Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1892 — WEIHE WANTS AN OFFICE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WEIHE WANTS AN OFFICE.

The Ex-President of the Amalgamated Association a Candidate for Congress. Pittsburg dispatch: William Weihe, the retiring President of the Amalgamated Association of the United »teei

Workers, will be the Demo ratio candidate for Congress in the Twenty-second District. For sOm< lime past a few 01 the Democratic leaders have been pulling the wires to get a candidate who would be considered a formidable opponent tc John Dalzell. The

field has been carefully examined and the availability and political strength of a number of Democrats has been weighed and it was not till yesterday that Mr. Weihe was announced as the Moses tc lead the Democratic hosts through the wilderness. He was chosen because oi his influence in labor circles* When Mr. Weihe stated that he would retire from the presidency of the local labor organization it was alleged he would enter polities, but some of his friends denied the report. The report to make Mr. Weihe the Demooratie Congressional candidate has been closely guarded. Several weeks ago W. J. Brennen, Chairman of the Democratic County Committee, said that his party would have a candidate to oppose Mr. Dalzell, but he positively refused to give the name of the man selected. Last evening, however, a reporter obtained positive informatioi that Mr. Weihe was the candidate.

WM. WEITE.