Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1885 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

Secretary Manning has appointed Eugene Higgins, of Baltimore, Chief of the Appointment Division of the United States Treasury. most inevitably be a heavy loss to the Democratic party in New York, and that the injurycan not be fully repaired even by filling all of the important Federal offices inthatcity with active Democratic partisans.” Rhode Island held her State election on Wednesday, the Ist of April. George Peabody Wetmor -, of Newport, was e:ected Governor by the customary Republican majority. One of the features of the election was the success of the Rev. Mahlon Van Horne, of Newport, the first colored man ever elected to the General Assembly of that State. Miss Ada C. Sweet, United States Pension Agent at Chicago, received a telegram from Commissioner Black requesting her resignation, to take effect June 30. In his telegram the Commissioner stated that the request was made for no reason personal or relating to the management of her

office. Inasmuch as she hnA receive! her appointment from the Presickwt, Miss Sweet ignored the Commissioner’s unication and telegraphed to Mr. Cleveland saying that, as there was no reason for her dismissal, she declined to resign. Miss Sweet was appointed eleven years ago, at tlje death of her father, Gon. Sweet, who held the office before her. The New York County Committee of the Woman Suffrage party denounce Gov. Pierce, of Dakota, for vetoing the suffrage bill, and call on the President to remove him.