Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1885 — Must Not Dabble in Politics. [ARTICLE]

Must Not Dabble in Politics.

[Washington telegram.] Commodore Truxton, Commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard, has directed the foreman of shipsmiths and the foreman of laborers at the yard to deny over their signatures a statement that they were members of a recent Democratic city convention at Norfolk or be discharged. TheCommodore has prohibited political discussions in the yard, andsays that any employe who takes a conspicuous part in politics will lose his position.