Show ABANDONS CANDIDACY I Chicago Man Retires From pace for Congress in Ninth Illinois I District Chicago Oct 2tJamcs Darden has abandoned his candidacy for Congress In tho Ninth district The probabilities arc that J Hamilton Lewis formerly I a member of Congress from the State I of Washington will be nominated In I his place Mr Darden concluded to withdraw after a conference with Mayor i May-or Harrison following n publication 1 I that he had been arrested In 1S35 In Portland Or on charges of forgery and embezzlement I I In his talk with the Mayor Mr Dar I I den Insisted that the charges against I him were false lie declared that Mc i Kercher who had caused his arrest nt I Portland wan a partner of his In the business of shipping cotton to China I I and had sworn out the warrants whllo i he was = out or the city in order 10 fore 1 stall similar action o his part against McKcrrhcr on his return Mr Darden said that while he was I Innocent of any wrongdoing he rec ognised that It would be Impossible to I send to Portland In the short time between I be-tween now and election day for the evidence I evi-dence to prove that Innocence and as i he did not wish to be a burden on the ticket he would withdraw I Mr Lewis has not lived In Chicago much moro Van a year and docs not I live In the utatrlct hoarding at the r Auditorium Annex but rfndcr the United Stales Constitution and the decision t de-cision of the United States Supremo I court jn the Gallatln case he Is qualified quali-fied and the Democratic commlttco I feels that he Is the best equipped man t they can call on In the emergency |