Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1896 — HENRY CLAY EVANS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HENRY CLAY EVANS.

Man Who Tennessee Republicans Back for Vice President. Henry Clay Evans, of Chattanooga, who is being backed by the Republicans of Tennessee for Vice-President, is not a Southern man by birth. He is a native of Juniata County, Pennsylvania, and

is just 53 years old. He received a solid school and academic education and is interested in manufacturing lines in the South. When he ran for Congress iu 1890 he had a strong Democrat, opposed to him in the Third district. It was a close race, but Evans was elected with 18,041 votes against 18,353 for Bates.

H. CLAY EVANS.