Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1884 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

The Republican State Central Committee of lowa has published a call for a State Convention, to be held at Des Moines on Wednesdao, April 50, to elect four delegates for the State' at large to attend the Republican National Convention. The Cincinnati Enquirer has been sounding the political pulse of tbe Indlanians concerning their Presidential preferences. In response to letters sent out to all quarters of the State, 5,084 expressed themselves in favor of McDonald, 053 were for Payne, 436 tor Tilden, 227 for Voorhees, and 97 for Hendricks. Among Republicans, 1,628 were for Blaine, 1,459 for Arthur, 1,021 for Gov. Porter, 881 for Ben Harrison, 654 for Gresham, 503 for' Logan, 681 for W. T. Sherman, and 342 for John Sherman. For second choice, Payne and Randall among the Democrats, and Harrison, Porter, Gresham, and Gen. Shermarf among the Republicans, ranked in the order named. For Governor of Indiana a strong Democratic preference was developed for I. P. Gray, while Calkins was shown to be strongest with Republicans. The expressions regarding the tariff were as follows: Protective tariff, 639; tariff for revenue, with incidental protection, 5,841; tariff for revenue only, 811. The following nominations for State offices were made by the Louisiana Republican Convention, at Now Orleans: Governor. John A. Stevenson, of Iberville; Lieutenant Governor, William Bur-

well; Secretary of State, 9. W. Ugginst Attorney General, John H. Stone; Auditor, Claudius Mayon; Treasurer. Dr. A. Doperrler; Superintendent of Education, B. F. Flanders, formerly Sub-Treasurer. A resolution was offered in the convention instructing the delegates to the Chicago convention and greeted with applause. It was referred to the Committee on Resolutions, which reported in favor of Arthur. The sentiment of the convention, however, was so favorable to Logan that the matter was not pressed and the delegates go uniastructed. A Washington politician figures that Arthur will go into the Chicago Republican Convention with 362 votes, and thinks he is certain of the nomination. The colored people of Washington are dissatisfied because Secretary Lincoln refused to appoint a negro minister from Maryland to a regimental Chaplaincy in the army. ■