Show FUTILE CONTEST Jeremah Donovan who has held down a seat n the lower house of con gress for the past two years but who ivent down w th the Democrat e wreck in Connecticut last November has f led not ce of contest of the seat of Ebe nezer J H 11 Donovan charges that the statement of pol t cal expenses f led by Hill at ash ngton s not a com plete one and that many of the terns n the expense account filed at Hart ford are illegal The same charges could probably be brought aga nst a ma jor ty of the representat ves ot both paTt es who were elected last Novem ber jnd in very many cases thg de feated cand dates spent much more than the r successful compet tors Donovan defeated H 11 in 1912 owing to the Roosevelt eruption Connecticut electing a Democrat c governor and five Democratic representatives in congress Th s jrear the pendulum swung back and there was no sal age from the Demo crat c sh p n the Nutmeg state Dono van hav ng had a taste of life at the nat onal cap tal and hk ng t no doubt mag nes that f he can give a sem blance of truth to his charges the ma jor ty in the house w 11 unseat H 11 and put h m in He is building upon false prem ses Ebenezer J H 11 was a member of congress for some years before the catas trophe of 1912 He was a lead ng mem ber of the banking and currency com m ttee and was always regarded as not only a safe and sane leg slator but a "man of un mpeachable nteg ty as well The Democratic leaders are not 1 kely to pay much attent on to the plaint of Donovan of Connect cut the time of whose departure from pol t cal life s at hand who is not reconciled to h s fate and who refuses to be comforted |