
who was elected to tine House two years
ago as a union labor democrat, the same
party which elected Representative Ed
ward ]. LivernaSh of San Francisco. The
a no
turning Mr.. Wynn down. The latter has
entered the field however. as the straight
democratic candidate, and is hopeful of
success at the polls
Henry A. Houston the democratic and
sole representative of little Delaware in the
House of Representatives will not run this
fall, his party having chosen Edward d.
Htarne to succeed him. The republicans
of the state have two candidates in the
field. a condition which makes the demo-
cratic congressional prospects much
brighter.
The democrats of the second Florida dis
trict have nominated Frank Clark Of LAKE
City to succeed Representative Robert W.
Davis. and this Is the only change in pros
pect IN the state delegation.
Two Georgia members will not re.Lrn to
the next Congress. one being Representa- live
JohE w. Maddox of the seventh district,
who has had long and honorable career
in the House. and the other Represent ltive
Parish Carter Tate of the ninth district
Mr.. Gordon Lee of Chickamauga has been
selected to succeed Mr.. Maddox, and Them
as NJ. Bell of Gainesville will be named by
the democrats as successor to Mr.. Tate
Five Changes in Illinois.
Up to the present time there are five
| changes agreed upon in the Illinois dele
CATION. with number of others in pros
pect. Three of the five changes now slated
will occur in the democratic district of Chi
cago. Representative Martin Enrich of the
first. James McAndrews of the fifth and
w. F. Mahoney of the eighth will be left at
home. the democrats having nominated
their successors as follows: John Achman
In the first, Charles J. Vopicka in the fifth
and William Preston Harrison in the
eighth. In the state districts Representa-
tive Vespasian Warner, the republican in
cumbent from the nineteenth district has
been superseded as republican nominee by
Mr.. William b. Mckinley of Champaign.
Representative Joseph B. Crowley, the
democratic member from the twenty-third
district. will not run. the party having
possible successor
Only one change is indicated by the nomi-
nations In Indiana. Representative Fran
els M. Griffith. democrat, of the fourth dis
trict, has given way as party nominee to
Lincoln Dixon of North Vernon, who mthe
democrats will make every effort to elect.
Mr.. Lot Thomas. the well-known repub-
mean representative from the eleventh Iowa
district, is to be succeeded by Judge E. H
Hubbard of Sioux City If the republicans
hold the district.
AS already stated. Representative D. Linn
Gooch of the sixth Kentucky district will
not be a member Of the Fifty-ninth House.
The democrats of his district have nomi
mated Joseph l.. Rhinock of Coyington. In
| the eleventh Kentucky. the only republican
district in the state. there is again a bitter
fight between the Hunter and Edwards fac
tons of the republican party
representative w. Godfrey Hunter has
been candidate for renomina ton. but tire
latest returns from the district show that
his opponent. d. c. Edwards won out in
the primaries. There is some talk that
Mr. Hunter may run again anyway
Democratic nominations in Louisia, ma
show one change in the delegation. Repre-
sentative Phanor Breazeale of the fourth
district Is to be succeeded by j. 4. Wat
| kins of Minden
One Change in Maryland.
As far as party nominations go there Is
but one change In prospect in the Maryland
delegation Representative James W. Den
| ny OF the fourth district will not run The
democrats have named John GIL as their
candidate and hope to hold the district
| with him. The republicans have nominated
William c. Smith and will make a fight
| for his election Both candidates are from
Baltimore.
l In minnesota Mr. JcJ,u lind xuho q. -,