Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1883 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives fixed Dec. 5 for final adjournment. The people of Lynchburg, Va., illuminated the city in honor of the defeat of Mahone. At a grand mass-meeting resolutions were adopted guaranteeing the negroes full justice before the law. The Legislature of Washington Territory has passed a bill striking the word “male” from the election laws, and the Governor has signed it. Hon. W. M. Springer, of Illinois, announces himself a candidate for Speaker ot the House of Representatives, aad claims three votes from his State.